Recent content by r-hindl71

Assuming you have the correct seal I have used a length of pvc pipe with a cap on it to drive in seals before, you have to make sure that the diameter of the pipe contacts the metal rim of the seal and does not damage the rubber.

I would go for 1 of the T-shirts

I have an 2013 f-150 and a 1991 ranger, I perfer to drive the ranger because of the smaller cab where I can reach things more easily. I have doing some minor modifications to it, built my own exhaust from the cat back, used the tail pipe off the f-150, since I installed Magna-Flow on the 150...

The next day after I got home the Ranger would not start. Have been checking this problem out, Replaced the battery, it has always tested bad, but starting the truck so I have never replaced it before now. Still something was draining the battery. Found that alternator is causing the drain...

that is why I spoke about the ride height, something in either suspension is loose or as talked about with the alignment causing this. I can see where toe out would definitely cause this concern.

Jim, I can't tell from the pictures you posted but it appears that the ride height is shifting slightly and causing the visual effect that you have. With the twin I-BEAM suspension ride height changes the angles of the tires alot

From experience of working the death wobble on super duty have found that sometimes you can not see play in the tie rod ends when wheels are off the ground. I generally had another person wiggle the steering wheel back and forth while observing the tie rod ends, I caught more bad ones this way...

While I was working as a Ford tech I offended found where the rubber elbow for the vacumn line to the pcv was brittle and had a hole in it You might to check there closely, that was the most common problem I found

Since your engine has some electronic control I would recommend getting a new ECU for the manual transmission

It appears you are on the correct path concerning the drive shaft or rear diff. From experience usually a bad u-joint with vibrate the vehicle when starting from a stop. That could also come from the carrier bearing. From your description that this occurs at a higher speed I'm inclined to...

Usually when a ford product has a problem with the fan speeds the problem is with the blower motor speed resistor block.

Sounds like the solenoid magnet is not working at all which could happen if it came with the new starter, or the solenoid is not grounded properly