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Go visit a good auto upholstery shop. I had the seats, console, headliner, and visors all redone in a much better than original material in my 2002 Ranger XLT and love the results. Don't know about your 2002 Ranger but the driver's seat foam had badly deteriorated when I got this truck...

I had the auto upholstery shop do the headliner in my 2002 Ranger when redoing the seats - HA!

Speaking of which - finished adding more outlets to the master bathroom per request of the wife. What a pain - finding a route to run wire through the wall and into the basement and then wire/conduit back to the outdoor junction box. I do use plastic conduit - yeah wimpy compared to metal but...

I went through this once. A new set of 10 year old Goodyears. Looked perfect. The first one shredded at about 100 miles. The whole tread came loose from the tire carcass. So much for this good deal!

Yes, change the filter first.

Bought this Klein sheet metal crimper. Works really well. Just wish I'd known about these crimpers years ago. As is, I've got to rearrange and insulate some 6" round duct work and I'll be cutting and crimping this duct work in the process.

Yeas ago when installing transmissions with manual clutch releases, even though all was lined up proper, we'd have to hit the clutch release once before the transmission would seat in place. Don't know if that's possible with a hydraulic slave cylinder but seems likely.

In his last year, I asked my Dad (95th Division, Patton's Army) if his Army buddy LLoyd taught him how to repair radiators? He said "No, LLoyd was terrible at it." So he taught himself as the need was so great - repairing bullet holes.

Finished installing a new whole house furnace humidifier in the sister-in-laws house just down the street. Wouldn't be so bad but my tools just aren't at hand and I always run into something unexpected. There was an existing humidifier on this furnace but my gawd what cubby workmanship. Gawd I...

Ramblings > My Dad - radiator repairman, mechanic, and self-taught machinist - ran his own shop in rural small town Nebraska. I swear he could rebuild or fix anything back in the 50's and early 60's when labor was cheap and parts expensive. A complete engine rebuild ran about $350. Many times...

Hey, the toilet bowl cleaner does wonders to my coffee cup as well!

Installed a new kitchen sink faucet for the sister-in-law just down the street. No blood sacrifice today. I still need to install a whole house furnace humidifier for her. Sister-in-law lost her husband to Alzheimer's just over a year ago and has no help from her parasite son. I get paid back...

Installed a new dishwasher for the sister-in-law (husband died finally with Alzheimer's). Disgusting how it could take 3 hours to replace a 12 year old Bosch with new same size Bosch and I just replaced ours last year. These things fight me all the way.

Gosh, I was going to recommend a floor jack!

I've sealed a metal tank like that with a sheet metal screw overlaid with epoxy. This lasted as long as I owned the car. Check the sealed leak with a small amount of gasoline. You might also check Spectra for a new tank: https://ecat.spectrapremium.com

Hydroboost is absolutely worth the effort if you are up to it. As I understand it, the hydroboost from a Ford Astrostar van is fairly adaptable. I have not tried this conversion on my '02 Ranger but did do a hydroboost conversion on my '75 Ranchero last summer. I'm still stunned by the braking...

And I thought I was older than dirt! Only about 9 years for me.

Made a set of steel racks for over the third garage door. This is to get the assorted pile off of the garage floor. Now steel on the top rack, pipe and conduit on the second rack, and lumber on the lower. It may not be so easy to pull down what I need but the floor pile was no better and always...

That looks pretty bad. Someone attack your Ranger?

Built-to-Last: I'm told PVC is no longer permitted for residential water lines. Ok for sewage. Something about chemical release into the water with PVC. I now use only CPCV with glued fittings or Sharkbite push-to-connect if joining CPVC with copper. Sure, takes longer than cheap PEX band...