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  1. BeaterMan

    value of a 85 beater?

    I wanted to do a 302 swap into my ranger and have decided that the frame is not up to the added weight of a 302/np435/203/205 doubler. My frame already looks like swiss cheese and has had a cracked frame repair along with rusted out coil buckets ect. The way the ranger is now would work as a...
  2. BeaterMan

    85 bronco electrical issue

    My 85 bronco donor vehicle died on me last nite while running, when I went to restart it, there was no electrical power anywhere. I hooked up a battery charger and it was fully charged. I have no power to the interior, lights ect the truck wont even click or anything. The only thing Ive...
  3. BeaterMan

    Spring Creek Colorado

    Has anyone been up there lately and ran the whole trail from Spring creek to Georgetown via the rock garden, wedge ect? I went up there today and ran the trail with my good buddy and his jeep-I know its a jeep but hes a real good guy to wheel with. Anyways that place has gotten pretty nasty...
  4. BeaterMan

    opinions needed

    I picked up a 85 bronco yesterday for dirt cheap with a excellent running 5.0 fuel injected to swap into my 85 ranger :yahoo:. The plan was to pull the motor and have a well powered ranger. Now my buddy got me thinking about putting the ranger cab on the bronco frame and running it that way...
  5. BeaterMan

    cordless impacts

    I'm thinking of getting a cordless impact but uncertain on which one. Does anyone have any insight on a good, powerful product? Thanx
  6. BeaterMan

    f150 capability ?

    I need to take a 92 ford taurus on a trailer to the auto crusher and the vehicle I was gona use is unavailable. So my question is could a 97 f150 4.6 auto with 3.55 gears haul the taurus on a dual axle trailer about 50 or so miles without too much stress on the f150? My truck does have a...
  7. BeaterMan

    Help with mounting extended rad arms

    Reciently i scored these arms at the local yard. After finding out who made them, i was urged to plate the ears that have a tendency to crack off. While i was at it, i boxed in the arms with the scrap i had laying around. These things are quite robust now and i want to get them under the...
  8. BeaterMan

    Radius arm id

    came across these at the local yard for $41 and just curious if anyone know who makes them? Either way I dont care, I'm gone use them regardless and have plans to box them in for added strength. heres the 3/8th plate i cut to be welded in this weekend. Also will i need to get an alignment...
  9. BeaterMan

    96 merc tracer seats into 85?

    Well havent been around here for a while due to no internet- posting this from a friends computer. anyways heres my question.... Im looking into swaping some new seats in replace of my broken, worn out bench seat in the old 85. I got the correct tracks and have read what seats will fit...
  10. BeaterMan

    Got rid of a long time friend today

    As the title says I got rid of a long time friend today. I've lately been needing a larger truck to haul crap ect around and my old 99' ranger just wouldn't have cut it. I put the truck forsale on thurs and today a guy came and looked at it and drove off with it. I asked kbb value witch was...
  11. BeaterMan

    wheeling and carnage today.

    Took the truck up to the hills today to do a lil wheeling and all was good and having a great time. There was a huge snow drift that only one other person went through- it was a exo'd supercharged cherokee and after countless attempts, i powered through it. None of my friends wanted to even...
  12. BeaterMan

    Durasparky question

    Im on the fence right now if i wana tbi my truck or duraspark and i'm leaning towards durapark because i wouldnt need a new fuel pump and dual tank selectors and return fittings ect ect. But my question is, has anyone successfully gotten their duraspark 2.8 to pass emissions without major...
  13. BeaterMan

    Frame Crack

    today i went out with the pressure washer to clean off the old 85 since i was planning on replacing the floor pan thats rotted out this weekend and i noticed that my frame has a decient crack by the rear shock mount on the drivers side. awww i have more problems with this truck when i'm not...
  14. BeaterMan

    Floor pan help!

    my drivers floor pan is rotted out and Im planning on replacing it before the new year, my question is.... does the new floor pan come with the bracket to attach it back to the body mount? my problem is that the floor is so thin that the pan is sinking around the mount actually pushing the...
  15. BeaterMan

    Colorado Rock Zombie fest

    Is any colorado residents attending Rock Zombies this comming up saturday?
  16. BeaterMan

    Excited!!

    Well on labor day my rod bearing on my old 86' yz250 let loose on the first run of the first day. boooooo...... Money has been tight and with all the colorado snow we had, I finally made enough to fund a engine rebuild. I got the crank back from the shop yesterday and expecting the cylinder...
  17. BeaterMan

    2.8l efi swap

    So i'm planning on doing a tbi swap on my old 2.8L and have most of everything i need expect knowing how to plumb the fuel return to the dual tanks. If anyone would have any idea please let me know. My idea was to use a inline frame hi psi pump and then some sort of selector to send return fuel...
  18. BeaterMan

    old 3L throwing code PO174

    My 99 3.0 has been stumbling almost surging lately and yesterday the CEL came on and i got po174- bank 2 lean. I'm sure i know how to diagnose this but just want to make sure i'm not forgetting anything to inspect. i'm gona check the o2 voltage output seeing its only bank2 and i have no...
  19. BeaterMan

    i'm back

    Finally after some time, i got internet again!!! This time its for good and i'm planning on stopping by more often.
  20. BeaterMan

    Beaterman's 85' Build

    so i have not been on here in a little bit of time and thought i should post a build of my 85' ranger. A little short story to start things off. i bought a 85' ranger longbed last year with a 4'' superlift and rust free body for 800$. The tranny was cooked and had milk sludge inside of it. i...

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