Just in case anyone is wondering, 89-92 floor pans work just fine in 93-97 trucks. There’s one oval hole at the back of the pan that needs to be plugged if you have to go that far.
Anyways, I hopped in the truck this morning and my foot sunk into the floor
I knew this day was coming a couple years ago and had already ordered a replacement pan then for an 89-92 Ranger. Kind of figured, if anything, I could cut it up and reshape it to work.
So I got to work making an even bigger hole
To my surprise the pan dropped right in for the most part. There are a couple VERY small areas that don’t line up quite right but some light hammer work makes them fit up.
So I welded the pan in
You can see in the last pic where I cut the seat mount out to get at the rest of the rust. You can also see the oval hole that has to be filled in. I jumped the gun and welded in what I had cut out of the seat mount. I welded the patch in that oval hole from the top and bottom.
A quick shot of some rubberized underbody coating
Still have this mess to deal with sooner than later
The lower seat belt mount isn’t really doing anything anymore. That will be a hand formed patch with some square tube welded in to bolt the belt to.
The passenger side is still nearly perfect. I don’t think I’m going to put carpet back in quite yet.
So there ya go. If you need pans and don’t feel like dealing with the patching, you can use the older ones.