I even cleaned up the gas tank skid plate (still working on it) and painted it with some black spray on bedliner I had left over.
The interior was cleaned up as best as I could get it with some foaming carpet cleaner and a vacuum, and I fixed the interior dome light (it was missing a mounting screw that made an electrical connection) and replaced the bulbs with LED bulbs. I also upgraded the map lights in the overhead Explorer console with LED bulbs.
I bolt was inserted on to the reclining bracket on the driver seat to keep it from falling back.
The front bumper was reinstalled after being stripped and repainted. The
Smittybilt winch was installed and wired to a new battery mounted under the hood instead of in the bed.
The Ranger was running, cleaned up as best as I could get it, and ready for it's trip to Ohio. It looked better with the new TRS logo on the bed, a new windshield banner, and I touched up some rust spots with white paint to make it a little more presentable.
I installed the new Nilight
Fog Lights and
Driving Lights on a metal plate I had Bobby weld on to the bumper.
After driving on dusty roads out west, and through a Texas dust storm, I thought these lights on the bumper would help other traffic see me in these types of conditions.
I use to have some halogen work lights on the back of the bed cage, and at the back of the bed. These were replaced with
Nilight LED flood lights.
All of the lighting I've added were wired to toggle switches that were already in the console from previous lights. I plan to rewire all of the lights when I redo the interior in the future.
I would have really liked to have repainted this truck, and redone the interior. That will have to be future projects.
So Let's Recap:
The truck has:
- New LED lighting
- Light mount added to the front bumper
- New Smittybilt Winch
- New side gear in the Detroit Locker
- 8.8-Inch Axle Truss
- New Skyjacker M95 shocks
- New rear brake lines and hoses
- New parking brake cables
- (5) New Cooper Discoverer STT PRO Mud Terrains
- New axle pivot bushings
- New balljoints
- New tie rod ends
- Driver axle beam and transmission cross member welded and repaired
- New starter
- New converter
- New flexplate
- Frame and axles cleaned up and painted
- New TRS decals
- Blood, sweat, and long hours
The TRS-2 Ranger was finally ready to load up on the U-Haul dolly and head to Ohio while being dragged by the 2019 Loan Ranger.
Thanks again to
@Will and
@bobbywalter for helping me get TRS-2 back, and for Bobby's help getting it trail ready again.