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My 98 Ranger - the never-ending project


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I've done a little more work on the truck, but it looks like it's going to be two colors until at least spring




 

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Also, I stole some tires off of my friends jeep and put them on my aluminum rims
 

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and I decided that I really want to do a v8 swap next summer
 

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Your worried about 2 colors? Have you seen my truck? Mines getting body work next spring.
 

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Nice update. And I noticed the wheel change right away, those look good.
 

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Fuel pump, spark plugs, blah blah blah. Nothing really exciting enough for pictures lately.
 

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just so you know, I finally have a difinitive answer on the injector size for or gen 4.0. It does in fact use an injector rated for 12.9 lb/hr due to the switch to a returnless system. The bosch part number for mine is 0-280-155-846. So my check engine light hasn't come back so far.
 

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I'm pretty sure it's a common thing for the hood stoppers to break on rangers. Mine have been broken for a long time. Here's how I fixed them:

I used a set of Energy Suspension Low Profile Bump Stops (pn# 9.9102GC) and some 3/8 nuts.

I welded one nut where the original stoppers went.

And then added another nut to the bump stop as a jam nut, and threaded it in.

Then after adjusting them, and throwing on some black paint, I was done.
 

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cool to see that you kept it, really like your truck actually looks pretty good in flat black, like your setup for the sub too very cool
 

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nice work man!!! that front end looks really nice, and the sub setup looks great too!!
 

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so after all this time of ur truck being all different colors is it wierd having it close to one? haha looks good though
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when it's dirty, it almost looks like 1 color, and it's really weird, haha
 

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In the past week, I've sorted out all of my fuel pump problems, replaced my rear leaf spring hangers, and added air-assist shocks. However, somehow in the whole process, I only got one picture. Next time I pull my bed off (seems to happen about every other day) I'll make sure to get some pictures.
 

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