Rebirth of a Legend (WNY964x4's Little Red Ranger)

[WNY964x4]

someone mentioned this truck was in a magazine? got a pic of it b4 i hit the tree?

here is the exact pic that was in the mag , i want to say it was like the May of 2009 issue of Off-Road in the letters section

 

[WNY964x4]

and here come the progress pics , not even gonna bother labeling them , would take too long

and there is all the updates so far

 

[railman]

if you have the double row radiator in your Ranger, make sure to swap out the Ex fan with the Rangers.....I ate 2 rads because I didn't know there was a difference between them....

can't wait to see it done....

l8r, John

 

[WNY964x4]

if you have the double row radiator in your Ranger, make sure to swap out the Ex fan with the Rangers.....I ate 2 rads because I didn't know there was a difference between them....

can't wait to see it done....

l8r, John

do i just measure the thickness of the rad to tell the difference ?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

do i just measure the thickness of the rad to tell the difference ?

The standard Ranger rad is roughly an inch thick, the HD Explorer is roughly 2" thick. There is some fractions on the end of that too, but it should get you close enough.

Here is the HD 4.0 radiator in my truck:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/85_Ranger/1985 Ranger Buildup/100_2794.jpg

 

[railman]

if you have the "thick" radiator, the end tanks are the same, the "thin" has one wide tank and one skinny one.....

as for the difference in the fans.....here you can see them side by side....

l8r, John

 

[WNY964x4]

i will have to check when i go home this weekend , i still have the original Fan and Radiator from the Red truck and the Fan and Radiator from the Expo

 

[WNY964x4]

here are some pics from when the Exploder went in for Scrap , hopefully i will have more progress after this weekend when i do some more work to it

 

[WNY964x4]

got most of the wiring put back together this weekend , got 2 connectors left to hook up , once i start a full time job and am home after i plan on getting alot more done , plan to have it running/moveable by the end of may

 

[Clay Lorance]

WNY, it looks like your 3rd gen is going back together pretty good. Keep up the good work.

 

[WNY964x4]

haven't posted in here in a while , between moving out of college , working on the new race car and starting my new job I haven't had much time to work on the truck , but today I have off and the race car is now un-raceable thanks to some competitors mad that we were winning , so I am diving back into the truck , goal for today is to get the wiring harness buttoned up , get the condensor and radiator in , hook up the heater core lines , hook up the battery ground and the Anti-Vibe shock , and put the motor mount nuts on , then roll it out the door and swap its new shoes on , pics of the progress will be posted

 

[WNY964x4]

nothin got done today , this NY boy aint used to 90+ degree weather with like 75% humidity , so I stayed inside with a fan on , so tomorrow after work and a trip to the scrapyard I will be dong some work to the truck

and now a pic of the rims and tires

 

[WNY964x4]

Wow , so it has been well over a year since my last post in this , prepare yourselves for a flood of new pics and updates , i had it on the road last year and was driving it quite a bit