What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[MikeG]

Took the log splitter back. Damn, when the 25 ton splitter bogs down, you are splitting some tough wood! Granted it was a rental and maybe not in perfect shape, but it beat swinging a maul for sure!

 

[holyford86]

Collected up the parts I need for a day worth of wrenching on the old truck tomorrow, looks like its gonna be in the 40s so that will be nice

 

[Rick W]

Couldn’t sleep last night thinking about the silly stars. Couldn’t stand it, so here we go again. I know that part of the truck will never rust, it’ll have ten coats of paint on it!

 

[scotts90ranger]

Rick, you need a Cricut... the software is stupid simple to copy something from a straight on picture, I think fonts and DIY stuff might cost money, but I have ways around that... I'm thinking drawing stuff on other software and taking a screenshot should do it... That said they have masking material, you just pull out the middle instead of the outside, put the sticker down then paint and pull the masking off... in this case you can just print a bunch of stars though... .

In Ranger related uses, went to a cowrkers yesterday and picked up an aluminum boat I traded for buying him a Harbor Freight welder and helmet... he said if I just gave him money he'd spend it on something stupid... I got him the Titanium Easy Flux 125, it welds pretty good... Today I hauled home a workbench they didn't need anymore at work.

 

[Rick W]

@scotts90ranger

I’ve almost done that, holy cow I’ve got everything else in three sizes and 4 colors! This is not a serious project for me, like my Mark V, so I’ve been kind of winging it, hasn’t been real thought out in advance (in case you hadn’t noticed). I’m semi retired, and I’m actually having a whole bunch of fun with these ranger trucks after fooling with much more exotic stuff most of my life. I hope I’m not driving all you guys crazy!

EDIT: BTW, I had all the right mylar stencils, I just had a brain fart when I used them!!

 

[SenorNoob]

@Rick W

I like that paint. might have to do something similar when I get around to mine.

 

[Rick W]

I like that paint. might have to do something similar when I get around to mine.

Wait til you see the lights! I’ve always had an eye for the silly pizzazz, but always get compliments. I’m not that smart, I just surf tons for ideas before I start, but I’m always changing the plans to fit what I have in the shed of miracles, and I cruise Craigslist and the goodwill stores constantly. I think I have 30-40 extra wheels and tires now, but I bet I don’t have $300 in them. When I’m done with a project I sell the balance high and budget the next hair brained scheme.

Before the fire departments trained up and took over hazardous materials emergencies i had and ran an environmental hazardous response biz. All our trucks looked like little fire engines. This one will too. I’m also blending in some things from my trademark Lincolns.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Was it a guda drive?

 

[Uncle Gump]

@Rick W I too like the paint detail on the roof... gets me thinking about things I might do if I ever build a Northern Michigan trail rig.

The real elephant in the room is ALL the Ranger stuff you've acquired in the short time you've been affected with Ranger-itis.

You just keep having fun.

 

[Rick W]

I said it before, it’s like eating peanuts!

 

[Uncle Gump]

I said it before, it’s like eating Nacho Cheese Doritos!

FIFY...

 

[Rick W]

Any job worth doing is worth doing twice! I still have to do some touch up. And it’ll be mostly covered by the lights anyway!

 

[ericbphoto]

Finished my snorkel project. It turns out that the MAF for a 97 3.0l has different resistance values than a MAF for a 93 3.0l. it gave me error code 156 "MAF value too low". I had to go to the junk yard and get a new connector plug so I could put the 93 MAF back on. Code is gone.

But..... while at the junk yard, I got a pair of headers from a 2001 Mustang 3.8l, which I can use with adapter plates when I build my "3.0 won't be slow" project. $44 for headers isn't too bad. Morana wants $240 for the adapters. Maybe I can find them cheaper or make patterns and have some cut locally. I'll need to find a cap to cover the egr tube hole.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Finished my snorkel project. It turns out that the MAF for a 97 3.0l has different resistance values than a MAF for a 93 3.0l. it gave me error code 156 "MAF value too low". I had to go to the junk yard and get a new connector plug so I could put the 93 MAF back on. Code is gone.

But..... while at the junk yard, I got a pair of headers from a 2001 Mustang 3.8l, which I can use with adapter plates when I build my "3.0 won't be slow" project. $44 for headers isn't too bad. Morana wants $240 for the adapters. Maybe I can find them cheaper or make patterns and have some cut locally. I'll need to find a cap to cover the egr tube hole.

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What do the adapters look like?

 

[Dirtman]

Almost vroom?!