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


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Growing up I had a dog that was half Keeshond/ half a$$hole... you couldn’t leave him alone in the house. If no one was paying attention to him he started running at full speed through the house knocking everything in his path over.
 

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I just wanted to drive it to the UPS store yesterday. All I could do is sit in it and watch as my hound laid havoc on yet another mini blind. I had even raised it to where I thought he couldn't reach it... I was wrong. He got on the back of the couch and pulled it down.

I'm not sure how to fix it... but the little guy has some serious separation anxiety.

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Gee, I thought my Siamese had separation anxiety... Hers is nothing compared to this. She just gets a bit spastic and scared when I'm not around. She isn't tearing up stuff.
 

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went on a run to town today for softner salt & kerosene. heat is better but not as good as Id like it to be, the escape spoils me I guess. Had no high idle at startup, the plug for the I.A.C. had unplugged, latch thing is broken so Ive zip-tied it together. The exhaust on my work beater came apart right under the drivers seat so Ive rigged it up with aluminum flashing & stainless hose clamps, alternator has low output too but thats going to have to wait a bit, if it dies Im just going to park it beside the garage for awhile, Im beginning to think G.M. stands for “gimme money “. Since the yard is frozen like concrete I took the deere mower & flatbed and moved the treadmill out of the garage and to the back deck so its now in the house, doesnt mean it will see any more use but at least its out of my way and I can work on getting the garage like I want it, parked the flatbed over the crawl space access, need bilco doors as every time it rains its a mess there. Hopefully im done under the house for awhile. Put in a wireless driveway alarm, came with a 2nd sensor for the mailbox. It doesn’t work like I thought it would, every car that drives by trips it, might mount it IN the mailbox. Still trying to kick this cold, hopefully I can just stay in the house tomorrow & just binge yellowstone all day.
 

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Put my battery on life support with a trickle charger until I can buy a new battery. It just isn't holding a charge since it got cold. I was hoping to nurse it until the spring but apparently that isn't going to happen.
 

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Still trying to kick this cold, hopefully I can just stay in the house tomorrow & just binge yellowstone all day.
We just started Yellowstone I think we're at episode 4. Pretty good so far.

Hope you get feeling better...
 

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Put my battery on life support with a trickle charger until I can buy a new battery. It just isn't holding a charge since it got cold. I was hoping to nurse it until the spring but apparently that isn't going to happen.
I could probably be talked into hooking you up on a discount on a new battery if you want to run up here someday
 

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I could probably be talked into hooking you up on a discount on a new battery if you want to run up here someday
Tomorrow is the first day I'm off quarantine and right back to work. I'll need to make a battery run in the morning before work since we only have a skeleton crew on 2nd shift and my shop is on the other side of the flight line. I have a jump pack and I can park on a hill since I have a clutch but I would rather save those for second and third option. Thank you though. Very much appreciated.
 

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Watched some of the snow melt off of it. It hasn't been started in near a month now and only been started once in two months.
 

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I managed to kill a brand new battery the other night- left my heated seat cushion on. The battery ran down and froze at 3* overnight and shorted out a cell.

I took it back for the core refund and the new replacement was $20 more than it had been 2-1/2 weeks ago, spoke to the folks at the desk and got the original price.

-Jazzer
 

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Tomorrow is the first day I'm off quarantine and right back to work. I'll need to make a battery run in the morning before work since we only have a skeleton crew on 2nd shift and my shop is on the other side of the flight line. I have a jump pack and I can park on a hill since I have a clutch but I would rather save those for second and third option. Thank you though. Very much appreciated.
Well heck, if you can pop start it why worry about a battery. I’ve gone weeks to a month pop starting because of something wrong with battery/wiring/solenoid/starter in more than one of my trucks, lol.
 

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