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

[RangerNumber3]

Took it to the car wash to get some bird droppings off from the roof.
Found out they weren't bird droppings at all.

What the heck did that bird eat?

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Great blue herons, Ahingas, and Vultures.

Actually, I think that the paint bubbled from the heat and it popped from the wind.

Luckily the touch up paint looks great from 50 feet away.

 

[bobbywalter]

I don’t remember if I tried putting it in neutral or not. I was rolling around in low range. I THINK it may have been bound up because I was pointed up hill and I couldn’t get the T-case into neutral. I don’t remember if I tried to put the T-case into neutral after I jerked it so it was facing out.

If I had a flatbed on my f-350, I’d have tried putting the front tires up on the bed and strapping it down, to get it out to the trailer. But now, the snow is all rotten and this kept happening. View attachment 72072


I’d be goin along when the frozen track would slough off, sucking the front into the banks. Coupled with a wash boarded trail, due to someone else in a bobcat a few weeks ago and it’s slow going.

What trans? Are you sure it's broke?

I would put a trans in and drive it out if it's broke...

Otherwise...


Bolt two hoods together and bolt some supins to it and strap to that.

Chains on the sd....

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

What trans? Are you sure it's broke?

I would put a trans in and drive it out if it's broke...

Otherwise...


Bolt two hoods together and bolt some supins to it and strap to that.

Chains on the sd....

Well it won’t shift. I tried putting a screwdriver down and shifting the rails but I didn’t have any luck. I really don’t want to do a trans swap in the snow. I plan to put a m5od in it but don’t want to be chasing parts back and forth from up there.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Worked it.
12 60 pound bags if cold patch.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Then towed a stump grinder.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Worked it.
12 60 pound bags if cold patch.

If you haven’t already figured it out, the best way to do cold patch repairs to a driveway is to tamp it down good, then cover it in sand and tamp that in. Keep sand on it for a few months and try not to turn any tires or park on the patch for a few months. We did patches like that at our old house and they held up great

 

[snoranger]

If you haven’t already figured it out, the best way to do cold patch repairs to a driveway is to tamp it down good, then cover it in sand and tamp that in. Keep sand on it for a few months and try not to turn any tires or park on the patch for a few months. We did patches like that at our old house and they held up great

What he really needs is a Wacker...

 

[Uncle Gump]

Then towed a stump grinder.

You should tow that here... I have a job for you.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

You should tow that here... I have a job for you.

Ayy, I’ll put a plus one on that. Or more like a plus 10 or so.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Soo, I decided that since it was a little warmer I’d try to see if I could get some work done to the green Ranger. Finally pulled the harmonic balancer and it slid off nice and easy with a puller. Pulled all the rest of the bolts for the timing cover, double checked, started wiggling it free and SNAP. So that’s now broken and the timing chain is, of course, stretched. At that point I decided that was enough for the day.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Washed it, drove it home and kicked up a bald eagle eating a roadkill raccoon on the side of the road.

Thermometer quit on the way to the roundup, never had much time to do much to it. Tried to replace the temp sensor over the weekend and it changed nothing (had to pull the grille etc)

Reached up tonight on a whim and the connector was just loose in the back of the mirror.

The compass and auto dim worked all along so I never really questioned the connector.

 

[ericbphoto]

Soo, I decided that since it was a little warmer I’d try to see if I could get some work done to the green Ranger. Finally pulled the harmonic balancer and it slid off nice and easy with a puller. Pulled all the rest of the bolts for the timing cover, double checked, started wiggling it free and SNAP. So that’s now broken and the timing chain is, of course, stretched. At that point I decided that was enough for the day.

That was a good stopping point. You wouldn't want to run out if cuss words all in one day.

 

[Lefty]

I put a Thorton chip in it. Just drove 12 miles. I'm not expecting any surprises.

 

[racsan]

Just tried something. My exhaust system on the ranger is a mess, crack in middle of converter shell, all joints are connected with flashing tin wrapped around them & tightened with stainless worm gear hose clamps. Well- at work we use this high-temp slicone like adhesive to join breaker cores to sand core sleeves. Its expensive stuff, comes in a 4 gallon bucket and is supposedly $400 a bucket. When a bucket is changed out theres a little left over, cant do anything with it, just wasted and the bucket gets tossed or sometimes someone will take one home, peel out the glue once it’s dried and have a bucket for whatever purpose. A month ago the exhaust came apart on the hhr where I removed a resonator a few years back and put a straight pipe in its place, the adapter I used had rusted apart. So I smeared some flashing tin with this stuff and wrapped the two halves of the exhaust back together, hose clamps again like Ive rigged on the ranger. Its held up so Ive decided to try it on the ranger. Its sticky, hard to get off your hands. But we will see how it holds up. Dont know much about this glue, brand name is “Valco” all it says on the bucket is “valco-aluminum “. I think the aluminum is just a color reference, since this is normally used in a foundry setting Im thinking it might work well for exhaust patching. I emptied a bucket today at work and its almost 40 outside so seemed like a good time to try it out, its been holding up ok on the car (which still has a functional catalytic converter) In about a month the oil will get changed on the car and the truck will be back on the road as my daily driver, should be plenty of time for this glue to cure. I didnt give the car much cure time, think it sat over the weekend. I have no idea how long the glued sand cores at work sit between assembly to when they get put in to use at a foundry. A lot of our product that use this adhesive go to laredo texas so that’s probably a good week between being made and being used. Be nice if the truck was a little quieter. Id replace the whole thing but Id need a manifold too and I cant find a good 94 2.3 manifold so its rigged the best I can. I think Ive just spent more time typing all this than it took to put that goop on my exhaust.