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


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One if the things I often like to say is; " Nothing is as permanent as the thing that is repeatedly called temporary. "

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There is a certain amount of truth behind that statement I’m sad to say…
 


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Pretty much like me running stock radius arms on my '90 that I had grabbed tubing and everything to make extended arms about 10 years ago... I even know where a good portion of that stuff is right now :)
 

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Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
My best, worst, most shameful and embarrassing temp was when I visited my kids up north, and discovered the rubber boot on one of my steering links was torn on the 96 F250 diesel. I got some of the moldable PVC tape and wrapped it, and then I wrapped the PVC tape with friction tape to keep it in place till I got home. It held the grease fine and didn’t break up or fall off. I think that was in 2006…..
 

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My best, worst, most shameful and embarrassing temp was when I visited my kids up north, and discovered the rubber boot on one of my steering links was torn on the 96 F250 diesel. I got some of the moldable PVC tape and wrapped it, and then I wrapped the PVC tape with friction tape to keep it in place till I got home. It held the grease fine and didn’t break up or fall off. I think that was in 2006…..
It’s still on there, isn’t it?
 

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Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
It’s still on there, isn’t it?
What’s your point? Are you trying to make me look bad? It’s not the kind of thing you wanna rush in to ….
 

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What’s your point? Are you trying to make me look bad? It’s not the kind of thing you wanna rush in to ….
Hey, I’m not judging!
 

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the grey-t escape
Went to town with the trailer & picked up stuff to start on the chicken building with. doesnt look like much but it’s nearly 1,000 pounds and about $300. Its too wet and windy to work today, Im sure if I pulled off the driveway with the truck & trailer the whole thing would be stuck very quickly.
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Grew up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s
We loaded up the ranger with furniture the wife wanted put in the storage room.

Than we sold our travel trailer. Bow she is looking at bigger ones since 17' was to short fir her to be comfortable in
 

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Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
I used the Road Ranger to go get dye to re-dye the roof on Ole Blue (88 Town Car). After cleaning it, I used some coarse steel wool to even out the little tiny bit of dry spots on it. Of course I didn’t get enough, so now I’m wondering if I should leave the paper on it till I can get some more. 3 cans didn’t go as far as I thought they would…

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Rick W

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My credo
Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
Went to town with the trailer & picked up stuff to start on the chicken building with. doesnt look like much but it’s nearly 1,000 pounds and about $300. Its too wet and windy to work today, Im sure if I pulled off the driveway with the truck & trailer the whole thing would be stuck very quickly.
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I like the two-tone paint job on your Ranger, I hadn’t seen it separated that way before. Looks good
 

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My credo
If it's not broken Don't Fix It!
I used the Road Ranger to go get dye to re-dye the roof on Ole Blue (88 Town Car). After cleaning it, I used some course steel wool to even out the little tiny bit of dry spots on it. Of course I didn’t get enough, so now I’m wondering if I should leave the paper on it till I can get some more. 3 cans didn’t go as far as I thought they would…

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I was once told that 1 can of paint will cover about 3 square feet, hoping that this info will help next time you buy spray paint/dye.

If the weather is going to be nice leave the paper and tape on but if there is rain in the forecast it would be best to pull the tape as once it gets wet it becomes so much more difficult to get off. This is just my opinion tho.
 

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Decided to take a bit and figure out why the secondary battery keeps going dead in my older truck, turns out the power inverter was drawing about 120 milliamps which is a touch high. Pulled the fuse for now, will install a relay in that circuit when I tidy up some of the other wiring in a couple of weeks.
 

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The longer you leave the tape on the harder it is going to be to pull off. If it’s going to be more then an extra day I would just pull the tape and redo it when your ready.
 

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My credo
Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
Soooo, when I went to start ‘ole Blue, she just didn’t sound right, so I took the Road Ranger and got a starter, and (actually rare for me), I got a new battery, and a new solenoid, as well as the rest of the dye for the top. It only took a couple hours to finish off the top and put in the starter battery and solenoid etc., which included cleaning up the negative battery terminal clamp. I didn’t mean to shock you guys by buying a new battery, but ‘ole Blue is my “new” car, the one I rely on when I have to go long distance and such. I want to do a little buffing and waxing, but she’s good now for another 35 years!

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