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

[sgtsandman]

I got a TPMS system.... It's called my air gauge in the glovebox.

Yeah but it doesn't fix that annoying light on the dash. Stupid system but I'm stuck with it unless I get something older that doesn't have the system. The system in the 2011 is even more annoying than the one in the 2019. The 2019 can be reset as soon as the tires are rotated. With the 2011, I have to wait until the light gets tripped before I can reset it. Doing it proactively is just a waste of effort.

All because some people were too lazy and/or stupid to check their tires from time to time.

 

[sgtsandman]

I think I caught mine on fire, this happened once before over a year ago. I started the truck up with the heater set to on, and smoke immediately pours out the vents. Try changing settings and nothing, rolled the windows and drove the rest of my 5 mins to work the entire time smoke was coming out the vents fairly strongly. I probably looked like I was hot boxing the hell out of it but with campfire smoke instead of dope.

I’m guessing my blower motor has leaves build up in it maybe? Anyone else have this problem ever?

I've never had it but I have indeed read where people have found leaves in the duct work and the resistor for the fan caused them to smolder or burn.

 

[CamTheHedgehog]

Yeah but it doesn't fix that annoying light on the dash. Stupid system but I'm stuck with it unless I get something older that doesn't have the system. The system in the 2011 is even more annoying than the one in the 2019. The 2019 can be reset as soon as the tires are rotated. With the 2011, I have to wait until the light gets tripped before I can reset it. Doing it proactively is just a waste of effort.

All because some people were too lazy and/or stupid to check their tires from time to time.

My point is, I have a 2003 with no TPMS, my TPMS is the air pressure gauge

 

[scotts90ranger]

I think I caught mine on fire, this happened once before over a year ago. I started the truck up with the heater set to on, and smoke immediately pours out the vents. Try changing settings and nothing, rolled the windows and drove the rest of my 5 mins to work the entire time smoke was coming out the vents fairly strongly. I probably looked like I was hot boxing the hell out of it but with campfire smoke instead of dope.

I’m guessing my blower motor has leaves build up in it maybe? Anyone else have this problem ever?

Most likely mouse nest in the blower motor housing and the blower motor resistor was burning the nest... On my explorers mice like to build nests in the fan, a couple times I've given them the rotary treatment, with no airflow the fan turns WAY faster...

 

[SCOTTY]

Replaced the cooling fan Monday. Was poking around under the hood last week & noticed the fan had quite a
few stress cracks. I replaced the clutch several years back & they weren't present.
Went with Ford on this one (8 blade) because my truck has always cooled well & some aftermarket ones for the 2.9s are kinda scary looking.
Didn't mind paying a little extra either (Fairway Ford, best price, $83.65, TOTAL).

Today, new wiper blades !

 

[Rick W]

I think I caught mine on fire, this happened once before over a year ago. I started the truck up with the heater set to on, and smoke immediately pours out the vents. Try changing settings and nothing, rolled the windows and drove the rest of my 5 mins to work the entire time smoke was coming out the vents fairly strongly. I probably looked like I was hot boxing the hell out of it but with campfire smoke instead of dope.

I’m guessing my blower motor has leaves build up in it maybe? Anyone else have this problem ever?

I bet you don’t have mosquito problems

 

[Rick W]

I bet you don’t have mosquito problems

And is anybody old enough to remember what “hardware cloth” is? Think of a super heavy duty window screen, where the holes are 1/2” x 1/2”, galvanized altogether. You can get it with different size hole patterns, but a 3/8 or half inch should keep 99% of everything out, without blocking enough air to influence the performance on the vehicle. You just have to figure out a way to mount it across the opening, but that’s not hard.

 

[CamTheHedgehog]

I bet you don’t have mosquito problems

Southerners Unite!!


gosh I hate mosquitoes here in summer.

 

[Jazzer]

I pressed in hardware cloth in the intake under the air filter on my ‘87 2.9- dang meeses pushed past it. Cleaned area w/ alcohol, put a flat piece of hardware cloth over the opening, and siliconed it to the bottom of the airbox. Let’s see if meeses like chewing silicone rubber.

 

[97RangerXLT]

I pressed in hardware cloth in the intake under the air filter on my ‘87 2.9- dang meeses pushed past it. Cleaned area w/ alcohol, put a flat piece of hardware cloth over the opening, and siliconed it to the bottom of the airbox. Let’s see if meeses like chewing silicone rubber.

little known fact about those meeses... they only need a hole as big as a 1/4" to gain entrance to anything you own... your truck will not keep them out. Rats need just 1/2" was told this by my pest control guy...

AJ

 

[97RangerXLT]

And is anybody old enough to remember what “hardware cloth” is?

yep. got a roll of the 1/2" variety sitting around somewhere for a future need/ project

AJ

 

[Uncle Gump]

My new to me Shiftster come in today. Now to pack it in my travel tool kit and hope I never have to use it.

I am thankful to have found one and able to purchase it.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Some where in my low buck race truck build thread there are pics of when I modified mine so there is a neutral detente. I just drilled a divot in between 4hi and 4lo iirc. This was so I could flat tow it behind my big truck.

 

[Uncle Gump]

This one is already modified... or was bought new with a Neutral defined and indexed.

 

[Rick W]

Little known fact about cats and dogs and meeses: their face whiskers grow to the width of their “practical” skull and shoulders. If the whiskers fit through, they fit through…

So if you don’t want them, just trim their whiskers..,,