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[dangerranger83]

Today was not a good day for me or the fiancee. She got fired from her job due to money mistakes yet her job admitted to not training her right on the stuff but got rid of her anyways. My truck decided to blow its coupling line twice on me, once going to go apply for jobs for me since I'm tired of where I'm at and again after I fixed it to go get stuff from the fiancee house to go home and replace the line. Called a tow truck and after an hour at her place wiring to get the truck home I said screw it and ten minutes later for the line changed, since I had all the stuff brought to me.

Also I had Dustin, a member on here who saw my first break down, tow me 50 foot with his ranger to a parking spot so safe to say his ranger can type mine...he wanted me to say that and he got pics too.

Where it rested at first the got towed from.

Another shot...it's hard to stop with oil all over your front tire.

Two miles later at her place and after a small oil fire.

Ten minutes later for the old out and me pointing at the bad setup to ask of you.

Tomorrow I will try again for finding a better job.




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[85_Ranger4x4]

That is one reason I switch FEAD's, it was really hard to get the oil lines ran so they wouldn't interfer with anything.

I actually had them come out the bottom and then up ziptied to the radiator hose at the end.

I never did have one break on me though.

 

[dangerranger83]

It was my fault that it hit the belt from the beginning. What was worse I didn't replace the line when it happened, I just bandaided it. Everything is zip tied out of the way now.

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[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Dang that sucks I used the stock lines and haven't had a single issue other then I had it bent in a bad direction and the pump bracket rubbed the line some but it hasn't leaked at all. Try puting a f-150 line on it. (if it'll fit)

 

[bobbywalter]

usually use the stock lines as well with the ford engines.


its one of those things you have to deal with, being prepared is the hard part.....it warned ya after all.


job stuff sux though...good luck there

 

[dangerranger83]

The line that blew at the joint due to a cut a month ago and was fixed was the oil filter relocation line coming out of the block, not my power steering line. I ran zero oil pressure twice but got the engine turned off quick.

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[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Oh ok my bad I was thinking ps for some reason.

 

[dangerranger83]

I used my original lines from the 2.8. The return line was a tight squeeze but got it to work.

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[TrndAssassin]

The nut less turds would be the two 2.3s and the 2.8 it had.

Hmmm Bryan Bryan Bryan 2.3's a Nutless Turd eh!? I do believe the 2.3l dohc..is still faster then ur truck..and Hey she can pull it to Hope things go well for ya tomorrow Bud hollar if ya need help
Heres a pic of Bryans Oilless Truck..and the truck that came to the rescue to drag him out of the way

 

[dangerranger83]

I didn't go for speed when I built her. But if it is speed mine will go faster in the end due to your 90mph limiter. I said my lima was gutless, not the duratecs. But I did hear you have to rev your truck a bit to get mine moving.

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[TrndAssassin]

Eh snapping the center out of one cluctch with the 315 street tires was enough for me definitely didnt feel like having both of us calling a wrecker on the side of the menards lot!

 

[bobbywalter]

i kept the cheap hose oil re locator lines for years till i made 5000 psi ones.


i actually crushed one this year when my filter mount got smased off.

so....ya just never know.

 

[dangerranger83]

I learned not to use a double barb connector for something like this, it could have turned out worse and also not a plastic one that will crush due to the pressure of the hose clamps on it. You live you learn I guess.

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[dangerranger83]

Found the vacuum guage so I set the mixture screws to the highest vacuum that I could get, which is 15. Also when I went too hook the vacuum guage up to the vacuum tree, there was a vacuum cap missing. that would explain why it wouldnt idle so great until warmed up and the tempermental idle that it had, as in sometimes it would sometimes it wouldnt.

Also a video of setting the idle afterwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZMY8dtwPLY&feature=youtu.be

Still wants to have a high idle after I get on it, as in putting it to the floor. But if I shut the engine off then right back on the high idle goes away. I checked all the linkages while it had the high idle and everything was where it should be so it has to be vacuum related, hopefully not the power valve.

Hopefully get better mileage now too, but we shall see.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Is the needle holding still on the vac gauge or is it bouncing? It looks a lil blurry like it was bouncing or shaking when you took the pic. If i'ts shaking then you still have a vac leak some where.