My 1998 Splash

[Ripplechip00Z]

Ok so here is my in truck in progress. I'm starting off slow and working my way up to the big stuff cuz I'm definitely not the richest person out there.

When I bought the truck it already had the pan on the back and the racing stripes. It also came with a toolbox for the full size trucks which I traded to my shop teacher for the one I have now, but of course it still doesn't fit properly cuz I have the flareside box.

In this picture you can kinda see the remains of the lower half of my bumper which get ripped off when I hit the ditch on one unfortunate -40 night. The damage can be seen the the first pic.

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

Braved the bitter cold to pick up a couple things from the local junkyard a couple days ago...

Tail lights. One of my reverse lights is out so I needed the connector cuz the bulb is perfectly fine and I've heard from friends that Ford has a bit of an issue with these. But mostly I got them for the rubber rings as my tail light sockets seem to be missing these and they rattle around a lil bit.

Also picked up these bad boys for my windows. I dunno why. One of those impulse buy things I guess. Anyone have tricks to get the old glue off? I used a razor blade already but it looks kinda messy and I want a good seal.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Welcome to TRS!

Looks like you got yourself a good little truck, Like the rollpan, looks good on the stepside i think.

I haven't heard of a light socket problem, more then likely its just dirty connections or something.

As for the glue I would take some ammonia or goof off and go over just the areas with glue, I don't know what it would do to plastic but I know it removes window tint glue very well.

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

Today was a super productive day!!
I got my tail light sockets in and now all my lights work with no more rattling.
Picked up a window crank for the passenger side door (missing since I got it).
Stuck the double sided tape on the rain guards although I can't put them on the truck til it warms up a little more.

But the most awesomest thing I got done today was...

TADAAAA!!!! I love it!!!

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

Hit my first snag...

Tried to do a minor tune up. Plugs, wires, filters. But I didn't realize how difficult it was gunna be to get at cylinders three and four on the drivers side. Pain in the a$$!
I did get my shop teacher to order a new socket that will hopefully work. I'll try to finish the job sometime this week. I did get 6 out of the 8 done though.

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

Alright. Got the lower valance for my bumper ordered up and I should have it in hand tom'w. Gunna get rid of the stock grey and paint it black. Also I will be re-painting the bumper itself and get rid of all the nasty rust spots. whoo!

I have never painted a body part before so this should be interesting...

Hopefully I'll get some pics in the process.

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

EFFFFF!!!! They sent the wrong one! How do you mix up a Ranger with and F-150. I dunno about anyone else but I think there are a lot of differences, like uh size...

This now sets me back a couple of days... But after thinking about it more I'm not so sure if I want to sand and paint everything with the slushy, nasty crap thats gunna be covering the road in the next week or so.

 

[koda6966]

lol, some companies are idiots.

Where did you order it from?

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

I ordered it through my schools Autobody program and I don't know where they get their parts from. Just glad I didn't order it online or something cuz then I'de be set back weeks...

 

[Original_Ranger84]

An online place would probably be more reliable at getting you the part you ordered, Why not hit up a JY for lower valence? You might even be able to score a set of fog lights as well.

 

[WesB]

Looks like it's coming along. Nothing like starting a new project.

 

[3.0ranger1227]

Lol I got confused for a second... I was like wait why does he have a v8? and then I remembered that the 2.3s had 2 plugs per cylinder... lol

Cool truck though. I like the roll pan

 

[Ripplechip00Z]

I am planning on doing the same thing with the fog light holes as I did with the grille and mounting some Hellas on the bumper.

3.0ranger1227 - As far as I know they ditched the 2.3 (at least for a the year my truck was built) and used a 2.5

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

yeah the 2.5 went from 98 to early 01.
its basically a stroked 2.3 tho.

nice work, seems like that truck is gettin love one bit at a time lol

 

[3.0ranger1227]

2.3, 2.5, they were the same motors bored/stroked IIRC until the duratec came out, which was back to a 2.3

still I had forgotten that they were double plug