My 2000 Green Ranger 5.0 lowered AWD

[Snoranger]

Ehh… that was a misprint, I’ll issue a correction… 30’x100’

Ok. That’s much better. Maybe you should line one entire wall with a 30” x 100’ workbench… so you can still kinda stick to the original plan.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Ok. That’s much better. Maybe you should line one entire wall with a 30” x 100’ workbench… so you can still kinda stick to the original plan.

I’m not opposed to that idea…

 

[bobbywalter]

You see, I have this problem where I can’t leave anything alone. Think of Tim “the toolman” Taylor on Home Improvement with a better success rate, lol.

I look up to people like @bobbywalter with all the things they do to their rigs. It’s an inspiration. Once I get myself a garage with a lift, it’s really gonna be game on.

quite a few modifications.....especially transmission upgrades were done on the side of the road...or in the trails...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Bumper progress on the green Ranger. All 1/8” steel. Lots more to come on this design, I need to tack it together and test fit so I can figure out the rest of the pieces needed.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

More bumper progress. It’s getting heavier. Gotta figure out what I want for bracing, make the pockets for the fog lights, bend up the tube and finish weld yet, then I can paint and install. Pretty happy with how it’s shaping up. I’m going to build a front hitch that fits through the window in it between the factory tow hooks at some future point. I was originally going to try to build it into the bumper, but I was doing some head scratching on how exactly I wanted to do it and realized I could save myself time on getting the truck back on the road and brain cells by just building a separate hitch which ideally would also work with a factory bumper.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

 

[bobbywalter]

i would rip the powertrain and take my plasma to it......fix its lil red wagon...



10 gauge hackins would be bloberama all over

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

i would rip the powertrain and take my plasma to it......fix its lil red wagon...



10 gauge hackins would be bloberama all over

I’m not excited about the idea of pulling the motor to fix it. If it was a normal Ranger engine, maybe, but the 5.0? No, doing this by myself outside at this time of the year I’m inclined to try and work around it. I have an idea for repairing it that may simply the process and limit how much welding I have to do under the truck. It will get plated with 1/8” no matter how I end up fixing it though. Gonna happen soon, I need a solid truck.