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My 87 Ranger I will be restoring soon I want to keep track of my progress and add information as I find it.


Hello scotts90ranger. I missed your post. I did get the clutch issue worked out and that whole clutch line does have to come out. I get to do it again eventually the rear main seal sprung a leak. I will do everything new then.
 
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One fender is off of a Bronco 2 the other is a Ranger. Starting to get back on the bodywork. I had to drive the truck in the winter and remove all of the old primer and some surface rust. Have a few dings to fill. I worked from the doors forward, roof, and hood. Truck is not coming out of shop until painted. Too much work to get it sterile for painting.
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I also had some hail damage. Not bad but we get all kinds of weather here. I have a friend that is going to help me replace some metal in the wheel arches. I will only get the cab painted for now but I really want to get this project wrapped up. I have to have it done by June as my shop gets too hot by June.
 
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I felt a low spot. Started to sand it down to weld a stud and found previous work had been done on this fender
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Stud welded and pulled dent out. It was just filled with bondo. I will have to do a skim coat but a lot shallower now.
 
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I got two spots on the roof. I hope to get roof finished today
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The drivers fender was worse then I thought. I am nearly done with it. Just have to work on lower side a bit more
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Had a dent here. Got it mostly done.
 
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Passenger fender and doors done. Plan on extended cab and roof to do today. Took a few days off from work. Going to start removing door locks, mirrors and handles.
 
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A reference picture for me. These are spacers 4 tabs from the outside of truck. I think they just hold windshield in place. A lot of debris was under the trim. If you look, you can see 3 drain holes to the cowl to let rain out. These were clogged on me.
 
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Priming and painting around trim leaves a poor paint job in my opinion. Use a center punch to knock out center pin.
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Center pin being punched out.
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I used a 3/8th drill bit to remove the top of the rivet.
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3/8th drill bit.
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I just pulled down on rid to free from the handle.
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Once handle was off I used a 1/4 inch bit to remove rest of rivet.
 
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I removed door striker to keep from getting locked out.
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Then I pried this clip off to remove lock.
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Once clip is off, you can work it out and pry the clip loose.
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Not the best way but I ran a string thru truck to keep closed and tied to the bed.
 
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Really regretting priming the whole tail gate. I did it to make it one complete color. Now getting the old contaminated paint out of the nooks and crannies is a pain. I pulled the bumper to get acces to some dents that bumper was blocking.
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Been having a tough time getting this roof dent level. I think I am about to get it.
 
Thanks for posting your tips and tricks! Great ideas for me to use in the future...
 
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I did go get primer, paint,and sealer. I am hoping to at least get the cab painted tomorrow or the next day.
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I still have more trim to remove. I do not like masking and the more I can remove the easier. Window seals will be coming out. I can refer back to my thread for tips I used on that a long time go.
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I will paint the bed separate to have more room in the shop and get cab back together. I will unfortunately have to paint over the rust in the fender wells. A friend of mine can weld a whole lot better then me and we are having a truck repair weekend in a month if so. Repainting the repair will be so much easier then. Not sure if I will get to the bed yet.
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I did get me some HF saw horses for when I do paint the bed.
 
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I am going to get most of the trim off. I really want to pull back glass and rear window but will mask them. Don’t like the idea but a lot of interior trim has to come out.
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I found a better idea for passenger door, A bungee strap to the steering wheel. Still have not found a solution to drivers door. Thinking of something similar and leaving window down with lots of masking.
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I pulled the bed. Cab and bed will get paired separately. I would rather paint both at same time but it takes a lot if space. Also I like to get the rear of the cab painted and have time bondo to do on the cab corners when I had to weld in new cab corners. Maybe with a little luck I will get cab painted today or possibly tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
 
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This is going to be my view most of the day. Still got to work on the lower section all the way around. Also I took the high pressure air hose and blew all the loose debris from under the wheel wells and under the truck that may get blown when painting. I washed as best I could at car wash before pulling it in the shop.
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I have known about this for a while but it is getting worse the Rear Main Seal used to only drip. After I get body work done, I plan on doing a complete clutch job along with rear main seal.
 

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