Rusty Cab

[86_cookiemonster]

So I have a 86 ranger, regular cab, and the front dog leg on the driver side has rotted out on me. I was wondering what is the best solution to fix this problem. If someone sells the part, or do I need to go cut one off another truck. any help would be greatly appriciated.

 

[ZMan]

You're best off cutting one off of another truck. Any year '83-92 will work. Drill out the spotwelds and plug weld the new one on.

 

[86_cookiemonster]

thanks, now all I gotta do is find a scrap yard that'll let me bring in the tools i need. Would a Sawzall work? I have a torch but most places frown upon that, some obsurd fear of a massive fire destroying their business or some bs like that

 

[Will]

What's a dog leg?

 

[Mark_88]

thanks, now all I gotta do is find a scrap yard that'll let me bring in the tools i need. Would a Sawzall work? I have a torch but most places frown upon that, some obsurd fear of a massive fire destroying their business or some bs like that

The junkyard can cut the parts out for you if you ask nicely and pay them handsomely...the yard I used to go to specialized in body parts for repair shops...saw trucks with various and assorted parts loaded on trucks that were cut in the yard...

Using a sawzall might work...but some yards won't allow any cutting whatsoever due to risk of explosions and yahoos cutting out support parts on vehicles at the bottom of a stack...

What's a dog leg?

This is a term that I first heard in reference to a hole in a golf course...but the Urban Dictionary has a few uses of the term new to me...lol

1. dog leg
While having intense sex, you hike one leg and move it behind you.
Oh man, I was humping her so hard, I had to pull a dog leg to keep from missing the hole.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/products.php?term=dog leg&defid=4990320
2. dog leg

1. in golf, a layout that turns to the right or left.
2. a large turd that sticks up out of the water

3. Dog leg
A huge fat dip; it also can be when your dip gets on your lip from the hugeness

 

[86_cookiemonster]

What's a dog leg?

A dog leg is a bend, in a the cab of the truck there are two sets of dog legs. When you open the door the peice of metal that runs underneath the door between the rear post of the cab and the front of the cab is called a rocker panel, Where the rocker panel meets the "posts" in the front and the back of the cab there is a curved peice of metal, that is the dog leg.


This is an example of a rear dog leg on an explorer

 

[Will]

Never heard the term dog leg before. Someone came to my door once and asked if I was getting rid of the dog house one time. I don't have a dog house. He was talking about something vehicle related I had piled in the yard I learned afterwards.