What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[broncc]

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Wait did you put a destaco clamp on your tailgate?

 

[Uncle Gump]

Wait did you put a destaco clamp on your tailgate?

It's on the swing out tire carrier. But yes I did.

 

[broncc]

Made a new tool today. I call it the Rust Fugulator 9000. I only burnt myself once making it.

 

[DILLARD000]

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Damned good looking rig!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Reset the carb.

Test drive was positive, we will see how it is in the daylight when I take it to work tomorrow.

 

[Roert42]

Little baby version of what they use to break old clay chimney liners with.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Made a new tool today. I call it the Rust Fugulator 9000. I only burnt myself once making it.

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I toned the name of your tool a bit... love it!

Would also make a noisy party favor for New Years Eve.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Well, I got the garage frame loose yesterday after some work with a 9” grinder, winch, and 12# persuader (sledgehammer). Ran the grinder on what I could get to (man, that’s a workout and no wonder some job sites have banned the use of 9” ones and limit you to 7”, which mine has the guards for both, Milwaukee FTW). Then I started using the winch to get tension and the BFH to persuade it to move. Took a lot of screwing around, couple moves to the truck, little bit of Hi-Lift jack work, but it moved. Hopefully I can get the frame down today. Then, I’m going to be overdue for a rest period. Can’t wait until I can actually handle working full duty again, this only being able to handle 4-6 hours with rest periods at a go and 3-4 days in a row makes it hard to make any progress.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Little baby version of what they use to break old clay chimney liners with.


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Reminds me of my karate machine.

 

[Blmpkn]

Gave it a good pressure washing at the local car wash.

10 minutes of the soap, 10 minutes of rinse.

All sorts of new found chips and scratches -__- 25k miles is a lot for the crap paint on new vehicles apparently.

Even after all that washing it wasn't clean enough though.. so went and bought some bug&tar remover and some chemical guys quick detailer. Might get around to that tomorrow.

 

[Vindictus]

Today I changed the condenser on my a/c



Not sure how this happened


Looks to me like it was hit on the back side.
I'd say it happened when motor was changed.

It's all put back together, pulled a vaccum going to let it sit over see if a have any leaks.

on a side note I think it's time to do some cleaning

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Today I changed the condenser on my a/c


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Not sure how this happened

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Looks to me like it was hit on the back side.
I'd say it happened when motor was changed.

It's all put back together, pulled a vaccum going to let it sit over see if a have any leaks.

on a side note I think it's time to do some cleaning
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Oh hell... you can still see the floor. That's not bad enough yet...
And I like your beam setup for the chain hoist. Is it temporary?

 

[Vindictus]

Oh hell... you can still see the floor. That's not bad enough yet...
And I like your beam setup for the chain hoist. Is it temporary?

It was there when I bought this place 4 years ago. The beam I mean. I have no plans on removing it.
Work great for removing box from truck. I run 2 straps corner to corner hook them in the middle and it lifts off easily.

 

[racsan]

Been driving mine all week since the car has a death rattle coming from the engine/transmission. Today I used the tailgate as a workbench to cut a landscape timber for a center support of the chicken kennel for a roof tarp. Not so much for rain but some shade & keep them out of sight from the occasional hawk I sometimes see in the area.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Soon as I can finish up getting this garage hauled home, I can start back to work on the green Ranger. Finally got the frame for the garage down yesterday