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

[Uncle Gump]

Congratulations!

Now you have a buddy to take to the next trail rides

AJ

I've already decided...

The G-Unit will be his.

Gonna be a few years before he's trailride ready.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Due to various reasons, I didn’t really get much done today. Pulled the carb off the Ferguson tractor and traced the backing plates for the disk brake 8.8 that’s going into the Ranger on some cardboard. Need to take a few precise measurements and note everything so there’s some templates if I ever need to try to make my own or if someone can fabricate them out of sheet metal.

 

[sgtsandman]

I drove mine to the hospital to get a look of my new grandson...

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Congratulations!

 

[Bobber64]

Pulled the fuel tank and started looking for parts.

 

[rubydist]

What kind of parts are you looking for in the fuel tank?

 

[Roert42]

Got my new thermostat housing in today, however while I was putting it in I crushed the wire for the knock sensor, and broke off one of the bolts. So I ordered a new OEM knock sensor and replaced the three bolts that hold the housing to the block.

I didn't realize until I had everything back together and I went to fill it up with coolant, about a gallon of coolant in the driveway now.

 

[Bobber64]

What kind of parts are you looking for in the fuel tank?

I was looking for a new fuel sending unit but AndyB hooking me up with a source for that.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Nothing on the Ranger. Boiler was cold this morning and it took a bit of fighting with the manufacturer to get troubleshooting help.

“Are you a heating contractor?” Nope. “Licensed electrician?” Nope, PA doesn’t do electrical licenses. “Well, you’ll have to get someone else then.” Well, I’m a licensed general contractor… “Oh, we’ll who does your electrical then?” Me… “Well, we can’t help you, you need your heating or electrical guy.” That’s me. I want to talk to a manager… lol

Turns out 6 of the 8 heating elements are dead… fun fun.

 

[Roert42]

Pa definitely does electrical licensing, but it’s not done at a state level, it’s done on the county level.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Pa definitely does electrical licensing, but it’s not done at a state level, it’s done on the county level.

I wasn’t trying to get into that can of worms. If we really want to nitpick, Pittsburgh doesn’t accept the state contractor license, you have to get licensed in the state and the city of Pittsburgh to do work there. Some really crazy regulations some places here. I can, and do, all of my own electrical work both home and for jobs I do.

I’m legal to do the work I need to here and really, that’s all that should matter. I get that they could be worried some handy homeowner might hurt themselves or cause a fire or something, but I’m not, I’m a legit contractor. If I’m also the one that does all the work and comfortable with taking instructions and testing, then that should be adequate. I shouldn’t have to hire someone else.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Went down that Super/Pro rabbit hole.... Have to make it removable because we're also going to keep running in Pro.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Also discovered a color shift feature of my photo editor. Looks good in green....

 

[Blmpkn]

Oooh I really like that green lol.

 

[superj]

Me too

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Much as I like that blue… that green does look pretty sweet…