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

[scotts90ranger]

Changed the master cylinder on the '97 tonight and fixed the clutch issues. This new setup compared to the '90 is kinda nifty, the only fastener was one bolt for the reservoir and the roll pin for the pressure line at the master... Quick release didn't give me any drama, bench bled the master and hose in a vise as good as I could (orient reservoir hose up, point piston down a touch, add some weight to the quick release to straighten the hose some then fill the reservoir and pump the master with a screwdriver until solid and bubbles stop) and put it in. Took it for a test drive and there was a little air in there somewhere, put it in neutral and dumped the clutch pedal a few times then a little gravity bleed and it feels great! Lighter pedal feel than before and it engages!

 

[Grumpaw]

Installed a Traxion Tailgate ladder. I call it my old man with shot knees ladder. Makes it real easy to get up onto tailgate and into bed.Locks down and is almost unnoticeable when folded away.
Ladder has several adjustment holes in braces so it fits just about any tailgate unless lifted a bunch.
Around $48 bucks on Amazon.

 

[Curious Hound]

Hmm. Nice idea.

 

[wildbill23c]

Drove 160 miles round trip to go checkout a camper shell for my 87 Ranger which turns out it don't fit a Ranger its about 2 inches too long, luckily I brought a tape measure whoever measured it, didn't measure it right. So, still searching for a Camper Shell for a 7 foot bed Ranger.

The truck did great on the freeway, and if my math is right I got 24.4mpg....160 miles and put 5.54 gallons of fuel in after I got back to town. This is on the freeway at 75-80mph. I thought these bricks weren't capable of anything above 20mpg LOL. I usually get around 20-21 running around town, but I figured running on the freeway at 80mph it would have gotten in the teens. Pretty happy with how the truck is running thanks to ADSM08's suggestion of replacing an O2 sensor to fix my power loss issues a while back....my 33 year old truck is doing great...I think I'll wait till spring to finish the paint job on it by then I'll hopefully decide on whether to keep the lower 1/4 of the truck dark blue or just paint the whole thing white. Thinking of going all white or repainting the blue section black to match the bumpers.

 

[racsan]

moved a few things around so the truck can be under roof for the winter, Car is leaking fuel from the return line to the tank so it needs to be kept outside anyways. Still waiting on my speedometer gear assortment, been 2 weeks now. wish there was a chart to know which gear went with a tire size & differential ratio. Oh well, try a gear-check against gps, one of them is bound to be right. Put front mud flaps on, it never had any since Ive had the truck and I still had the ones from my ‘93 4x4 that I made years ago. They match the rear ones I also made, all 4 were from a full-size semi trailer mudflap I cut down. Last week I made a impuse buy (ebay) for some wheel skins for the steel winter wheels. Basically chromed plastic that snaps onto the rims and makes it look like you have chrome steel wheels. Was only $60 but certainly not as nice as the m/t classic 2 rims I just took off & put up for the winter, going to work on polishing those up over winter.

 

[Bgunner]

Ripped off the knob of the replacement window crank on the driver side the other day....

at $2 and change for cost I figured I'd try and improve upon the flawed design by putting a screw in the back of the knob to stop the flex. I only purchased one more as a test and am still looking for factory ones just in case the fix does not work...

 

[Ramcharger90]

So long drawn out story short.....

Dr. Appointment was in Philadelphia instead of the place 50mins from me.

So after the appointment I was terrorizing Philly light to light with the Ranger and other motorists on the skukyill Express way.

V8 ranger did good. Even on the trip back across the turnpike 2hrs one way. Those 89 stx seat are not as comfortable as they probably use to be.

 

[racsan]

my speedometer cable gear assortment showed up finally. With a few tries I can have a accurate spedometer & be able to see what my fuel milage is.

 

[Alan_nc]

Good luck on Craigslist again. Got a second load of bricks for free. Think I now have enough to finish the pad for the trash cans.

Floyd had been sitting in the drive for a couple of weeks.... started right up and ran fine for the 10 mile round trip.

 

[2drxploder]

nothing to the ranger, but my new shoes showed up for the f2sh*taae, also replaced door ajar switch and charged batteries. will start driving as dd soon to do my v8 swap. now im trying to finish smoking my chicken in the rain, Im HUNGRY!

 

[Grumpaw]

nothing to the ranger, but my new shoes showed up for the f2sh*taae, also replaced door ajar switch and charged batteries. will start driving as dd soon to do my v8 swap. now im trying to finish smoking my chicken in the rain, Im HUNGRY!

Wow...you smoke chickens ! I guess its safer than cigarettes. But don't the feathers cause your throat to tickle ?

 

[sgtsandman]

Took the 2011 on a scouting mission for good scenery locations at the local state park so I can do the 2011/2019 Ranger photo shoot for the TRS calendar.

 

[wildbill23c]

The Ranger took a break today after its 160 mile trip the other day to checkout a camper shell that turns out wouldn't fit but was a good trip, truck did great, first time taking it out of the area and first time on the freeway since I bought it about a year ago. Love the truck, however I do believe I need to replace the clutch in it here soon or master or slave cylinder as its hard to get into 1st like its not releasing all the way, figured whatever the issue turns out to be I'll be replacing the clutch kit and the master and slave cylinder while its all apart. Picked up a set of 4 wheels with the center caps and almost new tires a couple weeks ago for $140. Wheels need cleaned up but I think well worth the $140 getting them and the tires. I attached a picture of the type of wheels I got.

I was surprised it got right up to 80mph on the freeway had to really watch my speed it didn't take much to get it to go faster than the speed limit. The only thing I need to have done is have the wheels balanced LOL, a bit unbalanced at that speed.

Need to replace the stereo, and a couple of burned out bulbs in the instrument cluster, and the clutch kit but other than that the truck is doing awesome for a 33 year old truck.

My Bronco 2 got new shoes a couple weeks ago, 235/75-R15's, it had 205/75-R15's on it before, completely stock still, no lift needed and no tire scrubbing issues. Needs a replacement stereo as well, and new belts but it so far has been running great since the engine rebuild almost 2 years ago. Winter is coming up so hopefully I'll get some 4WD use in this year, last winter was pretty boring never used the 4WD at all, rather didn't need it but put it in 4WD a couple times just to lube everything. When I had the tires replaced the said the wheels are bent, so apparently the previous owner ran into everything with it LOL. So I'm in search of some wheels now too. I'd like to find a set of wheels the same pattern as the set I found for the Ranger, but the Ranger's are 14's the Bronco 2's are 15's of course.

 

[racsan]

tried the speedometer gears today, none of them were correct. From what I can tell the “red” gear is the only one that didnt come in the set I ordered. mine had the “white” gear in it and that was the closest to being right but still 10 mph off (55 indicated, 45 actuall) the purple one was the farthest off, showing 70 when actually at 55. My calculations kept giving me a ridiculous number- like 50. Guess I can order a red gear and try that.
I put a small electric heater against the back cab wall between the seats, “back seat heat” it was called, had it in my CJ-7 over 25 years ago. Shouldnt need more heat in a reg cab ranger but this will warm things up faster.

 

[Guanfy]

I did an axle swap plus rear disc conversion for Victoria today. She's like a whole different truck now. Went from a 7.5 rear axle with 3.45 gears to a ranger 8.8 axle with 4.10 gears. Brakes work great 'cept the parking brake cables being shot. I can live with that for the moment.