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

[pjtoledo]

Looks a lot like a reducing washer for electrical conduit. They come in a bunch of different sizes.

View attachment 70984

yes it does. searching the mfg # brings up a Dana 30 baffle.
considering it spaces the inner race, a couple thous' variation in thickness may cock the race and nobody wants a cocked race.
they only cost $2 at Summit, so what da heck, I bought 4 with plans on screwing up the first 2.
it does fit as is, but leaves less gap than the baffle in my 2000. I was concerned with a smaller gap keeping too much lube and leaking out the seal.
the purpose of this baffle is to restrict oil from leaving the area immediately behind the outer bearing thus improving lubrication.

here's a shot of the mfgr #, O.D. is about 2.82" I.D. 1.44"

 

[superj]

my son and i drove hte heck out of the ranger this weekend. we drove to san antonio on sunday to look at a car for him. than drove back without the car because it was junk. then yesterday we drove to harlingen to look at a car, and back again. with the car this time. i have averaged 18.4mpg with this little 3.0 and the five speed doing 80-85 for the 700ish miles we did those two days.

we have been looking at mazdaspeed3 and focus st for a bit over a month. trying to find a clean one for a good price but its been a tough run till yesterday. we got a 2014 focus st with 104k miles and the st3 seats for 7300.

 

[Blmpkn]

Treating it to a wash right now... I'm sure it'll be filthy before I get home but... gotta keep the layer of crust on it to a minimum anyways. First time I've washed it this winter as sad as that is.

 

[Roert42]

If it makes you feel any better I haven't washed my truck since the end of last winter.

This is also the first time they even salted the roads this year, it's been a very mild winter so far.

 

[Snoranger]

The dealer washed my truck before I picked it up... 2 years ago.

 

[superj]

Got to look at the new maverick, while driving the ranger

 

[bobbywalter]

Got to look at the new maverick, while driving the rangerView attachment 71002

Were all the rangers making fun of it...

 

[superj]

all their trucks are fleet trucks there, even the mavericks. i guess they figure all the local parts places or whoever uses small trucks for runners will want some because they had a bunch white base model fleet looking mavericks and rangers there. maybe they sell a lot to guys from mexico though? this dealer is only about 45 minutes from matamoros mexico.

i don't know. it was a cool little truck and reminds me of the old brats from when i was a kid, just an extra set of doors on it.

 

[Blmpkn]

I usually try to wash my vehicles once a week when there's rust enhancers on the road.

Who knows if it really does any good.. a mile after washing the vehicles coated in the same amount of dust that's in Pelosis panties.

Peace of mind at least. 10$ a week ain't bad.

 

[sgtsandman]

I usually try to wash my vehicles once a week when there's rust enhancers on the road.

Who knows if it really does any good.. a mile after washing the vehicles coated in the same amount of dust that's in Pelosis panties.

Peace of mind at least. 10$ a week ain't bad.

I try to do the same as long as the temp is above freezing for more than a couple hours. Caveat is that it doesn’t do much good if you have salt brine from melting snow still splashing up and coating everything.

 

[Curious Hound]

Arcing and sparking.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Was about 4 miles from work when my boss called, my other coworker with a Ranger ('98 regular cab with a 2.5L) was broke down, and since I know Rangers and have a tow strap with me (it's a hooptie, you never know... sometimes I get into schenanigans too...) so I turned around and looked at it, popped the timing mark inspection plug and the belt's all floppy in there... towed it back to work...

 

[Ramcharger90]

Drove it over to be miserable while helping a friend pull a motor..... I hate GM with all my being.....

The down side is its a 90 vette.... the cool thing is its going in a mid 50's chevy belair I think..... apparently someone at GM came up with the idea that a 6mm or 7mm wasn't good enough to get the bolt that hold the wiring for the pcm to the dash plug on the driver side out you have to use a universal screw driver with out a bit.... that motor made a whopping 190hp back then.... I still am not sure why use this motor and that cross fire nonsense in this car but..... whatever reason I especially hate corvettes now.

 

[racsan]

imagine driving that vette with the hood off- and then you hit a puddle or it starts raining.

 

[Roert42]

6mm or 7mm wasn't good enough to get the bolt that hold the wiring for the pcm to the dash plug on the driver side out you have to use a universal screw driver with out a bit

So 1/4" 6pt socket?