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

[bobbywalter]

Get a meter and watch voltage actual

 

[bobbywalter]

Just gonna JB weld the leak from the crack in the t case in the ranger

....stretched another one..

Bah...

 

[sgtsandman]

No warrenty on batteries?

Most cheap batteries have at least a three year warranty. I thought motorcraft was supposed to have 5 plus year warranty.

I wasn't happy about it but they didn't and I would have been looking at about the same amount of money getting and installing a replacement on my own. At least I know there wasn't a fault with the charging system in anyway that killed the battery so soon.

 

[sgtsandman]

heck most oem batteries go for 7-10 years. (or used to)

Not any more it seems. They are getting about 5 years from what I've seen just like the ones you buy from the parts stores. The 2011 is on it's 2nd replacement now. The girlfriend's roller skate got a new battery 5 years after she bought it. One lasting only 2 years is an odd one but it seems there are others with 2019 Rangers on 5G that had to replace their batteries fairly recently. Costs are going up and it looks like quality is going down. Heck, I couldn't find a battery for the 2011 that had a 5-year warranty 5 years ago and ran into the same thing this time.

 

[bobbywalter]

I

Think it intentionally killed the battery.

 

[NIGERIAN RANGER]

Treated the rust under the truck bed; replaced the fuel pump and tank.

 

[Roert42]

I wasn't happy about it but they didn't and I would have been looking at about the same amount of money getting and installing a replacement on my own. At least I know there wasn't a fault with the charging system in anyway that killed the battery so soon.

At least if you bought a cheapo from the the parts store it would have had a warranty...............

 

[sgtsandman]

At least if you bought a cheapo from the the parts store it would have had a warranty...............

If I knew for sure they weren’t going to warranty it, I would have gotten an Optima for the same price.

Being the battery died so soon, I had a doubt about it not being the alternator or power management taking out the battery. And with Murphy choosing the timing, I just didn’t have the time to troubleshoot the systems myself. A week earlier or later, it wouldn’t have been a problem.

 

[Dirt Squirt]

Aaaa, Motorcraft battery, Ford dealer? Why no pro-rated warranty? Me no understand?? What am I missing? Besides a few brain cells from misplaced teenage angst.

 

[sgtsandman]

Since the previous customer assistants/representatives left, the service department hasn’t been the same. The fact that I was unable to stop in and talk directly to a person wasn’t possible didn’t help either I’m sure. They open well after I start work and close at the same time I get off work. Plus drill happening on Monday and this weekend killed any chance of that happening unless I took a day off.

 

[97RangerXLT]

No warrenty on batteries?

Most cheap batteries have at least a three year warranty. I thought motorcraft was supposed to have 5 plus year warranty.

had this happen to me on my wife's 2009 Charger. car was a hair over 2 and a half years old and the battery died. Car had lifetime bumper to bumper warranty. Battery was not covered...

AJ

 

[Blmpkn]

Drove it with real purpose for once, rather than just a stupid commute to work...

Took it over to NH to grab a set of new aftermarket squarebody fenders for a cool 150$

the dude ended up throwing in some hood hinges I need for free, sold me a bench seat in nice shape for 60$, and gave me a loaded driver's door which I need to go back and pay him for once I'm not broke lol. Cool old guy for sure.

 

[Roert42]

Took the dog for a ride to the car wash. Truck was 1000×s dirtier from the 15 minute ride to the car wash then from driving back and forth to work every day.

Had to take the long way home to avoid all the puddles of brine/ ice slurry.

 

[bobbywalter]

cant seem to get the right u joints for my front drive shaft.

no one had 1330 spicers in stock and cant get any until tue....and i will be long gone before that... the ones they say work have a 27mm 28.xmm caps...

so i had to buy two joints.

i left the skid plate off....hoping that dont come back to haunt me. smoked my winch solonoids... sighs...

 

[97RangerXLT]

Cleared the snow off of it and loaded up my snowblower to go dig out my in-laws from Snowpacolypse 2022. they got plowed in pretty bad, it hard to dig out with a 2 stage Craftsman snowblower.,.

AJ