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

[Ranger850]

ouch

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I moved my Ranger out on the road to work on the wife's Escape. A/C drain was plugged because the floor was wet.

So I get it jacked up and supported... slide under to find the drain and I hear someone driving on the road hit my truck. I come out from under it and it's our youngest daughter trying to park at the end of the driveway. Her passenger rear door is creased and door handle dangling... also got about two inches of the front door. Rear quarter is actually torn open at the top of the wheel opening. All I can do is shake my head and walk over and look at my truck. She hit right on the front corner of my AOR bumper and scratched the paint.

That’s a bumper I mean bummer!

 

[Bgunner]

Glad that the Ranger made it through the ordeal but it sucks how much damage was done to the other vehicle. Well on the good side is you know that the AOR bumpers are strong.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Tried playing around with the green Ranger a bit, running a tap through questionable holes, the ones the bolts didn’t come out easy. Started pulling apart the distributor sensor thing and found the one on the engine was broken inside. The sensor that is. No idea how this thing ran. Plugs were broken and gapped huge, timing chain stretched, and this. For as good as it ran, I’m thinking I might be impressed when it’s fixed and running right

 

[Roert42]

Tried playing around with the green Ranger a bit, running a tap through questionable holes, the ones the bolts didn’t come out easy. Started pulling apart the distributor sensor thing and found the one on the engine was broken inside. The sensor that is. No idea how this thing ran. Plugs were broken and gapped huge, timing chain stretched, and this. For as good as it ran, I’m thinking I might be impressed when it’s fixed and running right

You’ve jinxed it. It will never run right again.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

You’ve jinxed it. It will never run right again.

I sure hope you’re wrong because if you’re not, you’re now going to help me with getting a 331 stroker together and in it. Thank you for being kind enough to volunteer

 

[Briansshop]

Got it out for a test drive after the hanger flip. All good,no pinion angle probs. Might try out a set of 1" drop coils up front,or might leave as is,rides great.

 

[sgtsandman]

It looks to be level. So you might be good. I base that on comparing the level of the truck to the garage door opening. The lower opening on the rear wheels wells compared to the front kept messing with my eyes when comparing the truck to the ground.

 

[Blmpkn]

looks like a smidge more wheel gap in the front, but it may very well be perfectly level. The top of the front fenders on squarebody GM's are about an inch higher on the body than the rears.. could be the same with those.

 

[sgtsandman]

I think the front wheel openings are higher. The tires need clearance for turning.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Does it seem to run better if you abuse it a bit?

Asking for a friend...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I sure hope you’re wrong because if you’re not, you’re now going to help me with getting a 331 stroker together and in it. Thank you for being kind enough to volunteer

While I’m here, do we have any other volunteers?

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Worked on the green Ranger. Our wonderful Harbor Freight Titanium welder that has had considerably less than two spools run through it, suddenly decided that it wasn’t going to feed hot anymore, but will run cold feed just fine. I’m betting some inner circuitry fried.

Ran up to my buddy Paul’s and borrowed his little welder. Fought with it for an hour, broke the weld at least a dozen times before the last broken bolt finally unscrewed. Tried it on the one broken bolt for the trim plate on top the intake but wasn’t having any luck. Not all that worried about that one right now. Aside from drinking a couple gallons of water, that was all that got accomplished. At this rate maybe I’ll have it back together for next summer.

 

[Roert42]

You want me to bring my welder too?

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Oh, BTW, I pulled out my good VelvetShield welding blanket that hasn’t been used since last year…

Not, at all, happy right now…