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

[1990RangerinSK]

Took the ranger for a spin in the field. Made the kid's night.

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You'd better wash that truck. It's dirty.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

You'd better wash that truck. It's dirty.

So I've heard...

 

[racsan]

Picked up some chicken supplies at tsc & then to krogers for a grocery pickup. Buzzed through a car wash then stopped at a car lot to check out a couple of used vehicles before heading home.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yesterday I got back to work on the green Ranger. Undid about everything that I had tried to do Wednesday because I was second guessing it all. Bent another bit of 5/8” aluminum tube for the heater lines because what had originally cleared everything suddenly didn’t when I tried to set the upper intake down without a rag across the lower intake (I didn’t think it was that much thicker than the gasket) and I started to kink the tube trying to get it to clear. So after bending tubing for the nth time, redoing the clamps again and some other tweaks, the upper intake is finally bolted down. Still have to connect just about everything back up.

Oh, and the coil pack bracket that I had previously clearanced doesn’t fit anymore and my grinding wheel has wandered off somewhere. My Milwaukee M18 grinder, cutting disks, grinding wheel, and cup brush I’ve been keeping all together because I keep using them on this project and I don’t want to lose anything. Everything is there but the grinding wheel. I should have some spares around here but so far can’t locate them. I know I have a bag of that stuff with my corded grinders at my buddy’s garage in town but I was trying to avoid having to run up there for just that. Sooo frustrating. I was pretty irritable last night. Need my damn garage up so all of this stuff can live in one place.

 

[holyford86]

Not from today but the last couple of days, went and picked up a doubler, went through it and fixed some issues, now to collect some drive shafts and make it fit, this will be a long term project but will happen eventually

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Got it stuck yesterday and then used a ratchet strap to pull the front end sideways after some extensive digging with a fold up military style shovel. I buried the whole back end because the hitch was sitting on the bank back there.

I threw my back out 3 days ago and this didn’t help it. I really need a winch, high lift and shovel on this truck. Hopefully when my taxes come back, I’ll get them.

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[lil_Blue_Ford]

Got it stuck yesterday and then used a ratchet strap to pull the front end sideways after some extensive digging with a fold up military style shovel. I buried the whole back end because the hitch was sitting on the bank back there.

I threw my back out 3 days ago and this didn’t help it. I really need a winch, high lift and shovel on this truck. Hopefully when my taxes come back, I’ll get them.

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Yikes! Man, even a high lift would be easier than the ol ratchet strap trick. I tried come-alongs but after splitting a fingernail when one malfunctioned, I’m a little resistant to wanting to use one. Short of an actual winch, I’d rather use a hi lift to winch and it doubles as a jack, so rather handy. (I did use it to clamp a tweaked plow mount back together enough for new bolts once)

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yikes! Man, even a high lift would be easier than the ol ratchet strap trick. I tried come-alongs but after splitting a fingernail when one malfunctioned, I’m a little resistant to wanting to use one. Short of an actual winch, I’d rather use a hi lift to winch and it doubles as a jack, so rather handy. (I did use it to clamp a tweaked plow mount back together enough for new bolts once)

Nothing worse than breaking a nail when a guy is offroading...

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Yikes! Man, even a high lift would be easier than the ol ratchet strap trick. I tried come-alongs but after splitting a fingernail when one malfunctioned, I’m a little resistant to wanting to use one. Short of an actual winch, I’d rather use a hi lift to winch and it doubles as a jack, so rather handy. (I did use it to clamp a tweaked plow mount back together enough for new bolts once)

Yes sir, I was dumb and wasn’t prepared. Definitely not my finest moment. But through sheer refusal to quit, I barely got out lol. That’s really the only thing I can brag about, I don’t give up easily. If I had fixed my mirrors and or paid more attention then I wouldn’t have been in that situation. I have used high lifts quite a bit. They’re absolutely dangerous but are very useful. Took a handle to the jaw one day because I was tired and let my hand slip. Only thing that saved me was that most of the weight was already off the jack. Made my jaw sore for a day or two but I escaped with no real damage. I treat them with much more respect now!

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Nothing worse than breaking a nail when a guy is offroading...

Lol, ok, so I thought I was trying to be polite and instead left myself wide open… what really happened was my thumb went into the ratcheting mechanism nail first… ouch.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yes sir, I was dumb and wasn’t prepared. Definitely not my finest moment. But through sheer refusal to quit, I barely got out lol. That’s really the only thing I can brag about, I don’t give up easily. If I had fixed my mirrors and or paid more attention then I wouldn’t have been in that situation. I have used high lifts quite a bit. They’re absolutely dangerous but are very useful. Took a handle to the jaw one day because I was tired and let my hand slip. Only thing that saved me was that most of the weight was already off the jack. Made my jaw sore for a day or two but I escaped with no real damage. I treat them with much more respect now!

Yeah, I’ve been attacked by them before and barely managed to avoid serious damage too

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Lol, ok, so I thought I was trying to be polite and instead left myself wide open… what really happened was my thumb went into the ratcheting mechanism nail first… ouch.

Nice save.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Nice save.

Yeah, I think it was that thumb too, except it was a bloody mess

 

[rubydist]

Got it stuck yesterday and then used a ratchet strap to pull the front end sideways after some extensive digging with a fold up military style shovel. I buried the whole back end because the hitch was sitting on the bank back there.

I threw my back out 3 days ago and this didn’t help it. I really need a winch, high lift and shovel on this truck. Hopefully when my taxes come back, I’ll get them.

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I usually recommend driving in the same direction as the road, rather than perpendicular to it. That seems to help me.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I usually recommend driving in the same direction as the road, rather than perpendicular to it. That seems to help me.

Is that where I went wrong?