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

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yes, but did you get TP for your Bunghole?

No, throttle position is measured up at the fuel make-it-happener.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Got my tires on and the speedo gear in, the GPS says my speedo is right on now, if I get a wild hair in the next couple weeks I'll go to the speedo check point on the local freeway... took a silly picture for good measure, one pic of the wheels loaded in the bed for when I took them to get balanced today ($67, seems kinda spendy but whatever, they didn't get commission on tires or mounting... only one tire store within driving distance at lunch time to pick up on the way home from work). Other pic is of the odometer crossing 200k the other day...

 

[Rick W]

Got my tires on and the speedo gear in, the GPS says my speedo is right on now, if I get a wild hair in the next couple weeks I'll go to the speedo check point on the local freeway... took a silly picture for good measure, one pic of the wheels loaded in the bed for when I took them to get balanced today ($67, seems kinda spendy but whatever, they didn't get commission on tires or mounting... only one tire store within driving distance at lunch time to pick up on the way home from work). Other pic is of the odometer crossing 200k the other day...

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What’s it like having a low mileage truck?

 

[JoshT]

Got my tires on and the speedo gear in, the GPS says my speedo is right on now, if I get a wild hair in the next couple weeks I'll go to the speedo check point on the local freeway... took a silly picture for good measure, one pic of the wheels loaded in the bed for when I took them to get balanced today ($67, seems kinda spendy but whatever, they didn't get commission on tires or mounting... only one tire store within driving distance at lunch time to pick up on the way home from work). Other pic is of the odometer crossing 200k the other day...

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Looks good. Always liked those Ranger wheels, just wish they made them in a 16 instead of 15. I picked up a set of Explorer wheels and some free used tires for test fitting a few months ago. Cost $60 to have those mounted too. More than I expected but, like you said, they aren't making any comission off tire sales. I've got a buddy that has a tire machine at his shop, but his shop is about an hour away and I didn't want to make the trip after work. Next time I'll make the drive and borrow his tire machine.

Speaking of the explorer wheels, and since everyone is showing off their new wheels, I guess I'll show off my future wheels. I bought these to go on my dark gray metallic 99 Ranger after I lower it and convert to live axle. These won't be the "forever wheels" but they were cheap way to get into a size I was interested in for settintg up and testing out suspensio and ride height. The wheels are 2011-2017 Explorer 18x8 and the tires are 245/60R18, so about 29.5" tall. Well worn so probably closer to the 255/55R18 that I want to run.

Dad wanted to try out the smaller diameter on his truck and see how it responded so I was able to get a sneak peak of how they will look on a 4x4 Ranger. My truck will hopefully end up sitting a little lower than this.

Oh, so far he's liking the change in performance and handling from the smaller tire. Too soon to know how it's going to affect mileage. This is stepping down from what's probably a 32-33" tire on a 16" rim, I think they were probably heavy off brands too.

His truck has been all over the place on wheel and tire combos. Originally with stock 16" wheels and tires, but he hated the stock wheels on the truck. I ended up with a "spare" set of the wheels on @scotts90ranger's truck, he liked them and ran those for years. Then recently swapped back to the stock 16s because of tire availability, but the shop for some reason went oversize on the tires. Now dad is wanting to find a set of 16" he likes and go back to stock size or slightly smaller than stock. There are a couple of styles on the 16+ rangers that I think he's like but I haven't found them available locally yet. One is a more squared off split 5 spoke and the other is a y-spoke design, I really think he'd like the split design.

 

[scotts90ranger]

What’s it like having a low mileage truck?

My '90 says it has like 12k miles on it! problem is I've seen it say 00000 twice

I got this thing at like 142k, seemed like a spring chicken, most things all tight, barely even leaks any oil! it was kinda rough when I got it with a bent I beam, white drivers door, blown out rear slider window and front armrest sitting in the back seat with the drivers seat back broken on one side... heck I drove it on the trailer without a battery just on the alternator... This thing still has like 30k miles less than any of my other rigs... (aside from the '90 Ranger, who knows on that thing, got it 24 years ago with the odo showing 89k, might not have rolled at that point yet)

 

[Rick W]

My '90 says it has like 12k miles on it! problem is I've seen it say 00000 twice

I got this thing at like 142k, seemed like a spring chicken, most things all tight, barely even leaks any oil! it was kinda rough when I got it with a bent I beam, white drivers door, blown out rear slider window and front armrest sitting in the back seat with the drivers seat back broken on one side... heck I drove it on the trailer without a battery just on the alternator... This thing still has like 30k miles less than any of my other rigs... (aside from the '90 Ranger, who knows on that thing, got it 24 years ago with the odo showing 89k, might not have rolled at that point yet)

Both The Missing Linc and The Road Ranger have slightly over 300. Missing Linc was a borderline basket case, but the cowboys who had it before me (you know, those nutty types that run wide open through the woods) kept all the running gear in good order until they blew the motor. I hunted all over and got a rebuilt 2.9 that had 40,000 miles on it from a wreck, folks I knew.

The Road Ranger was the opposite. A very well maintained one owner truck, everything worked but the cruise control, and it still had one dash light bulb, lighting the gas gauge. The interior and exterior were just faded, but knock on wood, mechanically it’s been superb.

Big Red, 96 F250 7.3 4WD has 118, all my mileage, it’s just getting broken in, but in the city, it’s like driving a school bus.

Ole Blue, the 88 Signature HP Town Car has about 75k, 87 Signature HP TC, Tuxedo, has about 110, and the 78 Mark V has about 120. No name yet. I think the reason the 78 has such low mileage after 47 years is because it gets 7 miles a gallon. Who in the world could afford to drive it?

And I’m just making conversation here, don’t want to rub salt in anyone’s wounds, but they’re all completely rust free. I think it might be one of the main reasons I stayed down here when I came down from the Big Apple area in Jersey 44 years ago.

 

[Snoranger]

Both The Missing Linc and The Road Ranger have slightly over 300. Missing Linc was a borderline basket case, but the cowboys who had it before me (you know, those nutty types that run wide open through the woods) kept all the running gear in good order until they blew the motor. I hunted all over and got a rebuilt 2.9 that had 40,000 miles on it from a wreck, folks I knew.

The Road Ranger was the opposite. A very well maintained one owner truck, everything worked but the cruise control, and it still had one dash light bulb, lighting the gas gauge. The interior and exterior were just faded, but knock on wood, mechanically it’s been superb.

Big Red, 96 F250 7.3 4WD has 118, all my mileage, it’s just getting broken in, but in the city, it’s like driving a school bus.

Ole Blue, the 88 Signature HP Town Car has about 75k, 87 Signature HP TC, Tuxedo, has about 110, and the 78 Mark V has about 120. No name yet. I think the reason the 78 has such low mileage after 47 years is because it gets 7 miles a gallon. Who in the world could afford to drive it?

And I’m just making conversation here, don’t want to rub salt in anyone’s wounds, but they’re all completely rust free. I think it might be one of the main reasons I stayed down here when I came down from the Big Apple area in Jersey 44 years ago.

I hit 153 miles earlier this week. I might be all the way up to 400 miles by the time we get to Carlisle.

 

[Curious Hound]

I hit 153 miles earlier this week. I might be all the way up to 400 miles by the time we get to Carlisle.

Don't wear it out!

 

[tw205]

Copy and pasted from BroncoCorral.
Installed my homemade winch bumper am my ol girl Alice. . I’ve had it on the truck before but it was for fitment as it still needed cleaned and a few adjustments but it’s been a minute. So it’s trimmed and freshly painted. I was asked previously how much sag I got at the springs because she is a beast. Estimate at 125lbs. I measured before at the front axle@ 31 5/8”. After with winch and goodies on it 31 3/8”. So about 1/4”. I believe the springs to be factory but wouldn’t be surprised if they were leveling springs.

 

[Rick W]

I hit 153 miles earlier this week. I might be all the way up to 400 miles by the time we get to Carlisle.

I have more miles on my wheel barrow.

 

[CamTheHedgehog]

I’ve been cleaning a carpet and am taking a break right now- I wonder how many miles a RugDoctor with 300 hours on it has rolled?

 

[sgtsandman]

Took the 2011 up to a radio club picnic in Moraine State park.

 

[holyford86]

Measured for, ordered, test fit, and painted a new set of rear shocks. I had blindly installed the lift shocks meant for the lift amount I have, they are a little over an inch too long for me, kept blowing them because shocks make bad bump stops, should be all fixed once these are installed tomorrow

 

[Rick W]

Took the 2011 up to a radio club picnic in Moraine State park.

You couldn’t get through on the radio? You had to go up there? What kind of radio club is that?

 

[JoshT]

I’ve been cleaning a carpet and am taking a break right now- I wonder how many miles a RugDoctor with 300 hours on it has rolled?

Oh the stories it could tell. We probably don't want to know.