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

[sgtsandman]

Which is why I disagreed with your statement… there are plenty of reasons why 3.45s or 3.55s belong in a Ranger. Stock 2wd being the main reason.

I suppose I'm somewhat biased. My only experience with 3.45 gears is on a RWD Ranger with a 2.5 Lima. Even with the 225/70R14 tires, it just plain struggled. Once I put an axle with a 4.10 differential in it, it was a totally different truck.

 

[superj]

i think they should all have 3.73 or 4.10, also. 3.45 reminds me of the jeeps and if you used any tire size more than a 30, they became dogs and gas mileage was bad.


and the 4.10 in my little ranger makes it alot of fun when drag racing shopping carts in the parking lot

 

[ben_2_go]

Bought the kit to rebuild my AC system for the Strangler. $175 shipped but I still have to locate cans of R134a.

 

[Snoranger]

I suppose I'm somewhat biased. My only experience with 3.45 gears is on a RWD Ranger with a 2.5 Lima. Even with the 225/70R14 tires, it just plain struggled. Once I put an axle with a 4.10 differential in it, it was a totally different truck.

Yeah. That same truck with a 4.0l wouldn’t need 4.10s. It would be more fun with 4.10s, but I love doing burnouts.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

Emptied the power-steering fluid from the reservoir with a hand-pump siphon to replace the fluid with fresh, since the truck has 150K miles. The reservoir had been at the full mark. I have been getting just a trace of shudder occasionally during low-speed parking-lot maneuvering.

Ford calls for red Mercon V ATF as PS fluid. The unpleasant surprise is that instead of being red, what came out was dark gray. Maybe the Chrysler dealer that sold me the truck put in something else to top the fluid.

For now I filled the reservoir with Lucas power-steering "band-aid" type fluid just in case, and it's back at the full mark. After a few hundred miles or so, I'll empty the reservoir again and refill with clean fluid, then keep doing this until I'm happy with the color.

 

[ben_2_go]

All of my Rangers regardless of engine size have had 4:10 gears.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Prepared for the possible hail later...

Im afraid my windsheild frame might be to bad to replace the glass if it got pummeled

 

[pjtoledo]

where is the Jeep?
storms are due in Toledo about 7-8


oh crap, it's almost 7 now.

 

[Rick W]

Prepared for the possible hail later...

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Im afraid my windsheild frame might be to bad to replace the glass if it got pummeled

You don’t have another pallet to protect that hood?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

You don’t have another pallet to protect that hood?

Oh prolly. But i can drive it with a dented hood

 

[rusty ol ranger]

where is the Jeep?
storms are due in Toledo about 7-8


oh crap, it's almost 7 now.

Parked in the street. Along with the fusion. I ended up moving the ranger out from undrr the tree and back by the shed. Luckly we didnt really get shit. Just rain thunder and wind. Theres no massive trees over the street parking. Just in my damn driveway lol

The newer vehicles i dont worry about as much, they are more eaisly replaceable/fixable and on state farms dime.

I need a garage

 

[Manscout]

Finally finished up the install on my pillar gauges,

I forgot to mention in the other post that Duplicolor Interior Medium Gray is a 95% match for the Ford gray interior. Just make sure you use rubbing alcohol or wax and grease remover on it first. I did 3 light coats and almost cannot scratch it.

 

[94_PurpsRange]

Drove it thru a planter trying to get my daughter from school and some bus was broke down.
Guess ill go back to the school later and sweep up the mess I made.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

Yesterday mine passed state inspection and received an ATF machine flush and fill. It's been 50,000 miles on the previous fill.

Today, because the shops' machines tend to overfill transmissions, I pumped out 3 pints of ATF and added a bottle of Lubegard Red. The level is midway between the add and full marks now, in the middle of the crosshatching.

I've been driving the truck a bit, then siphoning out the power steering reservoir and topping it with Mercon V. The color is starting to become reddish now. Bought 4 more quarts of Mercon V from Walmart today to continue the process.

Now don't laugh too hard at me when you read this. Yesterday, when I started the truck the get the items in the first paragraph done, the engine revved to 3,000 rpm and stayed there. I couldn't see anything wrong under the hood. The revs didn't slow when the truck was put in gear, but the truck behaved as though the throttle had jammed. It was necessary to keep the brake pedal mashed as hard as possible. I nursed it to an auto shop around the corner, only to find the shop was closed. I walked to my neighbor's, called a tow truck, and got the truck to another shop.

Stupid me had pulled out the WeatherTech floor mat to clean and vacuum the interior, and I had put the mat over the accelerator pedal. The truck was fixed in seconds after the shop looked at it. The shop didn't even charge me for it, but I did have to pay the tow bill, of course. Now stop laughing. You jerks.

 

[94_PurpsRange]

Yesterday mine passed state inspection and received an ATF machine flush and fill. It's been 50,000 miles on the previous fill.

Today, because the shops' machines tend to overfill transmissions, I pumped out 3 pints of ATF and added a bottle of Lubegard Red. The level is midway between the add and full marks now, in the middle of the crosshatching.

I've been driving the truck a bit, then siphoning out the power steering reservoir and topping it with Mercon V. The color is starting to become reddish now. Bought 4 more quarts of Mercon V from Walmart today to continue the process.

Now don't laugh too hard at me when you read this. Yesterday, when I started the truck the get the items in the first paragraph done, the engine revved to 3,000 rpm and stayed there. I couldn't see anything wrong under the hood. The revs didn't slow when the truck was put in gear, but the truck behaved as though the throttle had jammed. It was necessary to keep the brake pedal mashed as hard as possible. I nursed it to an auto shop around the corner, only to find the shop was closed. I walked to my neighbor's, called a tow truck, and got the truck to another shop.

Stupid me had pulled out the WeatherTech floor mat to clean and vacuum the interior, and I had put the mat over the accelerator pedal. The truck was fixed in seconds after the shop looked at it. The shop didn't even charge me for it, but I did have to pay the tow bill, of course. Now stop laughing. You jerks.

Sounded great up until you tried to "cyber truck" your ranger thru town hahaha Glad you and the truck are safe bud.

The tow bill had to hurt... but thats the small consequence of senior moment