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

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I still have no idea what that thing is

Doubler. Gear reduction before the t-case.

 

[SenorNoob]

It's a low range gearbox to go between the transmission and the transfer case. It can be used for 2wd low range or double low range.

Damnit, Ninja-d

 

[scotts90ranger]

That sounds spiffy, might have to look into it!

Worked on the rear bumper on the '90 more, I wasn't expecting to see torn steel on the mounts! I mean it's like 3/16" wall 3.5" square tube with 1/2" plate mounts to the frame, the 3/16" wall tube tore at the bottom! When I got the thing it came with this bumper, originally it was just mounted with the bolts on the side of the frame, they're like 9/16" bolts for whatever reason but at about 1.5" spacing so it pivoted like a mofo... at some point I added a rear support to grab the bottom of the frame at the back but that's still a short lever arm so it still pivoted... Now I added another chunk to grab the bolt a few inches forward of that which should fix it, and while there with a welder I added a couple passes on the long spans to increase the metal and surface area...

 

[holyford86]

That sounds spiffy, might have to look into it!

I hope it'll be the help I need. When I wheel the truck hard, there are several occasions where I've needed more gear than I had. This will give me that option. In other words, 107:1 ish crawl ratio in 1st, low, low or roughly 8 rpm at the wheel while idling in gear.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Yeah, my '90 doesn't have jack for low end so it needs all the gear it can get but it doesn't do rocks much anyway, might think about squeezing a doubler in the Explorer build but that would complicate things since the T case is 1/2" from the gas tank front mount as it is...

Not sure why I didn't think about it last night when I saw the torn metal but I'm just going to add gussets in the bottom side of the mount brackets to spread the load...

 

[holyford86]

For about 90% of the time, I'm fine without the extra gear, if I wasn't planning on going places and doing things with it I'd likely live with it. Being in the northeast makes it hard to wheel locally so it's a drive to do that. Smoking a clutch a couple hours from home is something I'd like to avoid.

Today I filled in the cargo light hole on the back of my replacement cab, I had forgotten about the hole being there until I started prepping the roof for paint the other day, haha.