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

[cmcolfax]

Drove it...

Then took this picture.

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That's all the miles I've driven since Halloween last year.

It needs a good clean up.

I drove mine 3x that in the past two weeks!

 

[cmcolfax]

The PITA got new shoes...

15x8 Jeep "Gamblers" wearing some generic 31x10.50 MT's

2" spacers from Titan Wheel Products all the way around to make up for the totally different backspacing.

This may be the first time I have gone DOWN a tire size!
The 265/75/16's that were on it (and now are for sale) measure out to 32x11!

 

[RobWigglezz]

Oh wise ones….

The Missing Linc, 1987 2.9

My clutch pedal seems to be fading a little bit. When I checked the reservoir, the fluid is kind of dark. I’m pretty sure it has a new slave cylinder because I put a new clutch in when I put in the rebuilt engine, very low miles since then, so I’m assuming it’s the clutch master cylinder. I hear they’re a pain in the neck to bleed, so a couple questions.

Is there any way to know whether it’s the clutch master or the clutch slave? I’m going to start with the clutch master simply because it’s obviously easier to get to.

And again, everything says they’re a pain in the butt to bleed and they have that reservoir that’s the size of a small shot glass. While I’m pulling it out anyway, would it make sense to put in a bigger reservoir from the scrapyard or the shed of miracles so it doesn’t run dry while I’m bleeding it?

Also, any bleeding advice on how to do it so it actually works would be appreciated. No rush, it won’t be here for a week. The local ones are apparently made of gold or Sterling silver. I just need an Aluminum one.

Thanks in advance

I bench bled my clutch master by stretching it out up a ladder. You can orientate the master at an angle so the air doesn't get trapped.

 

[cmcolfax]

I'd still take that over filling the F150, filled that up thursday, 97 bucks

Hell I filled the Ranger the other day and it was $74 (VA for reference)

 

[youngbuckwithapickuptruck]

I was doing a tune-up and then i pulled on the rear driver-side plastic boot clamp thingy with extendo plyers and the plastic boot holder thinger came off, uh oh.
then the wire pulled out of the boot.
then i try pulling on my boot with my extendo-plyers and it just starts tearing chunks out of the boot.

any suggestions before I continue?
also how much spark plug grease should i be putting on both ends of the wire? a thin film or globs?

 

[Curious Hound]

I was doing a tune-up and then i pulled on the rear driver-side plastic boot clamp thingy with extendo plyers and the plastic boot holder thinger came off, uh oh.
then the wire pulled out of the boot.
then i try pulling on my boot with my extendo-plyers and it just starts tearing chunks out of the boot.

 

[scotts90ranger]

I was doing a tune-up and then i pulled on the rear driver-side plastic boot clamp thingy with extendo plyers and the plastic boot holder thinger came off, uh oh.
then the wire pulled out of the boot.
then i try pulling on my boot with my extendo-plyers and it just starts tearing chunks out of the boot.

any suggestions before I continue?
also how much spark plug grease should i be putting on both ends of the wire? a thin film or globs?

I'm guessing you tore a plug boot, that isn't good but it happens, would replace... It's easiest to pull the upper intake manifold to change the drivers side plug wire, it's possible without but I'm pretty sure takes the same amount of time...

as for how much dielectric grease on the plugs/boots, not much, just a smear, it should help the boots from baking onto the spark plugs in the future.