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

[superj]

Truck has been napping under the carport lately since Cristina and both boys now have wranglers. We are making sure jarrod's wrangler is 100% good to go and Jason is doing the same on his in Nebraska. He traded his 26 Lariat away because the payment was killing him. He did say he regretted trading the 24 stx up to the 26 Lariat but that is done and he is in a jeep now

 

[Rick W]

Not too sure of what they look like. I found a couple pics. AI says diameter of the face is 6.25 to 6.375". The clip in part would likely be up to 1/2" smaller.
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@Rick W

A few thoughts & pics from my inventory…

First, 5x4.5 bolt pattern? Or 5x5? The dish/bowl caps came in two different sizes, 6.25OD and 7.0OD. The 5 x 5 is for older stuff, and yours should be 5 x 4.5, but I wanted to confirm.

Here are the caps

The Lincoln on the left is a 6.25, and the Lincoln on the right is a 7.0. The Ford is a 7.0. The emblems on the caps are held on by four or five screws from the inside.

Those bowls/dish caps were primarily for turban wheels, some bullet hole wheels, and other “soup dish” wheels. There are three studs sticking up that are part of the wheel that hold them in place.

Those wheels take any lug nut that will hold the wheel down.

I know of two style Ranger caps that went on the bullet hole style wheels, 14 or 15.

They take the flange style lug nut like this

I literally have 25 or 30 of those wheels on the trucks or trailers I have, and a dozen more for what I’m planning to build. That style are bad about popping off when you hit a bump or a railroad track. When I use them, I always put a little tiny dab of E 6000/goop on the three catch points. It’s just enough to keep them from popping off.

Your wheels are the fake wire/lace wheels. They take the flatter lace cap that has a pop on center (I think).

The silver part of the cap holds on the wheel with three screws, and the black part pops on (I think). These wheels are the ones I am least familiar with. I’ve never messed with that style of wheel, but I have actually pulled the center caps for the emblems. The Ford, mercury, and Lincoln wheels and caps are all the same, and the center part of the cap with the logo is interchangeable with a few screws.

And an afterthought, you could find that kind of thing in pretty good shape down here. If you want to sign up for the notifications for “Pull-A-Part” here in Atlanta, north location, east location and south location for the Crown Vic, the mercury, and the town car, and let me know if you find one, and I’ll go check it out.

Hope it helps

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

This is what I'm in for (again) tomorrow.

Sucks, but not my first rodeo.

I have no idea how it got around the face shield and glasses. I hit a spot when descaling the shock towers that sort of... 'sploded.







I really hate the coilover mod.

Update: doc got most of it out. Apparently I tore part of the lens on this one. I can see fine, just a red area and have to go back in on Monday to see if they can get the remaining flecks or if it's just a stain.

Also bought a pair of goggles for next time. May just get a blasting hood and be done with it.

Also all parts finally refinished, frame is painted, and truck is ready for reassembly.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Update: doc got most of it out. Apparently I tore part of the lens on this one. I can see fine, just a red area and have to go back in on Monday to see if they can get the remaining flecks or if it's just a stain.

Also bought a pair of goggles for next time. May just get a blasting hood and be done with it.

Also all parts finally refinished, frame is painted, and truck is ready for reassembly.

Glad it turned out ok. Only problem I have with goggles is my glasses fog up. Maybe if there was a small fan inside...