What did YOU do today?

[Curious Hound]

In the middle of replacing a little bitty burnt up fan motor. Parts people just delivered the wrong replacement motor. But it had the right part # on the tag. Not a good day. 1 paint line shut down right now.

 

[pjtoledo]

Big car show about 25 miles north of me, over 800 cars! took a couple of hours to see it all. Really nice late 70’s ford trucks, only about 4 rangers, 1 bronco 2. a few early broncos. and the general!
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was that Upper Sandusky?
I was in Findlay.
if I knew about it I could have attended.

 

[Curious Hound]

In the middle of replacing a little bitty burnt up fan motor. Parts people just delivered the wrong replacement motor. But it had the right part # on the tag. Not a good day. 1 paint line shut down right now.
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Got that done.

 

[ranger man'02]

replaced some spark plugs no not fun not on a 4.0L

 

[racsan]

was that Upper Sandusky?
I was in Findlay.
if I knew about it I could have attended.

yes, in upper sandusky, I had forgotten about it & happened to be going through upper to pick up some straw bales.

 

[racsan]

Did fall decorating with the wife this morning, then moved stuff around so the tractor can fit in the garage & get a few updates. Its about as much as Im going to accomplish today.

 

[SenorNoob]

Why does that tractor photo look like it was staged for a magazine or something?

 

[racsan]

Why does that tractor photo look like it was staged for a magazine or something?

it aint, thats just the spot I picked to work on it. old hood comes off, new front axle pivot pin, alternator, voltmeter, new proofmeter & cable. paint dash. new keyswitch (has a toggle for on/off now) and a better air cleaner assembly. Then hood & light switch. Did pull the front tires & paint the rims today.

 

[Blmpkn]

Went wheelin yesterday with a couple co-workers at a park in NH. Had an incredibly good time.. woulda got more footage but my camera man had to also keep his 5 y.o wrangled so lol..

I plan on going back soon. More cameras, more footage.. I'll do a real deal 'trip write-up' next time.

Obligatory poser shots..

 

[sgtsandman]

replaced some spark plugs no not fun not on a 4.0L

Go through the wheel well on the passenger side next time. It makes a world of difference.

 

[sgtsandman]

In the middle of replacing a little bitty burnt up fan motor. Parts people just delivered the wrong replacement motor. But it had the right part # on the tag. Not a good day. 1 paint line shut down right now.
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We've had that happen a few times. Some one either rebuilt the part incorrectly, wasn't paying attention, or shouldn't have been left unsupervised. Thankfully, it isn't a common place thing.

 

[sgtsandman]

Yesterday was church and helping run a gun bash. Today, I prep metal for primer and paint. The deck half needs to be back together Wednesday, whether it's ready or not. We have to be packed and on the road for West Virginia on Thursday.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Go through the wheel well on the passenger side next time. It makes a world of difference.

That's literally the only way to get all but like 2 spark plugs on the V8 explorers... can't even touch the passenger side plugs from the top...

 

[scotts90ranger]

Oh yeah, while I'm here...

The trip to the sand dunes in the Explorer went good, nothing really happened to the Explorer other than it makes some I'm guessing tire noise at 40, some random front end noise at 70 but not bad, guessing a CV or wheel bearings, drove 200 miles without stopping so didn't look into it... The thing does pretty respectably for a stock Explorer with cranked torsion bars and an extra leaf in the back, the traction bars leave a lot to be desired though, I'm sure they're better than nothing but still not great... The welded rear diff probably helped it's abilities. The power steering pump isn't happy with me, probably just burnt the fluid, I'll change it soon maybe this week, need to do that to the '97 Ranger too... My electrical tape sway bar bushings seemed to help the ride.

 

[Shran]

A day late here but I hiked about 4 miles yesterday and found a couple of mines that I have had on my bucket list. One did not disappoint, I struck out on the other two however as they ended up being on private land. Also found a really nice spot to pick up big slate rocks if I need some. Finished the day off with replacing a wheel bearing on my buddy's S10.