You know you own a Ranger when...

[harbt95]

When changing the spring shackles you realize you need to change both hangars and that the frame is starting to rot so is going to need some patching in the near future.


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[AgPete139]

That's just any truck in the rust belt...

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[MPRanger]

When your driving down the highway after dark at 75 MPH and 45 minutes from home when the horn starts to blow when you turn the headlights on. That was the longest 45 minutes of my life.

 

[Hunter_Dude]

You know you own a 1st gen RANGER when it has this many miles

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

You know you own a 1st gen RANGER when it has this many miles

What is special about 75,000 indicated miles?

Mine shows 45,000 miles...

 

[pocket-rocket]

Mine's at 30,700 for the third time

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[88ranger5speed]

Your friends ask why you keep your ranger around...it's 27 years old and runs like a champ...Cept when it doesn't..


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[tmcalavy]

You know you own a Ranger when your truck occasionally smokes more than you do...when the accumulated debris inside the vent system shifts and goes up in smoke that pours out of the top dash vents, so you just roll the windows down and keep it between the lines until the smoke clears out. Wish my truck would smoke filters...they smell a little better.

 

[Andy D]

When I have to shift in and out of 4 wheel with a visegrip that I keep tethered with wire.

 

[adsm08]

What is special about 75,000 indicated miles?

Mine shows 45,000 miles...

I've stopped counting miles and started counting major power/drive train assemblies.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I've stopped counting miles and started counting major power/drive train assemblies.

My fuel gauge has since quit working so if I don't keep an eye on the distance counter I am walking.

I do marvel how I have had the thing 14 years this coming August and so far I have only put 21k miles on it...

I have changed one engine, one rear axle, three transmissions, three exhausts and three sets of tires... not a real effiecient beast for mile per hour laid up in the shop.

One front axle, fourth transmission and one transfercase swap pending.

 

[Mark_88]

Mine's at 30,700 for the third time

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Mine is at 445,544 a palindrome...well, it's a bit over that now...

I've stopped counting miles and started counting major power/drive train assemblies.

I was just trying to remember how many engines/heads I've gone through...so far, the transmission is the only part that hasn't been changed...

My fuel gauge has since quit working so if I don't keep an eye on the distance counter I am walking.

I do marvel how I have had the thing 14 years this coming August and so far I have only put 21k miles on it...

I just ran out of gas the other day...I'm usually keen on keeping enough in to make where I'm heading or the nearest gas station...and I would have made that if I hadn't decided to push my luck and take a slightly different route...but then my battery didn't have enough juice to restart because that was my initial problem and distraction from getting gas without driving enough to charge the battery...so I got two CAA calls in one...they delivered gas and gave me a boost...

 

[pocket-rocket]

so far, the transmission is the only part that hasn't been changed...

So far mine has only been a trans, rear end, cat and muffler and typical rust belt items (brake lines, shackles/hangers, cab mounts, core support and cab bushings). Oh, and master cylinder as of last week, but I still love my Ranger.

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[85_Ranger4x4]

And literally last night my odometer method failed me... foiled by the choke wire getting unplugged.

Went about 1/2 as far as I usually do... dad wasn't impressed going up town at 12:30am to get me some gas...

I noticed it didn't seem to have quite the punch it usually does... but it the cold weather I usually baby it anyway.

 

[det107]

...so far, the transmission is the only part that hasn't been changed...

Yabba Dabba Doo !! (Sorry, I couldn't resist)-