900$ Ranger - Help! Didn't see before bought..
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900$ Ranger - Help! Didn't see before bought..
I own a 2002 2wd Duratec XLT already, that is my daily and commuter, but I stumbled across another ranger on craigslist that I thought was a hot deal.
I bought a 1998 4.0 5r55e 4x4 XLT with all the power options, bed liner, straight body, and a rebuilt engine all for 900 bucks. Kicker was the tranny was toast. Lost reverse and slipping real bad in all forward gears. I drove it home ~ 30 miles and put it on ramps and started tearing into removing the trans. Then - I - Saw - It. The front cross member is all kinds of beat up. I bought the truck at night (bad, I know) but he had others interested in it right behind me. The title is clean, and it drove straight, didn't pull, or make any funny or awkward noises, but it sure looks rough:
The owner said that he drove it like that the entire time he had it, and the owner before him was the one who had to have done the damage.
I don't know much about welding, so I really don't know what can be fixed and what cant. I don't plan to jump stumps with this thing, it will mainly be a road vehicle.
Can this be fixed, does it look ok to drive on? How could I fix it? What kinda money am I looking at?
Thanks, appreciate the help guys ::icon_welder:
I bought a 1998 4.0 5r55e 4x4 XLT with all the power options, bed liner, straight body, and a rebuilt engine all for 900 bucks. Kicker was the tranny was toast. Lost reverse and slipping real bad in all forward gears. I drove it home ~ 30 miles and put it on ramps and started tearing into removing the trans. Then - I - Saw - It. The front cross member is all kinds of beat up. I bought the truck at night (bad, I know) but he had others interested in it right behind me. The title is clean, and it drove straight, didn't pull, or make any funny or awkward noises, but it sure looks rough:
The owner said that he drove it like that the entire time he had it, and the owner before him was the one who had to have done the damage.
I don't know much about welding, so I really don't know what can be fixed and what cant. I don't plan to jump stumps with this thing, it will mainly be a road vehicle.
Can this be fixed, does it look ok to drive on? How could I fix it? What kinda money am I looking at?
Thanks, appreciate the help guys ::icon_welder:
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Invest in a Oxy/Acetylene torch and go to town? Welding some gussets or supports would be vital in preventing the weakened metal (mainly from heating and bending) from bending up again.
I don't know enough about 97'+ to know if the lower arm (LCA if that's what it's called) is fixable or not.
Hopefully someone with frame straightening advice will chime in.
I don't know enough about 97'+ to know if the lower arm (LCA if that's what it's called) is fixable or not.
Hopefully someone with frame straightening advice will chime in.
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it does not look fun.....good luck.
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Yeah, whoever was driving must have hit a rock going pretty fast.
The more I look at it, the more do-able it looks.
I might do some running around seeing what kinda money shops would want for the job. I'm also contemplating on just heating it up and trying to kinda fold it back into shape with a hammer and some love.
What do you guys think?
The more I look at it, the more do-able it looks.
I might do some running around seeing what kinda money shops would want for the job. I'm also contemplating on just heating it up and trying to kinda fold it back into shape with a hammer and some love.
What do you guys think?
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it's not that bad... i have seen worse... i would just hammer and crowbar as much as you can... being that it still drives straight, it can't be too bad...
any running vehicle, up here, is worth $1000 minimum, you're in good shape... new LCA, and have a shop take a look at it and straighten up the mounting point for the LCA a bit...
it looks to me like someone hit a concrete wall, like a retaining wall type deal... i did it on my mustang, but didn't hit it, i went over it, and the road dropped away from under me, and i got hung up on it... didn't do quite that much damage though
any running vehicle, up here, is worth $1000 minimum, you're in good shape... new LCA, and have a shop take a look at it and straighten up the mounting point for the LCA a bit...
it looks to me like someone hit a concrete wall, like a retaining wall type deal... i did it on my mustang, but didn't hit it, i went over it, and the road dropped away from under me, and i got hung up on it... didn't do quite that much damage though
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