This is how you get OBX mud off of a truck
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This is how you get OBX mud off of a truck
Say what ya'll want, "I have cleaning OCD", 'its a truck", etc...but that dang mud was coming off of my truck. It was fun while it lasted, but it was time to get it to premud condition. For those of ya'll that dont know we had a wonderful trcuk meet on the OBX and it was a blast. See thread:
https://www.ranger-forums.com/f70/ju...thread-108501/
Well it was time to get the mud off. It couldnt be good for all the parts espacially since the engine was pretty much caked along with all susmension and brakes.
Two hours before:
the culprit:
The aftermath;
Front suspension:
Motor:
New wheels caked:
Then it came the fun part of getting mud off:
My front end was submerged, so you can imagine the mud that was in it:
Clean motor:
Bed off, the rearend was actually the worse, the spare tire was a bowl of mud:
Finally back together:
The last pic, an old man came up to and told me "young man, yu have the sharpest Ranger I have ever laid eyes on. Its so clean!" I told him he didnt see it the day before...lol.
Anyhowm the truck is cleaner now underneath than before the mud. That is the firstand last time i go in mud. I dont mind sand and snow, but mud sucks. If i go through mud again, it will be with a truck I dont owe 11 grand on and one that i can mess up and not worry about it. The truck is clean, but it not yet the way i want it. it was so hot yesterday, i got a few waterspots i have to get off. I also have to clean my interior as it smells like the ocean!
https://www.ranger-forums.com/f70/ju...thread-108501/
Well it was time to get the mud off. It couldnt be good for all the parts espacially since the engine was pretty much caked along with all susmension and brakes.
Two hours before:
the culprit:
The aftermath;
Front suspension:
Motor:
New wheels caked:
Then it came the fun part of getting mud off:
My front end was submerged, so you can imagine the mud that was in it:
Clean motor:
Bed off, the rearend was actually the worse, the spare tire was a bowl of mud:
Finally back together:
The last pic, an old man came up to and told me "young man, yu have the sharpest Ranger I have ever laid eyes on. Its so clean!" I told him he didnt see it the day before...lol.
Anyhowm the truck is cleaner now underneath than before the mud. That is the firstand last time i go in mud. I dont mind sand and snow, but mud sucks. If i go through mud again, it will be with a truck I dont owe 11 grand on and one that i can mess up and not worry about it. The truck is clean, but it not yet the way i want it. it was so hot yesterday, i got a few waterspots i have to get off. I also have to clean my interior as it smells like the ocean!
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it was pretty bad and stinky as hell. the smell in my cab was rank. it was caked thick on the rearend, espacially in the frame rails and around gas tank. When i hit the front suspension with pressure washe all sorts of twigs and thick mud flew out. I still have to remove airbox and clean it well
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holy ****. so im half and the bag and the pics of your underneath (being blurry
) didnt help, but holy ****, you put wayyy to much effort in cleaning your truck haha, looks great, if i actually cleaned my truck half as good as that it probably wouldnt have rust like it does, props to you for that man
) didnt help, but holy ****, you put wayyy to much effort in cleaning your truck haha, looks great, if i actually cleaned my truck half as good as that it probably wouldnt have rust like it does, props to you for that man
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you sir are probably right. i had my fun in the mud, now its time to get it back the way I had it.
Simple Green and Pressure Washer. I am going to hit it one more time with that as i seen a few spots that I missed in some nooks and crannies.
yes I am, i want it clean again! It was mint clean before the mud and I want it mint clean after the mud. im still not done. hand washed it again yesterday so that I could clay bar the hood and above windows to get rid of waterspots that i got the other day where it was so hot. I also took apart my stock intake and cleaned the crap out of it and took out the airbox and cleaned the crap out of that.
With all this being said, looking at my motor yesterday to see I missed any spots, i found something that HIGHLY pissed me off! I found oil leaking from my crankshaft. Looks to be coming from right behund the pulley, so it must need a new seal. going to try and fis that next week and change the oil. I refuse to have a 63k mile truck with an oil leak. That was the whole effing reason i bought the truck, so that i wouldnt have to deal with problems so soon. First the TPS sensor, now this! Ill be making a seperate thread for this!
With all this being said, looking at my motor yesterday to see I missed any spots, i found something that HIGHLY pissed me off! I found oil leaking from my crankshaft. Looks to be coming from right behund the pulley, so it must need a new seal. going to try and fis that next week and change the oil. I refuse to have a 63k mile truck with an oil leak. That was the whole effing reason i bought the truck, so that i wouldnt have to deal with problems so soon. First the TPS sensor, now this! Ill be making a seperate thread for this!
Last edited by dixie_boysles; 06-24-2010 at 05:26 AM.