took my insturment panel out and changed my guages !!!!

 

Pics! Let's see pics!

 

i swore at my crappy Vacuum pulse hubs...

 

dented the shiat out of my rocker panels in 2 places....should have build rock sliders sooner....lol

 

i rebuilt my drum brakes...was fun

 

pulled another fender flare off today.. was laying under my truck in the snow!!! then i sanded a little bit then gave up on that for time being and built a couple of floorboard mounts for my JD build.

 

Worked on it lol.

 

drove it to class, put gas in it, drove it home.

put in the center seat belt for my new 60/40 seat.

pulled out the old center console that rode behind my seats for the last week.

 

Drove it for the first time in a month.
While I was out the wife thought she would be nice and took it to ford for the recall and they gave her a sheet of things that need to be done... She read me the sheet, I had to laugh:
1. Fuel system flush and filter
2. battery service ( guess its dirty from sitting , i found nada)
3. Transmission flush
4. Rear diff fluid change
5. Fuel Induction service (? whats this fancy name for)
Wife told them thats nice, just put it on the sheet and I will look at it when I get back...

Wtf ever happened to 100k service ?

They did their check list and checked off the shocks / struts and other suspension components as fine, wonder what they looked at, the shocks are toast, (new ones due last friday, still not here)

Radiator / heater hoses for leaks or damage, guess they didn't look at the elbow I had to construct from 5/8 heater hose and stainless 90 deg tubing.

Women get so screwed at the dealership... I felt so sorry for the wife, trying to do a nice thing and they try and take her to the bank....

 

damn guess i shouldnt take my truck there for an inspection!!! haha the list would be 1/2 mile long!!!

did nothing with it today.. welding on my floorboards for my JD mower build.

 

Finally got around to changing my pads and rotors,,, way over due, rotors were warped and the pads were wore super unevenly. The truck would "pulse" stop haha. And i tore apart a bit of the interior to try to find a horribly annoying creak that was after developing. I could not figure out what it was so i just torqued everything down and packed every space full of sponge foam and put it all back together and its gone! thank God, It was starting to make me not want to drive it was that annoying.

 

post was moved.. hahaha not the place where i wanted it..

 

cool story bro.


Absolutely nothing in there about what you did to the Ranger though.

 

hey ya..oops just realized it was in the wrong section!!! haha...

so did nothing with the truck. i will move it. haha

 

I guess I can kick this off for the new decade. I got blue bulbs for the turn signals (yes legal here) and did doughnuts in the snow. lol

 

painted my new exhaust flat black with high temp paint

 

are you sure, i'm 99% sure there is no one in canada period, who can run blue, except for police

 

A couple days ago, I put new winter wiper blades on my truck.

 

winter wiper blades?


i put my new cb antenna on, 2 days ago

 

Changed the oil today... It's freakin cold.

 

Let the wife drive it because she was out of gas in her car, again.... I'm starting to think she wants the truck back

 

dropped it off at the plastic surgeon's for a week or 2...

 

Yes winter wiper blades. They have a rubber boot on them that prevents snow and ice build up on the blade. Look for them at your favorite auto supply store.

 

repainted my light bar and cracked my new clear corner trying to separate lens and backing so I could paint the ugly white lip black. Apparently baking for 3 mins at 200F isnt enough ;(

 

I love winter blades. They lift a little around 60 MPH but are worth it in the snow. I used to use them to play in the mud in my F150.