Like many Rangers my 01 has the broken armrest and the top was missing. Here's how I am fixing mine.

Here's the before, note there is no latch...


I traced the pattern out on a piece of wood and cut it out.

Next I made a 5/16 bolt work for the latch by grinding the head off on 3 sides and adding a taper to the 4th side. I used a jam nut on top so it wouldn't be too tall.





Then I cut some foan and added 3 layers because it was only 1/4 thick. I glued it on the wood.



Because its what I had (and it was grey) I used a sweatshirt to cover the top.




Tommorrow I'll get it mounted to the armrest and show the finnished product....

 

lol anything is better then the buggy cord wrapped around the arm rest or rope

 

looks good need to shampoo the seats to match

 

lol nice...i just have my seatbelt buckled around it haha

 

You should wrap a R-F shirt around it.

 

nice. I just got a new one from a junk yard for $20! i had the bungy cord around my old one.

Its black, but it looks great and has a cup holder!

 

Nice solution, John!!

 

thats a great cupholder to have too

 

Thanks all I didn't want to try and sell a truck with a broken lid...lol I wouldn't be above a bungee cord on my truck but it doesn't look good...lol

 

I just recently purchased a ford Ranger and had an issue with the arm rest breaking completely off the hinges.... The top was totally broken and removable with minimal effort. I eventually got tired of not having an arm rest. Personally I find it very uncomfortable to drive WITHOUT an armrest.

So I bought two Arm rests that are able to be bolted on, I epoxied the plate and bolted it through the plastic body, (epoxy adds strength instead of relying on the bolts alone).

I bought the black one :), very comfortable and the fabric is pretty durable.
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