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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Can't effin' wait for the swap!!

Grant...did you happen to bookmark that really really neat bleeder tool I posted in one of your threads? Since I'm doing my master soon along with discs in the back, we should split for it.
The one man bleeder tool? I've been wanting one of those for ages.. uses a vacuum pump to bleed the system for you - ugh.. woudl be nice, usually run about a hundred+ bucks
 
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Originally Posted by WowMike2001
The one man bleeder tool? I've been wanting one of those for ages.. uses a vacuum pump to bleed the system for you - ugh.. woudl be nice, usually run about a hundred+ bucks
It is a one man bleeder tool......but it's not a speed bleeder or a Mityvac....uses a big container that's filled with fluid, goes like ontop of or connects to the master cyl, the big container is pressureized via compressed air(i think)then the fluid is pushed down the lines to let out the bubbles at the bleeders at the calipers/wheelcyls. I don't remember the site or the brand...just gotta find the darn post! lol.




EDIT: I think it's either very similar or exactly like this...

Brake Bleeder for Round Master Cylinders < 3-1/4"


Let me search a little to confirm...
 
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CONFIRMED!

Motive Products



Just gotta find out which adaptor fits, how many prongs our caps have, then it's money! $50-75 really ain't that bad at all for how awesome the product is. Espicially when usually working alone and needing to evac an entire system.
 
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Dammit Shane, you've talked me into it. Lets do it man. Are you going to run the super brake fluid that came with our powerstop brakes?? We must have 6 pints right? I did some math and if all our lines are 3/16 inch....it ain't very much fluid in the whole system, lol.

Okay, lets order it tongiht!
 
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Old 07-24-2009
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HAHAHA! Actually....I got screwed and didn't realize it...I only got 1 half pint of that stuff while you got 3 half pints...ishoulda got 3 but it's over a year now and I really dont care. lol. I'm gonna get the blue fluid from that link I posted above. That way I can see it through the clear lines!

And G-rant...we're gonna get the the 'black label'...aluminum adaptor FTW!
 
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Okay, i think we need the bleeder 1107. This has the three prong adapter already built into it....we don't need to buy the 'black label' adapter (it looks like its machined out of aluminum...why do we need that???).
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We can build our own custom kit with a small tank ad pump and then buy the adapter. A 2qt tank and the 'black label' Al adapter total is only 74.95. Premade with plastic cap is 64.95.....

Oh, and i'm sticking with the fluid we got, should be some good stuff
 
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Screw it...let's make one out of the most badass squirt gun we can find!!




Nah...dude....I think I got the old man interested in thirds...
 
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Hell yeah lets get Dad on this bandwagon. I think it'll be super easy to bleed my brakes, and your, and the other cars, plus the hydrolic clutches! verry niice.
 
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haha ur mother must love all three of you spending money on tools
 
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Originally Posted by Dangerranger01
Hell yeah lets get Dad on this bandwagon. I think it'll be super easy to bleed my brakes, and your, and the other cars, plus the hydrolic clutches! verry niice.
I enlightened him to the pump when we(meaning I) were wrenching on the Racecort^2 last night. Came inside and he was looking at the website, watching the vids, even went as far as to see how much per bottle that blue fluid was in bulk! He was talking about taking car of all the vehicles. He better be in for thirds. haha.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
I enlightened him to the pump when we(meaning I) were wrenching on the Racecort^2 last night. Came inside and he was looking at the website, watching the vids, even went as far as to see how much per bottle that blue fluid was in bulk! He was talking about taking car of all the vehicles. He better be in for thirds. haha.
Nice! did you ahve to bleed any thing in the Racecort^2? Would that pump work for changing the antifreeze? or would be just hook the garden hose to flush out the coolant?
 
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To evac a cooling system...we'd need a little more than that handpump. lol...I'm talkin' compressor powered bro. lol. We'd do a flush like normal people do.


Sidenote: that car is uuuuugly sounding when straight piped and I'm pretty sure that coolant leak is coming from the waterpump gasket.
 
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Straightpiped??!!?! So that is what woke me up last you jerkface

Waterpump gasket? Sounds like a bear to fix. how bad are they? can Dad find the service manual he bought?...
 
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Dammit you two... you're in the same freakin' house!! Have you heard of talking face-to-face?! lol
 
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Dammit you two... you're in the same freakin' house!! Have you heard of talking face-to-face?! lol
i agree
 
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Originally Posted by DisturbedESV
Dammit you two... you're in the same freakin' house!! Have you heard of talking face-to-face?! lol
No, I was at work and Shane was at home. Sometimes though, we talk face to face about Rangers...
 
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Dude Grant you need to put the flareside on stat!
 
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Haha, i need some days off and to do the little body worked needed on it stat. Then i might put it on. idk,we will see...
 
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Haha, i need some days off and to do the little body worked needed on it stat. Then i might put it on. idk,we will see...
You do it. You do it right MEOW!
 
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Update: Put on a new bumper. Looks good;
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niiice bumper G-Rant... hahaha
 
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bumper kinda looks tweeked aand it looks too far down for some reason, why is this?
 
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Hello. Noob here. B2 sway bar. What is the benefits of running one of these particular ones over stock. Not really knowledgable about what you folks do with the rangers. I just drive mine. Most comfortable and reliable truck I have had so far. Still going strong. TIA
 
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Originally Posted by vinny73
Hello. Noob here. B2 sway bar. What is the benefits of running one of these particular ones over stock. Not really knowledgable about what you folks do with the rangers. I just drive mine. Most comfortable and reliable truck I have had so far. Still going strong. TIA
The bronco II sway bar is a lot thicker than a stock ranger rear sway bar. Lots of rangers never even came with rear sways, so it'll be a huge improvement in handling over stock....and i've got an extra one for sell
 
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I want some video of this beast hanging some corners!!!

Looks great!
 


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