What did you do for your ford today?

[arse_sidewards]

How the Hell do you get these in by yourself

Strap it to the jack plate so there's no slop and studs on the block help make alignment easy.

Be happy you're working on a smooth paved floor.

 

[cagcig]

Trans 3 tries, me 0

 

[cagcig]

Gonna drink beer and stare at it maybe that will work

 

[dave_dj1]

Strap it to the jack plate so there's no slop and studs on the block help make alignment easy.

Be happy you're working on a smooth paved floor.

and that it's not 20 degrees out

 

[frickn yahoo]

picked up a parts truck. Carbon copy to my current truck, besides it having a C6

 

[cagcig]

Fourth times a charm. Got it in now calling it quits.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Confirmed that the Aerostar cranks but doesn't start and doesn't even try to no matter where I twist the distributor and then pulled the battery for the winter.

Figured out that the harness for a '93 Ranger with the 3.0 and A/T is not the same as a '94 with the 3.0 and M/T. The engine and front body harness is all correct save for there being a couple unused plugs but the big round pass through connector is pinned all wrong. Like the check oil light comes on when I turn on the headlights, the voltage gauge goes backwards. Hopefully I didn't break anything. Of course '93 is one of the few years I don't have an EVTM for.

 

[dave_dj1]

Spent most of the day working on the pig.
I got the headboard welded up and put on, put the rubrails on and some bracing for the headboard. Tomorrow I'll grab some screws to finish the decking and also pick up some lumber to build the sideboards out of.

 

[KYZuk]

Bedlined my rockers to hide my semi shoddy rust repair, and got a new front bumper hung on DD1.
Still needs a new fender on the passenger side, but I’ll probably never do it.

 

[donaldcon]

Finally installed the yukon warranty replacement axle that took 4 months to arrive.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Finally installed the yukon warranty replacement axle that took 4 months to arrive.

how/where did you run that portion of cage that does into the cowl?

 

[dave_dj1]

Yesterday mornings work

now I've got to find a garage large enough to pull it into and get some paint on it.

 

[Pony_Driver]

Drove through a field in 4WD today and requested $ from the ins. co from an accident a while back.

Contemplated building a 10-15 year old F-150 for general driving purposes with a few upgrades and touches. It has to be cheaper than buying a newer one when you need it.

 

[dave_dj1]

Put the plow on the ole girl today. It plowed awesome!

 

[Brad]

In the last week
Pulled the POS PITA alarm outta the mountaineer(it’s a fancy fucking Ford so it counts )
Confirmed that was the parasitic drain. Load tested the battery with one of them fancy testers and set it for 750 CCA like is printed on the battery, came up as 435 CCA. $100 for a new battery at Costco and it starts perfectly again, don’t have to worry about the stupid chirp chirp and wife calling me at work telling me the fucker won’t start when she’s half an hour away

Installed the blue spring kit on my 6.0 and possibly fixed the fuel leak I couldn’t find(YouTube told me that gasket is a known leaker.)
Took apart the egr housing thing on the top of the oil cooler and checked the o ring, it was fine. One of our contractors was in the shop and gave me some flange sealer to put on the o ring (they use it to seal everything including head gaskets, I think loctite makes it and it’s not cheap). Put it back together, struggled getting the little blue hose back on and sprayed the entire area with brake cleaner to get rid of residue and dried the area out. That was Wednesday, checked yesterday afternoon after driving 150 miles and it was all still dry.

 

[Brad]

Yesterday mornings work

now I've got to find a garage large enough to pull it into and get some paint on it.

That thing looks awesome!

 

[arse_sidewards]

One of our contractors was in the shop and gave me some flange sealer to put on the o ring (they use it to seal everything including head gaskets,

"Yamabond case halve sealant" is cheap and held in high regard for those sorts of applications.

 

[holdmypocket]

Decided not to rebuild/reseal the 289. Seals were all hard, questionable freeze plug, don’t feel like taking the gamble.

Gonna ask my buddy at beach city broncos if he has a 302 for sale or buy a remanufactured roller 5.0 from sandjengines.com

 

[Brad]

"Yamabond case halve sealant" is cheap and held in high regard for those sorts of applications.

I’ll keep that in mind. I’ve never needed anything like it. I just put it on because he offered some.

 

[donaldcon]

how/where did you run that portion of cage that does into the cowl?

It goes down to the rock slider, which is incorporated into the body mount.

The b and c pillars are internal.

 

[Buckthis]

Bucket seat swap in my f350

 

[USMC Gunny]

Bucket seat swap in my f350

Now you need a center console. I got one from a newer F150 installed. Way better than stock one.

 

[welndmn]

Finally put air bumps in the back of my bronco

 

[USMC Gunny]

Have one out of an 03(?) in my bronco. Much better than the original one with the cup throwers that aimed everything right at the stereo

That center console is another one of those punch in the face engineering stupid fucking ideas

 

[Brad]

Checked for the leaks I repaired last week. Those are gone. There is still a little oil coming out on top or it could just be dirty coolant residue migrating out of crevices. Looked underneath and found my pinion seal is leaking. That will be next

Lots of cleaning to do🙄

 

[Thatg9659]

Got a call about an excursion up the mountain stuck on some ice,

Put these on the ranger and was not impressed, I may need more weight.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Checked for the leaks I repaired last week. Those are gone. There is still a little oil coming out on top or it could just be dirty coolant residue migrating out of crevices. Looked underneath and found my pinion seal is leaking. That will be next

Lots of cleaning to do🙄

Are those factory shocks?

 

[Brad]

Are those factory shocks?

Yep.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Yep.

Wow!


What year rig and how many miles?

 

[Brad]

Wow!


What year rig and how many miles?

2005
156k or so