What did you do to your Ranger today?

[HotRod]

Swapped out the final silver badge on the truck today.
‘Nice blacked out ecoboost badge.Subtle and simple from The Big A

Very nice! Do you have a link for the silver oval ? I would like to this on bothbthe grill and the tailgate.

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[Rangerguy]

Had the dealer install the Ford (RedArc/Lumen) trailer brake controller. They also checked the takeoff vibration according to the TSB and ordered shims.

 

[Discount Tire]

Your welcome, but I guess I'll be buying another BFG TA KO2. I can't believe I did this, but I totally forgot about the spare and since I went a little bigger, need that one as well. Discount doesn't happen to have "buy 4 tires one weekend, get a 5th for free the next weekend" special going on.......do they?

Not exactly ? but I'm confident they'll take care of you! If we may be of any assistance from this end please shoot us a PM.

Thanks again!

 

[y2krtaf]

Very nice! Do you have a link for the silver oval ? I would like to this on bothbthe grill and the tailgate.

I do not,I followed the thread about taking my badge apart to do mine myself.Would have painted and done the ecoboost badge as well myself,but it did not want to come off in one piece....lol
Disassembled painted,and reassembled it myself.Very happy with the results and not too bad a task.

 

[aer0zer0]

Installed the ford factory floormats and put at least 650whp on my truck with stickers

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Installed the ford factory floormats and put at least 650whp on my truck with stickers

Hi John,

Sno*Drift Ralley???? Worked as a check point worker or control worker on many Sno*Drifts. Usually at the finish when this was a performance rally. Weirdest time was finish control on the 3rd stage when Doug Sheppard came flying into the turn before the finish, Hella or Cibe lights ablaze. I was on the radio at the actual finish point and Doug rounded the turn and the lights went from horizontal to vertical.... Doug rolled it onto its side and slid through the finish on the vehicles side Dodge Colt as I recall. I yelled into the radio "Hack" and the timing van recorded his time as he slid across the line and approached the van on the passenger side of the rally vehicle. The vehicle stopped short of the van, and Doug and navigator started rocking the vehicle back in forth until they flipped it back on to its wheels. Lights were all bent up but they got their time slip and headed to their transit stage for repairs. I was laughing big time to having them finish on their door handle. John Buffam (sp?) in his TR7 was the class of the field, but I loved the Saab two stroke 96s, with a great women's team that called themselves Team Tits. Great memories. Also worked many POR in the UP.... Cold, Cold, Cold.

My friend and I were on occasionally assigned a Start Control and we were part of Sweep when the cars came through. Weird to find a car in the woods, having crashed out and the drivers standing on the side of the road...crumpled car way off in the woods with the windshield in one piece laying by the side of the road in a soft bed of snow and pine needles. Performance Rallys were great but alas, as I know a thing of the past as the insurance is unaffordable.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[HotRod]

I do not,I followed the thread about taking my badge apart to do mine myself.Would have painted and done the ecoboost badge as well myself,but it did not want to come off in one piece....lol
Disassembled painted,and reassembled it myself.Very happy with the results and not too bad a task.

Thanks. I may give it a try.

 

[AzScorpion]

Installed the ford factory floormats and put at least 650whp on my truck with stickers

If you want to add another 100 hp add a tailgate damper. ?

 

[aer0zer0]

Hi John,

Sno*Drift Ralley???? Worked as a check point worker or control worker on many Sno*Drifts. Usually at the finish when this was a performance rally. Weirdest time was finish control on the 3rd stage when Doug Sheppard came flying into the turn before the finish, Hella or Cibe lights ablaze. I was on the radio at the actual finish point and Doug rounded the turn and the lights went from horizontal to vertical.... Doug rolled it onto its side and slid through the finish on the vehicles side Dodge Colt as I recall. I yelled into the radio "Hack" and the timing van recorded his time as he slid across the line and approached the van on the passenger side of the rally vehicle. The vehicle stopped short of the van, and Doug and navigator started rocking the vehicle back in forth until they flipped it back on to its wheels. Lights were all bent up but they got their time slip and headed to their transit stage for repairs. I was laughing big time to having them finish on their door handle. John Buffam (sp?) in his TR7 was the class of the field, but I loved the Saab two stroke 96s, with a great women's team that called themselves Team Tits. Great memories. Also worked many POR in the UP.... Cold, Cold, Cold.

My friend and I were on occasionally assigned a Start Control and we were part of Sweep when the cars came through. Weird to find a car in the woods, having crashed out and the drivers standing on the side of the road...crumpled car way off in the woods with the windshield in one piece laying by the side of the road in a soft bed of snow and pine needles. Performance Rallys were great but alas, as I know a thing of the past as the insurance is unaffordable.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

I've only been once, I work northeast events, STPR, black river stages, buffums vermont winter challenge, new York "fill in the blank" rally, NEFR, etc. I promise you stage rallies are alive and well, covid be damned. I host one out of ithaca every year, TSD style. It's called the "Ithaca Winter Rally", it usually draws buffums crew from vermont out. I'll have pics of the ranger out during rally setup this year, just like when I played the where am I game with my frontiers. Google ithaca Winter rally

Maybe you can answer this question.

What's the easiest way to tap into the VSS in-cab for a rally computer. I need a clean signal to count pulses. The frontier I vampired tapped the speed signal for the "audio loudness speed" thing (whatever it's called) behind the head unit.

Are there schematics for the dash wiring available?

 

[aer0zer0]

If you want to add another 100 hp add a tailgate damper. ?

I like my tailgate to drop like it's mad at me. I came from a frontier, no such luxury there.

 

[aer0zer0]

Hi John,

Sno*Drift Ralley???? Worked as a check point worker or control worker on many Sno*Drifts. Usually at the finish when this was a performance rally. Weirdest time was finish control on the 3rd stage when Doug Sheppard came flying into the turn before the finish, Hella or Cibe lights ablaze. I was on the radio at the actual finish point and Doug rounded the turn and the lights went from horizontal to vertical.... Doug rolled it onto its side and slid through the finish on the vehicles side Dodge Colt as I recall. I yelled into the radio "Hack" and the timing van recorded his time as he slid across the line and approached the van on the passenger side of the rally vehicle. The vehicle stopped short of the van, and Doug and navigator started rocking the vehicle back in forth until they flipped it back on to its wheels. Lights were all bent up but they got their time slip and headed to their transit stage for repairs. I was laughing big time to having them finish on their door handle. John Buffam (sp?) in his TR7 was the class of the field, but I loved the Saab two stroke 96s, with a great women's team that called themselves Team Tits. Great memories. Also worked many POR in the UP.... Cold, Cold, Cold.

My friend and I were on occasionally assigned a Start Control and we were part of Sweep when the cars came through. Weird to find a car in the woods, having crashed out and the drivers standing on the side of the road...crumpled car way off in the woods with the windshield in one piece laying by the side of the road in a soft bed of snow and pine needles. Performance Rallys were great but alas, as I know a thing of the past as the insurance is unaffordable.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

She was a good one, 6spd manual pro-4x, 4.0, bils, that was a fun truck to bomb on seasonals in. Hope the ranger fx4 can live up to it.

 

[AzScorpion]

I finally got around to using the new 303 Graphene spray coating last night. This stuff is super easy to use and gives you a smooth mirror shine. I did a full write up here.

https://www.goldeagle.com/303-graphene-nano-spray-coating/

 

[RedlandRanger]

I finally got around to using the new 303 Graphene spray coating last night. This stuff is super easy to use and gives you a smooth mirror shine. I did a full write up here.

https://www.goldeagle.com/303-graphene-nano-spray-coating/

I would love to know how this holds up over time - water beading, etc. It sounds very promising.

My truck is in for the "dirty season" - it rains so much here there isn't much of an opportunity to wash it. It usually gets REALLY dirty, I get some rare opportunity to wash it during the winter and the next day it is dirty again.

But come next spring/summer, I will be re-doing some wax/coating - right now my favorite is the Turtle Wax Ice Seal n Shine - cheap, easy to apply and seems to hold up reasonably well. I love my 303 protectant for the seats, etc, so I'm hopeful this stuff will be just as good as that is.

 

[AzScorpion]

I would love to know how this holds up over time - water beading, etc. It sounds very promising.

My truck is in for the "dirty season" - it rains so much here there isn't much of an opportunity to wash it. It usually gets REALLY dirty, I get some rare opportunity to wash it during the winter and the next day it is dirty again.

But come next spring/summer, I will be re-doing some wax/coating - right now my favorite is the Turtle Wax Ice Seal n Shine - cheap, easy to apply and seems to hold up reasonably well. I love my 303 protectant for the seats, etc, so I'm hopeful this stuff will be just as good as that is.

I'm optimistic that their claims of 1 year are true. Now I did speak directly to the chemist at Gold Eagle and even though you can use this over any coatings it's recommended that you start with a fresh base for full protection. That's why I did a complete detail last night (besides being OCD) I wanted to get a true picture how this will work. From the videos the water beading is amazing but like you said I want to see how it last over time. Here's a video from 303 showing the application and the water beading.

 

[y2krtaf]

Installed a Westin ProMod front bumper.Pretty straight forward,stout install.Great utilization of factory mounting points etc. Should be able to put the front tires up on rocks etc much easier for sure.
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