Lots of folks hate those stupid little plastic screw inserts that hold the cover on to access the oil filter, and for good reason, they suck.
If you're not opposed to opening up the 3 holes very slightly with a step drill, you can install these GM Style fasteners:
On my 2wd truck, there is...
Here's some data I grabbed the other day. Not a particularly hot day or hard tow, and I'll try and get some more as we get into hotter temps down here. Just showing that towing big heavy things really doesn't have as much effect on the transmission temps as you would thing with this truck.
I...
Just back from a week long trip at the House of the Mouse in Florida. We tend to go every 5 years or so for a week, but this is the first time we've owned a camper so we drug the 26DJSE behind us and spent a week at the Fort Wilderness Campground.
A few notes.
The roads into the camp sites...
It quit raining here in Seattle Georgia long enough on Friday that I was finally able to complete the suspension upgrade of our 26DJSE. Out with the old, in with the new.
Not counting the probably 700ish miles that the trailer was towed from Elkhart, IN to Georgia for delivery, we have pulled...
A cautionary tale for anyone lubing the splines on their 2WD driveshaft.
The driveshaft is keyed, but can still be flipped 180 degrees.
Luckily, I'd ordered a 10 pack of boot clamps, so it wasn't a big deal, but I'm super annoyed with myself for making the mistake in the first place.
It's time to do my driveshaft lube again, and the Ford kit is a bit of a ripoff at $20, when you can buy the Ford PTFE lube in a 3oz tube for $16.
Does anyone know what the clamp size is? I'm just going to order a 10 pack of them from MCMaster Carr, and then I'll be set for the next several...
So many titles I thought about for this, and so many 'retro'...ummm movies, that you could film in this thing.
Poking around the net tonight, stumbled across this BAT auction.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-gerstenlager-camelot-cruiser/
Said to be 1 of 3, I have never seen ANYTHING...
This is just a heads up for those of you that want to change the fluid in your 10R80 with something other than Mercon ULV:
Amazon currently has a 6 pack of Valvoline ULV for $49 ($8.16/qt) which is the lowest I've been able to find it pretty much anywhere...
Since I was just inquiring about front shocks, I would take this information to be in reference to those only. If this has been discussed before, my apologies as a search turned up only a few mentions of the 4600 shocks and that was back in 2019.
I have no intentions of leveling my Ranger, but...
As pictured. Pulled these off last night at 6200 miles. No leaks, work fine.
$30 pickup in Statham GA or I can meet somewhere in the area. I'm pretty sure I can tie them compressed and fit them in a Large USPS flat rate box, so I can ship them for $20.
Added - OBO
I searched and didn't see a thread on this. Might be helpful for people looking to get into a ranger if there is a place that they can reference similar builds and see what payload rating they're going to end up with. No good having a 7500# tow rating if you have so many options that you blow...