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Tow truck just dropped it off. The young man said, "Didn't we pick this up last year? The whole front end was missing?" I told him they had and that hopefully he wouldn't see it again, not on the back of one of his company's tow trucks at least. The rated price for the diff job was $1,800. The...

Update. Here's a shot of the Ranger I took today with the front diff out. Just got a call that it should be done tonight. They won't be installing the new shocks or charging the AC though. I was quoted $540 to charge the AC because the R-1234YF refrigerant 'is so expensive.' Did some research...

Picked up another monster 4x4 Ranger to go with the "wightemare" Ranger that continues to bleed money like a beet press. This new one was free, if you don't count the fuel to get to where it was located. Only required a wash and detail after being found in the middle of a trail at the top of...

Got the wiring and connectors sorted for each fog light then hung the bumper. As soon as I backed up a little it was obvious that the new frame rail on the driver side is lower than the passenger side by close to a half inch. More incompetent work by the body shop. The problem is pretty obvious...

In my case I'm about 98% sure it was a failed adapter. It worked once and then not again on any laptop with the software. FORscan had been downloaded only a week or so prior. New adapter worked perfectly on the original laptop and download pretty much proving the first adapter was defective...

I'll look into that. It is possible I downloaded a Euro version.

Perfect. Thank you, guys. But where did you get the correct wiring diagram? My manual is supposedly a Ford manual but you can clearly see in the wiring diagram I posted that it shows both left and right positive wires to be brown, which is obviously only half right.

Would you be kind enough to check your wiring diagrams to see if your version is different than mine? Mine shows a brown wire for both left and right positive fog light wires. My wiring has one brown and one yellow/pink for positive. Both black/yellow, black/gray are ground as shown. Obviously...

Yeah I'm afraid there are no cheats on this one. I definitely gave it a solid go. Sometimes manuals are just silly, though. A Yamaha YXZ manual states that to access the secondary air filter you need to remove a bunch of stuff including the body panels and cage. All you really need is a long...

Finally hit a wall. There's no way to install the steering rack on the 4WD model without removing the front diff. I tried for about 2 hours doing everything I could think of, including raising the driver side of the motor as far as I felt comfortable to try and clear the oil pan, about 2", but...

I've changed the ride height on a few vehicles and am familiar with needing to sometimes change the links to keep the sway bar position in check. I was thinking of loosening the clamps but decided I didn't like how close the sway bar was to the lower control arm, which is why I'm installing...

Welcome to my nightmare. Well, another one. Steering rack won't clear the front differential. If it was 2WD it would be no problem. Lowered the diff against the frame and it still won't clear as part of the rack hits the oil pan as well. Tomorrow I'll loosen the driver side motor mount, lift...

Sealed the fender insulators with black polyurethane foam first thing this morning before it got stupid hot. It was about 85° in my garage by 9am. Installed the rear Bushwackers while waiting for the new OBDII/FORscan cable to arrive. The slightly textured black isn't as classy as the dark...

Received it today. Works great. Was able to get an extended license and connect and read the data for the Steering Column Control Module. Now I can swap that bugger out and hopefully finish the absurdly complex salvage rebuild one of these days soon.

Ok. Moving on...

Big Blue - I have no doubt I'm overthinking it. But that's what engineers do. Plus you can't discount a zillion years of real-world experience. It isn't lost on me that the groove design on the 5100's and other similar shocks must work for a certain number of people, otherwise they wouldn't...

Thanks for the offer. The first one you linked is the one that's going back. It did work once and then didn't, regardless what settings or using different laptops. Cost isn't really an issue. I just want something reliable that works.

Thank you for the comments and pictures. Love those beefy upper's. And that's a seriously pretty, rust-free spindle. As you'll see from my last post, I've tossed the budget out the window in favor of a full set of Eibachs with the loaded, adjustable front shocks. Since I've done struts or...

Did I sound frustrated and stressed in my last post? It happens. Made a decision that has relieved much of that stress though regarding the shocks. Sometimes 'getting what you pay for' requires sucking it up and paying more. After all the work I've put into this thing trying to make it as nice...

After stewing about it all last night and this morning, I may just cut my losses and go with a set of Rough Country loaded struts that have a 2" to 2.5" lift. Another member here installed them and says he's very happy with them after 20k miles or so. I installed them on a 2012 Nissan Frontier...