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I can’t believe how high maintenance these dang things are and folks keep installing them! Maybe there is an opportunity here for an entrepreneur to open a damper maintenance/training business.

It’s great fun!

I use dental floss. It also works great.

When you configure the Ranger for your trailer (steering wheel buttons) I think there is an option you can choose for a trailer length of 2 feet (or something like that) and I think that might solve your problems. I think this is documented in your owners manual.

I always knew these things were going to be a huge maintenance nightmare!

This looks really good. Being in Nevada your temperatures are warmer than members that live in the north. Do you do much in the way of short in town trips or mostly longer highway?

I checked the owners manual for the Mustang (2.3 Ecoboost) and it calls for 5W-30 but when racing they call for draining the oil and replacing with 5W-50. The Focus RS specifies 5W-50 (no distinction between racing and normal driving). It would appear our Ranger 2.3 Ecoboosts should handle...

And of those, the deaths are disproportionately skewed toward the elderly in assisted living facilities. Those poor souls were not working at Ford manufacturing plants.

Jim, please keep us posted on your experience with the 5W40. I have also thought about trying a heavier weight oil when I know most of my trips are going to be shorter town driving. By "making out better" I assume you mean the level on your dipstick is more stable?

Interesting. Before you added the 10 to 12 ounces was your oil level at the top of the hash marks? Assuming it was, that seems to support what I was speculating... That is, a few additional ounces of fluid (fuel or oil) makes a larger rise on the dipstick than one would expect suggesting maybe...

Okay , guys, we need to prevent a medical crisis here. This really cool camper is loaded with gas lifting struts. Looks like it has 10 or more of them. When Dave (@AzScorpion) gets here he is going to claim they are dampers and work himself up into a terrible lather. Dave, everyone here is...

Jim, can you elaborate on what you did? Are you saying you added some oil (how much?) and it raised the oil (from where?) to the top hole?

I’ve been thinking about the oil level rise on the dipstick vs the oil dilution as reported from Blackstone. My last two Blackstone reports were 3.8% and 3.3%. Let’s call it 3.5%. Ford’s capacities specification says the crankcase should be filled with 6.2 quarts. That means 3.5% dilution...

That plug-in hybrid Bronco would be perfect for you! I'm jealous.

This is speculation on my part, but I suspect the oil dilution issues were mitigated (mostly fixed) with the dual fuel injection that was deployed on the 2.7 and 3.5 Ecoboosts. They use port injection at low speed and idle which which likely helps with the oil dilution issues.

You live in Arizona which is perfect for solar panels. You'll be driving that hybrid Bronco for free once it pays for itself.

Dave, aren't they suppose to come out with a hybrid Bronco? Maybe the best of both worlds.

Can we please stay on topic. The OP stated “most useful" mod. ;)

The LED nightlight that I plug into the 120V outlet on back of console. It disables the ASS. Thanks, Dave (@AzScorpion).

Automotive articles from last May timeframe say a plug-in hybrid is planned for this next generation Ranger.