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Finally got the ccw caliper tool and some time to finish the job. Driver side was worse but so much quicker now that I had everything ready to go. Test drove and bedded brakes and we are good. No more clamps or cube tools for me. Too old to waste time futzing around to make do without the...

Nice! Sounds like a great offer on the 2019. I was assisting my daughter purchase a new Maverick earlier this week and the salesman asked if I wanted to trade my Ranger. I said sure, offer me more than I paid for it. He scoffed. I'm about the same mileage as you and that trade in offer isn't far...

Nope, looks he was driving the Catholic sportster. :LOL:

This kind of reminds me of my parents cottage we'd go to on the weekends as kids. There were some year round residents there and necks were for sure red. Dad and neighbors would consume cases of beer over Friday night and Saturday and we'd drive back home Sunday afternoon after church. Lots of...

Looks beefy enough for that 4 banger. Hell my buddies pulled a 2300cc out of a Mustang II by hand.:muscle:

I found the same with the parts stores around me. When i returned the kit and asked if they had a counter-clockwise tool, they were all puzzled on why I would need that. I don't think I got through to them on why I could use the same tool they loaned me and just turn it the opposite...

More likely phishing or some other nefarious activity

As always, good post from you, always appreciated! Sliders are fine, move freely. The caliper turned fine with the cube tool, just couldn't get enough pressure to get it to turn in. I've had lots of problems with Ford rear calipers seizing up. Not so much on other makes. May be the wonderful...

Just spent 3 hrs installing brakes. On one side. Damn those calipers are difficult to turn in. I've done plenty of them with just the cube tool. I could not get the caliper to turn in. Ended up calling my wife while she was shopping, to pickup a loaner caliper kit at the flaps. Of course the kit...

255/65 17 was what it came with.

Got the new shoes this morning. Grabber ATP, 265/70 R17. Fills up the wheel wells a little better. No rubbing so far. Dam things are slippery when new and wet. Damn NTB alignment guy was late so now I gotta go back for the alignment. At least they gave me a good discount on it. Can't wait until...

Needed new rears and the reviews here sold me. Maybe install tomorrow after work. Getting new shoes in the morning.

Normal for me. Been that way since day 1 in my 2019 with 39k.. Dealer won't check the fluid, says they see no signs of leaks or other indications it would be low. I let it warm for a minute in temps above 40 and a few minutes below that temp and all is fine. If I don't, it usually smooths out...

Ok, it's morning now and I'm feeling a little spunky still. Some further advice, stay off the internet and news channels. There is a lot of hype out there that may be upsetting and lead you to panic and believe the sky is falling. Having lived through many decades of that, you learn it's not all...

I'd get a second opinion. Here's mine, it's the dreaded oil in the fuel syndrome.

Got the Ranger back today. $2300 would have been the cost without the warranty. It just paid for itself.

Agree with doing your homework. Rebates, if still available, can also be applied along with employee pricing. And no sense in cutting prices on your boutique models. Those are low volume anyway and probably not as many sitting around on lots. Checking around, there are still 2024 models out...

Employee pricing is A plan, supposedly below invoice. May be time to replace our 2014 Edge that just hit 100k.

Short version: Extended warranty will cover the spring replacement. Dropped it off this morning and got a call around 4:30 that since the issue wasn't caused by corrosion, it would be covered. Now to wait for the spring to come in, was told it could be a couple days or a few months. :rolleyes...

Thanks, and no, haven't done any jumps in it. Though some of the potholes are pretty big. Thats when I realized it may be broken, clunks over potholes I couldn't avoid. Goes in tomorrow. Surprised the dealer could get me in that quick as the last time I couldn't get an appointment for a battery...