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Thanks for pulling the thread back on topic. I've also been thinking of doing this since I like to change the trans oil more often than the book says (a separate debate covered by several other threads). Thanks for pointing out some of the brands of plugs to look for. Another option I've been...

We live in an area with steep one-lane roads and need to drive slowly. Numerous times we've approached people walking their dogs from behind and they didn't hear us coming until we were almost right behind them. The engine might not be the quietest of all small trucks, but it definitely isn't...

Similar story here. We have a 1993 4.0L extended cab Ranger with 280,000 miles. The only significant thing that happened during that time was that at around 230,000 miles the transmission broke leaving only gears 1-3 and Reverse functional, which at least allowed us to limp home and have it...

True, based on comments here, it does look like Ford has a more functional system and the Ranger just got either an older system or a lower-end less functional system. The annoying thing is that the difference is probably only in software, since the ability to know where the lane boundaries are...

It's frustrating since better lane following probably could just be added in software. My hunch is that the current behavior is probably mandated either by the NHTSA or by Ford's legal department -- if it can't be fully hands-off, then it has to be brain-dead and nearly non-functional. I've...

Sorry to bump an old thread, but we recently had the exact same experience, except the deer hit on the driver side and our initial speed was less due to being on a mountain road. The bumper was bent in about an inch or maybe inch and a half, but it also looks like a bumper support in the front...

Hi @Doc , when you installed that did you change anything else about the system? The reason I ask is because I tried something like that a few years ago, though it was a smaller vent. I had a catch can on the PCV return path but no can on the crankcase/turbo inlet side, so I tried...

They're not going against the airflow, they're just getting introduced at a different point. In turbo engines, there are two paths that crankcase gases can take in order to be recycled into the intake. When manifold pressure is negative, i.e., the engine is behaving like a normally aspirated...

It's a good point. Everyone knows that no matter how careful you are, there's always a chance you could be involved in an accident that is caused by someone else or by a momentary lapse of your own normally good judgement, and if the circumstances/timing are also bad, it could be unavoidable...

We had the whistles on our old truck and didn't hit any deer in the 260,000 miles we drove it. I'd been planning to put them on the new truck but luck ran out before I got to it. It could just be coincidence, but I suspect they do work to some degree in some circumstances. The one we hit...

After living and driving in the mountains for 35 years, we unfortunately finally ran into a deer on a winding road in Dixie NF in Utah about a month ago. It was around a tight curve so we weren't going that fast, but the deer darted out just as the side of the road it was coming from on came...

I took a different, non-approved approach as mentioned earlier in the thread. I don't have an aftermarket drain pan or dipstick yet. The main problem with the official procedure is that the exhaust system is very close to the right side of the transmission where the fill plug/dipstick is, and...

It's nice to see these coming online, I'd probably consider one of these to replace the existing plastic pan. The PPE one holds more oil than the stock pan, which is nice since you'd be changing a larger percentage of the oil with each change. It will be nice to know if they for sure work well...

We love Utah too!! Here's a nice dispersed camping site right by the river near Capitol Reef NP: Another nice camping spot in Dixie NF a week or so ago: White House trailhead near the Paria River last November:

Hi Phil, We factory-ordered our truck mainly because we wanted a SuperCab and they were hard to find on dealer lots back then, so since we had a choice of color we went with Saber. The funny part of the story is that when the truck arrived, it was the first Saber that any of them had seen at...

I got it from Amazon. Since I wasn't sure what to expect, I bought an entire "refill kit" from this link: https://www.amazon.com/Mityvac-MVA7212-Refill-Accessory-Adapter/dp/B0039P9BX0/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=mityvac+ford+transmission+adapter&qid=1600541888&sr=8-3 But I ended up only...

Nice. I'll check out that option too.

I have seen them mounted higher up like you describe, but I was thinking it also might be possible to mount them somewhere on the grille just next to the high beams. It might take some extra hardware and extra work though. Also, the grille varies between the trim levels and ours is an XLT, so...

I'm not sure if you're referring to light bars, but yeah, they can be a bit big and unwieldy if you're not into that sort of thing. What I'm looking at is more like the ones linked below. Due to being smaller, there are more mounting options and it should be possible to place them so they end...

Just the lariat, the other models have halogens in reflector housings (not sure about 2021 models, if they're different). Some of us have upgraded to aftermarket LEDs. I agree the beam patterns are okay on-road, but off-road or dark backroads, it's probably good to have some auxilliary lights...