Hi,
My Ranger got caught in a final destination style situation on the highway in Ghana. Lot of minor damage, but I only need a couple new parts.
You can see details here:
my post about it
I am looking for a new driver's side taillight (no blind spot monitoring) for my XL. I have a US...
It's the wild west. Some companies have great ethics and are equal to American standards... others just do the bare minimum. Others don't even do the bare minimum. It keeps you on your toes.
The police say they are going to get the driver to pay me something. We will see.
What I did, or rather, the what lady luck did to my truck.
It's never a dull day living in Africa, but after almost six years away, I am looking forward to going back to the US (this summer!).
It looks great, but not gonna work for me yet. But in a few years I will be back in the US, and my Ranger will be getting older and I'll be interested in the second (or will it be the fourth?) gen Lightning. By then, I expect charging infrastructure to be better.
Loving seeing your mods. I have the same 4x2 xl and take it off road (by necessity) here in west africa. I want a locker, but I can't trust the shops around here to install correctly.
I have only gotten stuck once though, these rangers are very capable.
I am looking at your mods to see what to...
diesel is on its way out in europe.
I lived in germany for years, and the govt has turned dramatically.
My gasoline ranger is better anyway, decent torque and way better HP/PS
As long as you do this, and change the oil more often than required, you're fine.
Sport mode isn't like those cars tuned within an inch of their lives.
Also, ATLiens is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Thanks for the help.
Physical traps have killed three rats already and he's started parking it in different places every night. Seems to have helped a bit. Added mothballs and dryer sheets to the mix, will resort to poison as a last resort.
Like many of us, my Ranger isn't getting driven these days.
I've actually been evacuated out of my work location in Ghana, and I've had to leave my XL supercab, a truck I love, and plan to keep forever.
I've given a set of keys to someone local who comes and starts it up every week for 10...
west african jungle roads, not really offroad, but it's nice to get the truck dirty
excuse the german; i am in german class and need to keep practicing in these shutdown days
It works quite well. I've driven up steep rutted terrain and lost contact on one side (while going steep enough to need momentum) and it's come on and kept me moving. I always have to floor it at that point until it goes off because the power does dip until the system disengages. But it's very...
Was pretty easy. Installed the fumoto and a bit of hose and it'll go even easier next time. Like others have already said, the plastic fasteners over the filter were a pain.
It only took 6 quarts of oil though, not 6.2. Checked the dipstick several times warm and normal temp and cold and 6.2...
This worked great as an fyi to readers. The first four tires arrived quickly, the spare got sent to the wrong country (ha!) but then got redirected to me, and all is good.