2019 Ford Ranger EcoBoost Twin Turbos Left A Dodge Ram 2500 In The Dust.
My wife said "My Ford Ranger doesn't have any pickup" and the owner of a Dodge Ram 2500 pickup thought the same thing. Needless to say, the Dodge owner was so far behind me that that I needed a pair of binoculars to see...
Ranger windshield wipers torn to shreds
Both the 26" (driver's side) and the 16" (passenger side) wipers were shredded after I allowed a relative to borrow my Ranger. I normally retract/pull the wipers away from the windshield in ice/snowy weather since my Ranger is always outside in the...
Hail stone protection for the Ford Ranger
Anyone know of an inexpensive hail stone protection for the Ford Ranger?
My vehicle is always outside and during the month of April sometimes the spring storms will bring hail. Using cloth or plastic tarps will not cut it because they will scratch the...
I will keep my gas powered Ford Ranger until the wheels fall off.
I am very much surprised how the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) group is telling everyone to jump aboard and buy one. California senators want all NEW vehicles to be BEV by 2035.
BEV good issue:
1. Rid this country off of dirty...
Chrome Metal Polish Cream
The great 2021 February snowstorm, which covered over 70% of the US, is over.
Salt trucks were out in full force, in Ohio, in trying to de-ice the roadways.
Chrome, which I have very little on my Ranger XL, tends to oxidize to a ugly brown
film coating on chrome metal...
Ford Ranger Automatic (radar assisted - it works) Braking System saves the day!
A female driver, without looking, shot across the highway, in front
of my Ford Ranger. I slammed on the brakes but the automictic braking system also
took over and applied the proper amount of braking assist. My...
DIY Doppler Radar Microwave Motion Sensor for outside Ford Ranger security.
My garage is too small and cluttered to park my Ranger inside so I chose to leave it outside in the elements. The garage door is made of fiber/wood material so I came up with the idea to shoot a Doppler radar microwave...
Around 30K replace engine air filter - be very, very careful!
This should be the easiest maintenance on the 2019/20 Ford Ranger?
Per owner's manual:
( Ref. Dec. 2019)
1. Remove the clips that secure the air
filter housing cover.
2. Carefully lift the air filter housing cover.
3. Remove the air...
Rear window remote RF wireless open/close automation on the 2019/20 Ford Ranger.
Ford and other third party vendors do not have an automatic open/close system for the 2019/20 Ford Ranger's "optional" rear window so I decided DIY and build one on my own. My application is to crack open the rear...
DIY Hill Billy Emergency Low Cost AC Power for the 2019/20 Ford Ranger
There is really only one spot, under the Ford Ranger hood, to mount a 12 VDC power inverter.
The spot is in front of the battery - there are no other places to mount an inverter unless you spend time and extra money to buy...
DIY "True" Authentic Hillbilly III, Incline, All Metal/Plastic, Truck Bed Cover (Tonneau) for the 2019/2020 Ford Ranger.
During this Corona virus-19 pandemic, Ohio required to "shelter or stay in place" I had only two choices - (A) be with my family upstairs or (B) go in the basement/garage and...
DIY Hillbilly II Hard, Incline Truck Bed Cover for the 2019/2020 Ford Ranger (New, enhanced designed pretty Tonneau)
What shocked me, more than anything else, when I bought/received my 2019 Ford Ranger XL and opened/lifted up the hood - it had two gas lifters - what the #@?! What is good for...
DIY Pimping the 16" Steelies on the 2019/2020 Ford Ranger XL
My nephew asked me if he could enhanced the look of the "dull" looking 16 inch steel rims on my Lightning Blue Ranger XL. I said "why not, there is really nothing you could do to really improve the look" - I stand corrected - all I...
DIY Hillbilly Truck Bed Cargo Slider for the 2019/2020 Ford Ranger
This ridiculously, over priced truck bed accessory which, I believe, can be easily made/purchased for at least 1/10th the cost.
What is a truck bed slider? Simply put - it's a truck bed "cargo" slider.
It's really a piece of...
All Keylocks froze after touchless car wash :frown:
I know this sounds a little "old fashion" but on my 2019 Ford Ranger XL today, after a touchless car wash,
all my keylocks froze when the temperature dropped to below freezing later in the day. All keylocks did not turn - fortunately, I was at...
DIY Hillbilly Truck Bed Cover (Tonneau) for 2019/20 Ford Ranger.
Due to the high cost of commercial Tonneau (In Ohio, we call them truck bed covers - no french spoken here) and a bet from the local bar room Ford Ranger owners, I decided to do a DIY design and build my own Ford Ranger truck bed...
After receiving your new Ford Ranger you should/need to preform two training exercises.
#1. Perform setting up the supplied screw jack and lowering the spare tire down.
#2. Removing the tailgate.
Both procedures are in the supplied owners manual and its a lot easier to do it "before" then to...
Fumoto F107 Valve Mod
I used a 5/64 small drill bit to drill a hole in both the open/close ball valve handle and the plastic Fumoto valve lock. Using a stainless steel safety wire, I tied both the handle and plastic lock loosely together, so the "blue oval" people won't lose the plastic valve...
DIY Rear Sliding Window Screen/Mesh Project for the 2019 Ford Ranger.
Traveling to the "Great White North" for fishing and camping entails being around lakes, streams and
marshes which has their famous, nasty, blood sucking (female) mosquitos and pesky black flies, so I needed an insect proof...