What did you do to your Ranger today?

[RedDakooter05]

Which repair did you do? Foam pipe?

After I pulled the cowls off

1) Replaced the cheap foam gasket with thicker 3M foam tape.
2) Used a mallet to bend the lower cowl lips(the metal half) upward to take up the gap between it and the plastic cowls
3) Used better fittings push pin rivets.
4) Ran a thin bead of RTV
5) Added edge guard seal to go between the two cowls.
(tl;dr: not worth the time and effort)


Finally re-taped the gap on the top between the two cowl pieces. I'm sure it's a simple fix, but my motivation is lacking.

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[RedDakooter05]

Double post time.

After reading the seat thread, came up with an idea.

Instant difference. Don't feel like im sinking into the seat.


Gonna start looking for more permanent materials to use instead of a abs plastic divider from a storage tote...

 

[Ians34]

Finally installed my Thule Xsporter Pro

 

[MXGOLF]

I had my tire rotated for the first time on this set of Cooper AT3's at Discount Tire at 5,000 miles. Man I sure love these tires. We had a bunch of snow and ice last week and my Ranger with these tires was awesome. Not problem with anything. And low and behold I parked next to a pretty blue Ranger.

 

[Realtruck]

Finally installed my Thule Xsporter Pro

Looks awesome!

 

[RedDakooter05]

Finally installed my Thule Xsporter Pro

Let's trade silver rangers.

 

[airline tech]

Double post time.

After reading the seat thread, came up with an idea.

Instant difference. Don't feel like im sinking into the seat.


Gonna start looking for more permanent materials to use instead of a abs plastic divider from a storage tote...

My ballpark guess on the Occupant Sensor (From the Ebay Pics) the Sensor / Mat is about 1/2 inch thick.
So, with previous posts and the Ebay pic is why I also bought the camping mat.

Walmart - $15.00 Ozark Trail

Appears to be a good solution, just do not know how long it would keep its rigid firmness before it flattened out over time.

I have not looked at it yet, how difficult was it to get the cushion raised?

 

[RedDakooter05]

My ballpark guess on the Occupant Sensor (From the Ebay Pics) the Sensor / Mat is about 1/2 inch thick.
Appears to be a good solution, just do not know how long it would keep its rigid firmness before it flattened out over time.

I have not looked at it yet, how difficult was it to get the cushion raised?

Disturbingly easy to be honest. If you're sitting on the seat, you'll find plastic snap clips, just grasp and pull forward(? Hard to explain this via text) to peel them free. They just snap over the steel frame edge of what I call the "tub" of the seat. Getting them back in is a bit of a challenge.


Later on I'll pull the entire cushion off so I can get a better idea of what I'll be facing. I have a seat cover so I didn't feel like tackling that crap...

 

[LawnMM]

Cleaned windshield/wipers.
Inspected catch can.

Discovered my cowl leak repair stopped working, lol.
Least my over priced engine cover is doing it's job...

You can see where the water enters and runs down.

Is that the JCR cover? What did you use for the weather stripping around the edge and the oil cap access?

 

[Fx4ranger2019Larait]

Finished back seat area with sound deadener started closed cell foam. The foam is sticky af.

 

[RedDakooter05]

Is that the JCR cover? What did you use for the weather stripping around the edge and the oil cap access?

Yep, I used this for the edge,
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KGAKG2G/

 

[LawnMM]

Yep, I used this for the edge,
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KGAKG2G/

Looks good ?

 

[03svt]

How about "what someone else did to your ranger today"

I got a little bump on the way home from work Friday afternoon. Highway commuting everyday I always have this scare in the back of my mind, I guess it was my turn now, luckily traffic was moving very slowly and it could have been worse. The young lady has offered cash to fix it so off to the body shop for an estimate I go this week.

I dont see much damage except for the bumper trim, I suppose the hitch receiver added some protection.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

How about "what someone else did to your ranger today"

I got a little bump on the way home from work Friday afternoon. Highway commuting everyday I always have this scare in the back of my mind, I guess it was my turn now, luckily traffic was moving very slowly and it could have been worse. The young lady has offered cash to fix it so off to the body shop for an estimate I go this week.

I dont see much damage except for the bumper trim, I suppose the hitch receiver added some protection.

It sucks that happened. I have the same scare - you see, I actually come to a full stop at stop signs, including 3-way and 4-way stops. I don’t roll them - ever, and I don’t linger if there are no other cars or pedestrians. I often see the vehicle behind me nosedive and can’t help but think someone will hit me one day. I have this more for protection than for recovery.

 

[03svt]

It sucks that happened. I have the same scare - you see, I actually come to a full stop at stop signs, including 3-way and 4-way stops. I don’t roll them - ever, and I don’t linger if there are no other cars or pedestrians. I often see the vehicle behind me nosedive and can’t help but think someone will hit me one day. I have this more for protection than for recovery.

Ha. I was thinking of that. Only reason I don't keep that on is I didn't want to look like one of those posers with shackles dangling front and back, however they're usually also running a ridiculous lift and 20" wheels lol. Defintely not my truck anyhow and so I will throw it back on.

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