What did you do to your Ranger today?

[Realtruck]

Taking off on a 10 day road trip tomorrow so I gave the Ranger a bath and used some touchless 303 to shine it up and maybe keep a little road grime off during the trip.

SO shiny! Safe travels!

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[Realtruck]

A lightsaber fly rod?! ??

 

[Chris M]

A lightsaber fly rod?! ??

Even Jedi's like to fish...

 

[shovelhd]

I changed the oil for the first time (pre-owned) and rotated the tires. What a stupid design, with the skid plate in the way of the drain, and the filter behind that dumb flap. I did the magnet thing. We will see how they hold up. I'm not big on drain valves but I may succumb for the next time. I replaced the OEM lug nuts (one had started to fail) with the black Amazon specials. I also replaced the air filter and cabin filter. I was going to put screen in the cowl but ran out of time.

 

[Fitzmotor]

I got tired of having to clean the seat between the dog riding in the front and the wife riding in the front, most of the time it's not so bad, but if the sprinklers are running at the park the dog messes up everything, I have the dog liner for the back seat, nothing for the front.

So I took a 1/4" sheet of plastic and made a padded platform for the dog, it slides under the seat back to hold it in place, then it rests on the console and the glove box door, with a pad to keep her from sliding forward and a outer rigid pad to keep her legs from going down the side of the seat.

She loves it, it's like a dog bed and she stays put, before her front legs would fall off the seat.

 

[Bob902]

I got tired of having to clean the seat between the dog riding in the front and the wife riding in the front, most of the time it's not so bad, but if the sprinklers are running at the park the dog messes up everything, I have the dog liner for the back seat, nothing for the front.

So I took a 1/4" sheet of plastic and made a padded platform for the dog, it slides under the seat back to hold it in place, then it rests on the console and the glove box door, with a pad to keep her from sliding forward and a outer rigid pad to keep her legs from going down the side of the seat.

She loves it, it's like a dog bed and she stays put, before her front legs would fall off the seat.

She's a beautiful girl.

 

[OGMix376]

I got tired of having to clean the seat between the dog riding in the front and the wife riding in the front, most of the time it's not so bad, but if the sprinklers are running at the park the dog messes up everything, I have the dog liner for the back seat, nothing for the front.

So I took a 1/4" sheet of plastic and made a padded platform for the dog, it slides under the seat back to hold it in place, then it rests on the console and the glove box door, with a pad to keep her from sliding forward and a outer rigid pad to keep her legs from going down the side of the seat.

She loves it, it's like a dog bed and she stays put, before her front legs would fall off the seat.

First of all beautiful doggy.
Second that thing is awesome, if you could get it to fold up so it stores under the passenger seat when not in use… that would be a solid product for folks with fuzzy family members who ride shotgun ?.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

First of all beautiful doggy.
Second that thing is awesome, if you could get it to fold up so it stores under the passenger seat when not in use… that would be a solid product for folks with fuzzy family members who ride shotgun ?.

Actually, I was thinking of asking Mike if he could make one for @Kristina since she’s now eating her take-out meals in her Raptor.

 

[LaBalbe]

I got tired of having to clean the seat between the dog riding in the front and the wife riding in the front, most of the time it's not so bad, but if the sprinklers are running at the park the dog messes up everything, I have the dog liner for the back seat, nothing for the front.

So I took a 1/4" sheet of plastic and made a padded platform for the dog, it slides under the seat back to hold it in place, then it rests on the console and the glove box door, with a pad to keep her from sliding forward and a outer rigid pad to keep her legs from going down the side of the seat.

She loves it, it's like a dog bed and she stays put, before her front legs would fall off the seat.

That's pretty neat. Like Bryan said, it'd be great if it folded up to slide under the seat when not in use.

What about the back of the seat? Are you doing anything to cover that? I used to have a yellow lab, and the car seats were originally cloth, but in reality fur-lined.

How's the glove box hatch handling her weight? I can see her sitting all the way up in the first photo, but is that going to survive long-term, or are you risking damage to the hatch?

 

[LawnMM]

Changed out the crummy synthetic blend 5w30 they dumped in my engine when they swapped my trans for full synthetic Ultra Platinum Pennzoil.

I feel better now. Felt a little wasteful till I dumped it. For oil with all of 200mi on it, was kinda cruddy and dark. Maybe the swap broke some crud loose in there I dunno.

It's almost like there was used oil in it ?

That Valvomax thing is great, didn't have to remove the skid plate, no mess, easy work ?

Got my ditch lights hooked up too

 

[Stevedbvik1]

Changed out the crummy synthetic blend 5w30 they dumped in my engine when they swapped my trans for full synthetic Ultra Platinum Pennzoil.

I feel better now. Felt a little wasteful till I dumped it. For oil with all of 200mi on it, was kinda cruddy and dark. Maybe the swap broke some crud loose in there I dunno.

It's almost like there was used oil in it ?

That Valvomax thing is great, didn't have to remove the skid plate, no mess, easy work ?

Got my ditch lights hooked up too

So I had a similar experience after they replaced my transmission. Repair order showed they replaced the oil filter but no mention of oil. I was already going to pull a sample ( easy with the Valomax) to check on fuel dilution that was high this spring so I did. Results came back and I noticed the comment questioning correct oil usage. So not being sure of what they did with the oil I just changed it and the filter for peace of mind. I do all my own oil changes so I know what it had before the transmission change. Probably overreacting but not worth having a question mark on my maintenance history.
PS fuel dilution had dropped from 5% down below 2%

 

[LawnMM]

So I had a similar experience after they replaced my transmission. Repair order showed they replaced the oil filter but no mention of oil. I was already going to pull a sample ( easy with the Valomax) to check on fuel dilution that was high this spring so I did. Results came back and I noticed the comment questioning correct oil usage. So not being sure of what they did with the oil I just changed it and the filter for peace of mind. I do all my own oil changes so I know what it had before the transmission change. Probably overreacting but not worth having a question mark on my maintenance history.
PS fuel dilution had dropped from 5% down below 2%

I haven't analyzed any of mine, what's all that mean? ??‍?

 

[MXGOLF]

I gave Lucille a major bath and clean up since I had not done a thing since my big three week trip to central Oregon and the Oregon coast. Master Dave will be proud as I used a bunch of 303 products.

 

[IdahoRanger]

I gave Lucille a major bath and clean up since I had not done a thing since by big three week trip to central Oregon and the Oregon coast. Master Dave will be proud as I used a bunch of 303 products.

Came out nice Mark.

 

[MXGOLF]

Came out nice Mark.

Thanks Steve A lot of elbow grease but she's worth every bit of it. I also try and get pictures with my flag in the back ground. ??

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