What did you do to your Ranger today?

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Started putting the roof rails on .... one side at a time. Had difficulty with how the bolts aligned on the inside of the cab. there are 2 layers of metal ... had to find a way to make the access hole bigger with one of the front bolts. So, long project longer, I'll do the other side another time. Liking that it's a fairly low profile rail.
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I dread having to deal with it. I mentioned the other day that I wasn't going to fool with Medicare, but I was informed it is a "have to". I don't necessarily like that idea. :frown:
Hi Tracy.

Don't know how it'll be in Alabama, but when the hospital lab here bills $1500 for a blood lab and Medicare indicates they are a subscriber, the bill goes down to $60 and my supplemental takes care of that. I can truly say that I have not had much in the way of medical ewxpense except for meeting annual deductibles required in MediCare and mail service. It's only scary if you have to pay full freight out of your wallet:crackup: and I had a huge bill last year that would have bankrupted Rhode Island's GDP, but so far, I haven't owed anything...:whew::whew:
 

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Hi Folks,

I had to show off my Ranger today to my Medicare Lady. She wades through the minefield of Part D Prescription Drug Plans. Our plan is raising prices and she found a better, more coverage plan that will save us about $50 a month... She is interested in a Ranger for her husband and I will likely give them an X Plan to facilitate a Ford buy. I have 4 to give away but so far no takers... Get 4 new ones next year, so hopefully I will be able to help her. For you non old farts....good luck when you turn 65...you are in for a real treat with gov't health care....

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
That's interesting. For my wife and I, our schedule D will be 1 $ lower apiece.
 

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Hi Folks,

I had to show off my Ranger today to my Medicare Lady. She wades through the minefield of Part D Prescription Drug Plans. Our plan is raising prices and she found a better, more coverage plan that will save us about $50 a month... She is interested in a Ranger for her husband and I will likely give them an X Plan to facilitate a Ford buy. I have 4 to give away but so far no takers... Get 4 new ones next year, so hopefully I will be able to help her. For you non old farts....good luck when you turn 65...you are in for a real treat with gov't health care....

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
Started my Medicare journey Monday...It's been an adventure for sure!
 

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Black and silver centercap overlays, eyecatcher tailgate inlay and a pedal commander. Very happy with all of it so far. May relocate the PC tho...thoughts on location ? Tailgate damper and some ecobeast decals on the way. Its getting there, but still plenty to do.


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Thanks for your feedback on the PC-18.
I finally got the chance to install mine today.
Mine is velcro’d next to the touchscreen ( for now).

But, I’m thinking since I can access it via App/bluetooth...I might just hide it behind the knee panel/ next to the fuse.
So far I’m liking the sport mode.:like:

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Finally got a nice day to wash it. After 3 crummy days of rain was able to get all the gunk off. Love shadow black.

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+1 on the shadow black... I love the blue flake... if you look hard enough you can see it avaeage ight...really pops in full sun tho!
 

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255/70/17 toyo at3’s
Icon alloys six speed

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Good choice...I have been considering the 255/70/17 also...Looks really good, almost as tall but lighter than 265/70/17... im thinking they would not effect mpg on account of being the same width as the stock 255/65/17...what have you observed as far as mpg is concerned? Any clearance or fitment issues?
 

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Fired up FORScan and set my headlights to Bambi mode, enabled TM for when my switch gets here, and changed the flash screen to Raptor.
 

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Started my Medicare journey Monday...It's been an adventure for sure!
LOL. I finally did the Raptor grille upgrade along with demon lights (see post above with video) and thought that maybe a 67 YO should 1) not be driving a truck like this and 2) not installing a vanity mod. To add insult to injury, the two Youtube vids that I used to do it both featured 20 somethings who did a great job in explaining how-to. There were no instructions in either kit!

It was exhausting mainly because they don't make trucks like they used to :) Torx nuts, plastic fasteners, the weirdest electrical connectors imaginable, oh, and METRIC for god's sake--I thought this was a Ford, not a Porsche. The exhausting part was all the trips to my shop to fetch the dizzying variety of tools needed to get the job done.
 

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I loved the write-up, Edsel! I watched the videos on the grill install 3 times before I did it. I would change one step on the installation, though, and that putting the lower shield in BEFORE the grill goes on. It only needed to come off to remove the bottom latches. After the factory grill is out, immediately put the lower shield in (instead of fishing it down from the top later) put the 4 shield screws in, then insert the grill and finish the job. It saves a lot of headache!
 

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LOL. I finally did the Raptor grille upgrade along with demon lights (see post above with video) and thought that maybe a 67 YO should 1) not be driving a truck like this and 2) not installing a vanity mod. To add insult to injury, the two Youtube vids that I used to do it both featured 20 somethings who did a great job in explaining how-to. There were no instructions in either kit!

It was exhausting mainly because they don't make trucks like they used to :) Torx nuts, plastic fasteners, the weirdest electrical connectors imaginable, oh, and METRIC for god's sake--I thought this was a Ford, not a Porsche. The exhausting part was all the trips to my shop to fetch the dizzying variety of tools needed to get the job done.
Hi Edsel,

Been a while that you have touched a wrench, eh? Ford Truck went metric for the 1978 model year trucks, but it took a while for carry over motors like the 302 which has SAE Fine thread fasteners for exterior attachment items like Engine mounts as well as internal fasteners.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
 

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Hi Folks,

I had to show off my Ranger today to my Medicare Lady. She wades through the minefield of Part D Prescription Drug Plans. Our plan is raising prices and she found a better, more coverage plan that will save us about $50 a month... She is interested in a Ranger for her husband and I will likely give them an X Plan to facilitate a Ford buy. I have 4 to give away but so far no takers... Get 4 new ones next year, so hopefully I will be able to help her. For you non old farts....good luck when you turn 65...you are in for a real treat with gov't health care....

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired
Hey Phil,
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. But this year they are blasting the tv with ads for "Free" Advantage plans instead of Supplementals. There must be some catch to get you, I'm guessing high deductibles and out-ot-pockets and co-pays, otherwise how can they offer $0 premiums. I'm old enough to know there is no free lunch! Think I'm sticking with my supplemental, I basically pay nothing in addition to my supp. premium, which is not bad (plus the Part B, of course). There is the D Rx plan needed, but that's not too painful.
Cheers,
Trevor
 

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Hey Phil,
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. But this year they are blasting the tv with ads for "Free" Advantage plans instead of Supplementals. There must be some catch to get you, I'm guessing high deductibles and out-ot-pockets and co-pays, otherwise how can they offer $0 premiums. I'm old enough to know there is no free lunch! Think I'm sticking with my supplemental, I basically pay nothing in addition to my supp. premium, which is not bad (plus the Part B, of course). There is the D Rx plan needed, but that's not too painful.
Cheers,
Trevor
Hi Trevor, We have Supplement Plan F, the Full Monte plan. Wife is about $315 and I am around $275 per month. OUR Rx Plan D is Humana and we are switching to BCBS Essential and will save about $50 per month ($25 each). We could go zero cost Advantage, but these plans require referrals from the PCP and if PCP says no...then no go to a specialist. Plan F allows us to schedule with any specialist anytime, no referral and no co-pay. Since I am high risk for Multiple Myeloma, we need to protect for that possible diagnosis...PCP says I am never going to get it but blood tests says High Risk....Sigh....

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Phil Schilke
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