Chris M
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He doesn't get that one...
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Wow! I've owned my Ranger since 2019 and I've never noticed this!
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The best...used to be called Shotgun News...
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You had a Carl too?When I drove semi, a shop kid we had for a short time for lube/oil changes & parts runs used to re-setup our tractors; kind of a driver wannabe. Moved the mirrors, seat height-rake-travel-lumbar, put the radio on to the hip-hop station, and leave the unswitched CB on. All for the long, 700 foot drive from the tractor park to the shop.
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Not the computer that runs them?I'm actually more likely to have some spare injectors and coils in my travel box than I am carburetors.
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I'm an ECU tuner, so yeah... I have a few ECU's.
That said, an ECU failure would have a lower failure rate than any carb... By a long shot. When ECU's fail, it's generally from the idiot doing his own wiring.
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I carry a spare PCM in my YJ.
The spare was purchased from a remanufacturer.
The one that's in there I repaired at a component level myself because remanufactured units were unavailable at the time.
While I was waiting, approximately 1 year, for remaunufactured units to become available I carried everything needed for a field repair in case my first attempt failed.
Capacitors, exacto to remove board coating, 12v soldering iron, Flux, alchohol, the works. It can be done.
Even in vehicles with known problems like my YJ it's a rare occurrence.
I've had multiple carb problems on vehicles in the past. Out of all the fuel injected vehicles I've ever had I've only had one failure. And that was in a 20 year vehicle with a known design flaw.
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My experience was saltwater boating and old beater cars. Had many failures with electronics.
Water in the gas was the only carb problem and plugged filters. Those are equal opportunity problems.
Don't get me wrong...I love FI and modern ignition. But when I lived in the bush and my well being depended on a running engine I defaulted to simplicity.
Water in the gas was the only carb problem and plugged filters. Those are equal opportunity problems.
Don't get me wrong...I love FI and modern ignition. But when I lived in the bush and my well being depended on a running engine I defaulted to simplicity.
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Completely understandable.
Also water, and saltwater even more so, brings a variable that I'm not really used to considering. And the conformal coating used in those marine environments make working on electronics even less enjoyable.
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Does anyone else have to dim the dash lights every night? Mine don't stay at the previous setting.Here’s my favorite thing so far I couldn’t find in the manual- the dash dimness/brightness switches next to the headlight wheel
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No, mine stays where I set it.
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That is odd, mine is full bright every time.
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I don't like it at full brightness and set it around 75%. You could alway try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes, that seems to help some electrical gremlins. ?‍
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That did the trick, thanks!I don't like it at full brightness and set it around 75%. You could alway try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes, that seems to help some electrical gremlins. ?‍
Figarou
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This is probably stupid and well know by other people but...
Wow! I've owned my Ranger since 2019 and I've never noticed this! The gear your in is displayed to the left of the in dash screen on the XLT. It was pretty interesting watching how short of a time it spends in any gear during normal surface street driving.
The Lariat has that plus gear #s in the tachometer when using Sport mode. I can't remember where it was mentioned on this forum. But here is some pics from mine.
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