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Gunslinger
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1. I believe these doors should have come with door panels and mirrors, absolutely. The guy on the phone warned me in advance that I may not get them, and I proceeded anyway. My goal was to obtain rust free doors in good condition with the power options installed, or at least in a box. The mirrors that would have came on these doors would have been chucked in the trash and replaced with 06 mirrors, so I consider not getting them at all completely null on the price. I have door bezels and switches, so I'm not upset about that. I could have argued with them until I was blue as the doors, but I would have left with the same amount of parts either way, just later in the day and irritated for no good reason. That's not the hill I choose to die on, so to speak. At best, they would have offered me a discount of 50 per side. Still $100 that I don't need to spend on them.
This also allows me to reuse more parts. Unless someone wants just the bare doors coming off Gold Dust, they'll likely be scrapped. I don't wish to throw away my good door panels, and I'm running low on room to store things anyway.
2. I didn't notice the door harness was cut until I got home. Had I noticed, I would have mentioned it. But I didn't, so I didn't. It never occurred to me that they would have just lopped it off. Lesson learned the hard way, as goes my life.
3. "That diff doesn't have it's tag. You don't know what it truly is." True. I did notice the tag was gone before I left, and I mentioned that. When they said they drained the fluid out of it, that's where I believe the tag went missing. I also have no reason to believe that the carrier was messed with at all. Why? The drums still had those factory retaining clips on them, and the hardware inside appears to be from the factory still, 140K miles ago. If the owner never bothered to check the brakes or have someone check it, I don't find it likely that the same owner would have had the diff cracked open.
There is also a warranty on this. If it turns out to not be what I bought, I have every foot to stand on and say "I bought a 4:10 limited slip rear end, this is not it, now give me what I paid for". Albeit more diplomatic, but you get the point.
My main goal was the major components that aren't so easily sourced by other means. I believe I achieved that goal, although maybe I could have done better for the price I paid, but I got what I primarily came for. My options for some of these parts aren't plentiful within the realm of practicality / feasibility.
And yes, that is a Ski can in the bed. Good stuff.
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1999 Ford Ranger XLT - 3.0 V6 4x4 - Loaded (Totaled) 143k. Rest in Peace, Gold Dust.