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2002 Ranger w/96 Expo5.0 V8
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An overly helpful tire tech had impacted then on as tight as his gun would go and the short flats objected to the forces.
Not usually a fan of spacers but the 17" Mustang Bullit rims have about 40mm more offset than the OEM Ranger rims and spacers are the only way to correct the offset and get the wheels to clear the suspension.
Replaced the 1" with 1.5" to come closer to correcting the offset and to clear the deeper hub centers on a new pair of front rotors.
As an upside, the 1.5" spacers use full size lug nuts so should not be as easy to round off with high torque.
To top off day, finally found and repaired a leak in the a/c system. Had to shove 250 psi of nitrogen into the system and use a sonic leak detector to find a blown seal at the low pressure switch.
Got a good vacuum pulled and stuck the OEM spec 850 grams of R134a. Hopefully, the a/c should be good for another year or two unless the failed compressor of 2 years ago left still more debris in the system to clog the orifice tube.
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