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black06xlt Adam here I know for sure has taken the rear half of a frame from an extended cab and repaired his by grinding rivets and bolting. I don't know if he welded or not.
I don't remember seeing 410 Jamie talking about frames but I bet he has done a few also.
I'll pose the questions and then my reasons afterward.
So far I am specifically asking in the 99/2000 years but if years match from 98 forward please indicate if you know.
1. Is there a difference from the cab back for a short bed single cab ranger opposed to an extended cab ranger being all ex cabs had a short bed?
2. Do all the frames have rivets between the cab and back section?
3. Is there a difference in the rear half of a short cab frame from a straight bed model to a steppie bed model?
4. Is there any difference in the rear half of the frame from a 2WD to a 4WD model?
Reason,
This truck I just picked up and posted about has a bunch of parts that are in way better than average shape from the cab forward. Like it was frozen in time.
The frame however is rather unsafe IMO from the middle of rear wheels back. 410's theory about being a boat launching truck would seem to fit being some of that rear would be in water from time to time.
I have access to a bunch of inexpensive rear frame sections, and I own one myself on a truck who's cab corner is so bad I have decided not to use it. So far LOL.
I still have to drag this thing home throw a battery in it and figure out why they think the timing chain is busted on a 3.0 that never busts a timing chain. He thought it was a 4.0 and heard horror stories about guides that only happened after 2001 and this truck is a 2000 with a 3.0 LOL. This is why he got rid of it. He said the guy he got it from (his brother) said it turned freely like the cam wasn't connected to the crank. I'm thinking maybe a stripped starter or broken flex plate but who knows. It didn't have a battery.
So this might be a perfectly viable vehicle. It sets straight and level right to left, no reason why someone shouldn't be driving it. But if necessary there could be a frame grafted to it to give it a second life.
I guess I can't save them all but really feel like it is my duty to rescue rangers bound for the scrap yard and put them on the road again. Maybe therapy would help....
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