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 Posted: Mon Mar 19th, 2018 09:43 pm
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 I lucked upon a 2006 roll over that just arrived at the pick n pull earlier this year, they're not as good as they look in the picture, but they're good enough.



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 OK I was wrong in this posting so I deleted it... I hope this didn't screw things up !
Thx for understanding !

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 If I deleted every post I was wrong in I would only have about half the poss I do.



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If I deleted every post I was wrong in I would only have about half the poss I do.
True and I don't but there has been a couple.
I post here and found that there is more than one thread for this topic... didn't think, made the post, then found the other thread.

I will watch it in the future.



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Where do you find the time? I have barely had time to do an oil change! They do look really good.

Squirrel dude, post some symptoms I bet it is vacuum hubs or if it doesn't engage at all the motor on the transfer case. Seems to be the 2 big ones in a 99.
The shafts are turning and there's vacuum at the PVH solenoid on the inlet line but I can't feel any on the outlet line or at the wheels. I haven't checked it with a vacuum gauge but I don't think the solenoid is working,so it could be bad or it might not be getting a signal to work from the control module. I decided today to heck with it since the vacuum systems have so many problems,I'm just going to upgrade to manual lockers.



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If I deleted every post I was wrong in I would only have about half the poss I do.
Maybe we should halve you blob allocation then :D



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If I deleted every post I was wrong in I would only have about half the poss I do.
Maybe we should halve you blob allocation then :D
Not sure what the is... let alone do it !



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 Went and checked my old drivers seat rails, and the donor seat base rails.

Old rails won't fit new seat.
Donor seat rails are probably from a regular cab, the rear 'feet' are shorter than the new seat rails in the cab.

Unbolted the seat in the cab again, there is a little twist in the outer rail, only the slightest, but enough that when i pulled it 'straight', it did lift the outer part of the seat a very small amount.

Anyway, i greased the rails and also did the bolts up in a different order, i pulled the rear outer foot as far out and back as it would go and let the others align.

Seat is still stiff to move back and forth, but it moves mostly alright now.

Too much moving around to even tell if it's not leaning to one side anymore :( I'll "feel it" next time i drive i guess.



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 Although I didn't do it directly to the Ranger, I dropped off six pieces at the Hydro-Graphics Shop today.

Checked out the shop and his process and talked to the owner, Jim, for about two hours, decent guy, turns out it is a family business !

Talked about graphics, how they are applied and the base coat choices.

We will see how things turn out !

His pricing to me is a little high (to me) but proof is in the pudding... we will see once things are done.

Fourteen day turn-around.

Radio Bezel, Door Bezels and Handles will get the Brushd Aluminum look:




And the Cup Holder will get an American Flag Look:
This is the one I chose but according to Jim it wouldn't work as well as another with all of the bends in the Cup Holder, so the actual graphic, although close to this one, will be a little different... it will be flags !



Once these arrive I can install the Radio Bezel and the Cup Holder but the Door Bezels will need to wait for the electrics to be changed over.
I will post pictures but it will be two or thee weeks.



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Hurst Shifter
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 Going to do a oil and transmission fluid change today, it hit a milestone yesterday.



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 97rangerstepside wrote:
Going to do a oil and transmission fluid change today, it hit a milestone yesterday.


Congrats.



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 Lubed up all the door hinges and took my daughter for a drive. She likes the ranger because she gets to sit up front.



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Lubed up all the door hinges and took my daughter for a drive.  She likes the ranger because she gets to sit up front.
Funny how Kids think.
My Granddaughter love the truck when we are sitting still, she always wants to sit behind the wheel.

One thing, did you do the latches on the doors while you were lubing things up ?
If not you should lube them up and work the door some.

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 I lubed the latches and door switches when I had the doors apart earlier this year.



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 Ordered new headlight housings for my LED Projector Project.



Not sure if they will work but I don't see any reason they won't !
I plan on using "Profile BI-LENS LED” for the Projectors and set up with a 9007 Harness for direct install, almost Plug and Play after the Projectors are Retrofitted.
The Projectors have cast aluminum housings and I can not find the Lumen Rating but I think it is around the 5500K to 6000K range.
Price isn't too bad !
Only problem I can see is they want $600 to install the Projectors in the Housings...ouch !  Not sure if I am going to do them or have them do them but in these housings the projectors need to be mounted by the Flange with bolts, not by the rear threaded mounting point... agh... !



Also, ordered some Blind Spot Mirrors that bolt to the bottom of the side mirrors,4" x 2"), hope they are decent pieces.  The price was right but the CHINA thing... I didnt want to do it but I have found nothing for Blind Spot Mirrors that don't come from there... !

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 After four months of hanging in the garage, the new air freshener (conversation piece) was located in the Ranger. Like that sticker on my skis, it gets noticed!




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Ordered new headlight housings for my LED Projector Project.



Not sure if they will work but I don't see any reason they won't !
I plan on using "Profile BI-LENS LED” for the Projectors and set up with a 9007 Harness for direct install, almost Plug and Play after the Projectors are Retrofitted.
The Projectors have cast aluminum housings and I can not find the Lumen Rating but I think it is around the 5500K to 6000K range.
Price isn't too bad !
Only problem I can see is they want $600 to install the Projectors in the Housings...ouch !  Not sure if I am going to do them or have them do them but in these housings the projectors need to be mounted by the Flange with bolts, not by the rear threaded mounting point... agh... !



Also, ordered some Blind Spot Mirrors that bolt to the bottom of the side mirrors,4" x 2"), hope they are decent pieces.  The price was right but the CHINA thing... I didnt want to do it but I have found nothing for Blind Spot Mirrors that don't come from there... !


One thing to keep in mind is that the back of the projector will be sticking out unless it's small enough to fit entirely inside our small headlight... which probably isn't the case.  If that is true look at the bottom of the led projector, appears to be heatsink but is there anything else exposed?  If so that might be a problem with trying to cover.  I have mini d2s 2.0's in my housings now and plan on eventually doing my mini d2s 4.0's that have been sitting here for a while in my basement.  I will most definitely have to cut more of the rear housing since the projectors are longer but there is nothing exposed on the rear/bottom of the projector like the ones you pictured.

Just food for thought as doing a projector retro fit isn't hard but can be time consuming especially when you run into silly things that aren't looked at in the beginning which cause headaches later on.

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One thing to keep in mind is that the back of the projector will be sticking out unless it's small enough to fit entirely inside our small headlight... which probably isn't the case.  If that is true look at the bottom of the led projector, appears to be heatsink but is there anything else exposed?  If so that might be a problem with trying to cover.  I have mini d2s 2.0's in my housings now and plan on eventually doing my mini d2s 4.0's that have been sitting here for a while in my basement.  I will most definitely have to cut more of the rear housing since the projectors are longer but there is nothing exposed on the rear/bottom of the projector like the ones you pictured.

Just food for thought as doing a projector retro fit isn't hard but can be time consuming especially when you run into silly things that aren't looked at in the beginning which cause headaches later on.

-Nigel


I posted a response to your post Nigel... not sure where it is or where it went.  I need to find it, it is too much to repeat.

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 lol, no worries. That's happened to me many times.


I used FORScan last night to delete the keys in PATS. I had two keys when I bought the truck. One started the truck while the other one was cut never turned the truck on. It would just make the security light hyper flash. Read the how to and figured lets try it. Had to wait 12 minutes for the built in self security of the PCM but after that it was a 2 minute process of deleting the old known keys and then adding two back in. Now both keys start and operate the truck with zero issues. My spare key comes in on Friday so I will be able to program that using the standard insert 1st key, on/off, insert 2nd key on/off, then do the spare and it should be fine.

FORScan is awesome. Really wish I would have used this years ago. Also makes trouble shooting very easy. Found a couple issues that a normal scanner did not pick up..

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lol, no worries.  That's happened to me many times.


I used FORScan last night to delete the keys in PATS.  I had two keys when I bought the truck.  One started the truck while the other one was cut never turned the truck on.  It would just make the security light hyper flash.  Read the how to and figured lets try it.  Had to wait 12 minutes for the built in self security of the PCM but after that it was a 2 minute process of deleting the old known keys and then adding two back in.  Now both keys start and operate the truck with zero issues.  My spare key comes in on Friday so I will be able to program that using the standard insert 1st key, on/off, insert 2nd key on/off, then do the spare and it should be fine.

FORScan is awesome.  Really wish I would have used this years ago.  Also makes trouble shooting very easy.  Found a couple issues that a normal scanner did not pick up..

-Nigel
Interesting, can you post the "How-To", something to keep a file on !
I found a site that sells Programable Ford Keys for the '03, about $18/ea.
I thought you could have only two keys at a time programed, I didn't know a spare could be made...  another something to look into;  let us know if you can programs more than two keys.

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 You have to have two keys in PATS programmed in order to program a 3rd key to work.  If you lost a key and only have one then you will not be able to program a spare key.

With FORScan you can communicate with the truck and access the PATS module/system.  You can then view how many keys you have stored.  I would think two is normal.  In my case I believe the original owner lost one of the original keys and then just had a key cut but never programmed probably because at the time it was expensive... In that case he could never program a spare key because he didn't have both original keys that were programmed in PATS to make a third key work.

This is the how to:
http://forscan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=839

This is a youtube video of a guy that explains it well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72kRKVV0aJ0&lc=z23ljjh4mnycfxas4acdp434mxnpvegtg3eq3xngqdpw03c010c.1522190058599479

When you use FORScan you are then able to delete both sets of keys in PATS.  At which point you can then program new keys to the system.  In my case since the second key was an OEM Ford key even though it wasn't an original I could use my original key and the second key to then code PATS into having two working keys.  I believe you can only have two MAIN keys in PATS, everything else after that is considered a "spare" but you must have the two keys that were used when coding PATS to be able to program the spares. 

The process was actually very very easy.  I was really worried about deleting both sets of keys because I was afraid the truck wouldn't start.  Which is entirely possible if you do not use an OEM key.  So you'd have to wait until you got two good keys to program before the truck would start.  IE: Do NOT use a chinese knock off... Get the  Strattec key.  This is the one I ordered:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-STRATTEC-OEM-Ford-4D63-Crypto-80-Bit-Transponder-Key-5913441-164-R8040/262761221454?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Before reading the thread and watching the video I thought the process would be a 7-8 out of 10.  After doing the process it's like a 1-2.

The longest part for me was finding drivers to work with the ELM327 OBDII/USB device.

Hope that helps.  Had I known about this sooner, I would have done it years ago.  Software is free for Windows.  This entire thing saved me $200 that the dealer wanted years ago when I called them explaining that my second key didn't turn the truck on.  They quoted re-program and having another key cut.

-Nigel

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Last edited on Wed Mar 28th, 2018 08:47 pm by Scrambler82



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2003 EDGE, Std Cab, Steppie, E4 Red, 5sp, 4x
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Hurst Shifter
Mod'd Backrack to fit Steppie
Front and Rear Bumpers by Custom 4x4 Fabrication, OK; now Mike's Welding and Fabrication.
Working on more Mods, just need more time, longer days would work !
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 Thanks Nigel.



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5" SuperLift, 33" x 12.50 x 15"
Hurst Shifter
Mod'd Backrack to fit Steppie
Front and Rear Bumpers by Custom 4x4 Fabrication, OK; now Mike's Welding and Fabrication.
Working on more Mods, just need more time, longer days would work !
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 I cussed at it a lot. Replacing the control arms is a PIA. But on the drivers side the upper and lower ball joints are way overdue. My "premium" quality Monroe shocks are also dead at 1 year and 18k miles. Time to pony up and get some Bilsteins.



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