mhoward
Hey look ~ they ~ bounce!
Joined: Sun Oct 22nd, 2017
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Name: Michael ... Occupation: Technology Manager ... Interests: Trucks / Guitars & Music / Things that go BANG ...
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So, I haven't posted in this thread in close to a year, and as I see, nobody else has either.
Today I decided to fix a noisy clock spring. You know the kind, it goes "click, click" as you turn the wheel. It was a pretty simple repair, nothing noteworthy other than I used some silicone spray around the steering shaft and that seems to have done the trick. The other thing I did was rework my OHC. The other morning when I started off to work, the display was blank, but a couple of light taps on the side woke it back up. I pulled it down and had a look... didn't see any bad connections (all are soldered). So, I went to my garage attic "parts warehouse" and grabbed my box of spare OHC stuff. I replaced basically the entire OHC, save for the custom dome and map light setup. The base I used was a lighter gray and matched better with my interior and the insert is now just the OEM black plastic instead of the carbon fiber one I've had up there for years. It was looking pretty worn, so I thought it was high time to move on from carbon fiber, since that was the only remaining piece with it. While I had it down, I took the time to drill a perfectly sized hole to install the microphone for my Pioneer head unit. Now it looks almost OEM rather than a puff ball of black foam clipped to the front of the headliner. MUCH better! (I would post a pic of it, but the system is saying HTTP error 500, so nope)
Last weekend, I did a 4-corner brake job, installed some front brake dust shields I had sandblasted and painted, repacked front wheel bearings, replaced the right rear caliper, replaced all the pads then flushed out all the old fluid and replaced with clean Prestone DOT4 and rotated the tires.
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-- Michael
2003 Ranger Edge / Extended Cab / Flareside / 3.0L FLEX / 5r44e Auto / 2WD / 8.8 LS 4:10 / Sonic Blue Pearl
So many mods... so little time...
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