Same here, cut them off with sawzall at the junkyard to remove it from the Explorer. Edit: and finish with files/dremel/sanding ...   Tue Mar 23rd, 2021 07:21 am

mhoward wrote: That's good to know.  First hand verification!  I'm gonna try that, because last time I had to beat my way around the door frame ...   Sun Feb 21st, 2021 12:19 pm

Nobody? :) https://ford-rangers.com/gallery/274/20210208_180617.jpg It's a Torsen LSD ford the FRONT Dana 35 SLA. Got it new directly from Jtekt Torsen. They are still making them but they go so ...   Thu Feb 18th, 2021 05:58 pm

For water crossings yes. And a forced on to have some flow over trans cooler when crawling in summer for example, or working hauling wood/pulling trees. Also ...   Thu Feb 11th, 2021 07:21 am

12° North Industries Honestly, I could read or decipher all of that if it were in true blueprint form. When we started out on our E-Fan setup ...   Mon Feb 8th, 2021 06:27 pm

Bought and received a part I have been looking/waiting for for a looooong time. https://ford-rangers.com/gallery/274/20210208_180510.jpg https://ford-rangers.com/gallery/274/20210208_180559.jpg Second picture should give you a hint.(edit: I saw Jamman wants ...   Mon Feb 8th, 2021 06:17 pm

Great progress, makingg the best of the time you have when over there. My GF chose Orange! for the living room and kitchen but it turned ...   Mon Feb 8th, 2021 06:14 pm

Wow sounds great. Sounds like a fun daily! How's the noise in the cab for daily driving? (I realise that's subjective) ...   Mon Jan 25th, 2021 07:41 pm

So, I'm dealing with a seized fan clutch and was thinking about switching to an e-fan setup.  Probably getting a flex-a-lite, there's the Taurus fan but they ...   Mon Jan 25th, 2021 07:13 pm

Yeah usually wedging a screwdriver or chisel or prybar or... in the split on the knuckle to widen it does the trick. ...   Fri Dec 25th, 2020 09:03 pm

I've been happy with these: Bullring tiedowns  They go in the stake pockets, 1000lbs limit, comes as a set of 2 (I used 2 sets) Check the ...   Sat Nov 28th, 2020 09:23 am

There were 9inch drums on 2wd's too. In fact I think on older rangers only the 4.0 and/or 4x4 and/or ext cab got 10inch drums '96  2wd ...   Tue Jul 21st, 2020 02:49 pm

410customs wrote: I love it I wont own one until they are 25+ years old, but I do love it!! In the future it will be like this: Customer: "I ...   Wed Jul 15th, 2020 07:00 am

Allright!! (electronic-?) cutting brakes! I was afraid it didn't end up on the production model. ...   Tue Jul 14th, 2020 12:43 pm

Locking diffs OEM 35's (on beadlocks!) 7 speed manual Crawler gear Removable doors and roof Skidplates Swaybar disconnect 11.6 inch ground clearance 33inch fording depth Armor, bumpers, sliders.. Position sensitive dampers 10.2 inch travel Damn... I think ...   Tue Jul 14th, 2020 11:22 am

So what are the goodies in that transmission? "Follow me" drones exist they use them a lot to film snowboarders, skiers, downhill mtb, enduro etc.. They follow ...   Thu Jun 18th, 2020 03:50 pm

This *might* be pushing it a bit :eek:: XQp1AvX_8EU ...   Sun Jun 7th, 2020 08:45 am

So... According to tech at local dealer they can't adjust mileage from ecm to cluster nor other way around. "Too easy for shady techs to fraud otherwise" What ...   Thu Jun 4th, 2020 06:15 pm

What also helps is putting the permatex on, start tightening the bolts until the permatex STARTS to squeeze out. Let it cure like that for ...   Wed Jun 3rd, 2020 11:03 am

What I've gathered  from my research (so far) is that pcm stores mileage and compares it to the mileage in the cluster on Ignition on ...   Wed Jun 3rd, 2020 10:46 am

So... Been looking over both trucks and still not 100% on which direction I want to go. I looked at the bumper/crossmember situation more closely ...   Tue Jun 2nd, 2020 05:37 pm

Hi guys, wondering what your experiences are with replacement fan clutches? Ia it one of those parts that's just better OEM (motorcraft) or is there one ...   Mon May 25th, 2020 09:46 am

3D Printed housing now there's an idea. Theretrofitsource.com would be your best bet. Diy or there's guys that can do it for you. You can make ...   Sat May 23rd, 2020 10:40 am

I'd really like to keep it manual. I'm in Qu©bec so pretty far from Idaho sadly... I don't really plan on selling it so retained value doesnt ...   Sat May 23rd, 2020 10:19 am

Wow that thing is cleaaan! Hard to keep that clean over here, well if tou want to drive it anyway :p Always wanted to build a nice ...   Thu May 21st, 2020 01:53 pm

Oh wow ok guess I got confused with all the PATS issues I see... So yeah keep all 2008 ECU/electronics/wiring. About the cabswap... maybe I should ...   Thu May 21st, 2020 11:36 am

Okay, say I wanted to put the cab from 2007 auto on the frame of a 2008 manual. PATS is a sender around the barrel ...   Tue May 19th, 2020 06:16 pm

When I did maintenance in factories/heavy industry all the bearings were SKF everywhere and it's all we used. So definitely the "industry standard" (in Europe) I ...   Mon May 4th, 2020 04:13 pm

Ordinary Biker wrote: Just seems like you might like more ground clearance and suspension travel than either of your posted options... Autocross is not like Motocross Autocross is most ...   Thu Apr 30th, 2020 11:57 am

Looks beefy indeed. These don't look like the BTF fab ones. Do you mind sharing the name of the company that made these? ...   Wed Apr 22nd, 2020 11:54 am

Better cornering/handling with IRS Bettet straight line acceleration with solid axle. Now that's he theory at least... https://www.cjponyparts.com/media/images/resource-center/articles/body/solid-rear-vs-irs-graphic.jpg A well designed solid axle setup will perform better then a ...   Fri Apr 17th, 2020 03:23 pm

Just tossing idea's around huh... Well what about explorer/mustang IRS? If you're going to make it fast why not make it really handle... ;) ...   Fri Apr 17th, 2020 03:15 pm

I've had my eye on the Atoto's for a while too. Thought about using the camera input(s) for rock cams or something. Generally reviews for ...   Thu Apr 16th, 2020 12:26 pm

I didn't... Think he'll send a few up north? I'll buy American with it :D Meanwhile Trudeau is giving $2000 a month for the next 4 ...   Thu Apr 16th, 2020 12:08 pm

I'd like to know how much the axle moves backwards relative to the upward movement. It would take some clever math and depends on the arch ...   Fri Apr 10th, 2020 03:33 pm

mhoward wrote: As for geo-location off mobile phones, you know they've been doing that for years, right? Oh yeah, that's why I put started between " ". It ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2020 03:59 pm

mhoward wrote: Arthur wrote: Experienced my first police roadblock/checkpoint on my way home from work yesterday... And how did that go? If you relax and use lots of lube ...   Mon Apr 6th, 2020 02:16 pm

Experienced my first police roadblock/checkpoint on my way home from work yesterday... ...   Sat Apr 4th, 2020 08:39 pm

I know what they're suposed to do, bit per Chris's above theory they shouldn't work, sowething will rip. At least for those spring over models with ...   Mon Mar 30th, 2020 05:17 pm

Chris wrote: That's why propshafts have sliding yokes - to allow the axle to move back & forth relative to the gearbox. And I thought that was ...   Mon Mar 30th, 2020 03:40 pm