Cleaning up; hate to toss either of these but I got no use for them. TPMS training tool, still in the packaging- used ~2x/year for 10 ...   Sat Jul 4th, 2020 11:14 am

410customs wrote: Nice red Yota! the mini trucks of today are HUGE compared to the original "mini trucks" Drag that 97 out, there are plenty of parts ...   Wed Jul 1st, 2020 09:52 am

Yep- didn't do a good enough job at that with the Ranger, or I'd still be driving it.  Try to do better with this one, ...   Sun Jun 28th, 2020 04:12 pm

Sad to say that for the first time in, uh, 17 years I don't have a roadworthy Ranger anymore...my '09 was showing the ravages of ...   Sun Jun 28th, 2020 01:49 pm

Or, I guess more properly, the pedal doesn't fully retract. 2009 Ranger, all stock; I rebuilt the rear brakes maybe 25,000 miles ago (143k now). E-brake works, ...   Sun Sep 22nd, 2019 08:48 am

I use it for change to feed parking meters. Be worried about bumping a switch at that location when I use the cup holder behind it- ...   Wed Oct 24th, 2018 04:58 pm

I did like my Focus hatchback, and I do prefer RWD... Definitely a clean swap, by the pictures. ...   Sat Oct 13th, 2018 12:18 pm

Not a joke- truck drivers (which I'm not- I just have a license to drive them) are required to inspect their truck before driving it ...   Mon Oct 1st, 2018 06:15 pm

VelociRanger wrote: Isn't it dangerous to have the rear tires touching like that? Especially when they're loaded? I've read/heard it creates a lot of heat in ...   Thu Sep 27th, 2018 05:08 pm

In honor of his birthday, the late Ralph Mooney- probably the finest steel guitar player ever. S-urOq56Ofc ...   Sun Sep 16th, 2018 04:40 pm

There's a few of us who aren't so new but missed this thread on the first go-round... I'm a traffic engineer. Traffic signals are my ...   Fri Aug 24th, 2018 09:37 pm

4x4 XL with Sync and a few more options toggled on...came in around $32k. I won't be buying one, but it's a little distressing that a ...   Tue Aug 14th, 2018 10:13 pm

e0yWTr2mGUk ...   Fri Aug 10th, 2018 09:52 pm

I rented an '18 Mustang last month.  Not quite the same- it was an Ecoboost ragtop, with the ten-speed auto.  Nice car- I put 1200 ...   Sat Jul 7th, 2018 08:12 pm

Right side of the engine is the exhaust manifold on a 2.3, right? ...   Wed May 30th, 2018 06:08 pm

I'm remembering the new clutch that I had put in my '97 Ranger. Grabbed so quick (i.e. friction point close to the floor) it was virtually ...   Thu May 17th, 2018 08:43 pm

I can see how it's a 'deal' for the amount of effort to get to where it is...I'm not sure what it'd cost to build ...   Tue May 1st, 2018 10:11 pm

Jimmyspy wrote: You'll need to put that corner of the truck on a jack stand, pull the wheel/tire, remove the caliper and bracket, remove the axle ...   Sun Mar 25th, 2018 09:23 am

Thank Bill- I may come looking for that information in a couple months...I'm definitely leaving this one until the weather is a little nicer. ...   Sun Mar 25th, 2018 09:14 am

Or not...shipped the 29 LX BT back today...and like I told the guy at Cobra...if this is their idea of properly functional, I'll never buy ...   Thu Mar 22nd, 2018 08:37 pm

Was under my truck ('09 4x4, ~127k) the other day and noticed a wet/oily spot on the passenger side axle, where the axle (CV shaft, ...   Thu Mar 22nd, 2018 08:20 pm

And I've landed on a different hands-free phone solution... A Cobra 29 CB radio with BlueTooth, that I'll probably hang between the sunvisors. Why? If you ...   Sun Mar 11th, 2018 05:25 pm

I've given it some half-hearted thought a few years, but never gotten serious about it. How much of a pain is it to be there in ...   Sat Mar 10th, 2018 11:37 am

I'm partial to the '95-'97s. Best looking Rangers, IMO, and I love the seats. Make mine an extended cab with a 5-speed...I'm torn between a ...   Tue Feb 20th, 2018 06:54 pm

To answer the original question, though...as long as you buy the right one (there are two part numbers, one has an "E" on the end ...   Thu Feb 1st, 2018 10:38 am

I like a true winter tire- a luxury, perhaps on a 4x4, but one I can comfortably afford, and I think is well worth it ...   Sun Jan 28th, 2018 12:46 pm

It's on my desk, and I'm pretty sure there's a caliper in the building...I just need to find ten minutes to actually do it. Which is ...   Thu Jan 25th, 2018 05:33 am

Scrambler82 wrote: Anyway, FAVOR, pls, just wondered if you fin a piece of the Wound Coil Wire, would you measure it for OD, AND also, ...   Wed Jan 24th, 2018 07:14 pm

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Can't seem to manage multiple attachments, so... ...   Wed Jan 24th, 2018 07:06 pm

Anyone got any experience with a Bluetooth to AUX jack phone kit? I'm looking to add handsfree calling and music into my Ranger, which has an ...   Wed Jan 24th, 2018 07:05 pm

Hy4UnryZJkw ...   Sun Jan 21st, 2018 09:23 am

ShovelheadKevin wrote: Anyone have any suggestions on how to reduce the "bounce" from my rear-end on my 98 XLT SC 4.0 4x4? Pay attention to tire ...   Sun Jan 21st, 2018 12:28 am

RTbvf3a56UM ...   Tue Jan 16th, 2018 09:12 pm

I got inside...but the cover didn't survive the experience, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. I don't have good measurement tools here, but if ...   Tue Jan 16th, 2018 07:14 pm

In the post right above ya, Scrambler... I got distracted, and did nothing until today. When I tried to disassemble my W1000. I don't ...   Mon Jan 15th, 2018 09:02 pm

After getting distracted for a while...today I decided to try opening up the coil base on the W1000 and see if I could find anything ...   Mon Jan 15th, 2018 06:41 pm

Happy-ish, anyway...I'm still struggling a bit with making it, you know, useful...not sure if it's settings, or hardware, or what, but it's a bit buggy/laggy ...   Mon Jan 15th, 2018 06:31 pm

Now that they've released it...anybody think I'll be lucky enough to see one at the Montreal Auto Show? It opens late this week; I'm planning on ...   Mon Jan 15th, 2018 06:06 pm

And I'm posting this from my iMac, running Lubuntu. Many thanks to you both! The more I chewed on it, it seemed to be coming around to ...   Mon Jan 15th, 2018 05:59 pm