- Joined
- Oct 30, 2015
- Messages
- 274
- Reaction score
- 14
- Points
- 18
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
- Vehicle Year
- 1983
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3L
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- Well, that didn't work. Let's try something else!
Fixin' up the "Farm Truck" (83 1st Gen)
I've owned this truck for a little under a month. I sold my 2012 Jeep Wrangler and used the proceeds to buy 2 trucks. A 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 v10 4x4 for hauling my cars around and a 1983 Ford Ranger 2.3L 4 speed 4x4 for daily driving and eventually for playing in the mud.
When I first picked it up, it was in pretty sad shape. The PO had put a new alternator and carb on it but it still ran rough. I did some "timing by ear" in the parking lot of Advance Auto before even making it out of the little town the guy lived in. That helped a LOT. She made the hour and a half drive home without much drama, but I found out later that she was spitting oil and power steering fluid all over my Ram (driven by my brother who was following me home). Gee, thanks for letting me know!
She lost 3 quarts of oil and pretty much all of her power steering fluid. Not a great way to start things off, but I was pretty stoked. I've been a fan of Rangers for a long time. My dad had a 90 XLT when I was growing up. He should have had a truck twice it's size for all the hauling we did, but it never complained.
Anyway. Here's a couple pics from the morning after I brought her home and later in the parking garage at work:
I've owned this truck for a little under a month. I sold my 2012 Jeep Wrangler and used the proceeds to buy 2 trucks. A 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 v10 4x4 for hauling my cars around and a 1983 Ford Ranger 2.3L 4 speed 4x4 for daily driving and eventually for playing in the mud.
When I first picked it up, it was in pretty sad shape. The PO had put a new alternator and carb on it but it still ran rough. I did some "timing by ear" in the parking lot of Advance Auto before even making it out of the little town the guy lived in. That helped a LOT. She made the hour and a half drive home without much drama, but I found out later that she was spitting oil and power steering fluid all over my Ram (driven by my brother who was following me home). Gee, thanks for letting me know!
She lost 3 quarts of oil and pretty much all of her power steering fluid. Not a great way to start things off, but I was pretty stoked. I've been a fan of Rangers for a long time. My dad had a 90 XLT when I was growing up. He should have had a truck twice it's size for all the hauling we did, but it never complained.
Anyway. Here's a couple pics from the morning after I brought her home and later in the parking garage at work:
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