87Rangerdude
New Member
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2007
- Messages
- 124
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 0
- Location
- Florida
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.8L
- Transmission
- Automatic
i finally decided to part with my 87' and start fresh, i happen to know a guy in town that had an 85 ranger that one of hit clients gave to him as payment, but its in rough shape, anyways i traded my 87' and a couple of junk motorcycles for the 85' since it runs and everything. i discovered that i has some substantial frame rot just behind the driver's side cab mount, so ill have to weld a support there, also the driver's side floor pan is completly absent so i'll have to weld some sheetmetal there or something. i also later found out that the clutch is alsmost completly shot. the engine pisses oil like theres no tomorrow, so it looks like im up for another challenge haha. hopefully this one wont bite me in the ass as much as the 87 did. hopefully it will RIP, it had a long hard life as a work mule. ill get some pics up as soon as i find my camera, so stay tuned for further updates.