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- Ford Ranger
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- Manual
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- 4WD
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- 6"
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flawless performance
My co-worker, Matt and I spent the day in Jocasse Gorges on Friday. We drove forest service roads - Chestnut Mountain rd. Schoolhouse Rd and a few unnamed spurs. It was a great day of wheeling and exploring.
The Ranger did everything I asked of it and I am really happy. One thing I was watching for, based on last year's outing to the same place and before the modifications, was loss of oil pressure on steep up-hills. That did not occur. So I guess I have the oil passages cleaned up pretty good in the engine. Ground clearance is fine. I did accidentally drop my front axle beam down on a rock pretty hard. But, other than a bit of a gouge on the beam, everything seems fine there. The truck flexed pretty hard in a couple places, but never lost traction. The one time, I heard a pop around the windshield area. But it didn't crack. I also heard a weird "singing" sound from the drive shaft at that time. Not sure what that was all about unless it was rubbing on the ground or something. Anyway. It was a good test of the truck. Steep hills, off-camber sections, mud areas, sharp switchbacks, creek crossings, rocks and logs to crawl over and beautiful weather. A few choice photos below.
My co-worker, Matt and I spent the day in Jocasse Gorges on Friday. We drove forest service roads - Chestnut Mountain rd. Schoolhouse Rd and a few unnamed spurs. It was a great day of wheeling and exploring.
The Ranger did everything I asked of it and I am really happy. One thing I was watching for, based on last year's outing to the same place and before the modifications, was loss of oil pressure on steep up-hills. That did not occur. So I guess I have the oil passages cleaned up pretty good in the engine. Ground clearance is fine. I did accidentally drop my front axle beam down on a rock pretty hard. But, other than a bit of a gouge on the beam, everything seems fine there. The truck flexed pretty hard in a couple places, but never lost traction. The one time, I heard a pop around the windshield area. But it didn't crack. I also heard a weird "singing" sound from the drive shaft at that time. Not sure what that was all about unless it was rubbing on the ground or something. Anyway. It was a good test of the truck. Steep hills, off-camber sections, mud areas, sharp switchbacks, creek crossings, rocks and logs to crawl over and beautiful weather. A few choice photos below.
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