Recent content by PNWMike

Yep, I'm familiar with that catalog, that's how I looked up the info I have. :) There are a few variants of this PDF out there, but they are all fairly similar.

Sorry if I phrased it in a confusing way! I prefer not to cut and hack the wiring harness if possible, but its looking like I may have to. Bummer. I wish it was easier to get information on Ford terminals and connectors like for GM stuff. Oh well.

VDO has had senders available with the separate warning light contact in various PSI ratings for years, just not as well known. It uses two connections - one for the gauge and one for the warning light - and uses the threads for the ground just like the OME switch does. Very handy if you can get...

I suspect that would be too wide of a terminal and it wouldn't really lock into the connector on the harness or provide any sort of protection from dust and grime. If I can't find the right mating terminal and connector, I'll cut the harness and use a crimp and heatshrink connection for whatever...

I'm adding a VDO oil pressure gauge to my '06 Ranger 4.0L SOHC and many of the VDO senders have a very handy built in warning light contact that would make it easier and cleaner to do this vs. using a tee and two senders, but I would like to avoid butchering the factory harness to hook up the...

My wife used to refer the Harbor Freight and other tool catalogs as "tool porn", and the various car magazines I used to get (Car Craft, Hot Rod, etc.) as "car porn" so, yeah, the analogy holds. It started when she saw me reading a Jegs catalog and from her perspective, she thought the logo said...

I'm doing an Explorer seat swap, and I'm trying to get rid of the sliding rail on the Explorer seat and mount the Ranger buckle and pretensioner directly to the Explorer seat, mostly because the sliding rails that came with my Explorer seats are mangled and unusable, but also to keep the bits...

I recently picked up a 2006 SuperCab FX4 4x4 with a 5 speed and found this forum when doing some searches for information, so figured I'd join up and say hello! This is the first Ranger I've owned, though I'm not a complete stranger to them - my uncle owned an '85 4-cylinder 5-speed manual...