I thought a blew a radiator hose, after all they’re at least 20 years old if not original? So I replaced all hoses. Started it and idled, no leaks. then after it started to get warm it opened up a crack in the radiator 😬
So I have always wanted aluminum door panels in a first or second gen body style and thankfully someone on the internet sells them! LRB speed. They came with m5 rivnuts and hardware but I didn’t have that size die. I used 1/4” rivnuts and stainless bolts/washers. Before closing up the doors I...
I was going to swap the foam from this red seat to my gray but I didn’t realize it was held in with hog rings. I instead kinda patched up mine with some foam from this Jetta seat. Forgot to take pics but seems to be better than it was lol. Also put a bend in my shifter so I can reach without...
I just realized that this truck has the shackle opposite of newer ranger. Weird. It’s an 84 I’m pretty sure my 89 was flipped the other way stock. Just a first gen thing ?
I took the ranger to southington. It continues to impress me, I can’t wait to start on this tdi swap because the truck is slow, and is burning a lot of oil. It was loading up bad idling around. I ordered door panels, I think the only other thing I’m gonna buy for now is new door seals then I’ll...
Well my buddys ranger that I was gonna use, he’s gonna do a 5.0 swap. We took the v tread off and put on some old school looking super swampers on! Looks sweet just figured I’d share.
I got thinner seats from my buddy and what a difference! There’s so much more room. I’m comfortable. So on that note, I will likely keep this truck and tdi swap it in the spring. I will drive this truck through the winter, fix little things with it and save up for the final swap parts.
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