Cowboy Jim
Member
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2023
- Messages
- 35
- Reaction score
- 32
- Points
- 18
- Location
- Tylertown Mississippi
- Vehicle Year
- 2000
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
As is customary with my kinda luck....."With the kind of luck I have, if it were raining pussy, I would still get hit with a dick".......In the process of replacing the water pump, the 2 threaded bolt holes for the lower pipe coming from the water pump just had to strip. So, pulled bracket back off, drilled and tapped to next larger size, got 2 bolts and put that all back on. Crisis averted. Go to put the rest of the wiring and such on, and of course the plug that goes to the temp sensor just had to break. So, broke the remainder of the plug's plastic off, soldered up 2 wires to it with blade connectors on the end and got it all heat shrinked up proper. Crises averted. Fire the truck up to top off the water and the rear coil pack is dead. Took strong consideration to emptying my 45 into the engine bay but decided to come inside and cool off. Went back out 45 minutes later, fired the truck up, runs fine now. Seems my threat of the 45 worked! Crisis averted. Installed electric fan to get rid of the mechanical fan, installed thermal switch and all, ran as its supposed to. That scares me. Turn the heat on, and oh yeah, can cook meat on the dash now! Good and hot. Go to close the hood and notice the AC compressor isnt kicking on and off. Its just off. Ok feel better, my consistency of shit luck has returned. This makes perfect sense for the AC compressor to not come on for the fact that I never touched a damn thing on it to start with!! Glad I didnt change a tire! Prolly woulda blown a rod out of the block or something! Piss on it. Will save that for another day to solve. Its beer thirty. I need some chemically induced patience.