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FirstGenRanger
Member
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2017
- Messages
- 34
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Alberta
- Vehicle Year
- 1986
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
The wife and I bought this truck last fall for $400. We needed a cheap truck for going to the hardware store, and whatnot. Plus I wanted a bit of a project
It's a 1986 Ranger, 4x4, manual transmission, 2.9L, with dual tanks. Its had a cheap respray at some point, so from a distance it doesn't look too bad
The drive is sketchy as hell, at least compared to the vehicles i'm used to driving. But it didn't matter, since I had my 1997 Nissan Laurel. A good reliable daily driver.
So I didn't worry too much about fixing the truck right away. Over my free time I worked on the truck outside, weather permitting. I removed all the AC related components, since the system was already empty. I covered up the holes on the heater box with sheet metal and silicone, until I can find a Non-AC heater box somewhere.
The drivers side floor had a huge rust hole. One day i'll be ordering replacement floor pans, but in the meantime I just cut out the rust and covered it with some sheet metal. It's not pretty, but at least my foot can't go through the floor anymore.
Then one day my Nissan started making a grinding noise from the rear brakes. I go to pull the rear rotor off but its rusted to the hub. In my struggle to get it off the hub I managed to break the rotor
Normally this isn't a huge deal. The main problem is that no car made in North America uses the same rotor, so now i'm waiting 2-3 weeks for a replacement from Japan. So now the sketchy beast is my only mode of transportation
It's a 1986 Ranger, 4x4, manual transmission, 2.9L, with dual tanks. Its had a cheap respray at some point, so from a distance it doesn't look too bad
The drive is sketchy as hell, at least compared to the vehicles i'm used to driving. But it didn't matter, since I had my 1997 Nissan Laurel. A good reliable daily driver.
So I didn't worry too much about fixing the truck right away. Over my free time I worked on the truck outside, weather permitting. I removed all the AC related components, since the system was already empty. I covered up the holes on the heater box with sheet metal and silicone, until I can find a Non-AC heater box somewhere.
The drivers side floor had a huge rust hole. One day i'll be ordering replacement floor pans, but in the meantime I just cut out the rust and covered it with some sheet metal. It's not pretty, but at least my foot can't go through the floor anymore.
Then one day my Nissan started making a grinding noise from the rear brakes. I go to pull the rear rotor off but its rusted to the hub. In my struggle to get it off the hub I managed to break the rotor
Normally this isn't a huge deal. The main problem is that no car made in North America uses the same rotor, so now i'm waiting 2-3 weeks for a replacement from Japan. So now the sketchy beast is my only mode of transportation
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