Topic: 90 ranger longbed budget build (Read 59830 times)

hotwheels · « **Reply #125 on:** December 20, 2014, 04:38:20 AM »

git r dun.......

ratrodranger · « **Reply #126 on:** December 20, 2014, 11:55:50 AM »

ended up doing 2 plates.... the 1955 plate I just freshened up the letters and left the rest of the patina.....its a pretty rough pate anyways... has a crack down the middle

miraclepieco · « **Reply #127 on:** December 20, 2014, 02:01:01 PM »

Purple on black looks cool.

hotwheels · « **Reply #128 on:** December 21, 2014, 04:36:43 AM »

Nice work.....

ratrodranger · « **Reply #129 on:** December 21, 2014, 07:56:10 AM »

Quote from: miraclepieco on December 20, 2014, 02:01:01 PM

Purple on black looks cool.

thanks........after doing that I think the flat black with purple wheels and accents will turn out good

ratrodranger · « **Reply #130 on:** December 26, 2014, 12:46:14 PM »

worked on the ranger yesterday while my wife cooked christmas dinner... had to do front brakes and brake hoses... while I had the wheels off I went ahead and painted them purple..... also got the interior metal painted flat black... just need to do something shifter and steering wheel wise

ratrodranger · « **Reply #131 on:** December 26, 2014, 01:29:43 PM »

I am going for a rat rod shop truck vibe on the ranger... here are a few I like.... I really like the look of the second one, in fact its the wallpaper on my pc right now

hotwheels · « **Reply #132 on:** December 26, 2014, 04:42:30 PM »

damn that looks good.........no painting here man, we got about 10" of snow yesterday......

ratrodranger · « **Reply #133 on:** December 26, 2014, 06:34:46 PM »

yeah I was dodging rain here.....finished up just in time before it started raining... today I pulled off the cover around the shifter, ground off the rust,put a piece of metal on the back side and painted it.... the cup holder I had mounted to it came loose because the metal on the cover is real thin... I hate the plastic ones that hang on the door, this one mounts to the floor and the cup holders are adjustable for different size cups... also has a slot in the middle that is perfect for a cell phone

miraclepieco · « **Reply #134 on:** December 27, 2014, 01:22:31 AM »

I like both those top two cars. Won't take much to get the Ranger looking like that.

ratrodranger · « **Reply #135 on:** December 27, 2014, 10:12:28 AM »

yeah just mostly paint... think I am gonna go with junkyard dog speed shop or junkyard dog garage or something like that on the doors along with a skull and cross wrenches.... will also be keeping my eyes out at thrift and antique shops for some cool add ons along with hitting the local junkyards

ratrodranger · « **Reply #136 on:** January 01, 2015, 02:25:13 PM »

did some more painting....... at this point I am done with what I can do with what I have laying around or paint.....

hotwheels · « **Reply #137 on:** January 02, 2015, 04:34:58 AM »

Lookin good......

ratrodranger · « **Reply #138 on:** January 03, 2015, 01:00:12 PM »

more fun with emblems.......

ratrodranger · « **Reply #139 on:** January 03, 2015, 07:50:19 PM »

found a pic of a rat rod with the same color scheme I am going with.... not a common combo

hotwheels · « **Reply #140 on:** January 04, 2015, 04:37:35 AM »

That color combo looks kewl..........

ratrodranger · « **Reply #141 on:** January 18, 2015, 09:45:26 PM »

havent really done much on this lately...... for a few days it was running kinda rough and the check engine light was coming on at times.... tried to pull codes, only got a code 11-system pass.... then it went away and has been running fine.....lol

hotwheels · « **Reply #142 on:** January 19, 2015, 04:33:30 AM »

That's wild. How cold is it where you are at? not below zero?

ratrodranger · « **Reply #143 on:** January 19, 2015, 08:07:49 AM »

lows in the 30's

hotwheels · « **Reply #144 on:** January 20, 2015, 04:47:23 AM »

That's fairly warm. Try checking all your vacuum lines and make sure you don't have a leak somewhere.....

ratrodranger · « **Reply #145 on:** January 20, 2015, 07:04:19 PM »

yes I did.....pulled plugs, checked for vacuum leaks and all kinds of other stuff.... couldnt find anything wrong other that it needs a tune up

hotwheels · « **Reply #146 on:** January 21, 2015, 04:37:52 AM »

Wonder if she just had some bad fuel.......

ratrodranger · « **Reply #147 on:** January 29, 2015, 02:00:13 PM »

well now the transmission wont go into 5th and it grinds and pops out of reverse....

........ first through fourth work fine... not sure what I am gonna do at this point.... this thing is being a real turd right now

hotwheels · « **Reply #148 on:** January 29, 2015, 03:33:12 PM »

4 banger T5's are fairly inexpensive.....

ratrodranger · « **Reply #149 on:** January 29, 2015, 04:45:49 PM »

its an m5od...... about $130 at my local junkyard, but need to do the clutch while I have the trans out... so a little over $400 for both

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