My next "project"

[F8LBITE]

Sort of. My Ranger was kind of sagging on one side. As you can plainly see, the 2nd photo doesn't really look like the 1st. So my DD is parked until I fix this. Can't wait to tear into it!

[HELLFYR]

Eh... you can strong arm it and bend it back into place.

[LadyCobra]

It wouldn't be "winter" without car projects of some sort.

[MadJack]

How the heck did you manage that lol

[F8LBITE]

Eh... you can strong arm it and bend it back into place.
I would do that but that shackle bracket was so rusted it broke. So now I get to replace it


How the heck did you manage that lol
Please see above^^

[MadJack]

good time or lift or lower depending on drive wheels lol

[F8LBITE]

Upon further inspection, 3 of the 4 brackets should be replaced. So I might as well replace the 4th one too. And since I'm replacing that many I've decided to remove the bed. That should give me plenty of room to work and not lie on my back. YAAAY!

[TF2v97SN]

good luck getting all the bolts out of the spring bushing sleeves......might as well replace the springs while youre there and install new hardware...

[TF2v97SN]

bed is easily removed with the help of 3 friends

[LadyCobra]

Randy is HeMan! He can handle it..... :uhoh:

[HELLFYR]

Upon further inspection, 3 of the 4 brackets should be replaced. So I might as well replace the 4th one too. And since I'm replacing that many I've decided to remove the bed. That should give me plenty of room to work and not lie on my back. YAAAY!

Lying on the back isn't the hard part. Getting up is. :) Err.... wait...

[F8LBITE]

good luck getting all the bolts out of the spring bushing sleeves......might as well replace the springs while youre there and install new hardware...

Fortunately I already had to go through that process of replacing the leaf springs, and with a little help of that anti seize, it wasn't really a struggle at all.

I decided to clean up the frame to primer and slap some rust oleum on. Now it's just a matter of replacing the bushings and sleeves, and bolting up the new brackets, and it's on to replacing my frozen ebrake cable.

I'll throw up some pics later.

[F8LBITE]

Lying on the back isn't the hard part. Getting up is. :) Err.... wait...:eek7::bigeek:

[HELLFYR]

Hehe.... nice job on the frame cleanup!

[HAULNSS]

:shrug:

Send the repair bill to MNDOT.

:lol:

[F8LBITE]

:shrug:

Send the repair bill to MNDOT.

:lol:

Hmmmmm...:think:

[TF2v97SN]

i see a bubble in one of the pictures, maybe you should put the ranger in a bubble?

[F8LBITE]

i see a bubble in one of the pictures, maybe you should put the ranger in a bubble?
Uhhhh, No.
I spent maybe an hour tonight working on the leaf spring bushings. They fortunately didn't put up too much of a struggle. Now hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to tinker for another hour or so to start reassembly.
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/redfirevert/2d007cc9.jpghttp://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/redfirevert/3f4ed01e.jpg

[DNeinstadt]

Keep up the pictures, it might actually motivate me to do something productive!!

Great work sir!

[F8LBITE]

Thanks. I'll try as far as posting pics. My only problem is that I forget to actually stop working and shoot photos. LOL

[HELLFYR]

Sounds familiar... I was going to completely document the blower swap when I went to the ported blower... took about 5 pictures then started in on it. A bit later I was done... and... uh... no pix.

[F8LBITE]

I did a little work today on the Ranger. Finished replacing the parking brake cables, bolted up the front brackets, installed the rear shocks ( still had the originals 23x,xxx miles ), pulled the diff cover so I can change the fluid. Tomorrow I hopefully will be able to install the front leaf spring bushings to complete the suspension work, and finish changing the rear end fluid. Here's a couple pics.
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/redfirevert/8330e5ca.jpg
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/redfirevert/d5edbcd8.jpg