My Truck

My Truck:

The Red Ranger
1987 ~ Present

Well everyone, this is my ride. Its a 1987 Ford Ranger XLT. 2.9L V-6 (177 cubic inches). A4LD 4-speed automatic transmission, and 3.45 gears in the rear spinning with a limited slip. Ok, so its not that exciting, but it does get me from point A to B. This truck has a bit of a history with it too. So far in its life its gotten in a few fender benders, the last being a year ago. The more famous "kill" was a Caddilac, but that was by it's previous owner, my grandpa. So far the only thing I've managed to kill with it was the bumper of an F-150 nearly a year ago.

The List of Repairs

1. Tuneup. 2001 - New Spark plugs, wires, filter, oil,
    PCV valve, etc.

2. Blown tire. Christmas shopping in Crawfordsville.

3. New radiator - 2001

4. New heater core - 2002

5. New muffler - 2002

6. New stereo - 2001

7. Another new stereo - 2002

8. The year of the rebuild - 2003.
    ~ New heads (old ones suffered typical cracking)
    ~ New head gaskets
    ~ New intake gaskets
    ~ Blew another tire on test drive

9. Ignition Control Module - 2003 (supposedly defective)

10. Campershell Glass - 2003 - I'd rather not discuss this

11. Replaced rear brakes after having excessive brake drag.

12. The year of the ouch - 2004
     ~Rebuilt transmission after blowing out O and OD on the way to Cloverdale, and blowing R on the way back home.

13. Spare Tire - 2004 -
      ~ Finally bought new spare after driving around for about a year without one.

14. Universal Joints on the driveshaft

15. Replaced all 4 tires after finding one flat, and my spare was flat too. - Late 2004

16. New Exhaust system - 2005

17. Repaired left fender - Summer 2005

18. New leaf springs - Summer 2005

19. Replaced faulty Ignition Control Module - Summer 2005 (see above? Yea. That stinks)

20. Replaced left rear brakes after major component failure.

21. Replaced worn out radiator hose

\22. Working on item 22 now.

Take me home.

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