installed a pioneer aftermarket stereo then had to take it to ford to see why the check engine light came on. it turns out the mechanic at the place i took it too to change the plugs cross-threaded the #3 plug to such a degree that it wasnt even halfway down in there and was causing that cylinder to not fire right. they removed the plug and retapped the cylinder and i was up and running again. im never going back to that place again lol

 

removed electric cooling fan, the bearing burnt up and fan wont spin, gotta love JEGS, called them and they are sending me another one, no cost to me, not even shipping...nice!

 

I did the air silencer mod, nice growl at part and WOT seems a bit torquier on the low end and better throttle response

 

Finally mounted my CB.

And washed the truck, it's been dirty for a few weeks now because of all the rain and storms we had move through. My truck is always reaaaaallly dirty when we have big rain come through. :-P

 

Washed, polished and waxed it

 

Changed the oil. It is amazing how different the truck feels with new lube in it....or maybe it is all in my head....maybe I am going insane.....maybe....

 

Checked all the fluids and tapped the gunk out of the air filter.Did the same to the aveo.

 

Drove it home from the airport.... poor think had a DB9 parked next to it when I got to it... If I had a DB9 I sure as hell wouldn't have parked it in long term parking at an airport, what was that driver thinking ????

 

Monday is my only day off so I'm going to do the first mod to my new Ranger.I'm going to get the windows tinted if I can find someone to do 5% on the front and back with 20% on the sides.I probably need to take a good pic from the front for an avatar.

 

got the tires i blew out the other day replaced and on the way home had to dodge a dog in the road and mauled one of those reflectors that identify the edge of the roadway. i was very suprised that it didnt do anything but put some gouges in the paint which were covered quickly with touch up paint

 

Made mine work today... a load of shingles, a load of scrap metal and then a load of yard waste!

 

bought an blue 02' edge! i love it

 

I painted the rear drums, painted and mounted up my emblems, and bought some bed liner for the rocker panels

 

ordered a superchips tuner

 

5 quarts of Mobil 1, a fresh Fram TG2, and a bottle of Lucas Fuel System Cleaner. Also remounted my LED puddle lights.
MikeR

 

Tinted my windows.http://

 

Installed a bug shield have yet to take updated pics from weeks after i got it for FREE mind you with 111,xxx on it and it runs great :)

 

Finally, finally, FINALLY got my 02 FX4 running!!!!

It was down for the longest time because of clutch issues. It turns out I got a bad slave cylinder from Summit Racing. Bummer.

Put a new slave cylinder in, Centerforce clutch, POR-15 the front and rear driveshafts, new crossmember, all new hardware, and ended up having to tear it all back apart again just to replace a brand new slave cylinder.

Well, after I got it all back together today, I took it for a ride and I was so happy to have my truck back that I was nearly in tears .

So then, I went to Subway to celebrate lol.

On the way back, I'm at a stop light and there's this 2000~ish Grand Prix in the passing lane. Well, I'm watching the light and out of the corner of my eye, I see the passenger in the Grand Prix give me a look. Well the driver was watching the light, same as me, and he did a false start. I thought... OH REALLY!?!?. Ok if that's how it's going to be... BAM light turns green and the guy got a car lengths lead on me. Meanwhile, I'm still back there trying to hook up in first gear... Screw it.. I floored it though first and second and I started catching up. I thought to myself "NO WAY I'm losing this!" Kept it floored and slid my foot sideways off the clutch at every shift. By third, I was half a car length ahead of the guy so I kept on it. I could tell he was still trying, but by now, it's either win, or back off and merge to avoid hitting oncoming traffic! So by now I'm redlining 3rd and I guess I'm doing 60? (in a 25 mph zone...) Slammed it into 4th and the punk *** backed off!! NEW CLUTCH (and 4 brand new tires) FTW!

LMAO what a way to break in a new clutch

 

^^^^^ LOVE THIS^^^^^ But anyways i put a fresh coat of paint on my rear drums, removed the steps from it too

 

Swapped my rusty gas door for a repainted flat black non rusty junkyard purchase

 

Checked the usual junk. Cleaned the IAC.

 

hit a construction cone tht was in the middle of the freeway....took off the air damn and shattard it....and it put a nice leak in my ac condensor....uggg

 

just replaced my tensioner pulley! woot and gouged my hand pretty good in the process now no more chirps and the other stuff lol

 

Filled it up. Got 239.7 miles to this tank

 

I watched it get snowed-on for the first time in about 7 months. M/Ts and REVOS are coming off on Sunday, Stockers with Blizzaks going back on.
MikeR