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I never think of taking pics, sorry. The dome light mod is the "mustang dome light mod" described elsewhere except I could only find an Explorer light. it has tabs that can accept a small push on connector to jump to the cargo light.
Dismantled the dash last night to get the cluster out for bulb replacement. Removed the battery from the tray this morning to charge it (probably completely dead - was that way when I bought it). The "remove battery" was harder than it should have been since a previous genius lost the tie down and decided that Great Stuff was great stuff to substitute.
Just bought this two weeks ago , so I have done several things . New headlights and new bulbs for foglights . AVS ventvisors , oem floor mats , and new Goodyear Wranglers with Kevlar installed . More to come as $$$$ allows . old left , new right as shown .
new led on left , old halogen on right as shown .
Looks very nice, where did you purchase the headlights from? Are they aftermarket or Ford? Thanks
Last weekend, finally got the leather bucket seats from an Explorer put in. Good riddance to the broken-down 60/40 bench seat that still smells like the previous owner's dog.
This week, pulled the front coil springs and shocks in preparation for a 2 in leveling lift. I have the new springs from Rough Country but waiting for Amazon to get the new shocks here. Also removed and painted the swaybar and replaced all the bushings.
And last night, finally got out the old factory camber bushings. New Moog ones to replace them!
Last weekend, finally got the leather bucket seats from an Explorer put in. Good riddance to the broken-down 60/40 bench seat that still smells like the previous owner's dog.
This week, pulled the front coil springs and shocks in preparation for a 2 in leveling lift. I have the new springs from Rough Country but waiting for Amazon to get the new shocks here. Also removed and painted the swaybar and replaced all the bushings.
And last night, finally got out the old factory camber bushings. New Moog ones to replace them!
jfox, are the explorer seats a direct fit? And if it is, what years will work in our Rangers? I have a 2003 regular cab.
I have a 97 Super Cab. My seats are from a 2003 Explorer. We found them in a junkyard while hunting parts for another car I had to fix. Unfortunately, they are not a direct fit at all. For some reason I thought they would be at the time I bought them. I had to cut the Explorer mounting brackets off of the bottom rails; the ones that slide for adjustment. Then I removed the bottom seat bracket off of the 60/40 Ranger seats and bolted and welded them to the Explorer seats. The Explorer seats also had an active restraint system and that had to be removed, too.
It worked out OK in the end and they are 100x more comfortable and look good, but if I were to do it again, I would look harder for a straight bolt in or at least a closer match. Of course, that's getting pretty hard to find.
I have a 97 Super Cab. My seats are from a 2003 Explorer. We found them in a junkyard while hunting parts for another car I had to fix. Unfortunately, they are not a direct fit at all. For some reason I thought they would be at the time I bought them. I had to cut the Explorer mounting brackets off of the bottom rails; the ones that slide for adjustment. Then I removed the bottom seat bracket off of the 60/40 Ranger seats and bolted and welded them to the Explorer seats. The Explorer seats also had an active restraint system and that had to be removed, too.
It worked out OK in the end and they are 100x more comfortable and look good, but if I were to do it again, I would look harder for a straight bolt in or at least a closer match. Of course, that's getting pretty hard to find.
I replaced the instrument cluster lights. One of the burnt out lights was the CEL. Pulling the code I had a P0401 and after some investigation, think I found I have a bad DPFE sensor. When I bought the truck a few weeks ago, the sensor was zip tied into position where the bracket had rusted away. I'll take some resistance reading on the sensor when I'm home.
Jim
I mounted the replacement DPFE sensor on the firewall and replaced the hoses. The replacement had metal grommets at the mounting holes so I guess that provides grounding.
Jim
Got one leaf spring off, rear drive shaft out (needed to torch to loosen up the bolts) and got the fuel tank removed from my rust project.
In the last last couple of days I also did the headlight restore with the sandpaper and clear coat ala Chrisfix. Sitting out here right now next to project ranger rick with my fire pit lit and having a cigar.
08-27-2019
