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sat beside it and using it for shade while i work a mower. pulling it off the road this week as im not driving it right now but im paying for insurance..
 
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Drove it in the rain. I'll be doing that again tomorrow.
 
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went and got dirty, here is a video of that...

 
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hurray for puddle jumping ordered Air Lift air springs for it and figured out why my trailer lights weren't working. dang fuses. almost ready to go flog it in a sand box
 
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Originally Posted by racsan
replaced back brake shoes & spring hardware. check out this pic of the right side, i'll explain it later.
back up in 4lo with the e brake on? i did that to mine but i sheered the to pin completely off and messed up both shoes and bent the backing plate out and away from the drum that was a big oops on my part!
 
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uh oh, with this pic taken (about 3 minutes after the video) i was sitting on my e-brake, and in gear, then sat on the e-brake for a bit... will...

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since last time i replaced my blazer driving lights with hella 500's and put 100W bulbs in them and replaced my factory cd player with a aiwa cd play i got cheep
 
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Originally Posted by --weezl--
uh oh, with this pic taken (about 3 minutes after the video) i was sitting on my e-brake, and in gear, then sat on the e-brake for a bit... will...

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prolly not, you wouldnt know it but its pretty hard to fuxxor your rear brakes, they can take a lot of screwin around without much bad happening. There is a point of course..
 
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prolly not, you wouldnt know it but its pretty hard to fuxxor your rear brakes, they can take a lot of screwin around without much bad happening. There is a point of course..
good, me no like brakey a truck i in hole 19,000 for
 
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wut?^^^^^
 
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Originally Posted by --weezl--
good, me no like brakey a truck i in hole 19,000 for
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wut?^^^^^
hes glad he didnt break a truck he owes 19,000 on
 
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Left the ole boy @ home today (brought the stang out)....he'll probably be mad when I get home...hehehe
 
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I bought something extra special for it the other dayshould be here tomorrow or thurs, can't wait.
 
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i used it to jump start the pos pt loser thats parked in my yard. i hate pt cruisers!
 
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Drove it this morning to take my dog to get spayed cause my car was blocked in by my roommate.
This afternoon, my 4.5" rear lift blocks came to replace the stacked 2" and 2.5" ones on there when I bought it. The electric fan I ordered also came today.
 
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got rid of the slack in the throttle cable with a nylon tie. i was suprised at what a difference it made
 
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Finally reinstalled the traction bar and oh boy that kicks ***!
 
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vented the crank case to a filter instead of to the intake .... no more oil in the throttle body
 
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Originally Posted by --weezl--
good, me no like brakey a truck i in hole 19,000 for
What i was doing when i broke mine I was up a bank with a tire in the air and i set the brake to take a pic and i didn't release the brakes when i backed up and pow! though that guys break was minor to what mine did i still have the brake shoes somewhere.
 
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i dont have an e brake... i will have to find some other dreative way to break stuff
 
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Nothing spectacular really, brought the boy to work. Hoping it rains today for a lil mushy fun and then to take him out..........come on rain!! hehe
 
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Originally Posted by Hanks Rangers
back up in 4lo with the e brake on? i did that to mine but i sheered the to pin completely off and messed up both shoes and bent the backing plate out and away from the drum that was a big oops on my part!
i had adjusted the rear brakes manually, the adjuster cables were broken. i had them too tight and the brakes were smoking when i got to work. the right side seized and and it bent the shoe when i freed it by moving forward (yes, in 4L) i did put new adjuster cables in along with a spring kit and the new shoes. oddly enough, the other side didnt sieze.
 
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Took him for a drive and took some pics.............
 
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yesterday:
bought a d-ring receiver and 2"x30" recovery strap
put all the above, a hand held CB a 4"x4' tree saver, and a trojan magnium into the center console.

all i would need if i get into sticky situations
 
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Not really what I did to my ranger but what I did for it

Not much but it was boring around work today. Between listing to people complain about their jobs and trying to find one good durmax water pump housing this was my most productive part of my day
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