Let's start over......
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She's ready to roll! And float, hopefully...
I'll be driving down there behind my dad towing his 30 footer, so maybe the draft will help me finally see some of the MPG you 5.0 guys are used to getting
Also, yes, I do have it jackknifed like that intentionally lol. That way I can still use the other half of the driveway.
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Took the LTD and Ranger in for their state inspections today. Didn't realize how little I had been driving the Ranger these last couple of years -- only a shade over 200 miles on the odometer since my inspection back in June of 2015. Much of that was due to my undercarriage detail, but now that that's finished I'd like to put 350-500 miles on it per year.
Still a lot of projects to get to on the LTD, the primary one being removal of the fuel tank to coat it and rebuild the internals. My fuel gauge only reads occasionally, so I'd like to get that working reliably again.
The '05 F150 could use a good detail and I'd like to finally put my Roush rims on it, but that's about all it needs right now.
Hopefully if my workload stays the way it has been the past month or so I'll finally be able to make some headway on these projects......
Still a lot of projects to get to on the LTD, the primary one being removal of the fuel tank to coat it and rebuild the internals. My fuel gauge only reads occasionally, so I'd like to get that working reliably again.
The '05 F150 could use a good detail and I'd like to finally put my Roush rims on it, but that's about all it needs right now.
Hopefully if my workload stays the way it has been the past month or so I'll finally be able to make some headway on these projects......
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Not yet -- I took it into a local shop a few weeks back to see about doing the lift but was a little uneasy after talking to them. While they advertise that they work on all trucks, you could tell from looking at the shop that they were very "Jeep-centric" and I got the sense the guy I was talking to knew very little about Rangers. There are several other shops within a few miles of where I live that I want to talk to first and see if I get a better "vibe" from them before I let somebody torque on my truck. Anxious to get it done, though -- I've never had a lifted truck before so it will be a new experience.....
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Says the guy with twice the tank and half the displacement 
I know a guy up in Dallas
Not yet -- I took it into a local shop a few weeks back to see about doing the lift but was a little uneasy after talking to them. While they advertise that they work on all trucks, you could tell from looking at the shop that they were very "Jeep-centric" and I got the sense the guy I was talking to knew very little about Rangers. There are several other shops within a few miles of where I live that I want to talk to first and see if I get a better "vibe" from them before I let somebody torque on my truck. Anxious to get it done, though -- I've never had a lifted truck before so it will be a new experience.....
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Why the olive drab -- do you hunt with it to.....???
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Made it from Angelo to Ardmore Oklahoma in 4hrs 20mins. 332 miles. Got lucky and got up with a durango and gmc dually. They were hauling butt from Abilene all the way to Denton. Which was exact same way we were going.
Still got 22.3 mpg at last check.
Still got 22.3 mpg at last check.
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That's hauling for sure!
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Here's the run down
He's got a 3.5L and the 38? gallon tank
I've got a 5.0L and 28 gallon tank
Was saying I could handle the lift install on the Ranger
He's got a 3.5L and the 38? gallon tank
I've got a 5.0L and 28 gallon tank
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I know a guy up in Dallas
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I figured you're so busy fixing Coy's vehicles you wouldn't have time.....