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The Lone Ranger – Trans mount v3.0
On the last trip out, I managed to kill another transmission mount. This mount was a hacked up stock mount with poly bushing in place of the stock rubber. Since I might have been a wee bit drunk when I made this mount died, it help up for quite a long time, so in keeping with the theme…. Dead mount: Version 3.0: This one stopped the string of dead trans mounts!
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The Lone Ranger – Reid Knuckle Upgrade
After doing this to the stock Ford Knuckle: So I pulled this off: Slapped it next to the new knuckles (quite a bit more beefy): I wound up having to grind on my new knuckle to make the brake bracket fit correctly. Kind of disappointed that I had to do that, but not a big deal to get it done: One side done: Now everything is much happier! The Reid knuckles use a lower point for where the tie rod…
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The Lone Ranger – Misc Maintenance
I’ve been fighting a bit of an overheating problem on the Ranger on the trail as well as some highway conditions (pulling long hills for example). I’ve also known that I needed to do something about my leaking intake and valve covers. Over Memorial Day I tackled both issues. The first part of the maintenance was easy (though time consuming) and well documented on the interwebz for the lower intake manifold gasket replacement. You take this: Pull all the crap…
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The Lone Ranger – 2.5-3.0/4.0 M5OD Hybrid
Information can be found here on this setup: (Click Me) 3.40 / 2.05 / 1.31 / 1.00 / 0.79 (4.0L Engines) 3.72 / 2.20 / 1.50 / 1.00 / 0.79 (All Other Engines) I briefly had these gears in my truck until it exploded (poor rebuild, wound up sticking another 4.0 M5 in). The short period of time that I was able to drive the truck with the shorter gears in the transmission was pleasant. Other folks have pulled this…
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The Lone Ranger – Chaining down the motor
Since I was having a little bit of trouble keeping the drivers side motor mount together (I think I have that resolved at this point). There was a need for a little more insurance in making sure the motor stays put. Not an original idea as I’ve seen a few other do this, hopefully it works out as well for me. For my year 4.0, ford put this cute little shock here to dampen motor vibes: Out came the cutting…