95 ranger

rob69 · January 10, 2012, 04:55:34 PM

Looking good!

bbr528 · March 21, 2012, 03:31:58 AM

did some work on the ranger while i was home over the weekend
starting to get the 60 put back together with new u joints and bearings got the gas pedal mounted and a throttle cable made re did the rear suspension a little bit with longer shackles and moved it back an inch ended up with about 10 inches of travel in the rear

i ran the truck for a while and got it to idle pretty good but i tried timing the motor and the timing marks on the harmonic balancer are really far from the timing pointer even tho the motor is running great

here's a link to the video
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2810712388048#

bbr528 · March 21, 2012, 03:34:10 AM

more pictures

rob69 · March 21, 2012, 11:47:38 AM

Sounds good man!! Hope to maybe see it at TGW!

bbr528 · March 21, 2012, 03:01:14 PM

Quote from: rob69 on March 21, 2012, 11:47:38 AM
Sounds good man!! Hope to maybe see it at TGW!

thank you sir
my goal is to be at TGW just trying to get the time to work on it being away at school is hard

rob69 · March 21, 2012, 08:32:23 PM

I know how that goes! With three kids,work ,and all the other stuff going on. It's hard to find time for the ranger.

BAD APPLE · March 22, 2012, 02:06:04 AM

ya you can tell by the sound that its not timed right

bbr528 · March 22, 2012, 02:47:39 AM

Quote from: erikmud on March 22, 2012, 02:06:04 AM
ya you can tell by the sound that its not timed right

im not sure why the timing mark is so far off i got the firing order right and the distributer stabed at TDC i marked the 0 degree mark on the balancer then put the timing light on cylinder number 1 and shoot the light at the harmonic balancer and look for the mark and its probably 45 degrees from the little timing pointer

Eroq · March 22, 2012, 02:59:15 AM

sounds like its running retarded... try advancing it a bit more... firing too late it sounds.

bbr528 · March 22, 2012, 03:17:59 AM

Quote from: Eroq on March 22, 2012, 02:59:15 AM
sounds like its running retarded... try advancing it a bit more... firing too late it sounds.

ill try that next time im home im not the best at just timing it by ear i can get it to fire and run good it will fire with out touching the throttle and just a

of the starter

some guy told me i need to put on collectors my pipes and thats why its running weird
i planned on collectors and header mufflers soon but i wanted to hear it run while i was home lol

BAD APPLE · March 22, 2012, 03:38:35 AM

Yeah I don't think a collector is going t help

bbr528 · March 22, 2012, 03:42:29 AM

Quote from: erikmud on March 22, 2012, 03:38:35 AM
Yeah I don't think a collector is going t help

thats what i thought but he guaranteed it would haha
got any advice on why the timing marks are so far away from the pointer?

bbr528 · April 06, 2012, 12:43:28 AM

drew a bumper in solid works for the rear of the truck while i was at school

bbr528 · April 10, 2012, 12:37:24 AM

made a home made high steer arm for my heims

bbr528 · April 19, 2012, 12:17:25 AM

came home last weekend to work on some stuff, got the 4x4 shifter all set up, made a new trans cross member to give me better drive line angles and tuck my t case, i made flex hose mounts and my buddy ran all the rear brake lines for me, worked on my floor shifter but lost one little piece so i got to find that and it will be done lol, got the trans cooler and lines all ran. made good progress but still got some work ahead if i want to make it to TGW and i wont be back home til next thursday

rob69 · April 19, 2012, 11:22:12 AM

Hope you do make it to TGW. I want to check this out in person. Keep up the good work!

bbr528 · April 19, 2012, 02:58:05 PM

Quote from: rob69 on April 19, 2012, 11:22:12 AM
Hope you do make it to TGW. I want to check this out in person. Keep up the good work!

ill make it there if i got to stay up night and day for 3 or 4 days haha if ya see me there come over and check it out and let me know who ya are

FilthyMoney · April 19, 2012, 06:11:07 PM

Nice work man. Im pretty much on the same schedule.... I'll only make it to tgw if I pull a few all nighters after finals week.... But I'm praying that all goes smoothly and I'll be there with my truck.

Good luck and keep up the good work

rob69 · April 20, 2012, 02:30:31 PM

Quote from: bbr528 on April 19, 2012, 02:58:05 PM
Quote from: rob69 on April 19, 2012, 11:22:12 AM
Hope you do make it to TGW. I want to check this out in person. Keep up the good work!

ill make it there if i got to stay up night and day for 3 or 4 days haha if ya see me there come over and check it out and let me know who ya are

Ok will do. I will keep a eye out for you.

bbr528 · April 20, 2012, 05:10:05 PM

i had planed on using 5/8 grade 8 bolts to bolt the rod ends to the pitman arm and to the high steer arm the high steer arm is set for double sheer but the pitman arm is not
does any one know if the 5/8 bolt will be strong enough or should i buy a heim that uses a 3/4 bolt?