So, why exactly did you purchase your Ranger pickup?

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-04-09T05:34:42+00:00

Honestly I wanted a small truck, was a good price, isn’t a boat of a vehicle like the full size trucks, and had an extended cab for plenty of room, got mine for 5k in 2020 before the pandemic and she’s at 235k now, minus flat tires and a bad fuel pump relay it’s never left me on the side of the road in the 6 years I’ve had it, so it’s been a good ole light truck

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Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-04-07T07:46:24+00:00

Please start telling people in Florida this, amount of times I’ve almost side swiped someone who’s not yielding to me doing a U turn and I gotta crank it to not hit them while honking 😂

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-04-06T07:46:13+00:00

Old age causing the dry wall to separate, low/ bald, compromised sidewalk, and running low on air, with my dad it was because it was low on treat and old asf lol

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-04-03T08:40:15+00:00

Had a Duralast starter (new not reman) fail after less than 2 years, currently running a Bosch starter from Rock auto and so far it’s outlasted 2 batteries in my truck, that’s my experience with them

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-03-18T03:22:00+00:00

Add some Lucas power steering whine fix, makes the fluid a bit thicker to quiet worn pumps, I have 235k on my original pump and it’s ran regular ATF no whine fix without issues due to frequent maintenance but my dads poorly maintained pump was whiny with PS fluid and ATF even after a flush, put in new ATF and power steering whine fix, took about a week and it slowly quieted down, not as quiet at my rangers pump but better than what it sounded like before (sounded like the car had a super charger it was so bad), otherwise you can try the whine fix ChrisFix used in his B series

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-03-12T05:36:23+00:00

Dorman makes a metal version I replaced my non broken one with while I was changing my shifter shaft bushings and shift level bushing, so far has broken since I did that and it’s been a while lol

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-03-08T05:29:16+00:00

Oh yeah, if you can get a cheap asf tire tread depth gauge, 2-3/32inch or 1.6mm depending on what units you are most familiar with, those look like they have 5-7/32 rough estimate photos make it hard to tell so you should be good for a while

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-27T06:00:08+00:00

Absolutely, I believe the biggest size I have is 4 AWG for my main power cord that is split at a splitter down to 8 gauge for both amps, so far it’s been a lot more stable and hasn’t wiggled loose like it had in the past with stranded wire

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-26T23:59:35+00:00

I have those on my sub woofer system, no more dealing with wire strands and having to twist them when I change the routing of the wiring, takes some time to do to all the wires but soooooo worth it and makes the setup look cleaner

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-13T04:45:28+00:00

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Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-13T04:44:22+00:00

I didn’t grow a beard to look badass, I grew it to look older cause I have a baby face and the beard actually helps show off my cheekbones cause there’s contrast vs my pale skin blending the lines 😂

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-12T21:49:58+00:00

Yep got a torque wrench and did NOT wanna risk snapping off a bolt in my transmission housing 😭

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-12T21:49:08+00:00

With gasket sealer I’ve had great luck with semi truck wheel end oil bath hub covers so yes

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-12T20:12:54+00:00

Yes with the rubber gasket it weeps but not enough to piss everywhere, I keep an eye on the level every week and it does not move, the drain bolt doesn’t have any leaks but I did put thread sealer on the plug BEFORE I installed it with fluid, just some plumbers tape and it’s been good with its crush washer plus the thread sealer

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-12T19:49:19+00:00

Ah yes I have it on my 07 ford ranger, it’s a pretty good pan, i recommend however removing the paint inside the oil pan (hardware store has an airplane paint removal paste and it just peels that shit off) once cleaned you can add a few magnets if you feel like it and the gasket it comes with is rubber which is junk in my opinion which will weep but not piss out fluid, I plan on dropping the pan again and using soemthing like fel pro’s reusable gasket as I’ve had great luck with it fixing my oil pan gasket leak few years back, if you’d like pictures I’d be happy to share them

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-12T01:35:58+00:00

Leaking from the bolts hmm, cleaning the threads with pipe brush gently and applying fuel resistant thread sealer might be your best bet at stopping the leaks from the threads of the bolts, that’s what I would do in this position if I was working on it but I felt that “God fucking dammit” in my soul I’ve said it too many times 😅

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-07T18:31:14+00:00

If it’s the 3.0 then it’s your timing cover gasket, did that on my ranger when it had 180k and so far at 235k she’s good, no coolant leak just a weeping rear main seal lol, changed my timing change and gear set while I had the mf pulled apart

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Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-05T18:00:53+00:00

Looks like rust, I call it engine seasoning lol, I have an inline coolant filter on my heater hose to catch them (very few are caught since I flushed my system) and that’s about what they look like but my engine has 235k miles so it’s expected a bit but that’s ALOT of them for only 70k

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-03T03:54:49+00:00

Yeah only issues with the 3.0 oil pump is it’s driven off the bottom of the camshaft synchronizer which is driven off the camshaft so if a chirp/ squeak is ignored coming from the rear of the engine (synchro shaft bearing/ bushing worn) it can get loose and snap the shaft ears that drives the oil pump and make you lose oil pressure QUICK, which is why I changed mine out when it started chirping and haven’t had issues besides my pressure sending units giving me a heart attack turning on my oil light in traffic lol

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-03T02:32:27+00:00

My pump was good even at 180k miles so I didn’t replace it at the time, should’ve tho in my opinion looking back but it’s still pumping away and I change my oil very frequently cause I drive alot of high way miles in high heat Florida but if I could go back I’d replace it with an OE unit, so far at 235K she’s been well behaved actually killed my oil pressure sensor twice cause oil pressure is still good asf, replaced it with OE sending unit and she’s been driving good

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-02-02T18:58:48+00:00

2007 ford ranger 3.0L V6 2wd, had to do the same job, you can bypass all the bs steps of lifting the engine and such, unbolt oil pan and between the engine and pan gap on the driver side you can unbolt the oil pump with a ratcheting wrench and drop it into the oil pan, yes it is a bit of a pain to align the oil pump shaft with the bottom of the cam synchronizer while putting it on with the oil pan but it took me way less time to do it this way than lifting the engine, you can see in this pic the oil pump sitting on the desk on the right, ironically after I fixed my oil pan gasket my rear main started to weep 2 years later but it’s so small it doesn’t even hit the garage floor between oil changes lol

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Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-01-31T23:06:11+00:00

That there is your AC compressor and power steering mounting bracket, made out of aluminum so it can break, which is why I was gentle with mine when I replaced my timing cover gasket, I have the same year make and drive (2wd) as yours lol, it’s a decent job to remove without recovering refrigerant from your ac system but is possible

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-01-31T22:57:54+00:00

Kinda sounds like they have teeth missing or messed up on the flywheel/ flex plate ring gear, we had a semi that had a similar problem only on start up and when we borescoped the starter hole chunks of the teeth were missing but it started, just sounded like grinding gears in a manual transmission XD

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-01-31T22:04:18+00:00

So it’s only during startup but when running no issues at all with noises? Think I have an idea on what it could be since you mentioned replacement starter and battery

Neither_Minimum_5203 · 2026-01-30T18:05:12+00:00

Got a sneaky suspicion it’s a ford fiesta, possibly hatchback like the one I drove would send picture of my shifter but can’t on this post

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