Bought Daughter a 2010 Ranger, She Paid it Off, Blew Engine, I Replaced Engine.......

[BKennedy]

There are some clean Sport Tracs in Northern Arizona, Kingman area. I left notes and asked the owners but nobody's selling.

 

[Josh P]

There are some clean Sport Tracs in Northern Arizona, Kingman area. I left notes and asked the owners but nobody's selling.

There's a few in Phoenix for sale that look good

 

[Stic-o]

The old trucks are still good. I drive the Explorer Sport most days to work now No way I'm selling it. Way more valuable to run it. Keeps the miles down on the other trucks. Plus still gets 20 mpg.

 

[BKennedy]

I always wanted a show car when I was younger, and have owned a few higher end sports cars that I kept immaculate. What I learned was that I spent so much time and effort worrying about the car, that it took the fun out of ownership.

I'm still planning on having a few more vehicles, like a survivor type Model A coup and a Dune buggy, but no show or sports cars. I love them, but I care too much if I own them. They are more like artwork than usable vehicles. I like stuff i can drive. Besides, there's really no place left to drive a real sport car like they are meant to be driven. It's not fun to drive them slow when you know what they can do, how to make them do what they do, and how euphoric it is to really get out and drive them. I would love to drive a Porsche 997 4S or GT3 again, but I'll never buy one. It would just end up as a garage queen.

I'll stick to stuff I can use.

 

[Josh P]

When I was a car hauler, I transported a Model A with a Corvette 350 under the hood. Not sure what manual transmission it had, I only found 2 forward gears and reverse. What I learned is, the guys were attracted to the expensive new cars, but the ladies liked the clean classics.

 

[BKennedy]

I regret not buying a 1929 Model A Coupe that was being sold out of a closing private railroad museum a few years ago. It had been displayed inside for 40 years, original tan paint with black fenders. All original except the bench seat had been recovered. Even had the rumble seat. They sold it for $12,500. Running and driving car. I didn't have any inside garage space left so I passed. Model A's are still modestly priced due to the volume of manufacturing, but that was a cool old car, and it was 40 miles away. Should have moved the wife's car outside.

 

[BKennedy]

Been driving the Ranger on short trips around town the past several days, less than 10 miles usually. It needs shocks and struts. Rock auto didn't have any struts with springs, which is what i usually get because springs wear out too, and I like dealing with spring compression tools about as much as using a Hi-Lift. I ended up going cheap and purchased daily driver section Gabriel Pro Guard parts. I usually prefer KYB shocks and struts, and they are priced very low for the Ranger, but I thought it might be a little harsh for this light of a truck. The rear KYB shocks listed are the same as for a Super Duty. The Ranger doesn't ever carry more than a few bales of hay or bags of grain, so it doesn't need heavy duty shocks to create a harsh ride all the time.

I also picked up Bosch ceramic brake pads all the way around because they were under $20 a set. Don't think its due for a brake job yet, but they were too cheap to pass up.

With shipping it was right at $150. Add a $100 alignment and it's a fairly low budget job. Part of the reason I wish they would get around to selling the BMW and taking the Ranger is I keep finding stuff that's not 100% and fixing it. It's a work truck, it handles not being 100% just fine. With my health issues, I'm probably going to do one corner at a time, then swap the leaking trans pan gasket over a weeks time.

 

[410Fortune]

I love little rangers

Happy with my Gabriel’s!! I’m running them on the sport trac

So glad the budget ranger is running around!

 

[BKennedy]

I love little rangers

Happy with my Gabriel’s!! I’m running them on the sport trac

So glad the budget ranger is running around!

It's a good feeling to save a good truck from the junk yard. It wasn't ready to die. I told Sarah's boyfriend if he doesn't take it soon, he's going to have to find another one because I'll keep it for myself. It's the perfect errands truck; good on gas, it fits in any parking space, and people tend to stay out of its way in this area of mostly newer high dollar cars and bad drivers.

 

[94Eddie]

I also picked up Bosch ceramic brake pads all the way around because they were under $20 a set. Don't think its due for a brake job yet, but they were too cheap to pass up.

With shipping it was right at $150. Add a $100 alignment and it's a fairly low budget job. Part of the reason I wish they would get around to selling the BMW and taking the Ranger is I keep finding stuff that's not 100% and fixing it. It's a work truck, it handles not being 100% just fine. With my health issues, I'm probably going to do one corner at a time, then swap the leaking trans pan gasket over a weeks time.

At this point with my 2010 Mountaineer, a typical repair is way less than a single monthly payment for a newer Explorer.

 

[410Fortune]

Yeah buddy!