tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post7239855929663942105..comments2023-10-29T05:43:20.076-07:00Comments on Ornery Bastard: Fucking RookyPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-69017107927974485822010-08-05T09:03:26.194-07:002010-08-05T09:03:26.194-07:00OB, if it has rounded bottom, would it be possible...OB, if it has rounded bottom, would it be possible to carve out something tempo from a chank of wood or cuts of 2x4s to secure that bitch on flat raiser of tranny jack?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-64323607626475079082010-08-03T17:22:24.910-07:002010-08-03T17:22:24.910-07:00You must drive a lot, my husband's 94 F-150 do...You must drive a lot, my husband's 94 F-150 doesn't have that many miles on it, he's still driving it. Two belts, a clutch, a water pump, and batteries is I think all he's done to it. I can drive it, but I hate it. We spent a month in it traveling. Even with a camper shell, trying to sleep in a moving truck all night sucks.<br /><br />Dude, I don't even know what he's got invested in tools, but I do know he points me in the direction of the old tool box if I need to do something, lol.nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-14786630329480771502010-08-03T02:43:20.686-07:002010-08-03T02:43:20.686-07:00I feel yer pain, pal.I feel yer pain, pal.Fixerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-87403952919300121212010-08-01T20:39:14.043-07:002010-08-01T20:39:14.043-07:00I don't remember when they quit building the i...I don't remember when they quit building the in line six but it is right around then, What kills me is I drive the absolute twin to this thing, they were both purchased at the same time, it has two hundred forty six thousand miles on it and I have put a clutch in it once.<br />It's starting to make some funny noises but I tend to beat on 'em.<br />This whole transmission thing started five years ago, when I happened to be on vacation, and some guy broke a shaft in it in half and didn't bother to have the fly wheel shaved. It's been a mess ever since, I have had the thing professionally rebuilt by a friend who guarrenties his work and he finally gave up. He bought one out of a wrecking yard out of his own pocket, rebuilt it and told me not to come back, basically.<br />I wrecked it on some black ice passing a family in a van, going forty miles an hour. The insurance totalled it, as they should have, I got all four corners to some degree and a door to boot. My boss fucked around for three months before just coming out and telling me I should buy it, which I am. It runs great and I ain't worried a bit about parking in front of a tavern...<br />Two hundred and six thousand, I have done a TON of maintenance to this thing, it should be good for another hundred thousand miles, if I can keep the transmission in it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-25892534765638050842010-08-01T20:13:49.401-07:002010-08-01T20:13:49.401-07:00Holy crap, no wonder that little Jap tranny keeps ...Holy crap, no wonder that little Jap tranny keeps pissing its innards all over the fucking road. That 300 cubic inch I6 had about as much horsepower as your average lawn tractor, but enough torque to make most of Ford's V8's at the time envious, it needs a real transmission behind it, not some puny Jap crap. I briefly considered one of those Fords (that was the last year for the I6, correct?), now that I'm hearing your issues with the thing, I'm damn glad I didn't. <br /><br />- Badtux the Wrenchin' PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24855322.post-58875737964339627042010-08-01T19:53:21.762-07:002010-08-01T19:53:21.762-07:00This was one of them damned Ford Rangers, wasn'...This was one of them damned Ford Rangers, wasn't it? Those things were actually designed by Mazda, not Ford. So what you want is to throttle some Japanese engineer in, like, Japan, not some Ford engineer. About the only thing Ford designed on the thing was some of the engines, which they then managed to wedge into an engine bay designed for Jap engines... which is why the engine bay is so difficult to work in. Any wonder that when I bought my second small truck, it was a Chevy S-10 rather than Ford Ranger? At least the Chevy had a stone axe reliable pushrod V6 motor that was 3/4ths of the famous Chevy 350 V8, and the exact same transmission as the bottom of the line Silverado full-sized pickup truck with a V8 engine. I figured that would be the most reliable setup I could get in a small truck. And I gotta say it was reliable as a brick, until I managed to slam the damned truck into the back of a Toyota while trying to avoid T-boning a fucking ambulance that popped into the intersection lickity split without any warning...<br /><br />- Badtux the Formerly Truckin' PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com