yeah, thanks for that immense insight captain obvious... regardless, these things are scarce as hens teeth in the u-pull yards in my area now days. this is just serving as a heads up for those loo...

heads up charleston, sc area guys. there is a complete 87-88 stick shift blue/blue turbocoupe out at blue and gold salvage yard.   it isnt in inventory yet but the yard guys will still let you i...

fair enough. I also have a spare unwelded head but when I had mine done back in the day they really didnt have to mill it that much. finally had a chance to get back online just now and was look...

Howard Wrote: (11-15-2020, 05:54 PM) -- Could you add some build info...and where are you located? Thanks, Howard -- honestly, its been a while, I think I have the cards for the pistons and rods o...

just curious.  I'm trying to figure out what to do with the one I have.  at 41 I've come to the realization I'll never get around to finishing it with all the other stuff I have going on.  I just dont...

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You are in Myrtle Beach....go to the Grand strand u-pull and get one for $150 before core. Inventory shows a bunch of rangers there

hmm I didnt think you would want to helicoil a fuel rail as fuel might get past the the helicoil itself under pressure? either way, I will probably just buy another piece of rail stock and use my bro...

Quote: -- Originally posted by NigelM: Quote: -- Originally posted by stackz: drilling by hand as my drill press broke long ago and there's honestly no room for even a bench top one in my new gar...

and I'm an idiot. not paying attention and one too many beers I grabbed a 20pitch tap instead of an 18pitch tap. you can imagine the cuss words I invented when I went to thread in the AN fitting an...

drilling by hand as my drill press broke long ago and there's honestly no room for even a bench top one in my new garage and I'm drilling/tapping an aluminum fuel rail.

hmm, I wonder if 1/2"would work? its only ever so slightly under. I have one that is marked 1/2" and three other bits that are "similar" size but not marked due to either galling on the shank or rus...

What size drill bit did you use? Mine is washed out and can't tell

6AN calls for a thread tap of 9/16"-18TPI. Is this the same as 9/16"NF18?? I ask because the NF tap is what I have on hand. I don't want to tap and then find out it is wrong.

I envy you. there's very little I will pay someone else to do on a vehicle of mine. this is one thing I would buy all the replacement parts and then pay a body shop to install gladly if I ever had t...

the convertible fox rear quarter windows are evil. plain and simple evil. I can tell you that from experience. That little supplemental manual isnt very good either. take it apart as little as you...

pretty much what I'm wanting to use it for is a sanity check. the engine was put together about a decade ago and I want to just check everything out to see how it's held up in storage before I get to...

looking online I found specs for the rod and main bearings as follows: .0008 - .0015 desired .0008 - .0026 allowable I'm assuming everyone is using the green plastigage for these considering its ran...

Borrowed this from a friend to read the abs codes on my dad's 96 ranger. It specifically says it reads abs and airbag codes. It reads the engine codes just fine but can't read abs codes? Does this m...

anyone know for certain if 95+ explorer seats bolt directly into a 96 extended cab ranger? the ranger forums are pretty much dead and its kinda murky searching as well. trying to help my dad out with...