Grumpy's Ranger Pix

[jzwartster]

oh **** I know where Gaylord is> I broke down there in my s10 with 301 pontiac in it, headin home from the St. Ignious Car show across the bridge.

[jzwartster]

I know where gaylord is. I broke down there comin home from the St. Ignious car show back in the day.

[carvinmark]

I know where gaylord is. I broke down there comin home from the St. Ignious car show back in the day.

Yup, been there several times.

[Grumpy]

making some progress.... got the engine installed last night .... L&L mounts worked great and the oil filter adapter clears too ... got like 3 inches between the front of the water pump to the radiator so no clearance probs so far ...got to take my headers and get them sand blasted and painted in the next couple days ....

here are a couple updated pix ....

https://picasaweb.google.com/1014602644 ... 9973/Pix02#

[rangerfab]

Those are some purrty pics kevin.....looks bitchin!!!

[rangerfab]

would be nice to drop that in a trophy truck.

[Dave]

You really need some better heads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave of the Nord
What some weather this week, will call on Sat

[Grumpy]

Dave,,, yes i do need some better heads ..... seems i sent a payment to someone for some WP Jr aluminum's .... but i cant remember who..LMAO

just kidding bro ... just giving ya a hard time ....

hows the weather up there ?? still snowing ??

well we are supposed to get rain and thunderstorms starting tonight and go thru Sat night ... so i might need a boat to get around here shortly ... lol

made more progress on my truck today/tonight got the mid-shift conversion done ... looks GOOD too ... will post some pix in the AM .. im to beat an wore out to do it tonight ......

[Grumpy]

more done... so here are some more pix....

https://picasaweb.google.com/1014602644 ... 9973/Pix02#

mid-shift conversion was SO EASY to do ....lol...Bob Hanlon was right .. simple as could be ..ill be referring Hanlon Motorsports to anyone that i see needs help .....

[Dave]

I told you that was a nice place to deal with! Now to order the tower dust cover, want me to order one that I can put in your shipment and just add it to the total? It's around $26 and I need one.
Dave of the Nord

[Grumpy]

I told you that was a nice place to deal with! Now to order the tower dust cover, want me to order one that I can put in your shipment and just add it to the total? It's around $26 and I need one.
Dave of the Nord

nah ... ill get my wife to put it on her debit card since its not that much ...or get my mom to order it ...lol

thanks anyway for the thought tho .. would be good to have a part # if ya got it tho ....

and yes its a GREAT place... i really like the speed they use to get ya order out and the customer service is awesome as i dont know ANYWHERE that will take time to talk to you about something till you understand what and how to do something ... and if they not there .. you can leave a message and he WILL call you back... now how many other places will do that ??? .....

[Grumpy]

IF i can get caught up on a couple vehicles b4 the weekend.... ill be putting the new flywheel and pilot bearing and all the clutch setup and the slave bracket and slave cylinder and line and the TKO and hopefully the cross member in this weekend or the the first part of next week ..... wish me luck ....lmao ....

[Dave]

Hey Grumpy,
Be careful with that flywheel, bolting up the pressure plate. Mark ran into a problem with the one he got. Remember him saying someone had screwed up the threads using the wrong bolts. Ford uses the metric while after market uses (most) SAE. Just a FYI. I have thread chasers that I always use to check to make sure of which series of threads I'm dealing with. Remeber one guy who did get 7/16-14 bolts to go into his Explorer manifolds that were M12-1.75. Said he thought they were interference fits. Well, they are now!
Dave - still 8-12" on the ground.

[carvinmark]

Hey Grumpy,
Be careful with that flywheel, bolting up the pressure plate. Mark ran into a problem with the one he got. Remember him saying someone had screwed up the threads using the wrong bolts. Ford uses the metric while after market uses (most) SAE. Just a FYI. I have thread chasers that I always use to check to make sure of which series of threads I'm dealing with. Remeber one guy who did get 7/16-14 bolts to go into his Explorer manifolds that were M12-1.75. Said he thought they were interference fits. Well, they are now!
Dave - still 8-12" on the ground.

Good point Dave, I was just going to tell him about my encounter with the wrong bolts used on holding the pressure plate on, I still can't belive someone just cross threaded the wrong ones in and drove it, not for me!

[Grumpy]

yup... been there too ,,, thats why i got the correct ones and they are form ARP also ... that way they wont fail ....plus i run them in by finger to make sure they go all the way in and not have any slack or binding or anything ....

oh... ran into a small prob with my mounts.... got to pull the engine back up and relocate them cuz the front drag link on the steering hit the front of the oil pan ... its not a big prob... just more time ....