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I picked up a 1991 Ranger 4.0 5 speed a few months back. I am trying to get this thing to pass smog so I can daily drive it but it keeps failing emissions with slightly high HC and then gross polluter status for CO. NO is super low. Anyway I hooked up my timing light and notice every 5 to 30...

I picked up this 1991 Ranger a few days ago to become my daily driver and who knows maybe a few small off road mods. It is a 1991 4wd XLT standard cab long bed with 122k miles. Powering it is a 4.0 5 speed manual and an electric shift tcase. Inside is a near perfect 60/40 bench zero cracks...

Starting on a rear bumper for our 2001 explorer. It will allow for the license plate to be taken off the hatch and mounted below the eventual swing out tire carrier. It will eventually wrap all the way to the rear wheel well. Here are some pictures and then a video I made of assembling it.

Member RJ has been going thru a battle with cancer and could use some prayers and support. He has been doing runs with this group sense high school when him and his uncle would come out to truckhaven. Click here to support CHAMPION FOR LIFE organized by Cindy Barreras

I built this bumper for the newer rangers and figured a few of you might want to see it. This bumper bolts to the factory bumper mounts. I start with a tape measure paper pencil and bunch of head scratching. Then I transfer it all to the computer into a cad program and eventually cut it my...

I am selling a kit form winch bumper for the second gen explorer. It bolts to the factory frame mounts that get some reinforcements added. You will need to provide the mounting hardware which is grade 8 bolts. You will also need to provide a 34.5" long piece of 2 inch square tube. This is a...

We have owned this explorer for 6 years now and has been a great vehicle for my wife to drive around. Now it is time to start modifying it. First up is a winch bumper. It bolts to the factory brackets that will have some extra reinforcements welded to them. This is the start of the mounts...

Our attempt to run the trail earlier this year was denied with the trail not opening till today. So I am planning a trip to run it next year. The trail is located about 2 hours east of Fresno CA in the Sierra National Forest. It is 33 miles long as it cuts between two wilderness areas. It is...

I will be at my parents house for Thanksgiving. Would anyone be up for a run out to Truckhaven for the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving. I am not 100% I can do it right now but I am throwing it out there to see what interest there is before I try to sell the idea to my wife.

Saturday was an eventful day. We had a group come up from Bakersfield to go wheeling with us. Due to the size of our group we split into a few smaller groups. I was going to lead several rigs into Red lake and then into Coyote lake. Tracy (my wife) was going to go with a group a little...

My wife drives an 01 explorer. Last week someone backed into her in a parking lot and mangled up the passenger front door pretty good. The other drivers insurance is taking responsibility to fix it. The quote we got from the body shop was $1800. I am thinking if I can find a matching door...

I spend a lot of time stuck in hotels for work. I am not a fan of much that is on Tv so I end up watching a lot of youtube. I am always on the lookout for new channels to follow. I will list some of my automotive based ones and hopefully others can add to it. RoadKill and Dirt Every Day on...

A GoPro is to pricey for something I am not even sure I will use much. However there are other ones I see listed on Amazon for $40-$70. Are any of them any good? What is a cheap easy way to edit the video that is recorded? I plan to use it on my ranger on some of my wheeling trips. Any...

A local Toyota club called the Central Valley Crawlers started a toy drive for the local Childrens Hospital 5 years ago. It has grown every year. This year rigs started in Bakersfield CA 120 miles south of the Hospital and after a few predetermined meeting stops along the way ended up at the...

I have a rental house with an aluminum patio cover. One of the posts was damanged and I need to replace it. I am having a hard time finding these . I am sure someone here knows the right name for these and where I can buy them. Hopefully somewhere in southern California would be best. .

I sold an unwelded York compressor mount to him at the beginning of the month. All started well he sent a paypal payment as a check or something like that as it said pending for a week. I had the part ready, was shipping other stuff, and getting ready to leave town so I mailed it out before...

Anyone available for a day run sometime that week? We will be at my parents house for Christmas and doing one day at legoland that week. Other then that I am free.

After watching 4 Wheel and Off Road Ultimate Adventures over the years I think it is time to do my version of this. Having fun in Moab this year being able to do multiple days of wheeling back to back I have come up with my own version. Instead of trails spread out by hundreds of miles and...

While I have 93 ranger it does share a lot of parts with the explorer. I have a nagging overheating issue on long grades I want to get rid of. When I am going to the local trails I climb from 1600 feet to 5000 ft in about 12 miles. It is one long continues pull. I pretty much put it in 4th...

I need a new glove box for my ranger. Grey in color. Shipping would be to zip code 93722.

I was out driving it today for the first warm day this year. It is hovering around 100 degrees. Truck was running slightly warmer then usual on the temp gauge if I pushed it hard 70mph 3k rpm in 5th. If I backed down to around 65mph the temps would come back down. As I was driving on the...

I have a pair of factory height heavy duty Shackle hanger. These are made of quarter inch steel and bolt to the factory holes in the frame. Comes with 8 Grade 8 bolts washers and Locknuts. $90 Shipped flat rate is the USA. 20160223_154056 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr 20160223_152104...

I have an extra center console for sale like the one I installed in my ranger. It is cut out of 16 gauge steel. The overall measurements are 24" long 11 1/2" tall and 8 3/8" wide. The features include 7 cutouts for Carling rocker switches. Two cup holders to help keep you hydrated. A...

Now that I have a decent ranger I would sure hate to loose it to theft. I know you can't stop everyone but something to slow them down would be handy. Here is my 3D rendering. The holes in the back are for a long shank padlock to slip thru to lock it in place. brake stop by Matthew...

I have had way to many extra oil quarts get holes in them in my tool box and create a mess. I have looked at the Artec mounts. They are nice but none fit my needs and where I wanted it to go. Having a cnc plasma cutter in my garage made it easy to build my own. On my 93 ranger behind the...