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  Sept. 1, 2011 9:47 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

  This is Chuck. Chuck is a Ranger I just bought. Chuck is old, but he roundhouse kicked me in the face by only costing $100. I would have paid TWICE that.

  

  Not only that, but there's 90hp of Lima goodness under the hood.

  

  At first, he only ran on three cylinders. Fortunately, I know how to pour BG 44k into a gas tank. Fixed!

  

  Near as I can tell, all I have to do is replace everything and it'll be a good truck.

  I had a fox body with a turbocoupe swap, and my temptation is to follow that route again. Though every dollar I spend takes away from the Miata and the P71. Lima's make power for relatively little money. And there's the added benefit of how big a piece of crap it looks like, maybe people will leave him alone. Anyways, thanks for reading.

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  Sept. 1, 2011 10:00 p.m. pigeon Dork

  Hi Chuck!

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  Sept. 1, 2011 10:11 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  I like chuck... voting him up

  Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

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  Sept. 1, 2011 10:25 p.m. rob_lewis Dork

  What's up, Chuck?

  -Rob

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  Sept. 1, 2011 10:59 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork

  Neat. I likie.

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  Sept. 2, 2011 3:56 a.m. ScottRA21 Reader

  CHUCK FOR PRESIDENT!!

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  Sept. 2, 2011 5:28 a.m. egnorant Dork

  See Chuck run

  P71 tires and wheels make Chuck stealthy! (1/4 spacers help on the front)

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  Sept. 2, 2011 5:58 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork

  Awesome find

  "The true test of a marriage is when she finds parts in the dishwasher." - dean1484

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  Sept. 2, 2011 6:36 a.m. stan SuperDork

  A steal for that price!

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  Sept. 2, 2011 6:40 a.m. Luke SuperDork

  belteshazzar wrote: Near as I can tell, all I have to do is replace everything and it'll be a good truck.

  Hah!

  Cool find. I can't think of many better ways to spend $100.

  "Just as a proverb says, one should always ny escort prepare for a rainy day." - GRM canoe

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  Sept. 2, 2011 6:57 a.m. darkbuddha Reader

  Nice! And for $100, completely unavoidable. Seems like the perfect 'round town runner and general purpose vehicle. BTW, one request... if you do the "turbocoupe" swap, please make sure the motor really does come out of a Turbocoupe and not an XR4TI... it saddens me greatly when yet another XR is relegated to the junkyard due to nothing other than being an engine donor.

  Wyatt

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  Sept. 2, 2011 7:01 a.m. dlmater New Reader

  

  First thing that came to my mind...can we call him Chucky, for short?

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  Sept. 2, 2011 7:33 a.m. cwh SuperDork

  Hey! Chuck is a strong , powerful, name, belonging to strong and powerful men. Name your truck Chuck and it will be feared and respected by the lesser trucks.
  

  Chuck Hanlon

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  Sept. 2, 2011 7:43 a.m. mtn SuperDork

  Awesome! I've always wanted a danger ranger.

  Anytime somebody tells you that vodka mixes well with anything, slide them a jar of mayonnaise and tell them to practice what they preach.

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  Sept. 2, 2011 7:49 a.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

  less chucky, more cordell walker.

  spending money I don't have to buy parts I don't need to impress people I don't know

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  Sept. 2, 2011 8:31 a.m. Gearheadotaku Dork

  According to Top Gear US, Chuck likes sheep. Perhaps you could verify?

  Old enough to know better, too young too care!

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  Sept. 2, 2011 8:36 a.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

  darkbuddha, i promise, no viable cars will be destroyed. i'm not one to let ANY car go to the yard, unless rusted or damaged beyond functionality.

  spending money I don't have to buy parts I don't need to impress people I don't know

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  Sept. 2, 2011 8:38 a.m. Steve Chryssos Associate Publisher

  A turbo coupe swap sounds chuckin' perfect. Or a SHO swap.

  Associate Publisher

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  Sept. 2, 2011 8:39 a.m. Tom Heath Web Manager

  I like where this thread is going.

  I tried drag racing, but kept blowing the apex for turn 2...

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  Sept. 2, 2011 8:57 a.m. Maroon92 SuperDork

  Turbo swap and remove the R on Ranger.

  XBL GamerTag: bcbrownell Racing is the process of turning money into noise.

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  Sept. 2, 2011 9:00 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

  rob_lewis wrote: What's up, Chuck? -Rob

  you said upchuck

  Real cars only have one header!

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  Sept. 2, 2011 9:19 a.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

  Preliminary inspection and repair estimates:

  Oil pressure reads zero. New sender? $10

  If I drive it all day, the temp needle gets one third of the way up. New thermostat. $10

  The steering was terrifying. I changed the drag link ($35, new). Now it is merely sloppy. New inner and outer tie rods, and upper and lower ball joints. $110

  The front wheel bearings are loose and loud. New SKF inner and outer bearings for both sides, $32.

  The shocks are toast. I bought a pair of KYB GR2's for the front, $50. In the rear I bought some Monroe air-shocks, $55. Haven't installed them yet though.

  The clutch is nearly done. I can probably nurse a few months out of it. Sachs makes a H/D option for this app, $169 for the kit. Ford put the slave cylinder inside the bell housing. They're $100 for a Sachs one. I don't want to pay that much, but I also don't want to remove my transmission twice.

  All four tires are different. One is even a different size! I am currently negotiating a set of ford explorer steelies with blizzaks on them that were used one season.

  One good thing, the bottom of this drivetrain is DRY. So dry you wonder if there's any fluids in it at all.

  spending money I don't have to buy parts I don't need to impress people I don't know

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  Sept. 2, 2011 9:25 a.m. Javelin SuperDork

  Neat! I love cheap trucks!

  Michael Pinto - 73 AMC Javelin 360 / GoKart / 86 944 Sport / 01 Grand Prix GT / 06 Mazda5 M5

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  Sept. 2, 2011 9:43 a.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork

  belteshazzar wrote: One good thing, the bottom of this drivetrain is DRY. So dry you wonder if there's any fluids in it at all.

  If it ain't leakin', it's empty.

  --There is no turd more polished than the Ford Mustang--

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  Sept. 2, 2011 12:58 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork

  Chuck has a lot of problems, incontinence apparently is not one of them.

  spending money I don't have to buy parts I don't need to impress people I don't know

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