Duct Tape is a Useful Tool

[DaleK]

Duct tape... not just for the first aid kit anymore!

 

[chevytrucks91]

About what I thought too. But... it IS a Ford, after all... he might have just increased the resale value!

if he had only bought a chevy. he wouldnt have had such a problem!

 

[jethro29]

uuuuuuuuuuum WOW!

 

[BanjoSavesTheDay]

Somehow I missed the discussion on the seriousness of this thread. Fear not, my friends! I am thick skinned and welcome your snidest remarks. Each and every one makes me chuckle. Thanks to all of you.

 

[Toolman12]

Excellent guess where the oil cap was being you couldn't see it hope you don't need to add ANY other fluids if you do then your hood will look like swiss cheese nice job though red green would be proud

 

[boostedgt]

i heard banjo music while reading, then noticed its in your name

 

[Bronson]

I wish I could have bought that Ranger for $500.
Job one: Fix the hood latch. Not difficult.
A lot of People would love to have that truck for basic transportation.
I fail to see the humor.
Que Banjo music.

 

[oldwheelieguy]

Ricer.......haha

 

[humpdawg]

Goof-off will be useful when you remove the tape.
When you really need to open your hood, you might be able to unbolt the latch thru the grille. its possible on most cars and trucks.
Some trucks, you just need a long screwdriver. The current GMC sierras, you just need a skinny rist.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

You might be a redneck..........

 

[Jeeprz!]

Dude I would totally go on a roll with your concept, "install" individual holes for the plugs, power steering, brake and washer fluid, radiator etc.
Go to a bone yard and cut out the gas cap door panels on a bunch of cars and rivet them on your hood over all the differnt holes, you could even color code them.
Tooo funny!

 

[Drdaves49]

If ya can't fixit, duct it.....

 

[1984Datsun]

What a crying shame

Adam

Not really, when he's done with his Ranger, all the good parts (headlights, parking lights, grille, etc.) can come over to my place to be back up/replacements on my Ranger.

I don't blame him for taking up that "Fvck it, I'm gonna hack it" position on the truck...

It is a ton of work sorting out all of the tiny things that are wrong with a car or truck... my VW is a prime example of this... I've got tons of hours into it sorting out various problems from vacuum leaks to electrical problems to replacing the top that all resulted from neglect by the PO's. Yep, it's a Cabriolet. IMO, only a real man knows how to work on and drive a Cabby. Mechanical fuel injection is an art to master, same for carbys and throttle body/port fuel injection...

It wasn't easy work to get the VW in much better shape than it was when I got it a few years ago, but certainly was a hell of a lot easier than working on most of these newer cars out there these days... talk about a royal PITA that would be ten times as likely to put a man into "fvck it all, I'm hacking it up" mode...

Read on if you want... it pertains to what I keep seeing in the majority of newer cars on the road/soon to be produced cars...

Once I saw what a 2005 Ford Taurus looked like under the hood and noticed how the intake wraps around to the firewall to conveniently cover the spark plugs, I immediately said there's no way in hell I will ever own a car like that... what a *********** of a set up.

If it takes removing motor mounts or pulling the intake to change spark plugs, even if they "only" need to be changed every 100,000 miles, forget it. I am not going to piss away a weekend of my life changing the plugs on that vehicle, if I'm getting paid at a dealership then I can bear to do the work, but on my own car, forget it. Same goes for serp belts, fuel filters, air filters, whatever. If it takes an excessive amount of time/parts removal to get the job done, I'll never own that car in my lifetime.

Exceptions to this rule of mine would be some classic car like a 60's Mustang with a 460 crammed in between the fender wells. In that case, I'll make sure it's easy to remove the engine to pull them porcelain sparky things, or ensure that the plugs can be changed while the engine is in the car via easily removable fenders, etc.

Have a beer if you read this whole post, you deserve it.

 

[1984Datsun]

if he had only bought a chevy. he wouldnt have had such a problem!

What is a junkyard full of Chevys with only one Ford in it called?





A good junkyard and a way out...

 

[glockman]

Timing. My friend from Texas was just telling me about how his grandmother had diabetes for years and managed it fine. She left Texas, one month later she called from her new home in West Virginia and told them she was having her legs amputated. Then two days later she died. He told me if I ever get a call from a hospital in WV about him being there, I am to fly in, drag him across the state line to any hospital that is NOT in WV. This thread gives validity to his concern.

 

[Outlawmws]

Timing. My friend from Texas was just telling me about how his grandmother had diabetes for years and managed it fine. She left Texas, one month later she called from her new home in West Virginia and told them she was having her legs amputated. Then two days later she died. He told me if I ever get a call from a hospital in WV about him being there, I am to fly in, drag him across the state line to any hospital that is NOT in WV. This thread gives validity to his concern.

Diabetes in the elderly often results in lower leg amputation. My great aunt lost both legs at the knee and lived for years afterward. What she did not survive long was her husband of over 50 years dying of a heart attack...

 

[bhclark]

Well, if he's regularly waiting for the idiot light to come on to add oil the truck isn't going to be around much longer anyway.....