My ranger has given up the ghost! My wife was out getting some groceries yesterday and it happened.Lovely little loss of oil pressure followed by rapid evacuation of oil along the road. IT happened so quick my wife was lucky to get the truck off of the road and out of traffic. When I crawled under it to look around I knew it was toast. Oil coated everything underneath from oil filter area to the rear differential. Since my dad had never put the truck in my name I let him do what he needed to do and he junked it.

Now I am really going to be babying the Trailblazer until we can afford to buy another vehicle. I guess it was a good thing my wife and I were car pooling two days a week this semester as now I just added three more days. Hopefully the tax refund can be of some benefit to us next spring. So if we have any more meets this year that I can attend, I'll be showing without a Ford,

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *breath* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......Say it aint so....you at least pulled seats and reuseable things out of the ranger to sell to us FTE guys right? I woulda taken the merc seats.....I need to find a split bench for my truck, or buckets...

 

well that was part of the reason the guy who bought it wanted it. uhh I do have a rear end gasket for a 7.5 left. lol

Jaime keep checking Ebay, I have gotten a number of parts for my trucks and cars there.

 

true, but i would need help installing a split bench as i like the bench idea but need a seat set up for my partner who is taller but ill keep on the prowell

 

uhh don't remember... whats wrong wit the seat in your truck now. What if you just got it reupholstered. a new cover and pad will do wonders

 

well lets see im 5' 4" and my partner is 6'5" so for me to drive the truck and him to ride in it is a logistical nightmare for us and thats why we want seats or a split bench because he rarely cares to drive the truck its self so we want to have it so he can sit comfortably (yes we could adjust the bench back but I would rather have a seat that i can just leave as is lol) yes this truck is my more or less my work truck too....

 

I see said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw. Okay that makes perfect sense.
I'll look around, would you rather a split bench or a bucket seat? Have you asked in the F150 forum about using seats from another vehicle to see what others have had success in using.

 

Sorry to hear that Ryan. I'm guessing buying something right now is out of the question.

 

Yep. I keep looking around, but without the funds it is really just a pipedream. But with the way my schedule runs for school this semester, my wife and I should be able to make one truck work for us and maybe even be able to save some money in the process. I'm going to look into some odd jobs I can do to bring in some more money without hurting my school time.

Pays under the table works for me. lol

 

That sucks man! I have a spare 6.9 and trany we could have shoe horned down in her lol.

 

Sure if we could have tranverse mounted it in the bed.... lol. No worries just another speedbump in life.

 

I know those bumps lol! I also know how the one vehichle thing goes as well. Hope all goes well for you guys man.

 

We are looking at it like this... as long as the baby is not wanting for anything then we can make it work. shoot this saves about 2-3 tanks of gas a month. ok back to studying...I have a quiz the first day of class on tues! come on at least let me attend a class first.. heh

 

I kinda would love the buckets but honestly may need to stick to bench style, but seeing as were the only two who ride the truck I will go buckets so I can put a center console in the truck and have some storage space for my self so to answer the question, buckets preferred, color matched to the interior IF possible, if not black or some form of dark brown/tan is fine I have enough dark colors to get by LOL!!!