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Old 02-27-2012, 10:08 AM
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I'm kinda torn on what to do with my 98XL Ranger. Its falling apart faster than I want/need to upkeep it. The trick is it looks great, exterior/interior is in excellant condition no dents, nicks to speak of, real clean inside. And the engine (4.0) only has 53K original! Runs good, always starts. But- the issues are adding up. First the PVH is long gone, no suprise there but the Rugged Ridge manuals are fine so the 4x is there. Next the ABS was getting all cranky so I bypassed that by pulling the big ABS fuse.Unfortunately that creates a prob in that when I first start the truck the regular brakes dont kick in till about 15mph, guess the system has to overide/defaul first, whatever. So if i apply the brakes prior to that just get a big mushy clunk in the pedal but after that the brakes are fine till the truck gets turnrd off again.BTW, most of the brake lines, including prkng are newas well as front brakes. The right turn signal on the steering wheel mount is fussy, gotta wiggle/hold it sometimes to blink. Small anti-freeze leak somewhere, cant see but looks like back of the block somewhere. Very small leek but can smell it and a few drips fall to the ground after its parked. And of course lots of rust underneath and starting to get deep and compromising the frame and other carriege structures. Now the other day a lower shock mount broke and looks like it was because of the rust eating away. So yea I'm rambling on here thinking its time. Sell it as a running parts truck,keep milking it till something really dis-ables it or what? But it looks and runs great! What to do.....
 
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