I haven't posted in a long while, I have been reading and admiring though. This website is invaluable to us 3800 enthusiasts.
Anyway, here's what I've done recently, it isn't much but it's what I can afford to do, both timewise and dollarwise.
First, the easy one, had an alternator go out and it killed off the battery, too. I got about 5 years out of each one. Replaced with AC Delco alternator, Advance Gold series battery, and Gates belt.
Then replaced the ebcm with a used one from harofreak. One of the best things about this site is having access to that guy.
Had to replace both front headlights, hit a deer broadside, lucky that was the extent of the damage.
Then there is the cheapest repair, but the most interesting. I had to repair a rust hole that had developed under the battery. I filed down the edges of the hole, cut a piece of galvanized steel with my Rotozip, then sprayed some flexseal on the hole and the area around it. Then I drilled the sheet metal screws to cover the hole with the steel. Then sprayed the entire area with 3 more coats of flexseal on top of and all around the steel. I also put 3 coats of flexseal on the bottom of the hole. Don't know how long this will last, but hopefully it will last until I can get someone to weld the plate on the top and bottom. I've forgotten how to post pics, so I will have to do some reading to refresh my memory. I'll have them up asap.
Some recent fixes.
- spidey3479
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Some recent fixes.
1988 SSE-Gone but not forgotten.
2001 SSEI-304,572 miles, 3.5 Pulley, Intense PCM, Intense FWI Spectre filter, 160 tstat, ngk iridiums, belden wires, Silverstars-high and low beam, rebuilt tranny, shift kit, cooler, Dex VI fluid, replace the rear compressor and lines and level sensor, Monroe air shocks in back, FE5 struts and Moog strut mounts, Moog stabilizer bars, AC\Delco control arms.
2004 SLE-Stock, 195,000 miles,oldest son's baby now
2000 Ford Ranger-Stock, 352,000 hard, pizza delivery miles, new control arms (upper and lower), new(used) tranny
2001 SSEI-304,572 miles, 3.5 Pulley, Intense PCM, Intense FWI Spectre filter, 160 tstat, ngk iridiums, belden wires, Silverstars-high and low beam, rebuilt tranny, shift kit, cooler, Dex VI fluid, replace the rear compressor and lines and level sensor, Monroe air shocks in back, FE5 struts and Moog strut mounts, Moog stabilizer bars, AC\Delco control arms.
2004 SLE-Stock, 195,000 miles,oldest son's baby now
2000 Ford Ranger-Stock, 352,000 hard, pizza delivery miles, new control arms (upper and lower), new(used) tranny
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MKMike
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2002 SSEI
Re: Some recent fixes.
Doesn't seem too bad for a car with 268K.
Up here in the heavily road salted North--we envy your minor rust issues
Have to agree; This site is a great resource.
Up here in the heavily road salted North--we envy your minor rust issues
Have to agree; This site is a great resource.
- nos4blood70
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Re: Some recent fixes.
Love it! Keep that thing going.


