WILL IT RUN?? Reviving the Cheapest 4x4 Ranger I could find!!! (Its not pretty folks) 

My first "real" truck was a 1990 Ranger. If give both left nuts to have it back.

could go a step further and name it chester copperpot lmao

Looks like you bought it off a pirate ☠️🍻

More like sloth...it’s ugly in a lovable sort of way.

Love it! Love watching the channel. Can't wait for you to get back to the church project!

It does if I throttle it up too fast!!!!!

the belt doesn't squeal on the bobcat but the tracks squeal

@@DieselCreek Have you ever watched are seen Vise grip garage I don't know why but I WOULD love to watch you two guys find an old Junker and fix it I just think that be the best RU-vid VIDEO EVER.

Lmao I literally said the same thing

I was going to say that 🤣🤣🤣

Also remanufactured starters don't line up right on these trucks put on a oem and go to town

@@ElectronicMechanic50 . Serious question, why wouldn’t a remanufactured one not line up? Aftermarket I understand, but not remanufactured.

@@robertt9342 reman starters the casing gets sand blasted every time it's remanded removes slight material from mounting surface witch causes misalignment not all but most I've bought don't mesh with the flywheel properly usually have to shim or just get another one it's really luck of the draw but if you buy new or oem I've never had a problem

@Hank Rutherford Hill I hear you there, but as I said, slowing down and learning to drive to conditions is part of what needs to happen, and an essential one of course. Definitely not advocating for less salt at the risk of lives, but there are tons of less damaging ways to manage vehicle safety in poor conditions.

I paint the underside of my vehicles with black rust olem paint to help keep them from gettin ate up with salt and road chemicals.

I just flat wouldn't live in a cold and salty climate, TYVM. Have you seen all the lovely vehicles posted on Just Rolled In videos? OMG!

I hadn’t even thought of that 😂😂👍🏼

Dang it Wes don’t give her ammo! She reads these some times!!

She'd never suggest he spend more money on his shop!

Boy Matt the Mrs. sounds like she’s a little firecracker. Mine is the same way. If I had a workshop like yours, and invest in a small room or clean out a corner just big enough to set up a cot. That way the next time I bring home another project and the wife puts me in the dog house I can do so in style.

@@dispatch444 That or only get projects with full size bench seats to sleep on 😅

I dont know why he didnt use the bobcat.

@@brianjohnston9822 because that’s a big piece without great way to hook it up without destroying it. Plus the bed is pretty wide for the garage door while hanging from a bob cat. Just not a great idea

@@brianjohnston9822 The belt didn't squeal, so he couldn't use it.

That was the best laugh i had today, reminds me of the days i would get my gf to help me. She would get mad and i would be laughing the whole time😂, different versions of whats funny i guess

He could have used the fork lift

Man I laughed when she came on:)

At least she was wearing her safety UGGs

Made me laugh too, reminded me of when he has tough bolt to get out, yelling at it.

Haha the wife was a good touch. Good little project truck. A TDI would be awesome but I’d say the metal on that trucks pretty rough to sink that much time and money into.

I rewatched the portion with the wife at least 5 times. Laughing so hard as I watched it. Been there done that with my wife. Need her help so you don't say anything cause ya need the help. Don't want them to hurt themselves but the drama! LOL. Loved it!

Thanks buddy!!

You have to add Wes to that list. Marty T in New Zealand is on par with these chaps too.

My 3 top are Diesel, Wes,and Vice grip.

True 🙌🏿

True I like Andrew and Matt’s channel

My first thought was :He's sleepin on the couch tonight!

Tis the way of pa🤣

My first car was a mid 80's corolla. The only special place it holds for me is buried as deep in the junk yard as possible.

Yep, my first car was a vauxhall viva hc. HC was supposed to be high compression, more like 'holy crap!' Blew the engine, rebuilt it from the ground up, ran it in as per the service manual. Started to ease the revs ups , was coming home from work and had to stop sharpish 'cause some idiot pulled out on me. Hit the gas after that and the engine dumped its oil out the exhaust. Drove home with a big blue cloud behind me, botched it up and px'd it at a local dealer who had done my mum over with a dodgy car, which me and my mates had to rebuild to make it safe, tuned the engine up a bit as well. My mum loved it as it was a bit of a sleeper. Had to laugh as I met when of his crew in the pub that night, his boss was spitting nails, they couldn't start it and because of where it was parked they had no option but to push it up the narrow lane, on a hill, to the workshop. Where his boss found that the body was shot and we'd hammered 2x3's up inside the sills to hold it together, sawdust in the transmission to quiet the gears. The car was barely worth a scrap value, let alone what he'd given me. The car I'd got was the only decent car he had on the lot. Funnily enough, he stopped trying to sell polished shit as cars soon after. Would I want another HC? Not even if it had been professionally restored, crap then and crap now. Never touched Vauxhall/Opal since, been either Jap or Ford and never had and issue with either.

I'd like to have my 70 Chevy Malibu back, it was only a 305 , what I want is a SS 454.

Right on!! Im not sold on the new ones myself.

@@DieselCreek I quite agree. I hate and DESPISE these 4 door station wagon trucks that are all out there today.

Let's be honest, 500 is actually a good price for it. While it has it's problems it's still better than others the same age in that area.

Yes I'm thinking a real genius owned that.wow cobbed up piece. The scrap yard awaits

I feel that ! Try Deboss Garage. Solid info on rebuilding

I don’t think you could really consider that stuff in there fuel anymore

Luckily it was so stale it had no flammability left!

Varnish up the bottom of fence posts

"fuel"

Yeah, I was holding my breath then with my eyes wide open with dread. Should have attached long wires to the terminals and put it on the floor away from the rig at least. Stale fuel isn't necessarily safe.

Matt, you are really good. I think you are a mechanical engineer!

I clap my hands when machine runs! Congrats Matt!

I was going to say someone is doing a VW tdi swap, but couldnt remember who. I know I am following it. lol.

@TheMechanicDave, I’m loving your TDI swap, going to do the same in my samurai

Also their wd40 equivalent, Shift Ya Bastard 🤣

Awesome! Glad to have you

Nobody’s ever told me that before, but I actually have been doing that because I don’t trust this thing it’s a wiring nightmare

@@DieselCreek A friend had a 80's Thunderbird, that Ford recalled and before she got it to a dealer it caught fire. The wife and I went and gave her a ride back home, so yes they will burn driving or parked.

@@frankdeegan8974 Yup , The birds and lincolns were the most notorious.....I have had them pop while I was working on them and cause the engine to start cranking on its own . It was a piss poor design and I am guessing that most of the stock ones have been replaced long ago now but I never bank on that....I always take the hot lead off if the thing is going to be sitting in my shop....

I was going to say the same thing. there was a forensic files episode where a poor woman was charged for murder, because of fords piss poor electrical connections. www.imdb.com/title/tt2611196/

If you do sell it, it would still be a great deal for someone else to buy and drive. It's a beautiful looking little truck. Love it!

She has her moments lol

he had a chance to edit in a little fart noise when she lifted that box with him, but noooooo, missed opportunities

Cost of materials is through the roof because of the pandemic... I’m not paying $6-7 for a 2x4 when they cost 1.90 last year

@@DieselCreek that definitely makes sense

@@DieselCreek The company that supplies my business with cardboard boxes, had to raise their prices and delay delivery times. They said the shortage was also due to the hurricanes and wild fires that impacted the tree harvesting industry.

Same for mine!

@@anderleof nothing like a few obscenities when you're slamming it home!

And time

Well if you have enough money, you pay someone for there time lol

I won't call the varnish in the tank as fuel.

What should they use

@@mrbriggs68 Just sand. I live in Northern NY, they use pure calcium chloride up here. It's in the water table now. All so the insurance companies don't have to pay out so much $$$ because idiots think they should be able to drive 20 over the speed limit during a January storm on "all season tires"! Madness!

@@Bret4207 sand is not enough on a Highway but on local roads it is calcium chloride is better that salt when it comes to environment

Ive heard some places use beet juice

@@mrbriggs68 I disagree. Sand is plenty if people would use their heads, buy actual studded snow tires and drive reasonably. But we have to lower the bar for the dumbest idiot drivers out there. Sad state of affairs.

mine was a tank too!

Awesome! Glad to have ya!