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Not to bring this wonderful thread down but my Thanksgiving was a sad one. I arranged for my 6 brothers and sisters along with nephews and nieces and their offspring to get together for a big Thanksgiving dinner. Our mother (grandmother and great grandmother) was beginning to decline in health...

I can remember one night that got very close to 31. I know my tent had ice on it and Ace said his thermometer indicated a low of 31. I was not the only fire starter on the trip and can't take credit for all the fires. I am pretty sure David can take credit for the last two campfires. The...

I took two days to get from SoCal (Costa Mesa) to St Regis, MT. I didn't rough it, but stayed in cheap motels. I found ******** as soon as I pulled in the motel parking lot in St Regis. Later, I found this suspicious character sitting on the back of his big GMC diesel truck. I asked him if he...

I agree Dave. That is why I want spares.

My original springs are still good. I got in on the group buy with Sam to have a spare incase the front one failed. I would go in on a group buy for the rear if someone takes on the task but I have no plans right now to start a group buy. I was not aware these springs have a tendency to fail...

I went on a long off-road trip with another Ranger that had converted to the Explorer 5.0 V-8 (same as 302). He was sucking up gas considerably more than I was. The Explorer 5.0 does not have much more horsepower than the 4.0 SOHC engine but the V-8 does look a lot better when it comes to...

Did you send out emails. If you did, mine did not get through to me. Gary

I have to agree with Scout. The True Trac operates smoothly without notice. Auto lockers engage the outside wheel around corners by basically an on and off method. I have an auto locker on one of the differentials on my SCCA road racing sports car and it can be a handful in the corners when...

Last year, I had a True Trac installed in my 69 Fairlane Cobra with a torque monster 428CJ engine. It has held up flawlessly so far. I don't drive it all the time but when I do, it gets abused often. Your shop owner may be right but you couldn't prove it by me. When I gave the True Trac to...

You should enjoy that Ranger very much. I sure like mine. It is a 2002 FX4 which is the same as the later Level II. It now has over 230K miles on it and is still running very well. Your choice of wanting to install the front Torsen is a good move. I did it and think it makes a big...

I am interested in the Garmin Nuvi 500 if it has the TOPO maps loaded. Does it happen to have the lifetime maps update or will I need to purchase that?

I have run Torsens (same operation as True Trac) in all types of surfaces off-road, including sand. They work very well. One thing that reminds me I have the Torsen in the front when in 4WD, is the steering wheel wants to center itself with more force than you experience with an open...

Let me know when you get them and how you want payment.

My Ranger came from the factory with a Torsen rear differential. It is basically the same as a Truetrac. I liked it so well that I eventually had one installed in the front. I have 228K miles on the rear one so my long term experience can tell you they work very well. The only thing on...

Ace, I am guessing you were stuck in that last picture. Were you? Any problem getting out if you were stuck, other than putting it in 4WD?

It looks like I missed out on some more nice parts of the trip. I will need to allocate more time in future trips. I was thinking I would like to go back to Barry Goldwater Range to do some more exploring in the mountain areas. Our permits are good for a year, so why not. . Here are some more...

Yes, I am still in for one. Hopefully we can get enough interest to keep the price reasonable. I will go the Wildernest website to see if I can perk up any interest there.

I had to leave a couple days early due to having some clutch hydraulics problems. I made it home OK with only minor issues. I had to start the engine in first gear with the clutch pedal to the floor to take off (with the clutch dragging) and used the engine rpm to mesh gears when shifting. My...

OK, that is the same as mine. A picture is truly worth a thousand words. That has got to be the rear spring unless my mind is playing tricks on me. It appears to be like the one on the left in your previous picture which I think Sam called the front spring. I agree, the one in Sam's photo...

Both of mine are the short ones. I did not realize they made a long version. I can see the long one working in the front but not in the back. The fiberglass beam, that the spring hooks into, angles forward and the long spring would not reach it. It is that way on my 6 ft shell. I guess a 7...