I "Picked" Frank Fritz's 1986 Ford Ranger - Can we Make it Run? Part 1

I bought this 1986 Ford Ranger for $300 on craigslist. Turns out its original owner was a local celebrity! Let's see if we can get it running.
Part 2: • Fixing Frank Fritz's 1...
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  • @WatchWesWork
    @WatchWesWork3 жыл бұрын

    Here is the light I'm using. Many people asked about it.

  • @mattthescrapwhisperer
    @mattthescrapwhisperer3 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed your cameo appearance on Diesel Creek.

  • @flyinwalenda
    @flyinwalenda3 жыл бұрын

    Who's Frank Fritz ?

  • @dmkaeding
    @dmkaeding3 жыл бұрын

    Kiddo with wheeled transportation and a ramp. Time to teach him a new phrase...."Don't tell Mom".

  • @Adamsadventures83
    @Adamsadventures833 жыл бұрын

    Watch enough Mustie1 and you'll learn that the gas in the tank according to the previous owner has only been sitting a "few months/years" is at least twice as old as claimed.

  • @daleolson3506
    @daleolson3506 Жыл бұрын

    Typical parts cannon

  • @Vintageguy73
    @Vintageguy733 жыл бұрын

    Why is he filming her? Because he loves her and she's cute.

  • @bextar6365
    @bextar63653 жыл бұрын

    From what i read Frank Fitz is no longer on the picker show....He's done !

  • @bigkat1919
    @bigkat19193 жыл бұрын

    I think Eric O over at South Main has said several times new does not mean good.... Great diagnosis

  • @cdeprima1209
    @cdeprima120928 күн бұрын

    You got bad gas in that truck, do you know how long it sat? Add fuel stabilizer and some new gas; check for vacuum leaks! I like the truck but electronics is way too much for my taste; mechanical distributor and carbs work too well to rationalize all that BS! :(

  • @kentuckycornbread8502
    @kentuckycornbread85023 жыл бұрын

    Your diagnostic always amazes me even though it’s basic to you. You teach me with every video and I appreciate it.

  • @MoosesValley
    @MoosesValley3 жыл бұрын

    Wes: "Got no brakes, got no license plates, no insurance, half the lug nuts are on the floor by my feet, the transmission is making a terrible racket ..."

  • @simonj31
    @simonj313 жыл бұрын

    My first vehicle was a ranger with a 2.9. I can still hear that damn tapping to this day.

  • @Tjm5656
    @Tjm56563 жыл бұрын

    My son does that evil laugh when he's about to do something crazy. Lol

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman84723 жыл бұрын

    “Don’t even think about it, child.” Oh, he’s thinking about it; like father like son. 😜

  • @richardweddington3583
    @richardweddington35832 жыл бұрын

    I had one of those rangers in black with a 2.3L 4x4, and I’ll tell ya what that lil truck was un-killable. Off-road it was unstoppable because it didn’t have enough power to spin the tires so it had to go lol. I was actually rear ended by a six wheeled dump truck so hard that my head hit the top of the cab separating the seam above the door all the way to the back glass enough that you could stick both fists in the crack, broke my neck and I still drove it home. I received a phone call the next day from the hospital advising me to come back in a had a cervical fracture lol. I drove the lil truck around as a beater for two or three more years before giving it to a guy because he didn’t have a work vehicle.

  • @PineHollowAutoDiagnostics
    @PineHollowAutoDiagnostics3 жыл бұрын

    MAJOR PARTS CANNON on that one! Cool find Wes, OBD1 EFI systems are always fun to diagnose :)

  • @Woody-iv3ud
    @Woody-iv3ud3 жыл бұрын

    Loved it. Seeing a 86 come back to life after one simple faulty part.

  • @generaldisarray
    @generaldisarray3 жыл бұрын

    My motto with cars, ya gotta drive em and keep em oily. A car that sits and isn't driven will go to crap pretty quickly...

  • @pilottou
    @pilottou3 жыл бұрын

    As Derek at VGG would say “give er the ole I-talian tune up. That will bring her right around.”