Random question…
Up here in Massachusetts, the DPW uses some pretty volatile stuff to salt the roads in the winter, and that causes hell on my frame. Long story short, I need a new shock mount in the back of my 2000 Ranger. The upper mount on the driver side rotted away and now I have a really cool banging noise when I drive around on our “pristine” roads.

The exact same thing happened to my 1987 Ranger about 6 years ago and I replaced the mount no problem, but now I can’t get the part.
None of the local parts stores have the mount, LMCTruck.com doesn’t have it, and even Ford dealers can’t get it. That goes for any year, not just 2000.

I’m considering hitting the junk yards and pulling one, but I’d rather go new for something like that. As far as I can tell, the mount hasn’t changed over the years so it’s likely that any year will work. I’d also like to avoid going to a shop, so I’m concerned that I may have to make something myself.
For now, I'm going to remove the shock all together so the bed doesn't get dented any worse, but does anyone know of a place that exists where I can still get a new one?

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1987 Ranger:
Roll Bars & Bull Bars, fair share of battle scars, plenty of lights, rock crawling lights under chasis, small lift, Tonoeau Cover, most of the electrical wireing is my own, Sony Head Unit with 500watt amp & 3 12" subs. Extended Cab, 11 meter 5 watt CB/PA radio, 800 CM transciever, 2 meter Yaesu 50 watt transciever / weather reciever, + much more! (nicknamed "The Batmobile") See me driving around with the 12 foot antenna and red flag on back (easy to find in parking lots or if I ever loose it in some big puddle.)