i thought it may be best to put all this into a new thread since it is no longer about tEh grand am.

alright guys i have pictures :) yesterday, we fixed
-licence plate lights
-tail gate cables
-front brakes
-new left side taillight lens

still needs (ordered but not here yet)
-dome light assembly
-heater switch
-passenger side wiper arm

also still needs
-steam cleaned interior
-cd player (i gave him the one out of the valiant but we gotta put it in)
-bed liner
-seat covers
-floor mats
-left side spring repair in the back
-rear brakes cleaned (they keep grabbing really bad when you first start driving it)

and finally, the problem we haven't figured out yet. no matter what, it says "Door Ajar". the previous owners said, "Do you see that red wire hanging by the fuse panel? we cut it because the door ajar light stayed on."
...well the light is still on and there is no power going to that wire. what the heck did they cut?

if you put bulbs in the dome light, they stay on no matter what. you can flip the switch on the dome light itself, flip the switch on the dash, open and close the doors, etc, but they stay on all the time.

also, the stock radio/cassette deck does not work. you can push all the buttons and turn up the volume, but nothing comes out the speakers. i guess it doesn't really matter because we are putting in that cd player anyways, i just thought i'd mention that too.

finally here are the pictures. it had vent shades and one of those hood guard things but we took those off.


we are gonna keep the little lund step things.


it got hit by something white and green on this side, some of the paint is cracked on the bed and i had to use rubbing compound to get all the green and white paint off.


and here's the back where someone hit the bumper too. it's pretty bent, but this is the worst rust on the overall body. he's gonna paint the bed cover yellow to match the rest, we have no idea why it is red


one more picture. an angle that shows you he has no tailpipe. this is because when we got it, there was nothing in between the cat and the tailpipe (which was being held on by a bunjee cord this truck is kinda loud right now, we will be getting a new exhaust system asap.


and here is a photo of the interior. he was getting ready to leave the garage at the time, otherwise, there would be nothing in it. there's the little red wire that they cut!!!


thanks for looking guys! any ideas on the problems? you guys have never failed me before.

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pretty cool. figure out what the red wire is all about, whether its stock or something to do with an old alarm it might have had, and rewire it back to the way it came from the factory and that should solve your door ajar light and the dome light issue.
The only thing i dont like about it is the visor thing on the top of the windshield, but i guess you cant do much about that without repainting the roof.

not bad...maybe the red wire was for the deck??


sounds like it had weird quirks like my other civic, which was enough to get rid of it lol

i'd take the red top off until i got it painted, it kind of looks a little goofy like that :morons: ..i like rangers, one of the very few domestics/trucks i would own :) keep us updated on the truck cause i'd like to see it evolve!

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thanks jenn :) i'm glad you like it. even tho it's not a mopar, i really like it too. i don't like regular rangers that much, but the splash ones are pretty kool.

ucima, you know what, i didn't like the windshield hood thing at first either, but then it kinda grew on me. plus it keeps snow that we get around here offa the windshield :thumbsup: it looks like it's got a little ball cap on

the lady did mention something about an alarm system... but as with everything else, she was very unclear. i do know that there is no "clicker" with the truck, all we got were keys. she said there never was a button. :dunno:

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Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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my old truck had a visor like that and it also keeps the sun out of your eyes when its in front of u. nice find for 3grand.

The Neon Yellow Ranger of Death!

Tell me B... Is youre B/F Color Blind?

lol no, that (as you already know) would be me. i'm the one that likes the color. he's gonna paint it this summer. prolly black.

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Nice pick up for 3k. I kind of like the visors as long as they don't have the retarded marker lights in them. It looks like it's in really good shape for a 12 year old truck in great lake state. Should have a 4R70W tranny, they are pretty decent trannys. Is it a 2.3, 2.5, 3.0 or 4.0?

they told us it is the 4.0 V6. yea, i don't really like the ones with the lights in them either.

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They TOLD you it's the 4 Liter V6?

Uhhh.. Have you guys even popped the hood on that thing yet?

Please tell us you have B............

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1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

jeez guys, thanks for the faith! yes of course we have. the only thing wrong that we found was that he was out of washer fluid.

gotta watch how i phrase things i guess

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you should know we pick things apart to that extent :laugh:

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1994 Jeep Wrangler 4.6L Stroker (The Desert Rat)
1997 Fiat Brava 1.6L (The Euro Beater)

lol yea, i should know that by now!

hey guys... this is driving us crazy. we have been out in the garage for hours now trying to get the sound to work. the factory stereo had no sound at all, and now that we've hooked up the cd player from the valiant, we are still getting no sound.

the fuses are all good for the radio and "audio system" and since ya pick everything apart, YES there ARE speakers in the truck what the heck is goin on here, any ideas???

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Most FORDs have an audio amplifier in them. I don't know if the Neon Yellow Ranger of Death does, as my experience with FORD OEM radios has only been with FORD/JBL systems. Are you guys getting power to the radio power wire? How about the Accessory wire?

well those are some good questions do. as usual, my small amount of experience so far in my life limits the quality of my answers. but i'll do my best.

the radios both work perfectly. they turn on (always a good thing lol), tune to stations, the "stereo" light comes on, the cd plays if you want it to... everything works as it should, except we are getting absolutley no sound. no cracks or pops or hisses or static or anything.

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Well... sounds like it's time to start tracing speaker wires.

Alternately, just run new wires.

like DO said, you might have an amplifire somewhere, in which case it might need the signal from the radio to trip the amp on when the radio goes on. So you might have to hook up your remote wire on the new cd deck so it will give power to that wire and signal the amp to turn on. Easiest way to tell is to look at the harness adapter and find the one labeld remote then find what pin it is and match it up to the stock wiring plug and see if it has a wire in that slot. If it does thats probably the remote turn on for the amp and you need to hook that up. Hope that makes sense.

check that the speakers are still in working order, the voice coils could have burnt out.

TEST ONE: remove speaker and test Ohms with multi meter being stock should read 8 or 4 ohms. if there is no reading you can try this but do it quickly and i mean fucking FAST.

TEST TWO: 9V batt across the power spades. if the speaker moves. it's good. but must be fast or you will fry the voice coil.

thats to see if the speakers are in working order. if they are and the HU powers up. it's a fault in the loom, or an external amp thats possably fried. ford tend to keep the amps behind the driver seat. in a pannel. so check there. but this being an older ford, i have no idea. just check for an amp in the user manual. actually theres a question. how many speakers is this system??

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