{"id":3985,"date":"2013-11-04T20:48:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T02:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2013-11-04T20:48:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T02:48:32","slug":"ford-ranger-spring-hangers-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?p=3985","title":{"rendered":"Ford Ranger Spring Hangers Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Today: rest day&#8230; ]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been having some problems with sciatica pain in my right leg, the result of some kind of overexertion while working on the Ranger spring hangers problem.\u00a0 So I have not been out running since Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Today I finally found the tool I needed to get these old spring hangers off:\u00a0 a cheap angle grinder from Wal-Mart.\u00a0 With the saws-all I could cut the brackets, then hammer them flat and use the angle grinder to grind off the rivet heads.\u00a0 I got the last of the brackets removed and got the final leaf spring bushing melted out with the propane torch.<\/p>\n<p>Today I also ordered the new spring hangers and etc. from the local auto parts store.\u00a0 Everything is supposed to arrive tomorrow.\u00a0 I hope to have made some progress on installation before dark.\u00a0 Maybe I can have things back together by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>I have to decide if I want to change the shocks.\u00a0 I also have to find a source for the fancy bolts and clip nuts which hold down the bed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another lighthouse picture from our recent trip to Maine:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/?attachment_id=3986\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3986\" alt=\"IMG_20131024_164936_278\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_20131024_164936_278-700x393.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_20131024_164936_278-700x393.jpg 700w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_20131024_164936_278-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Today: rest day&#8230; ] I&#8217;ve been having some problems with sciatica pain in my right leg, the result of some kind of overexertion while working on the Ranger spring hangers problem.\u00a0 So I have not been out running since Friday. Today I finally found the tool I needed to get these old spring hangers off:\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3987,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions\/3987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/OM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}