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I know this is not helpful but my 2025 2.7 never does that. It is flawless except for normal autostart restart and the collision avoidance if something is in the way of a sensor. I tried to run over a chicken the other day and it hesitated enough the chicken got away, and sometimes plants will...

Most fairly open screens are 20-50% blockage.

You haven't had a bad truck unless you bout a 2003 6.0 powerstroke. The truck was in the shop far more than I drove it, but I worked with Ford. After a year or two of messing around replacing the engine, transmission, turbo piping, and wiring harness it turned into a good truck. I drove it until...

It is just a mag mount on the roof. Other than holes in the floor area for power and coax wiring, no other holes are added anywhere.

Every time I back down a driveway with flowers hanging where they can touch the bumper my Ranger throws the brake on pretty hard. I'm only going a reasonable reverse speed. If I was going to test this I would test with a hanging sheet or cardboard.

I'll get some pix when I have my IC7300 or Yaesu control heads back in mine. If you look at the slot that runs crosswise in front of the shifter, right by the cubby, I machined a steel insert that I coated with black plasti dip with rubber trim. It fits tightly in that slot and is held by...

The only thing a roar pedal does is change the throttle position relative to where the computer thinks it is at. That is it. It is nothing else other than making the throttle touchier. Because someone becomes trained or accustomed to moving their foot a certain amount for a certain response...

I really don't care what anyone that does not understand basic physics thinks. This is true regardless of what they own or drive or who they are. If someone wants to believe in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, that is fine with me. I work in reality, not fantasy. There are certain fundamental...

That article is bologna designed to sell wheels. Anyone with any mechanical engineering or simple physics training know it is pure BS by this opening article statement: " Even more impressive, a single pound of rotating wheel weight has the equivalent impact of 5-10 pounds of static vehicle...

There are cheaper ways to remove weight. For vehicle acceleration, wheels and tires are barely any different than the same weight anywhere else on the vehicle. The wheels accelerate slowly, over a long time period, and never really spin that fast. That means they can't store much kinetic...

The lack of a tuning knob for the radio system drives me nuts. The lack of a tune knob is unsafe. It forces the driver to watch the screen while searching for a station. Even if something is stored in memory and on the screen I still have to look down at the screen. I think that is stupid...

I decided there isn't room in my 25 Ranger in the firewall, at least for the cable I wanted to run. Since I wanted to get a coaxial a cable in anyway, I went with a high current fused (at battery) heavy wire through the floor under the back seat. It goes into a covered fused distribution block...

I have run up to a kilowatt or more PEP using a 12-volt inverter supply right near the battery. I used 50V MOSFET amplifiers. My trucks have not liked CW at all, the electrical system bounces all around as the alternator is unable to follow the high load changes of a hundred amperes or more key...

An IC-7100 Icom and modified ALS606 LDMOS amplifier.

My 2025 has LED tail lights.

There are no simple generalization because it all depends on how the antenna currents distribute in the antenna and truck. We really usually want the antenna maximum current areas above obstructions if possible. My Ranger VHF/UHF antenna is on a mag mount in the center of the roof. Problem...

The only way to tell is to pull the load you are going to pull where and how you are going to pull it. Trailer and load weight is most important stopping and starting and on hills. Wind surface area is more important at steady speeds on flat ground. I had a 4 cylinder 2023 and it always towed...

I'm trying to remember the last time I heard of an engine wear or component failure from lack of oil change or oil failure. I think it was in the 1970's when a brother-in-law drove his 1968 Impala over 50,000 miles on original oil and had a ring and lifter issue. All issues I hear about today...

Put it on the rollers and listen to things. Chassis dynos are pretty popular. You can spin it up and coast it down. Plus you get a nice paper.

I don't mind the screen, but I find the lack of a radio tuning knob annoying. The steering wheel buttons don't do what a normal tuning knob does, which is move to the next radio channel up or down. I like a tuning knob that works like a tuning knob.