Flushed coolant, replaced with motorcraft "gold" HOAT coolant. Took several passes (drain, fill, run to temp, let cool, and repeat) with a garden hose T replacing the vacuum valve on the heater core line to get clear back flush drain results, so this was probably a good task. Cleaned out the coolant expansion tank as best as I could (brown scale on the sides). Drained the brownish stuff in the windshield tank, and replaced with fresh winter stuff. Didn't have the nerve to try turning any of the 6 bed bolts yet, heard from rangerframefix.com that the 7' bed rear frame c-channels are at least a month away.
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1998 Ranger reg cab long bed XLT 4wd 3.0L 5 speed manual 4 whl ABS option, Delta toolbox, Pioneer DEH-3300 w/USB, deep jewel green exterior/medium prairie tan interior. Goodyear Duratrac 245/75R16. 165K miles. Amateur radio N1EWB.
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