100000 mile/ new purchase maintenace?

[nvanrij]

Hey guys I just purchased a ranger its a 2001 XLT 3.0 auto transmission with 1100000 Miles on it.
The Truck seems great but I just want to do all the preventive maintenance. I always like to get a baseline for my future maintenance when I purchase a new car. I’ve always been picky about cars maintenance and reliability.

Here is what I come up with so far

Already done:
Brakes, Shocks, Tires, Alignment, air filer, cleaning MAF

Thinking of doing:
Flush Transmission
Change Rear Differential Fluid
Radiator Flush
Fuel filter
PCV valve
Spark Plugs & wires

Inspect:
Ball Joints (the truck is squeaky when I hit bumps)
Wheel bearings (there’s a small cluck sound I hear coming from the front passenger side wheel)
And all belts and hoses

Am I missing any thing? I'm new to the ranger but not working on cars so I just wanted to get some feed back. Any feedback is appreciated

Thanks

[nvanrij]

Also, I've already Cleaned the ABS Sensors (the ABS Light was on when I got the truck and that fixed it)

And I detailed the interior and exterior, clean cars run better.

Also the airbag light is on its flashing a code 29 but I can't find any info on that code, I'll keep searching.

[STL]

Dont forget to clean MAF (mass air flow sensor) There is a how to for this in the how to section.

The maf is one of the most forgotten things.

[STL]

Air bag 29 I think is the sensor under the driver seat. Juat needs to be cleaned with electrical contact cleaner.

[nvanrij]

Great thanks, It funny you say the MAF I was just cleaning that now.

I'll look at the sensor under the seat I hope its that easy to fix. I'm always intimidated by working on airbags.

[BryFin83]

the airbag light is flashing due to the airbag sensor's under each seat. i would do both of them so you don't have to do the other one later on down the road. what you do is just unplug them and wait a few seconds and plug back in. when it comes to witch size it is on, you can tell by how many times it flashes. one flashed i think 5 time and another size flashes 7 times. don't quote me on the number though but i do know it is determined by how many times it flashes.

[STL]

Dont just unplug the sensor u need to use the electrical cleaner to clean the connection.

Dont be afraid of it. It wont make the airbag go off.

[98rangerxlt]

I believe airbag code 29 is a bad PAD switch.

[nvanrij]

I thought I would post a quick update on the airbag code. I must have miss counted the air bag code, when I checked again it was a code 27 for a bad PAD switch. Turns the little light on it had burnt out but the switch itself is good. So I got a 12v 65mA light from Radio shack and de-soldered the bad one and soldered the new one it. Easy fix

[mickblock]

make sure the anti-sway bar bushings are greased in your squeak checklist.

[rangerhippie]

plugs, wires, and dist. cap and rotor are always a good idea too if you haven't done it.

[rangerhippie]

oops just realized that was on your to do list. my bad.

[DHEM]

go get a grease gun and grease up any grease points you find, might be about time to seafoam your truck, you can paint the frame to stop rust, maybe a rad flush to be sure, and everything else has already been covered it looks like.

[nvanrij]

Originally Posted by mickblock

make sure the anti-sway bar bushings are greased in your squeak checklist.

Thanks for the advice I'll grease those.

[nvanrij]

Originally Posted by DHEM

go get a grease gun and grease up any grease points you find, might be about time to seafoam your truck, you can paint the frame to stop rust, maybe a rad flush to be sure, and everything else has already been covered it looks like.

Thanks,
I learned that ford doesn't put a lot of grease fittings on many of the suspension parts, so I'll have to find a way to get this thing greased up despite that.
I just did a seafoam treatment... Sometimes I think I like those just because it smokes up the neighborhood.