What did u do to your raptor today?

[Jakenbake]

Continuing with my engine compartment detailing, going too far maybe, taking the battery out and wanted to remove the battery tray but it’s moulded with the windshield washer reservoir, have everything disconnected, even had to pull the headlight out, which was the easy part , I haven’t drained it yet, but it appears difficult to get out, anybody know if you have to remove the outer fender first? Lol. Because that’s where I draw the line!View attachment 321912View attachment 321913

I vote for taking the whole truck apart and cleaning each piece.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Okay, so not so easy, I decided to drain the reservoir to make it lighter to manoeuvre, that didn’t work, so then I found if I removed the bottom front clip of the inner fender it was enough to contorte the thing out of there by pressing down and up at the same time, lol. I think if you removed the top rad hose, it would make it a lot easier, but when does a guy stop ‘eh. Got a whole Corona bucket of washer fluid out of it. Anyway cleaned up all that stuff and will detail these pieces after they dry. Pics:

 

[BenBB]

Damn dude, are you running crude oil for washer fluid!?

 

[Pyro3601]

Corona that's quite the dedication to a under hood detail.... did I miss something in the news? is BC on lock down again I mean we definitely should be in Berta here..... and this is a way to pass the time?

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

@CoronaRaptor next thing to do is pick the weeds from inbetween the bricks....

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Corona that's quite the dedication to a under hood detail.... did I miss something in the news? is BC on lock down again I mean we definitely should be in Berta here..... and this is a way to pass the time?

You need a vaccine passport to do anything fun here, which I have, but I'm pretty much retired so, just tinkering around and detailing the engine area while i'm waiting for my coils and plugs to arrive. It's not easy to clean either, 11 years and 150,000 miles of grime and slime.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Damn dude, are you running crude oil for washer fluid!?

It's just the pic, it's very light blue when it's in a clear container.

 

[Pyro3601]

@CoronaRaptor, when your all done yours take a road trip my way and I'll let you show me how to do mine!!

 

[CoronaRaptor]

@CoronaRaptor, when your all done yours take a road trip my way and I'll let you show me how to do mine!!

I might never want to do this again, after this, it's a lot of work, especially trying to clean the harness's, etc. There must be a few miles of wiring just in the engine compartment, lol.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Okay, I’m done for the day, pretty much got the passenger side cleaned up, will start on the drivers side tomorrow and then the engine itself after that, uggh, lol.