__Hopefully this makes sense and bear with me__
My father passed in October of 2019, before his passing he asked my wife to drive my 1996 Ford Ranger XLT up to Athens, so that I would have a truck to drive as my health improved since sustaining severe TBIs. Since my father's death I lost my tools and equipment I had from neighbors who took advantage of my severe health complications and my father's terminal health conditions "borrowing tools" and they never returned them.
There were many things that I could do myself before my TBIs and only so much that I can do now since which is not easy to admit.
I have fought hard and kept my oaths, pledges and my sacred word of honor to not give up and now I am improving, but neurological complications are a fight every day. For instance, I have endured being in a walking coma as well as I have had to teach myself how to walk, talk, read and write all over again.
To the matter at hand, my pickup went from running to eating batteries like there is a parasitic drain in the electrical system. Now the truck simply doesn't do anything when I reconnect the battery and it looks like the fuses were changed but nothing is happening. I knew that I had to keep turning the truck over to keep everything going, but when you are struggling to walk it was difficult to make certain that the truck's engine was being turned over.
My mechanic buddy worked on the truck with me to get it running and it had to do with the fuse boxes and getting it right but unfortunately he is no longer with us.
Both my father and buddy's absence has been hard along with other issues that I have had to cope and forge through, it is my hope that maybe a few or many of you could lend some insight into what I can do to get my truck running and back on the road.
Both of my wife and children are wanting to go hunting and fishing with me and the truck just makes it easier.
I do not have a lot of capital that I can invest in this, but I would appreciate any help insights getting my means of freedom running and driving again.
It runs the larger 4.0L V6 engine, strong automatic transmission, and has a 3.73 gear ratio in the 8" rear axle.
Other features is that it is an extended cab with 4wd and the regular size pickup bed.
(Hopefully this makes sense)
Thoughts?
My father passed in October of 2019, before his passing he asked my wife to drive my 1996 Ford Ranger XLT up to Athens, so that I would have a truck to drive as my health improved since sustaining severe TBIs. Since my father's death I lost my tools and equipment I had from neighbors who took advantage of my severe health complications and my father's terminal health conditions "borrowing tools" and they never returned them.
There were many things that I could do myself before my TBIs and only so much that I can do now since which is not easy to admit.
I have fought hard and kept my oaths, pledges and my sacred word of honor to not give up and now I am improving, but neurological complications are a fight every day. For instance, I have endured being in a walking coma as well as I have had to teach myself how to walk, talk, read and write all over again.
To the matter at hand, my pickup went from running to eating batteries like there is a parasitic drain in the electrical system. Now the truck simply doesn't do anything when I reconnect the battery and it looks like the fuses were changed but nothing is happening. I knew that I had to keep turning the truck over to keep everything going, but when you are struggling to walk it was difficult to make certain that the truck's engine was being turned over.
My mechanic buddy worked on the truck with me to get it running and it had to do with the fuse boxes and getting it right but unfortunately he is no longer with us.
Both my father and buddy's absence has been hard along with other issues that I have had to cope and forge through, it is my hope that maybe a few or many of you could lend some insight into what I can do to get my truck running and back on the road.
Both of my wife and children are wanting to go hunting and fishing with me and the truck just makes it easier.
I do not have a lot of capital that I can invest in this, but I would appreciate any help insights getting my means of freedom running and driving again.
It runs the larger 4.0L V6 engine, strong automatic transmission, and has a 3.73 gear ratio in the 8" rear axle.
Other features is that it is an extended cab with 4wd and the regular size pickup bed.
(Hopefully this makes sense)
Thoughts?
