silvrsvt Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/22/ford-produces-the-ranger-pickup-in-the-us-for-the-first-time-in-years.html But still have at least another 8-12 week wait till they show up on dealer lots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) Not entirely accurate. These are MP1 builds which are technically still preproduction builds. Most, of not all of these are executives personal vehicles and for testing. Job 1 builds are for customer and retail orders. I went to the #ReadyforRanger event at the plant today. I personally didn't get to actually drive one but they had quite a few of them there of a variety of trim and option levels for us to look at and check out and I did do a ride along on their "off road" track they had set up in the parking lot. I'll post my thoughts and first impressions later on in another thread. Edited October 22, 2018 by fuzzymoomoo 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) Ford also built 140 of them last month so pre-production builds seem to be going smoothly. Edited October 22, 2018 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Ford also built 140 of them last month so pre-production builds seem to be going smoothly. Very slowly. I overheard one of the paint supervisors today talking about an issue they ran into where the suicide doors kept opening up as they were being lowered into the dip tank and knocking the body off the carrier somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sevensecondsuv Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Finally some good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Very slowly. I overheard one of the paint supervisors today talking about an issue they ran into where the suicide doors kept opening up as they were being lowered into the dip tank and knocking the body off the carrier somehow. Interesting that the plant has niggles like that, I wonder how Thailand, South Africa and South America avoid that happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Interesting that the plant has niggles like that, I wonder how Thailand, South Africa and South America avoid that happening It probably did happen and they fixed it before production, just like they'll do here. I assume the equipment is different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) It probably did happen and they fixed it before production, just like they'll do here. I assume the equipment is different. This s why it takes months to prove production ready, only slight changes here and there to make or break you. better to have every problem that could happen exposed and fixed now than raise its head in production.... you'll see dip tank in this video, just imagine suicide doors on back of body. Edited October 22, 2018 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assimilator Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I guess they bring everybody back next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 It probably did happen and they fixed it before production, just like they'll do here. I assume the equipment is different. Correct. It's the same equipment as it was for the Focus for the most part, just modified for use for the Ranger. I guess what caused it was the clip installed to hold the door closed somehow either was improperly installed or failed for some other reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 The important part is things gone wrong now is an opportunity to correct properly instead of work-arounds at full pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 The important part is things gone wrong now is an opportunity to correct properly instead of work-arounds at full pace. That's why they do preproduction builds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 And it's the best part of using a matured design, there's a lot of real world experience with T6 production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I hope it sells...still looks like they stole chebbys s10 tooling though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 I hope it sells...still looks like they stole chebbys s10 tooling though WTF are you talking about? The S10 hasnt been built in over a decade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 WTF are you talking about? The S10 hasnt been built in over a decade Y'all need to quit feeding the troll. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Surely the admins can change snooter's password... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) If you wanted it edited, as the person the wrote it first. Edited October 23, 2018 by twintornados Personal attacks not allowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Ok that was a little over the line. Dial it back please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 That's why they do preproduction builds Unless you're Tesla... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Unless you're Tesla... I think they do, they just don't learn from their mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I think they do, they just don't learn from their mistakes. I thought they completely skipped that process with the Model 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assimilator Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) Autoblog has some great photos and videos from the event. https://www.autoblog.com/2018/10/23/2019-ford-ranger-production-detroit-bronco/ I know it doesn't really matter, but you can tell they did very little to spruce up MAP...eeesh. Edited October 23, 2018 by Assimilator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) Autoblog has some great photos and videos from the event. https://www.autoblog.com/2018/10/23/2019-ford-ranger-production-detroit-bronco/ I know it doesn't really matter, but you can tell they did very little to spruce up MAP...eeesh. That's Wayne Assembly.... the event took place in the Wayne Assembly parking lot. Inconvenienced me all weekend for my shift. It ended at 4 and by the time I got back for my shift at about 5:40 everything but that big hill was GONE! Edited October 23, 2018 by fuzzymoomoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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