{"id":15276,"date":"2012-07-16T19:47:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T23:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=15276"},"modified":"2016-09-18T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T13:45:53","slug":"replacing-the-tailgate-handle-in-my-2000-ford-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/replacing-the-tailgate-handle-in-my-2000-ford-ranger\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Tailgate Handle in my 2000 Ford Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My biggest complaint with the operation of my Ranger was that the tailgate was a pain to open. Eventually, I couldn&#8217;t open it at all. This is why:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/broken-tailgate-handle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15280\" title=\"broken tailgate handle\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/broken-tailgate-handle1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/broken-tailgate-handle1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/broken-tailgate-handle1-619x464.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/broken-tailgate-handle1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=15124\">After researching the cost of a used and new tailgate handle for my 2000 Ranger<\/a>, I decided to order one from eBay seller <a href=\"http:\/\/myworld.ebay.ca\/directauto\">directauto<\/a>. The new tailgate handle cost me peanuts and arrived today. It is not a Ford part, but it appears to be just as robust and it fits perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>I used the following video as a guide for installation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Replace Tailgate Handle 98-11 Ford Ranger\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tvwfngMp1XQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The only thing I can add to that video is to have a pair of pliers on hand to grab your nuts if you drop them. Otherwise, installation was just that easy. The hardest part was finding the right screwdriver bit for removing the tailgate cover screws and then for the nuts holding the handle assembly.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe the difference a little grease, WD-40, and a new handle makes! My tailgate now opens effortlessly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My biggest complaint with the operation of my Ranger was that the tailgate was a pain to open. Eventually, I couldn&#8217;t open it at all. This is why: After researching the cost of a used and new tailgate handle for my 2000 Ranger, I decided to order one from eBay seller directauto. The new tailgate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632,810,635,718,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-chambly","category-north-america","category-quebec","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}