66 Bronco Project

[totalchaos]

You really don't want to anchor the harness anywhere below your shoulders as that would compress your spine. You want the harness to hold your legs and waist DOWN and the shoulder straps to pull and hold your torso BACK into the seat.

Yep - thanks! If you don't want to cut the excess off your shoulder straps, just wind them up and leave them hang. If you do cut it, make sure you leave yourself a fair bit of slack in case you ever need to adjust, but melt the ends to keep them from fraying. And it would help to cut them at an angle should you need to feed them back thru the buckles someday.

J.D.

ok I was checking out the tech forum and saw you and entourage talking about the harnesses in his rig and saw the pics so Ill just cut them and put them in..think Ill wait for the bronco to get back today hopefully!! and test fit the cage and seats so I can get an idea on where to mount the harness bar..thanks for the help guys

[totalchaos]

Bumper and Cage turned out great! Keep the pics coming!

Thanks I hope they look good on the rig..Ill definetly keep pics coming of the progress Im still sitting here waiting for my phone call saying your bronco is done come get it..should be any minute now...hopefully! Hey good job on your rig too that thing is bad ass very happy for you!!

[totalchaos]

The paint is on time for assembly

[ZOSO]

looks good. Cant wait to see it done.

[socofn]

Looks great. Smerf blue?

[totalchaos]

Thats kinda what i was thinking when i saw it a big ass smurf! lol the actual color is grabber blue it will look alot better when i start throwing my parts on it shouldnt be long

[cobshane]

Saaweet it is lookin great nice work!! I like the color, never seen Color quite like it. I love seeing things done differently. Its gonna look tricked when it's finished, can't wait till your rollin on the road. That's papa smurf, the big daddy.

[Entourage]

Grabber Blue in one of my favs ever since seeing JRE's Nick's Trix - WOW! Paint looks great man. Enjoy puting it together.

[totalchaos]

Saaweet it is lookin great nice work!! I like the color, never seen Color quite like it. I love seeing things done differently. Its gonna look tricked when it's finished, can't wait till your rollin on the road. That's papa smurf, the big daddy.

Lol pappa smurf thats funny got a good ring to it... yeah now th hard part begins all those parts im gonna start on it tomorrow its currently sitting at my friends garage at the moment getting the b&m shifter installed then tomorrow it will be back home and ready for the transformation..cant wait till im rollin on the road too! ill keep throwing the pics up as i move along..

[totalchaos]

Grabber Blue in one of my favs ever since seeing JRE's Nick's Trix - WOW! Paint looks great man. Enjoy puting it together.

Thanks man i definetly will

[Jesus_man]

Paint looks nice and I agree, once you start installing parts to contrast all that blue, it'll start looking better!! Get crankin so you can go wheeling with us!!

J.D.

[totalchaos]

Paint looks nice and I agree, once you start installing parts to contrast all that blue, it'll start looking better!! Get crankin so you can go wheeling with us!!

J.D.

Im on it doing the axle swap with disc brake conversion tomorrow then hopefully it will be all down hill from there gonna make up some ground..

[totalchaos]

Shes coming along..slower then I expected kinda hard to work on her when its 100 degrees out there! but Ill get it done heres some more pics of the progress

[totalchaos]

rhino lined the bed, installed the b@m shifter and my brake booster..still have alot to do

[totalchaos]

engine bay

[Jesus_man]

Flares look nice. Toning that blue down a little! Looks like you are making good progress to me!

I'd be honored if you are able to come with us for your maiden run!!

J.D.

[totalchaos]

Flares look nice. Toning that blue down a little! Looks like you are making good progress to me!

I'd be honored if you are able to come with us for your maiden run!!

J.D.

yeah i also have a set of steel quarter guards that mount up behind the rear fenders and they will be black as well along with the bumpers and the cage and I have a set of black classic wheels with some 35 inch bfg mudders to still put on it should tone that blue down quite a bit..and yeah Ill definetly look you guys up for the maiden voyage! shouldnt be too much longer

[Booger]

Love the color. Grabber Blue is a great color pick for the Bronco. Ought to really stand out in a crowd and be a head turner. Can't wait to see it in person when you got it done.

[hockeydad4-22]

I agree I like that blue - I do not see why you would want to tone that blue down at all. The mud and dust from regular trail rides will do a good job of it anyway.

[Justin]

Your rig is really coming along, I'm hoping to see it in person some day!

[totalchaos]

Thanks guys as soon as its done ill be sure to make it to the meetings so u can see it and i can see all ur rides.. and definetly hit the trails..looks like im gonna have to plumb the whole brake system since i put in the new booster thats gonna suck but guess it will get done.. then i still need to pull the front axle and replace it with the other axle with disk brakes and do the power steering finish my cage and bumpers and some other stuff its a big list still but i am motivated so we will see what happens

[totalchaos]

Wow getting a little discouraged here seems all the new things I get for the bronco I have to replace everything around it to make it work...Im currently getting ready to push the smurf off a cliff..i finally got to my axle swap jumped into it by myself and had trouble with the install the passenger side went in ok but when I got to the driverside I ended up cross threading all 4 bolts that hold the axle in place..some how I got it all the way in after hours of tourquing which Im sure wasnt a good idea but anyway got it in and the track bar took a big hammer to install so I finally wiped the sweat of f my face and pushed the bronco out of the garage to have a look and Ill be damned if the freaken isnt leaning about 3 inches to the driver side..after pitching a wrench into the the garage I pushed it back in and Im currently in a very grumpy mood..dont know if the track bar is putting pressure to the driver side or if those bone head c bushings are upside down or something but I seriously dont want to tare into that thing again...might be time to call in a real mechanic..my days of sitting in a 100 degree garage are getting really tiring and Im running out of wheeling time..still have to plumb the full brake system..just got done fabing a bracket for my powersteering so Ill see if that works...anyone have any ideas out there or perhaps some garages that can get this thing done??

[totalchaos]

I got some brand new Bfg mudders for it getting ready to order some wheels

[Jesus_man]

It's looking nice! Really is. Don't have a lot of experience with the c-bushings so hopefully someone else can help you there! Just wish you were closer so we could lend a hand.

You should start looking for another set of stock arms because you don't want them to fail if you believe they are cross-threaded.

I know you really want to get this thing out this summer, but there is always next. And you're welcome to join in on some snow bashing too.

Take a break, watch some bronco wheelin' videos to get your ambition back up and they jump back on it.

J.D.

[totalchaos]

Yeah I know I just need to take a break...got all these buddies I help out but when it comes to them giving me a hand their nowhere to be found..guess thats the way it works though..and your right on that arm I was going to replace it with one out of my donor bronco but that damn thing is bent in that one..if I had more time id just take it up to denver and have some of those arms fabbed up that I saw on the site cant remember who it was but had some nice flex..might still do that who knows..it just sucks watching the summer go by knowing you could be out wheeling but ur rig is being difficult..I was so close to ordering up an air locker for the front today but had to run into this..

[Jesus_man]

I was so close to ordering up an air locker for the front today but had to run into this..

Maybe that was an omen. I wouldn't waste my time or money on an air locker. I have seen some work fine, but have seen many many more not work when you needed them most. Since you can take the front axle out at the t-case, you'll never feel a detroit or something similar on the street.

My long-arm kit allows for adjusting the pinion/caster angle and gets rid of the c-bushings. Don't know if that's what you saw or not. There are several other variations on here.

J.D.

[totalchaos]

I was so close to ordering up an air locker for the front today but had to run into this..

Maybe that was an omen. I wouldn't waste my time or money on an air locker. I have seen some work fine, but have seen many many more not work when you needed them most. Since you can take the front axle out at the t-case, you'll never feel a detroit or something similar on the street.

My long-arm kit allows for adjusting the pinion/caster angle and gets rid of the c-bushings. Don't know if that's what you saw or not. There are several other variations on here.

J.D.

what do you recomend for the front then a tru track? Ive ran those before they werent bad for the price.. the detroit air locker was going to run me 1200 with compressor..havent really owned one before except for in a jeep had.. sounds like your kit is the one I need in my bronco I flat out hate those c bushings..did you fab your own?

[Woodscaper]

Dude, sorry to hear about all the headaches. I was just looking on craigslist today for some radius arms, I found some for about $30. If you need someone to pick them up for you I will help out with that. I really hope your power steering comes around for you. I have some extra c-bushings if you need them. It does suck that your buddys wont help you out, Im sure if you were closer to denver you would have no shortage of help from the club members. Maybe you should park it up here so the club can have a tech day on it and spend the weekend in Denver. How much is left to get it on the road/trail ?

[Jesus_man]

I would honestly put a tried and true full detroit locker in the front. True-trac's are good, but they are still considered a limited slip. Detroit is a full-on locker.

My front suspension came as a kit from Clint at Battlement Fab. Been real happy with it so far. PM clint here to get more info.

J.D.

[totalchaos]

Dude, sorry to hear about all the headaches. I was just looking on craigslist today for some radius arms, I found some for about $30. If you need someone to pick them up for you I will help out with that. I really hope your power steering comes around for you. I have some extra c-bushings if you need them. It does suck that your buddys wont help you out, Im sure if you were closer to denver you would have no shortage of help from the club members. Maybe you should park it up here so the club can have a tech day on it and spend the weekend in Denver. How much is left to get it on the road/trail ?

Damns that would be awesome I almost could do something like that I have a trailer to tow it..guess what I have left to do is fix the problem with the axle, I got to finish up the power steering, plumb the brakes to the new booster,and I still need to bolt the cage and seats in put the front bumper on with the winch and fab the rear bumper..but that's the easy stuff its pretty much the mechanic work that's kicking my butt I defenatly have the money to get it done though