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Hello all,

Just bought a 72.




I resurrected a 72 back in the early 80s, then bought a 74 and wheeled the crap out of it until I got into dirt bikes. Finally got back into one. Back then you would loose money building up a Bronco, today there is potential to increase value if done correctly. That is why I bought the 74, I figured up how much it would cost to build the 72 up then ran across the 74 that had good paint, 8k warn, 4:56 gears, 33x12.50s, and a sweet 289 w/302 heads. It would have cost me way more to build my 72 than to just buy the 74 so I did. I paid $3600 for that 74 in 83.

Anyway, I'm stoked to have another one. Plan to just drive this one for a few years before I decide how to build it.

The unfortunate part of my new acquisition is the oil pump froze on my drive home after I bought it last Monday .

I'm going to pull the pan and take a look tomorrow at the damage.

Jeff

Congrats & welcome. Looks like the usual work is in order, nice price & I'm digging the blue dots in the tail lights. What kind of camper is that in the background?

Welcome!

Welcome swath, great to see you join up !

kinder wrote:Congrats & welcome. Looks like the usual work is in order, nice price & I'm digging the blue dots in the tail lights. What kind of camper is that in the background?

That is a 1977 Mitchell. Interior is super clean.

I am a fan of those Four Wheel pop ups. I have a grandby for my truck.

Always liked seeing those on the Brocos and scouts.

Sweet, welcome. Get that thing fixed and bring it out to the next breakfast on 8/19!

Justin wrote:Sweet, welcome. Get that thing fixed and bring it out to the next breakfast on 8/19!

Perhaps I will make the breakfast

It's ALIVE!!!

I am very optimistic.

Pulled valve covers, nothing to see or report there. Pulled the dizzy, I did not find the hollard out hex that was reported.
The oil pump drive shaft (they call it the intermediate shaft) was laying up to one side. Pryed it away, put a wrench on it and the pump turned???
Drained the oil, magnetic drain plug had no metal at all on it. Pulled the oil pan (with some effort, someone had siliconed the crap out of it so it was on there, no gasket).
It was immediately obvious the oil pump was loose. Pulled it off and somebody had used that same black silicone on both ends instead of gaskets.
I had bought a pump, gaskets, and pump drive shaft so I went ahead and put the new pump in along with the new shaft. Everything was so clean I decided not to pull a bearing cap.
Cleaned all the silicone up and put it back together and filled it with oil. Primed it with a drill which registered 40# on the dash gauge.
Fired it up, adjusted the timing, tweaked the carb a little and it runs great. Pressure gauge sticks a nice 40# as opposed to the 10 it read before it went to zero.
Best guess, there was a minimum amount of oil going to the engine but a large amount bypassing the loose oil pump. All the silicone was not even squished out as if it was not tightened.
Internal inspection seems to verify a recent build. Hopefully, the person who built the engine was not the one that screwed that pump up.
I'm guessing the shop that fixed the oil pan leak took it off to remove the pan and forgot to tighten up the bolts.

I B tickled.

Welcome and congrats on having good karma! Glad to know someone out there has it.

Welcome to the club!! You'll be hard pressed to find a better bunch of folks, and near impossible to find 'em with an interest in EB's!