Landsharks 76er Refresh and Build

[Rox Crusher]

man, you are really kickin ass

especially in the confined space you are working with

[landshark]

Well finished getting rid of the factory seam sealer and cleaned the underbody some more. Started to strip down the interior as well so I can remove the seam sealer in there and do both sides at once...

I have this feeling I should just get the truck blasted and painted seeing how i have almost stripped everything off of it... but I think iam going to stick to my original plan.. for now...

Screwed up a bit howver, while picking the factory seam sealer out from under hte truck i wedged a screwdriver in between two seams and dimpled the outside of the truck 4-5 times trying to remove it... really kicking myself. Sucks!

Removed the inside quarter panels and they look pretty damn good. I will be releafing the silver on them and reusing them. Think they will look even better after a good cleanup!

Also took some time to remove the rest of the odds and ends in the engine bay.. and removed all the seam sealer there as well. Guess I will get a small thing of Glenn Green and give it a coat to cover up the bare metal or maybe even give the engine bay a new coat of paint.. not sure what to do.

WIsh I had the cash to paint it now.. really itching to.

Dont have many pictures today, really not much to show. I will take some pics tomorrow of the inside again with the panels off...

[Jesus_man]

That's a lot of work you're doing. Keep at it. Soon, you'll be going back together with it. Paint the engine bay. No time like the present.

[landshark]

I am looking for advice as far as paint goes. I will need to paint and/or touch up the engine bay and some of the interior sooner or later. I was thinking of getting some of the original glen green mixed and spray it to cover up the cleaned and repaired sections. But at the same time I was thinking if it really mattered since sooner or later I want to get the truck reprinted anyway.

I guess my other options would be black or try and match the blue paint? I'm not liking the blak idea... Think it would look kind of lame but the bronco is already multi colored. The interior im not too worried about as It will be carpeted anyway and whatever I put down will be covered.

Thoughts?

[Rox Crusher]

Painter's Supply on Sante Fe will color match if you bring them something like the hood or a door.

That's what I did with mine and it is turning out great so far.

[landshark]

oh reallly? nice... then i guess i will do that and have them match the current color until i can afford to paint the thing!

[landshark]

Finally got the underbody painted, nothing fancy just a few coats of black paint for now, I used some etching primer on most of the bare steel areas as needed then used seam sealer on anything I could find that needed it. I will get some better pics with some sunlight here this week but wanted to post up the progress so far.














I also got most of the fuel lines run, decided on running a 3/8 and 5/16 line for future EFI if I decide to go that way or if someone else does.

I'm waiting on another frame mounting clip for the lines for the front so they are sticking up right now.








I stripped just about everything out of the engine bay to prepare for a repaint, I think Iam going to take it in to get the engine bay blasted and shoot the blue color I had matched for now... after the new patches are welded in.










I realized i screwed up my body lift order and didn't order the new body mounts them selves.. so waiting on an order from BC broncos now to mount the frame back to the body... nice thing was I didn't have to cut any of the body mounts off, they all pulled right off, but they are too far gone to reuse.



going to keep going on the fuel system and get the soft lines plumped in and the fuel switch wired up...

[Entourage]

Looks really nice. I can see the attention to details like the billet clips on the fuel lines. The black epoxy looks like it went on perfect.

[Booger]

Looking good Chris.

[landshark]

got a few of the new body mounts in tonight, should have the frame back on tomorrow afternoon, then I will start to put the vapor lines, rear electric and axles back under it..

[Justin]

Sweet! You're making great progress.

[landshark]

yup getting there, next big hurdle is what to do about the engine bay, probably wheel this thing over to the blasters i guess... and then paint it the blue that they matched... then the engine and the little things...

decided to get rid of some of our vehicles so the bronco will be my DD by the end of summer.. have also decided if thats the case then I will be going EFI probably and will build that up after i get the bronco back together ;)

[landshark]

well frame and body are one again, just need to get a 4.5 inch bolt for the body mount behind the driver as the bolt is a bit too long and contacting the fuel lines.. no buneo!

Slid the front axle into place and started bolting the radius arms together, hopefully will have the front axle hanging off the frame today and then start on getting the rear axle in place. Really want to get the stands under the axles instead of the body, just feel a bit safer and have more room to finish up the little things...

[landshark]

A few pics from tonight... sorry for the blur!

[Jesus_man]

You are moving along quite fast! Can't wait to see it in the sunshine and under it's own power!

[Moab Mike]

Great progress Chris!

[hockeydad4-22]

Chris - your rig is looking sweet! Great job.

[landshark]

thanks for all the support.. helps as you know with motivation!

Got the rear axle in, brakes all are run except the front as I need to blast the engine bay and paint it here soon.

Re-ran all the old vapor lines after i cleaned them up and put on some fancy line holders front to back.

Pulled out the rear wiring cleaned and repaired a few strands up - I replaced one side and repaired all the hokey trailer wiring they had going on.

Now I just need to wrap the wiring and install the marker and turn lights and then i think I will move on to fuel tanks and main body wiring.

I will probably have to run or re-bend the main fuel line in the rear as I over-shot where the fuel sender is and ran the line like I was going to do EFI to the side of the tank.. so might have to get creative. Good news is I have 10 feet of 3/8th tubing left and I'm getting pretty good at double flares ;)

Also for-see a problem with the parking brake contraption hitting the electric fuel selector switch on the frame so will probably have to drill more holes to relocate that down the road.

other than that I'm plugging along trying to stay focused on one thing at a time to not get overwhelmed really wish i could repaint and repair the whole truck at once but i think doing it in stages is the way to go for now.

[Gunnibronco]

Looking good. I'm jealous of your's and Rox's builds. I feel like I need to redo all my fuel lines and wiring now. 10 years ago, when my tranny and tcase were out, I bent up a nice set of fuel lines, and installed new brake lines. Now, after doing EFI, and rerouting all my lines, without removing anything, my nice work is in shambles. I'm going to wait till I rewire the truck, and then maybe do everything nice when I pull the trans & tcase next time. I also know I may end up upgrading to an EFI tank, and that would change everything again.

[landshark]

Looking good. I'm jealous of your's and Rox's builds. I feel like I need to redo all my fuel lines and wiring now. 10 years ago, when my tranny and tcase were out, I bent up a nice set of fuel lines, and installed new brake lines. Now, after doing EFI, and rerouting all my lines, without removing anything, my nice work is in shambles. I'm going to wait till I rewire the truck, and then maybe do everything nice when I pull the trans & tcase next time. I also know I may end up upgrading to an EFI tank, and that would change everything again.

yup thats why i went with EFI lines now... figured it would make things that much easier if I decide to go EFI or if i decide to sell it and someone else does.. plus it does look nice ;)

All i have to do is take off the one fitting and it leaves me with the AN fittings needed for the high pressure EFI hoses

[Gunnibronco]

I did mine with 2 sets of lines, but I was running a carb with a return line, and an electronic valve to the two stock tanks. When I did EFI, I realized I couldn't cram 2 LP pumps, 1 HP pump, an accumulator, and the valve in the limited space (and couldn't really justify/afford a $500+ EFI tank). So I removed the valve, installed 1 LP pump, 1 HP pump, & accumulator from the main tank. I'm going to fill the main from the aux with a momentary switch to a separate LP pump from the aux tank to the main tank. Oh well. I rack my brain to try to preplan everything, but then budgets change, and plans change and all my nice work gets gutted and gorilla'd to fit my "new" plan.

[landshark]

Yup i understand what you are saying.

I ran 5/16 and 3/8th line on the frame.. i also have the little vapor line ran and I worked in the aux tank.. so know the problems down the road I will have if I go EFI.. would use the aux tank as a transfer tank to the efi tank i would get..

[landshark]

Alright so hold on to your hats.. i went off the deep end i know.. but it happens..

So picked up a set of heads that were already gone through and rebuilt.. they are not the most desirable (E6) but I think after the research I have been doing on these heads there shouldn't' be a big deal putting them on the bronco for a while until i can get the 2nd engine rebuilt.

I have decided to go EFI, ya thats right.. i've gone crazy.

So my plan is to build up a separate block that iam buying from john (jcb9089) and put that on the stand after I get my truck back together so that i can drive the 2 barrel around for a while in the mean time. I was going to have the actual 76 heads i picked up a month or so ago rebuilt but for $250 i have some that are already done saving me around $100

I now have 4 sets of heads.. I have the following.

1.what I think are 80's heads no idea what they are yet as i have not torn down the engine i pulled out. but no emissions. (condition unknown)
2. 73 stockers - D3UE AA (rough condition) has the original emission ports on the side.
3. 86 - 87 mustang - E6SE AA (rebuilt) Emission holes on the rear of the heads
4. 87 mustang - E7TE (used but look ok) Emissions holes on the rear of the heads

Also while i was out i picked up a mustang setup with an extra exploder throttle body... its a start... plus he threw in the E7 heads for free...

Lots of pics

[Jesus_man]

You're in a good situation with being able to run one engine, then get the other setup for EFI.

[Entourage]

If you were going to add EFI down the road anyway - it is likely smarter to do it now with everything tore apart.

[landshark]

You're in a good situation with being able to run one engine, then get the other setup for EFI.

yup going to build it up over the summer, have to visit the junk yard here soon anyway and hopefully can pick up a few parts. Most of the stuff will have to wait, stretched thin with a few big purchases coming up to finish off the 76 and get it back on the street ;)

If you were going to add EFI down the road anyway - it is likely smarter to do it now with everything tore apart.

well i want to take my time, plus funds are tight and it will take me a while to acquire what i need. Also i want to build the engine up right and do my research on heads, cam, and other bits to take advantage of starting over.

Plus this needs to get on the road for DD duties.. selling my wife's and my car s to get one suv thing

Also after talking to the blaster and talking to a restorer/paint guy i will probably just sand down the engine bay by hand and shoot it after I get the sides welded up. Blastech is about 3 weeks out from doing any more work.. they are pretty full right now as expected.

I was entertaining the thought of getting the truck body fully fixed and painted.. and that might still happen but we will see.. talking to a guy about it now. if that happens it will be at least 2 monhs before I can get the truck back into the garage to start putting it together.. if thats the case then most likley I would go EFI as I could probably swing it by then..

Allot of money to be throwing around right now

[landshark]

Well since other peoples build threads are missing pics I guess i can post some up of whats going on right now ;)

the are boring yes.. but document whats going on..

[landshark]

Got 99% of the body torn down.. haven't figured out how to get the windshield glass out without tearing all the rubber.. advice?

[Booger]

Calling Hockeydad. He's the resident glass man so he should have some tips and tricks for ya.

[hockeydad4-22]

What Dan said, if the rubber is old and cracked at all, just run a sharp utility knife through it to cut the glass out, that is assuming you wish to save the glass - if the glass is bad but the rubber is good then just get inside and sit back in the seat with your feet on the windshield and push it out like the movies. Glass breaking and all. Or you can go easy with a plastic pry bar, hook tool (cotter pin remover) and soapy water for lubricant, once you get one short and most of one long edge - you can lift the whole darn thing out.

Or give me a call and I will come over and pull it for you - no big deal, just takes a few minutes.