Rox Crusher's frame off refresh and 5.0 EFI swap

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:15 pm

Jesus_man wrote:That's a beautiful thing! You just need one of these:

That is nice...........stay tuned to this channel

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Post by **Rox Crusher** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:31 am

last week's progress included;

- wiring about 95% complete including installation of ViperBuilt rear chassis harness and trailer plug connector
http://classicbroncos.com/tech/plug-in-trailer-harness
- finished painting chassis
- got the heater hoses all hooked up with a very clean looking install
- radiator and transmission cooler re-installed
- wheels and tires back on

Post by **Lobobronco** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:08 pm

Nice try on the update, but this is no good without pictures Mr. Rox!

Matt

Post by **ZOSO** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:42 pm

You only have till Thursday till I get back and start working on Steve's. The new chip showed up Friday and it runs a lot better.

Post by **airbur** » Fri May 04, 2012 5:37 am

Rox Crusher wrote:Lot's of progress this week-end.

Got the chassis pretty well finished on Saturday.

Mike did some "Michaelangelo" like work with the fuel and brake lines. They turned out awesome ! !

Thanks again to Mike and Shawn for helping out !

How did the WCB 4R70W crossmember install go? Much fabbing to do or was it drill and bolt?

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri May 04, 2012 5:55 am

how we looking jeff? You gonna be out running around tonight.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Fri May 04, 2012 6:02 am

airbur wrote:
Rox Crusher wrote:Lot's of progress this week-end.

Got the chassis pretty well finished on Saturday.

Mike did some "Michaelangelo" like work with the fuel and brake lines. They turned out awesome ! !

Thanks again to Mike and Shawn for helping out !

How did the WCB 4R70W crossmember install go? Much fabbing to do or was it drill and bolt?

surprisingly well..........ends up that I was the first customer to order / use WCB's crossmember kit. We decided to ditch their adapter plate in favor of just using some heavy angle iron to make our own crossmember brackets.

I'll post a couple photos later.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Fri May 04, 2012 6:04 am

ZOSO wrote:how we looking jeff? You gonna be out running around tonight.

nope, the ol girl is at the exhaust shop today

gonna try to finish up some details this afternoon / evening and probably fire it up tomorrow

If you are out tooling around why don't you and Steve bring badlands over for inspiration ?

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri May 04, 2012 7:04 am

Rox Crusher wrote:
ZOSO wrote:how we looking jeff? You gonna be out running around tonight.

nope, the ol girl is at the exhaust shop today

gonna try to finish up some details this afternoon / evening and probably fire it up tomorrow

If you are out tooling around why don't you and Steve bring badlands over for inspiration ?

Im tryin to get it out today. dont want to wander too far just yet as I have no way to monitor water temp. Dont want to overheat it.

Post by **airbur** » Fri May 04, 2012 7:06 am

Was it tough to get the angles correct? Driveline etc?

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Fri May 04, 2012 7:40 am

airbur wrote:Was it tough to get the angles correct? Driveline etc?

not bad at all

Post by **airbur** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:03 pm

Let's see the weekend progress!

Viperwolf1 · Post by **Viperwolf1** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:46 pm

airbur wrote:Let's see the weekend progress!

Here's some pics!

Post by **airbur** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:09 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:
airbur wrote:Let's see the weekend progress!

Here's some pics!

Sweet! With the new no-pic Forum feature those look sweet! ;)

Post by **landshark** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:17 pm

airbur wrote:
Viperwolf1 wrote:
airbur wrote:Let's see the weekend progress!

Here's some pics!

Sweet! With the new no-pic Forum feature those look sweet! ;)

maybe there is no pic cause there is no progress? haha

Post by **crawlercreations** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:32 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:
airbur wrote:Let's see the weekend progress!

Here's some pics!

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:25 pm

I will have to get down to the post office and pick up some stamps, get your addresses, and mail the pics to you guys

do you want 4x6 or 5x7 ?

Post by **Booger** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:50 pm

5x7 please. Oh and a couple wallet sized as well. LOL

Post by **landshark** » Mon May 07, 2012 9:56 pm

can i get doubles?

Post by **777mechanic** » Tue May 08, 2012 4:12 pm

jeff the pics of your custom exhaust is awesome , oh wait there on phils phone . sorry everyone one else but leave my your phone numbers and we'll do group text notes . or we can post at classicbroncos

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Tue May 08, 2012 8:24 pm

777mechanic wrote:jeff the pics of your custom exhaust is awesome , oh wait there on phils phone . sorry everyone one else but leave my your phone numbers and we'll do group text notes . or we can post at classicbroncos

I suppose he told you about the shifter linkage interference we had to resolve ?

did you say something about pics ?

you can see them here

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showth ... ost2088939

Post by **cobshane** » Fri May 11, 2012 12:30 am

Jeff, it looks amazing great work man hope to see it soon!

Post by **ZOSO** » Sun May 13, 2012 6:24 am

Does it run?

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:01 am

Fuel pump works great !

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Long day yesterday, set to fire it up but details took longer than planned.

Tried to fire it at about 8 and found fuel line leaks which we are struggling to get tight.

Good news is no codes so everything seems to be hooked up properly anyway.

Depending on the boss (she's still sleeping) might get to work on it today.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:01 am

cobshane wrote:Jeff, it looks amazing great work man hope to see it soon!

thanks Shane

Post by **airbur** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:29 pm

What type of power steering reservoir is that?

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Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sun May 13, 2012 8:55 pm

airbur wrote:What type of power steering reservoir is that?

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Sleep, Eat, Train, Repeat

It is out of a late model Lincoln Town Car. 12 bucks at the pull-n-pay.

Really works great (so far) as you don't have to fool with lowering the Explorer reservoir or cutting brackets to accommodate the upper radiator hose.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sun May 13, 2012 8:56 pm

well boys and girls.............

got her running today and even took it for a short little spin around the block.

Thanks again Phil for all your help this week-end !

Viperwolf1 · Post by **Viperwolf1** » Sun May 13, 2012 9:10 pm

I was just there for moral support. You did all the work.

Viperwolf1 · Post by **Viperwolf1** » Sun May 13, 2012 10:47 pm

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