What have you done to your Bronco today? (v.2)

Post by **phyler** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:05 pm

Picked up a 125 cuft bottle of c25. Now, just need to get a welder and some skills.

Post by **colby45** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:36 pm

Did a tune up along with a new coil. It's safe to say we got the power back the engine was lacking after sitting for all those years. The distributor cap contacts were very corroded. Sally still isn't a speed demon (straight six and a 3 speed), but she will do 35 up steep hills and 55 on the highway so I'm pretty happy with that.

Post by **Justin** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:37 pm

phyler wrote:Picked up a 125 cuft bottle of c25. Now, just need to get a welder and some skills.

Sweet! Come to any conclusions on which welder?

Post by **phyler** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:01 am

Justin wrote:
phyler wrote:Picked up a 125 cuft bottle of c25. Now, just need to get a welder and some skills.

Sweet! Come to any conclusions on which welder?

Not yet, I will pull the trigger today though. Still torn between the miller 211 and the tweco 211. They each have the same duty cycle. The tweco appears to have the ability to run hotter than the miller (210amps vs 150amps). The part that I am currently leaning towards is the tweco is inverter. Since the cost is the same, I don't think I can go wrong. Looked at the new Lincoln's and they are around $200 or so more.

Post by **phyler** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:56 pm

Pulled the trigger. Tweco is ordered. Fingers crossed. Time to start learning something new.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:12 am

You'll love it!! My best piece of advice is to take your time with the welds. Don't rush, go slow and watch the puddle.

Post by **rt9** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 3:02 pm

Redneck chrome. White bedliner / paint

Post by **rt9** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 3:03 pm

Post by **colby45** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:50 pm

Finally got some brake lines that fit for my front brakes! Put those on, went ahead and changed the brake fluid completely and bled all four. Feels like new again. All of that was a product of putting in new front axle u-joints last week also, but everything is back together and we have functional four wheel drive which is nice. When it's in 4WD I hear the tell tale squeal of drive-shaft u-joints from the front so that's on the short list of things to be done. Snapped a cool pic while milling around the Pine Junction area:

Post by **landshark** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:09 pm

So I guess these CB/Shortwave radios were gold back in the day. .this is what I spent the better part of 3 hours taking out of the 72 yesterdayΓÇª

CB Mounted under the dashΓÇª lost keys to the two pad locks holding the CB chastity belt in place

After the cut off wheelΓÇª two pad locks cut off

chastity belt removed

CB dismounted from bullet proof caseΓÇª now please notice that there are two bolts holding the metal case in place.. and an old switch that used to be wired into the alarm systemΓÇª

What I didnΓÇÖt show you were the welds.. yes they welded the entire contraption to the dash..

So i guess i am rich now that i have removed that CB right? - holy cowΓÇª

Post by **Eck** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:05 pm

Big thanks to Justin for helping me work on finishing the long arms we started months ago. Knowing he's got plenty of work to do on his own rig, I greatly appreciate it!

Still need to do some finishing welds and weld on the bunges and shock mounts.

Post by **Justin** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:09 pm

Very welcome. I had a ton of fun. Ever since I got the bracketry done on mine I haven't gotten to weld much and I appreciated the excuse!

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:16 pm

What's that they say about idle hands?

Rather than continue to procrastinate in the hopes of finishing my 351, I made the decision to go ahead and replace the timing set on the 302. I have some time to kill as I've sent one of my C4s to CA for a little magic to be done. And it's nice to have the peace of mind of a back up vehicle.

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:07 am

Is that a FRAM filter I see?? Dammit! Haven't I taught you anything! icon biggin

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:31 am

Yup! This motor has skipped timing at least once so it's on its last legs. If the timing replacement goes well, I'll take care of it on the next oil change. I just happened to have one last Fram left during the last oil change and didn't feel like going to the store.

Not like much of the oil makes it to the filter. Most of it winds up under the truck.

Post by **Dirtheadz** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:23 pm

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Hell ya... Man following my own heart! thought I was the only one that welded in shorts & flip flops!!! required PPE at my house when it comes to fabrication! usually I only wear 1 light leather glove, michael Jackson style!

Post by **Justin** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:16 pm

Those stupid looking shoes are actually awesome for welding. They're leather, and fit like a glove so welding boogers can't get down inside them. I also hate wearing shoes, but that's another thing...

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:40 pm

Wrapped up the timing set swap, installed a new water pump (the old one looked like it came off the titanic), pulled the oil pan (along with the driver side header, as it was necessary to get the oil pan off), installed a new pan gasket, and finished it all off with an oil change.

Then we took it for a test drive to Sonic for dinner.

Parts hoarding has paid off. My old pan had the push in style dipstick. Someone had soldered/brazen the tub into the pan. It ripped off during removal. Pulled another pan off the shelf and now have a screw in style dipstick tube.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:25 am

Looks like some happy campers and one mountain man! Enjoying not to have to be so clean cut anymore?

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:16 am

Jesus_man wrote:Looks like some happy campers and one mountain man! Enjoying not to have to be so clean cut anymore?

I'm enjoying the fact that I go home at 3 every day and have the ability to say "sorry, that's not in the scope of work of my contract". The beard is an added bonus.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:21 am

Jesus_man wrote:Looks like some happy campers and one mountain man! Enjoying not to have to be so clean cut anymore?

I'm enjoying the fact that I go home at 3 every day and have the ability to say "sorry, that's not in the scope of work of my contract". The beard is an added bonus.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:00 pm

Pulled a pumpkin. Not from the garden.

I'm pretty sure that rust isn't supposed to be in there.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:13 am

Is the ring gear pitted?

You do have me wondering if I can throw one of those out on my porch this halloween...

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:34 pm

Jesus_man wrote:Is the ring gear pitted?

You do have me wondering if I can throw one of those out on my porch this halloween...

Yes it is. Appears to have sat for some time with water in the diff as there is a definite rust line.

Went out picking pumpkins again today. Thought I might just grab a diff to play with tear down and what not. Went back to a 70 Econoline 200 I've been slowly vulturing.

3.50 trak-lok. Guess who will be getting good mileage on the way to Denver Saturday.

Not bad for 60.00.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:05 am

That looks mo-betta

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:02 pm

3.50 diff is in the truck. 90% of the road noise I was hearing before is now gone. And it's nice to be turning at or below 2k at 65.

Post by **Justin** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:06 pm

How is the power at that rpm? That's a touch lower than I'll be spinning with the zf.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:23 pm

Justin wrote:How is the power at that rpm? That's a touch lower than I'll be spinning with the zf.

It's not too bad. Still have some tuning to do to the carb in the morning but it scoots along well for a motor with 110k.

Post by **colby45** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:37 pm

Finally got a free couple of hours so I built some new bumper mounts and reattached my front bumper. Still bent from the plow being on there, but at least it's back on and I don't have to worry about it getting tossed or anything.

Post by **BOBS 2 68S** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:54 am

Looks like a happy Bronco. The bends look like a smile.

www.ColoradoClassicBroncos.com

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