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

Post by **Eck** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 4:04 pm

Got my horn working with some phone a friend help from Phil. It wouldn't be my usual weird situation if something unusual didn't happen. We figured out that I was missing the relay for the horn. I had also tested the horn to make sure it still worked. Drove the Bronco to NAPA and tested the relay and horn in the parking lot (it worked). Drive it home the 3 miles and pull into my garage and all of a sudden-- horn doesn't work. I can hear the relay working. So today I tested the horn again by hardwiring it to the battery. Somehow in the 3 mile drive home from NAPA, the horn become nonfunctional. So I went and bought a new horn and all seems to be good again. Now I can honk at stupid drivers with my new stupid horn.

Post by **hockeydad4-22** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:38 pm

Turned her back into a "roller". Now it time to get back to work on everything else

Oh yeah, and I have to replace a spring on my big garage door, it decided to give up the ghost this morning. Thankfully my wife's car was outside.

Anyone have a recommendation for a garage door guy???

Post by **JGZ** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:49 pm

Anyone have a recommendation for a garage door guy???[/quote]

Give this guy a call.Zak Sutliff.303-960-6567.Tell him I sent you.Should be able to fix you up.

Post by **DanHall** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:52 pm

My wife drew up a CAD version of the bezel around the column for the dash to mate up with the new 2" tilt column. I'll try to get it printed soon and then see how my measurements work. Next design will be a collar for the firewall penetration so I can snug it up to the bracket. I'm thinking a simple sleeve will work here. I'll print in black ABS. If the bezel works I'll have to grab a Bronco logo and emboss it on the top and reprint. Should be sweet.

Post by **TOOLMAN** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:29 am

Got pumpkin re-installed, and compressor/wiring/switches mostly connected up.

Post by **hockeydad4-22** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:35 pm

JGZ wrote:Anyone have a recommendation for a garage door guy???

Give this guy a call.Zak Sutliff.303-960-6567.Tell him I sent you.Should be able to fix you up.[/quote]

Your guy Zak came over today and took care of the door - my wife reports he did a great job, even did a bit extra service and adjustment then cleaned everything up before he left. She was quite impressed with the young man and we will keep his info so we can call him when we finally get around to replacing the doors. Thank you for the referral

Post by **JGZ** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:11 pm

I'm happy he took good care of you.His dad and one of my best friends passed away in August and he was left to take over the business and take care of the family.A lot of responsibility for a 20 year old.He's also my daughter's boyfriend.Good kid.If anyone else needs garage door work hit him up.

Post by **Kinder** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:40 am

I'll add his contact info for future use, the last company that came out to the park for door work WON'T be getting a call back.

Post by **jre74** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:35 pm

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A bit of engine work today. It may not look different but it sure does run different!

EFI Guy strikes again!

Thanks again, Garry.

Post by **DanHall** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:51 pm

Pulled the Mountaineer into the garage and started tearing into it. Pulled the ECU which will have to head up to Garry pretty soon. Have a lot of work to go but it is nice to be on the "new" engine for a while. Will have to redo the harness but that is good work for a cold day, week, whatever. Hopefully I can have the Mountaineer out before we get any real snow so I can get the dd back in the garage.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:10 pm

New points.
New fuel pump.
New fuel filter.
New steel fuel line from pump to 6" short of carb inlet.

My WH Saginaw pump bracket is pissing me off. The threaded rod for the top of the bracket, that threads into the head, is either stripped or has stripped the head. I can't keep tension on the belt because of it.

Tore down a spare cluster, cleaned it up and swapped it into the truck, adjusted for the mileage on my Bronco. Nice to have a speedo again; even if it is 10mph off.

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:07 pm

I have started the tear down. Got the t case pulled and mocked up on the 4r70w. Had to cut just under an inch off the output shaft. Modded the trans cross member for the new adapter.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:34 pm

ZOSO wrote:I have started the tear down. Got the t case pulled and mocked up on the 4r70w. Had to cut just under an inch off the output shaft. Modded the trans cross member for the new adapter.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:44 pm

Here's what I got

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:30 pm

Stopped by the yard and harvested a couple of side marker pigtails from the 70 Econo. I now have four working side markers.

Post by **cravenbronco** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:21 pm

I got a new 3 core aluminum radiator to replace the brass one that was in it.

Just another upgrade :-)

Post by **cravenbronco** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:19 pm

I'm getting ready to make a roll cage. I got all the steel that might be need plus extra.
All that is needed is to extend the hoop and any extras such as a spare tire mount.

I will post more pics of the final outcome.

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 6:18 am

Got the last parts for my Trans. Maybe next weekend ill tear it down.

Post by **Moab Mike** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:18 am

ZOSO wrote:Got the last parts for my Trans. Maybe next weekend ill tear it up.

I fixed it for you! fire fire

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 5:09 pm

Moab Mike wrote:
ZOSO wrote:Got the last parts for my Trans. Maybe next weekend ill tear it up.

I fixed it for you!

Much better. Or should it say in a few weeks i'll give phil a box of parts to reassemble....

Post by **rt9** » Sun May 15, 2016 12:32 pm

Today , I installed a roll over vent to try and get rid of the dreaded Bronco burb when I remove the gas cap.

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Post by **Eck** » Wed May 18, 2016 6:19 pm

Today I:

- replaced the ZF fluid to RedLine MT 90 to try and quiet the loud gurgling at neutral idle. Unbelievably it completely cured it on first fire up.

- thanks to BroncoRaider who is going to digital speedometer and gave me his speedo cable (mine was toast from my D20 problems in Moab). Installed that with a new gear that will hopefully get me closer to actual MPH.

- re-bent my twin sticks. Found out while in Moab that they were interfering with the Trans shifter while in 4 low. I had a pretty tight window where they would fit between the shifter and my leg.

- did the Cherokee wiper conversion. Messed up one of them as there is definitely an order to reattach everything. That spring is pretty stout and if you don't do it in a particular order, you definitely aren't getting it back on. Cost me $25 more than it should have but it's done!

Post by **landshark** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:51 pm

Finally got my interior "finished". Recovered seats in stock pattern and color. Tuffy console, stereo, kick panel speaker enclosures, rear speaker pods, recovered arm rest in matching vinyl. Might look into finally installing that fancy mirror one day.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:57 pm

Lookin great !

How did the upholstery on the arm rests turn out ?

Post by **landshark** » Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:19 am

Turned out great. Material was expensive but now I have almost a yard for repairs or other projects. Only made this material one year (76) so not very common.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:26 pm

Finally got my cage painted and installed

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:36 pm

Rox Crusher wrote:Finally got my cage painted and installed

Pics or it didn't happen.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 5:07 pm

Sorry, I was too busy scraping / scrubbing paint off my face and arms to take pics yesterday

The digital color matching was done a few years ago when we painted the engine bay during installation of 5.0. I don't know if the brand of paint we used this time made a difference but it is certainly a lot darker than what the body looks like. In the right light it almost looks black. Mismatched color aside, the paint job turned out pretty good considering who had the gun in his hands.

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Post by **Viperwolf1** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 5:38 pm

Well, now you're gonna have to paint the rest of it. Looks nice. I wonder if the dark primer color affected it.

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:05 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:I wonder if the dark primer color affected it.

IF you cover the primer completely, it shouldn't have an affect on the color.

Roll cages, and bike frames are some of the hardest things to get completely painted. Most your paint isn't ending up on the work.

Regardless, looks real nice.

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