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I started and drove the 74 around. Realized it needs ball joints big time now. So that will be on order here soon. I did turn a wrench this weekend tho. Pulled the bellhousing and clutch out of my cobra to get the pilot bearing out. I think there is a little something missing....

new one on left. What was pulled on right. My first assumption was a bad bearing in the tranny. But that all checks out.

[quote="Brianut"]more bumper work.
just have to cap a few ends, and a whole lot of grinding to clean up the overall look, then some rattle can.

latch is just a bolt with wings welded to a nut.
seems to work ok. cheap as I had the pieces in the garage.[quote]

Looks great. The bolt and nut latch will work fine. Thats all thats on my duff rear bumper. Haven't had an issue yet. Just put anti-seize on the threads so it doesn't rust together.

Brianut,

That is one nice looking bumper! Are you going to cap the ends so that you don't have to worry about it rusting through down the road? I now know that you are pickey just by the banner in the back on the garage wall! Once again looks great and I will get around to getting those seats.

PonyCorral wrote:Brianut,

That is one nice looking bumper! Are you going to cap the ends so that you don't have to worry about it rusting through down the road? I now know that you are pickey just by the banner in the back on the garage wall! Once again looks great and I will get around to getting those seats.

LOL,
I have plastic from a winged D brand hanging on another wall as well espensive taste I supose.

Thanks for the kind words guys. keeps me motivated to finish.

yup plan to cap all open ends, will also be grinding smooth most of the easy to get to welds. Had some issues with a few of them. welder spool of wire was cracked when I got it(shoulda returned it) and it started to unravel and tangle, mid weld i would just lose my wire. really agrivating. unfortunately it is the big $40 spool or i might just pitch it and buy another, probably will anyhow.

ordering another hinge for a gas can on the driver side.

wife for some reason hates the way the driver side looks "open" and you can see the springs/shackles, said it needs to be filled with something.
Told her no biggie just loosen the purse strings and we can fix that

Alls it takes is time and money

Going to remove the cage from the Bronco today and clean it up with metal wash....gloss epoxy tomorrow.

I ride red so that I have more money to spend on my ponies (65, 74) plus the way I see its less upkeep, Its all relative. Finishing drilling all the spotwelds out of the PS inner rocker, rocker, kick panel, inner fender getting ready for a complete removal just like the DS!

Installed a new Bestop! I love it:) I forgot that the top adds about 4" to the height of the Bronco. It skims the top of the garage door opening....but it works:) Instructions say install at 72 degrees and above....I think I saw 48 degrees today...it was tight but I got it on.

BesTop looks great! Great that you made the tough decision of selecting which Soft Top to purchase.

Entourage wrote:BesTop looks great! Great that you made the tough decision of selecting which Soft Top to purchase.

Thanks man. I HIGHLY recommend it. The install only took about 2 hours and I had no help. The fit is great and the quality is very high.

Today I looked at my warm, cozy little 73 all cuddlled up in the garage. I own the most coddled EB that I know of. It's only let out on clear, sunny days when it can't get too dirty!!!! :) I know, I'm a nutcase!!!

Airbur,

Hows the replacement family cage? I dig the top I may take a closer look if i can make the breakfast in two weeks.

I got my dash cut out and my 6 panel switch housing, complete with my ARB switches, installed where the radio used to be. Now to figure out why the compressor isn't running...

I finally got my quadrajet (hillbilly fuel injection) dialed in. After rejetting 3 times (I finally went with a #70), I had the airhorn off 5 times. My daughter was riding with me through the neighborhood as I stopped every 200 feet to jump out and tweak the mixture screws. Now she's (Bronco not daughter) ready for an altitude and incline test. Of course beating my Edelbrock won't be hard to do. Maybe heading to Lefthand Canyon or Carnage Canyon next Saturday to test it out. Anyone going out that way?

PonyCorral wrote:Airbur,

Hows the replacement family cage? I dig the top I may take a closer look if i can make the breakfast in two weeks.

2nd cage no good. Returned for refund. I've decided to go with the family kit from Extreme Custom Parts and have Nemesis 4x4 install it.

http://extremecustomparts.com/i-593648- ... nt-30.html

zillacon wrote:Had some time to mess with Ketchup yesterday finally.

-fixed the tailgate with pin and rod from Kinder.
-fixed a powersteering leak, needed new o-ring
-Removed the reat seat for the roll bar install.
-cleaned the mud and sand off the floor mat from the last snow run.

That's a perfect example of why these trucks are so much fun.....you're never done with the little things:)

replaced some pop rivets on DS rear fender flare (they popped off during last snow wheeling trip)

removed chassis harness from 5.0 engine

Airbur - I can't believe the second cage wasn't good either. That's a huge frustration...you've been fussing with that about 6 months haven't you? Good luck with the new approach - git er dun! I like the new top - I'm thinking about ditching the hardtop for a soft.

Cortez wrote:Airbur - I can't believe the second cage wasn't good either. That's a huge frustration...you've been fussing with that about 6 months haven't you? Good luck with the new approach - git er dun! I like the new top - I'm thinking about ditching the hardtop for a soft.

Thanks man. It's ok.....I'm excited about the custom cage as I went up and talked with Paul at Nemesis (he did the cage for the raffle Bronco), and he is going to make sure the kit goes it perfectly:)

I sold my hard top soon after I bought the Bronco.

Stuffed my rear fenders yesterday

OOPS. Doubled up somehow

Brianut wrote:Stuffed my rear fenders yesterday

Nice!! Where is that?

airbur wrote:

Brianut wrote:Stuffed my rear fenders yesterday

Nice!! Where is that?

China Wall.

over the hill on 285 then south past Terryall reservoir. its a couple hours but it was fun.
posted up in trip report section

Sorry I wasn't able to make it. Looks like you got a lot done though!

today i sold my factory rear bumper rear seat and swing tire carrier.. go craiglist sold all less than 3 hours thanks yall.. more part be for sale when upgrading kicks off again. thinking now to install 4.6 liter cobra engine from a 1996.. hope it works?

Picking up a new fuel gauge selector switch from Bronco Hut tomorrow. I think the original is busted and I had to cut off 1/4 of the switch to get the family cage set in...now that the cage is gone, I can fix this issue.

Drove the Bronco to work this morning at 5:30am. Realized the little lights in the gauge cluster just don't work for lighting up the cabin to look for things! Some LEDs are probably in my near future.

I washed it. Gotta be clean for the breakfast saturday and the last day in my garage. It's goin back to My dads house since my car is back together.

Made my ARB compressor functional again.

pulled the intake off on tuesday 3/8 bought a eldebrok peformer intake and a new to me two barrel from a buddy, who's going to fuel injection in his bronco so i'll be in the garage all weekend getting it all back on. Last week i finshed up the wiring to the point that i was able to take the bass boat around the BLOCK!!!. It's the most she's moved on her own power in over a year! got a lot of wierd looks from the neighbors. the bronco got no doors, talgate,and a seat thats got two bolt's holding it down. And my bigass driving around the block with a HUGE grin on my face!