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

[airbur]

Got the heater mounted and installed a 20A outlet...

[airbur]

^ You sure you sized that right??? A Non-Insulated/Non-Rocked garage is gonna suck the life out of that little 45K Unit in a 3 stall garage.

80% of it is finished. Next summer I plan on finishing the rest:) Garage is only 550sf.

[airbur]

My garage is 440 sg. Ft. I have a tuck under and 95% is finished and mine is borderline with a 45K. I also noticed your garage door is uninsulated. You don't size a garage the same as you would a living space. If you bought it local I would return it before you fire it up.

Damn you Dan;)....I don't want to take that thing down! But if you have a 45K and a smaller garage....there is no denying this one probably is a bit smallish for mine. I bough it at Lowes so may exchange tomorrow.

[airbur]

You plan on running it all the time or just when you work in the garage?

Only when I'm in there.....maybe in the morning for 30min to warm it up for the family.

[airbur]

Then dont worry about it.

What is the thought process behind that? This is the time to swap it out if I'm going to.

[landshark]

Got the Bronco into the garage and started pulling her apart! This is going to be fuuuuuuuuun!

[Jesus_man]

Preparing to snow bash and get a Christmas tree this weekend! For the last umpteen years it's never been worth the effort to drag my bronco along until this year!! Can't wait!

J.D.

[airbur]

Pulled the 45K off the ceiling and then reconstructed its box with packing tape. Returned to Lowes and got the 75K:). Got it put together and hoisted back up. Need to run the thermostat line now.

[airbur]

Yea....looks a lot beefier hanging up there. Cant wait to fire it up.

[hockeydad4-22]

Shoot, we have been working in the garage until 9-10pm every night the last few weeks, we heat with 4-6 hallogen lights, a portable electric glow heater, 4.5" angle grinder and a lincoln wire feed welder... yes we are wearing insulated cover alls etc, but hey - it works for us. No special wiring or plumbing required.

[airbur]

Shoot, we have been working in the garage until 9-10pm every night the last few weeks, we heat with 4-6 hallogen lights, a portable electric glow heater, 4.5" angle grinder and a lincoln wire feed welder... yes we are wearing insulated cover alls etc, but hey - it works for us. No special wiring or plumbing required.

Let me know if you want to stop by....I've got my 2 year old's blow up pool out, lawn chairs, some sand on the garage floor, and working on the 427 in my shorts and sandals:)

[airbur]

Countdown...

[ZOSO]

Since I haven't even started it since the platte meet I figured id check the battery. Went out and turned the key on. Let the fuel pump fill the carb. 2 pumps of the pedal and hit the key. Fired up instantly. Let it run a few minutes. Got to love ol reliable.

[airbur]

Since I haven't even started it since the platte meet I figured id check the battery. Went out and turned the key on. Let the fuel pump fill the carb. 2 pumps of the pedal and hit the key. Fired up instantly. Let it run a few minutes. Got to love ol reliable.

Same here....started it up to get it out of the way for Plumdoctor to work his magic....fired right up:)

[Justin]

Hmmm, may need to upgrade to an electric fuel pump. I hate cranking mine for a week to fill the carb if its been sitting.

[Jesus_man]

yeah, the electrical pump sure is nice!

[Booger]

Hmmm, may need to upgrade to an electric fuel pump. I hate cranking mine for a week to fill the carb if its been sitting.

Yea I am in the same boat.

[rdanford]

Dropping tank to figure out why I'm not getting any fuel pressure

[airbur]

Garage heater just kicked on...all by itself (or maybe cause I have the thermostat set for 65f at 7am on Sat:)....so I guess that means I need to head out to the garage and get working:)

[rdanford]

Fuel pressure issue solved...hose in tank split in half.

[kchaser]

60's are in. Some items to button up (brakes, shock mounts, lockers and gears) then time to go snow bashing and see what i can break!!!

[airbur]

Insulated the garage....not a fun job.

[Jesus_man]

rdanford - heeps have this problem a lot. The hose in the tank is generally not rated to have fuel on the outside and therefore deteriorates. Sounds like you had the same problem and may again, unless you can find the hose rated for fuel on the outside as well.

kchaser - nice work! Can't wait to see your rig in action!

airbur - garage is looking nice! 65 is nice and toasty for a shop!

Me? I just took it to get a Christmas tree, did some snow bashing! Was fun!

[ZOSO]

Bought my new 2012 F350 CC today. That was the biggest check I have written.

Did you order it or find one locally? I wanna check that thing out. Reading a lot of good things about that 6.7.

[Gunnibronco]

Finally got my paint mixed right & painted my "new" rims. I mixed up some single stage gray that came close to matching Audi's dark gray bumpers. I think the top, grill, and probably the hood bubble (really I'm waiting for the Zillacon/American Rock Rod hood louvers- whats up with that Dan?) will get painted to match. I'm going to try to get rid of all the white in the long run. Sorry, no camera, I'll take some pics tomorrow. Hopefully be able to swap my tires to the new rims next week.

Chad

[Gunnibronco]

Here are some pics, didn't want to wait 15 minutes while the booth lights turned on so they are dark. I couldn't get paint into the crack between the inner & outer rim, so there is a little white poking through. I may try to touch this up, or I may just leave it as is, I don't think you'll ever see it once things are mounted & installed.

[Rox Crusher]

You could get some paint in that crack with a small brush

Either way, those look 100 times better than when you got em

[Gunnibronco]

You could get some paint in that crack with a small brush

Either way, those look 100 times better than when you got em

Thanks. Yeah, they were a little dirty when they arrived.

[socofn]

Started installing the WH 4.5 rear springs today. Got the passenger side done but I am missing half a bushing. I will call WH on monday and have them send me what is missing. Not to hard a job just needed some finesse at times. Jayson

[ZOSO]

Didnt do anything to the bronco again but I did work in my garage. A couple months ago I scored a corian counter top from work. It was going in the trash so I took it. Today I built it into a work bench. Then pulled the fuel bowl off the PSD to rebuild/reseal it up to fix the fuel leak. That didnt go so well. I tapped out the pressure relief seat and it went flying across the garage and I cant find it. So now Im without a truck until I can order a new one.