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

[landshark]

Dropped it off at Blast-tech.

Gonna do the engine bay and that section of the frame plus a couple of brackets for 100 scoots and have it finished before turkey day.

Can't beat that with a rubber hose.

iam thinking of getting some parts blasted, radius arms, C's, battery tray, and some other odds and ends.. will blast-tech do it? should i mention a name or the club?

[Rox Crusher]

Dropped it off at Blast-tech.

Gonna do the engine bay and that section of the frame plus a couple of brackets for 100 scoots and have it finished before turkey day.

Can't beat that with a rubber hose.

iam thinking of getting some parts blasted, radius arms, C's, battery tray, and some other odds and ends.. will blast-tech do it? should i mention a name or the club?

Airbur recently had some stuff done there too so they ae getting our busines s.
but I don't think he would give us a discount
I am bringing my chassis over there in the next couple of weeks and some more odds n ends.

[landshark]

cool, well i will gather up what i have and take them over there.. wanting to por-15 everything pretty soon...

[JGZ]

I've got a big blast cab.Might need some new media and it's out side so it might be kinda cold.If you need to use it let me know.JGZ

[airbur]

BlastTech does great work but they are pricey. I had my axles done there as well as a bunch of other parts. I just had them do the 2 Explorer serpentine brackets with bead media...$15 which wasn't bad.

[crawlercreations]

Started building my new roll cage today! Coming along pretty nicely!! :-) Built and installed my new rock slider on the passenger side to match my new drivers side. Oh and started narrowing my hood 10".

[hockeydad4-22]

Started building my new roll cage today! Coming along pretty nicely!! :-) Built and installed my new rock slider on the passenger side to match my new drivers side. Oh and started narrowing my hood 10".

We need pictures of those sliders, or did I miss them? We will be building a set for Free Bird soon and if yours are as sweet as your bumper, they will be a serious inspiration.

[socofn]

Got the springs of the drivers side, but needed the grinder and a BFH as the bolt was rusted to the middle metal spacer, which then took a press and a sawzall to get the rest out. What a pain in the a**. JP

[Moab Mike]

Put a new ignition coil in and now I can't find my heat shrink tubing so I can solder the wiring together on the new coil connector. I also installed a new e-brake cable from Tom's that was about 2" too fawking short. AND I found out I'm missing two Snap-on wrenches from a couple of pull and pay excursions................Just another day in paradise.

[airbur]

Well that sux! If you had bought them from the Bronco you could have new ones tomorrow:).

[crawlercreations]

Started building my new roll cage today! Coming along pretty nicely!! :-) Built and installed my new rock slider on the passenger side to match my new drivers side. Oh and started narrowing my hood 10".

We need pictures of those sliders, or did I miss them? We will be building a set for Free Bird soon and if yours are as sweet as your bumper, they will be a serious inspiration.

They are just simple rectangle tubing. Tucked up close to the body and very sturdy.

[ZOSO]

Found that damn missing piece from a fuel bowl from yesterday. So I got that put back together and on the truck. No more leaking fuel all over.

[Jesus_man]

Building a new upper half to my drivers side door since the last one blew out on the highway...

[kchaser]

Finally made some progress on the shop so I can get something done on the Bronco in MY shop

[Rox Crusher]

ordered a bunch of goodies from BC Broncos.................

[Jesus_man]

Dropped the new window frame for my soft doors off at the upholster. Hope she can finish before the snow run!

[Justin]

I put more parts in the back of it (DS floorboard in this case) that I don't have time to install...stupid house needs to sell so I can have more time to play.

[Gunnibronco]

Rolled a 351W from a 96 F250 off a freight truck, into our shop. Pulled the plugs, shined a light down the cylinders, all looked good, still can see crosshatching in the cylinder walls. Wow there is a lot of crap on this motor that I don't need, much more than the Explorer 5.0.

Had to attend to worsening plumbing problems, so the EFI swap took a night off. On the plus side, the plumbing problem is fixed with less work than I expected. Note to self: don't clean drywall tools in the bathtub, use a hose, outside. I suppose none of you married guys would have gotten away with it, but here is a case where the nagging voice would have been right. I thought about it when I was doing it, weird, it took about 2 years to stop everything up.

[socofn]

Finished installing my rear springs and took the dogs for a short drive thru the snow. I plan on driving it the next couple of days. JP

[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

I dropped a hood off in early November at American Rock Rods. Bill and his son are both registered on here. Maybe they will chime in with a due date. I know they had to finish a couple of chassis first. I am ready for one as well and am excited to see what styles they came up with.

Sweeet! I can't wait to see what they do, but I think I'm going to need a body lift, or at least new mounts before I can fit one. Looks like my new EFI is going to take some hood trimming to fit, so the bubble will have to stay for a while.

[Gunnibronco]

Yesterday & today I spent my free time stripping all the junk off my 96 F250 351, and getting it bolted to a stand. I pulled the front accessories off the 351, what is the difference between the Explorer serp & the truck serp set up? Can the truck set up work in the EB?

I pulled the dizzy and found a steel gear, that means its a roller camshaft. I had read different opinions on if the truck motors had roller cams, and honestly I was expecting a flat tappet camshaft. I read the 351 rollers used the Explorer camshaft, is this right?

Another bonus, the ECT, TPS, and IAB were all the "old" style, so they match the RJM harness. I was going to use Explorer sensors that would need the pigtails swapped, but not now. I'm going to update my EFI thread with more progress & problems.

edit: also does anyone know if I wanted to keep my v-belt set up, could my waterpump bolt to this timing chain cover? The Flowkooler w/p I have is the same p/n as the 351. Or would I have to get an old style timing chain cover?

[Entourage]

Finally made some progress on the shop so I can get something done on the Bronco in MY shop

I think I know where the next Tech Class will be held

[Viperwolf1]

Yesterday & today I spent my free time stripping all the junk off my 96 F250 351, and getting it bolted to a stand. I pulled the front accessories off the 351, what is the difference between the Explorer serp & the truck serp set up? Can the truck set up work in the EB?

I pulled the dizzy and found a steel gear, that means its a roller camshaft. I had read different opinions on if the truck motors had roller cams, and honestly I was expecting a flat tappet camshaft. I read the 351 rollers used the Explorer camshaft, is this right?

Another bonus, the ECT, TPS, and IAB were all the "old" style, so they match the RJM harness. I was going to use Explorer sensors that would need the pigtails swapped, but not now. I'm going to update my EFI thread with more progress & problems.

edit: also does anyone know if I wanted to keep my v-belt set up, could my waterpump bolt to this timing chain cover? The Flowkooler w/p I have is the same p/n as the 351. Or would I have to get an old style timing chain cover?

The truck serp setup is just a little too long to fit well. It puts the fan real close to the radiator. You could move the radiator forward to help.

Truck roller motors should use the same cam as the explorer. I think it would be a good one for a Bronco.

I know some of the late timing covers have the water ports optimized for flow in the reverse direction. It would probably work with a regular rotation pump but there would be some loss of flow efficiency.

[Gunnibronco]

Thanks for info, lots more to think about. Makes sense about the timing chain cover/water direction.

Chad

[kchaser]

Finally made some progress on the shop so I can get something done on the Bronco in MY shop

I think I know where the next Tech Class will be held

Sounds good as long as we are talking about hanging insulation and drywall!

[sbolt19]

Sounds good as long as we are talking about hanging insulation and drywall!

You couldn't pay me enough to mess around with insulation. I HATE that crap. Drywall is bad enough, the old timers had it right when they wadded up newspaper to shove in there...lol

[Jesus_man]

Are you cutting out all the pieces then welding them all together are breaking some?

J.D.

[Jesus_man]

Dencol called today and said my laser cut bumper pieces were ready so I headed down. I paid and went to the building where they had them cut and all the parts were in a 5 gallon bucket. WTF!
The dude that put the measurements in the program did it wrong so I had myself a Mini-Winch Bumper. That was some funny shiznit I should have kept it or took a pic for a good laugh. Needless to say they are cutting new parts and should have it done tomorrow.

Perfect for the RZR eh?

[socofn]

got my warflares installed on friday that I bought back in november. It does totally change the look. I am also looking for some 8inch wide wheels as I have 10's now and do not really care for the look with the 33's x 12.5's. JP

[Justin]

What steering setup did you go with?