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

[landshark]

Put some bling on the bronco. Who knew it matched ;)

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[Colorado75bronc]

That is awesome I'm jealous!

[Kinder]

Rockin the YOM plate, love it.

[Justin]

I unloaded my ~250lb axle from the back by myself. Next time I'm buying Zoso's hoist.

[Gunnibronco]

I tried to put my NP435 back in last year by myself with a regular floor jack. Rolled off the jack and squashed my arm (I put my arm there to "protect" the trans). I was lucky I didn't really hurt myself. I bought my trans jack a month later, and still haven't used it. But I know it was money well spent. Pain and fear are excellent teachers.

[Justin]

Ouch. I can barely lift my spare, that had to hurt.

[Gunnibronco]

Ouch. I can barely lift my spare, that had to hurt.

I was lucky, it hurt my pride & self confidence more than anything. But I relearned an important lesson, there is one right tool for every job.

Oh and and another lesson; don't be afraid to ask a friend for help.

[Justin]

I'm hoping that today was the day of cheap fixes. Went to reinstall my spark plugs after checking my compression, discovered that I had a bunch of loose header bolts. That got rid of my possible lifter tick. Greased up the driveshafts, I _think_ that got rid of the odd vibe and noise I was getting yesterday.

[landshark]

I'm hoping that today was the day of cheap fixes. Went to reinstall my spark plugs after checking my compression, discovered that I had a bunch of loose header bolts. That got rid of my possible lifter tick. Greased up the driveshafts, I _think_ that got rid of the odd vibe and noise I was getting yesterday.

good to hear you got rid of the tick.. i too had it and was worried but like you tightened the headers down and good to go.

[Error404]

Colorado75bronc.. I got on i25 the other day and Recognized your truck from the forum tried to catch ya.. felt like I was in the movie office space id switch lanes and then other lanes would move faster.. my 96 with a 4bt isn't as agile as your bronco..

[Colorado75bronc]

96' w/ a 4bt, a bronco or f- series? Ya I tend to run 75-80 down I-25, do you live in the springs?

[Error404]

96 bronco with 4bt on tons.. I do live in the springs, I am usually the same down 25 in my gf's mini cooper.. I've also got a 72 bronco is why I follow the forum and how I recognized your truck....

[Colorado75bronc]

I'd love to see both rigs sometime, what part of the springs do you live in, I live on the northside and work at land rover/jaguar in motor city

[Error404]

I live on northgate near the air force academy getting ready to move just off Filmore.. I commute to intermountain coach off Platte.. the 72 I have was in a slow roll over in 73 and stored inside ever since. My dad brought it back from Iowa after his h.s. reunion. Its in need for a full rebuild 10k on the truck when it was wrecked.. we (my family) have a handful of broncos.. hoarders if you will ha!

[Colorado75bronc]

Same here, my 75' rolled 3times at 75mph in 2006, I used to daily drive a 79' 3/4 ton swaped bronco, my dad has a built/ restored 79' a nice 69' that's my stepmoms, and a 74' we've been stashing for my younger brother, I live off Dublin and powers, I've been thinking of doing a after work bronco meet & eat kinda thing in a few weeks if you'd like to meet up, and maybe have a couple beers, I'm also restoring a 72' for a friend in my garage, you're welcome to swing by and bs sometime if ya feel like it, i work on it most weekends, ill pm you my #

[Error404]

Sounds good.. I'm gonna get real busy here soon since I move in a couple weeks and I have a son coming in about 10wks now if he isn't earlier.. I'll be up for a meet and some beers as well when I've got the time.. I'll be in a full size but it will be of the bronco family.

[Colorado75bronc]

Ill let ya know

[Error404]

Purchased and loosely attached a hard top.. haha..I've got a long way to go.

[kbank6]

Pulled the engine and one day I will put it in the garage instead of doing this while it is still on the trailer.

[Error404]

That's a sweet way to do it..I wish I had a boom/crane truck. Using a cherry picker in the dirt is a pain in the ass..

[Kinder]

Now that's just cheating.

[Geologist]

Yesterday I attempted installing the transmission myself. After 3 hours of wrestling with it I gave up. EFI Guy dropped by this morning to help put the transmission in. It took no time at all. I could never have done it with out his help! Big thanks to EFI Guy!!!

I also started rebuilding my dana 20. I am currently stuck because my sockets are to fat to remove the flange nut. CrawlerCreations said he had what I would need, so I plan on dropping by some time this week to borrow some tools.

[sbolt19]

Couple of months ago I picked up a vibration in the rear end, so I talked to a few folks, the general consensus was either a driveshaft u-joint, pinion bearing or a x-fer case bearing. Well it ended up being two of them. Driveshaft u-joints & pinon bearing. I got the driveshaft taken care of but didn't have the expertise to do the rear end. Sooo, I enlisted the help of Corey. He rebuilt my 3rd member for me and put the newer seals on my ARB for me. That left me to put it all back together, which turned out to be more than just putting the 3rd member back in. I ended up switching the air inlet for my ARB to the newer system rather than the old, I also had to replace my rear calipers because one wasn't working right and on top of that, I noticed that my driver side rear spring shackle had a busted bolt in it. So I got it all put back together finally and am rolling again. A lot more money than I planned on (3 u-joints, 2 new calipers & brake pads, new bearing install kit & a new shackle bolt) but at least its fixed.

Thanks for the help Corey!!

[Jesus_man]

With these old broncos it's always a snow-ball effect.

[Error404]

With there being more and more gas stations everywhere I've got less use for jerrycans so I made this... hinged on the backside for storage of chains, tool, whatever..

[Jesus_man]

I've seen speaker boxes before, but holding chains is a great idea. If that is your intent, you might drill a small hole in the bottom for draining.

[Error404]

I have 1/4" holes in the four corners underneathe for drains.. the seal especially arount the hinge isn't exactly water proof so I kinda planned for that.. I may make another one I've got 2 more.. the liners for fuel are deteriorated and flaking is the main reason I'm cutting them up for storage boxes.

[Geologist]

Great idea with the Jerry Can.

[hockeydad4-22]

Just a FYI - folks, a 1/4" ROUND hole will not weep water well. The surface tensil strength of the water requires at least a 5/16 hole or an oblong hole of 3/16" or more. You can elongate that 1/4" hole easily by rocking the drill back and forth a few times and it will be fine. This is especially true in a sealed environment such as that can. A smaller hole will weep - just very slowly.

I could explain how I know but suffice it to say that I deal with water and how to get it to the outside from the inside daily....

[Error404]

Good point. Next chance I get I think I will also put a punch in the hole to dimple them outward that should make the holes low points for better drainage..