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78 Bronco Build Not Going to be Dial up friendly!!!! Rate Topic: 1 Votes

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 07:28 AM

Well.... I got the engine and trans in the bronco yesterday. Just need to stick the radiator and hoses in to start it up. Still need to transfer the clutch pedal and linkage over. But should have it running the morning. :thumbsup:

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 03:10 PM

Well after getting it running the morning, I noticed I had a crack frame behind the steering box. :thumbsdown:

I started cleaning it up to find the end of all the cracks. Doesn't look to bad to fix.

I need to come up with a piece of plate steal about 1/4 to 3/8 thick to fix it. ABout 12" by 6". If anyone has some laying around they can part with shoot me a price. I am going to check with the father in law tonight to see if I can use his shop to do the welding seeing as how I haven't invested in a welder yet :no:

I will get some pics of the damage when I get home later. :thumbsup:

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 07:18 PM

Here's a few pictures of the damage I need to repair.
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Posted 22 June 2009 - 08:27 AM

I have a sheet about 1/2 thick by 2' by 2'

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 12:09 PM

I think that might be a little over kill. But I will let you know if I can't come up with anything else.

thanks

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 07:14 PM

your going to pull the box and weld the cracks around the holes right? :confused:

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 07:32 PM

Yeah, I'm going to pull the track bar bracket and the box and drill and weld the cracks and then plate over it

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 09:08 PM

Little more update...

Got the frame fixed and the box back on. :thumbsup:

Also got it to work yesterday and smogged. :yes:

Just need to go back to the DMV to get my registration.

Also got the 37's under her with no trimming yet. Don't think the will clear totally wheeling though when flexing. Will fix that in the future. Will try to get some pics of it with the tires on it tomorrow if the wife doesn't go into labor tonight!!! :ohmy:

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Posted 04 July 2009 - 09:16 PM

You sure made quick progress on that.

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 08:25 AM

XLT, on Jul 4 2009, 10:16 PM, said:

You sure made quick progress on that.

With the wife's due date coming up quick, I knew that I needed to get as much done as possible because once the new kid arrives I won't have as much free time to get the bigger things done.

I guess I learned from TFpets on how to do a build quickly. :yes:

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 08:29 PM

Well as promised... A few picks of my progress....

How she sits right now with the 37's and no trimming.

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The inside with the buckets out of the Green Beast in it and the inside all cleaned out and a little paint to clean it up a bit

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And a couple shots of the frame fix
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Posted 07 July 2009 - 08:54 PM

Nice work! Rubicon ready! :thumbsup:

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Posted 07 July 2009 - 09:40 PM

Looks good ,maybe some red polka dots lol

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Posted 08 July 2009 - 08:26 AM

bzmarsh, on Jul 7 2009, 09:54 PM, said:

Nice work! Rubicon ready! :thumbsup:

Not quite, still open front and rear. I still have a lot of work ahead of me to get all me extras put on.

Winch, lights, bumpers, spare tire rack, CB, etc....

And as for the polka dots XLT. NO. Staying away from those this time. Not quite sure on what color I am going to go.

I also need to come up with a name for her??? Any suggestions?

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Posted 08 July 2009 - 08:29 AM

are ya gonna channel the front on this one?

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Posted 08 July 2009 - 08:29 AM

are ya gonna channel the front on this one?

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Posted 08 July 2009 - 08:33 AM

Storm, on Jul 8 2009, 09:29 AM, said:

are ya gonna channel the front on this one?

No, not going to go that extreme with this one. More of a family hauler and wheeler. I want to leave it stock if I can. It doesn't rub at all on level ground with the tires. But I will have to see when I flex it a little. May do a little fender trimming but that is all at this point

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Posted 03 August 2009 - 08:03 PM

Thought I would give a little update...

Haven't done to much in the last couple of weeks since the birth of my son, been kind of busy, but finally got out there the last day or so.

Got most of the dash back together and working. Took it for a drive tonight since I have never tried to drive it at 60 mph, thought it might be a good idea to see how it did..... Not to Great. Thought the stock axles under it had 4.10 but after trying to do 60 I relized it didn't. Kind of a turd to drive on the high way right now. No big deal, still have to swap my axles under so that probem will be taken care of.

That's next on the list to do

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 06:45 PM

Well it has been a month and a half since I updated this, so thought I would throw some more out there.

Got the entire dash back together, all the electronics, and gizmos put back in.

Started work on the rear bumper-tire carrier, I will get some pics of what I got done tomorrow.

All in all coming along nicely

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