i have to mention a few things. in between the bronco starting and not starting (approximately 4 months)
1. a friend was helping me build a winch bumper (which involved a lot of drilling and welding). note that i designed the bumper to be completely bolt-on, so no steel was welded to the frame. however, there were instances that the bumper had to be mounted to the truck and the two pieces, the winch cradle and seperate bumper/brush guard, had to be connected to the frame to ensure fitment. so, some continuity could have been made between the welder and the bronco... just realizing this. great.
2. i replaced all of the body mounts; which i don't think had hardly any affect on the ignition system so as long as i didn't cut any wiring, which i'm almost positive that didn't happen. but i could have pulled on some imporant wires while liftiing the body off the frame. and...
3. i previously had installed the F-350 brake booster/master cylinder upgrade along with a tsm rear disc brakes with negative results. in the process, following the author's
instructions, i gutted the stock proportioning valve in order to improve the line pressure to the new rear disc brakes still with negative results. however, i never added an aftermarket adjustable prop valve because my understanding for adding those was to reduce line pressure to eliminate locking the rear tires (obviously, i could hardly even stop the vehicle with or w/out gutting the stock prop valve). however, a new theory was that the front brakes need more line pressure than the rear. so, my last attempt at making that F-350 brake upgrade successful was to install a wilwood adjustable prop valve inline with the rear brake line. so, i could sit in a comfortable position while working on the brakes, i jacked up the front and rear driver side wheels each time i worked on this project (it took me about 2 1/2 partial days to complete). i guess i set the wheels back down a little too hastily, especially the rear tire because...
my next project was to get the truck running again. when i went to start it (days ago), i got nothing. later, i learned i jarred the gear selector out of the park position while letting the rear tires down too aggressively. i pushed it back into place and now at least the motor turning, but no fire. NOW, after reading a few other posts, maybe i fowled the neutral safety swithch. plus, where the gear selector should line up with the P, the needle is actually pointing between P and R. for neutral, the needle is pointing between R and D. so, i've got a few things to work on here. don't be affraid to call me what you like, i'm still a work in progress.
my next items to check/repair/replace are the ignition switch, gear selector rod, frayed wire at the duraspark module, and fusible links, and lastly, the neutral safety switch. wish me luck, i need it.