First time buyer and first time poster! 1988 Eddie Bauer
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Yo aaronr,
Welcome and it's great that you bought gem!
Is the pic of when it was new?😎 LOL
GOOD JOB ON YOUR 88's Signature!
Here's the 1988 Ford Bronco & Truck Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshooting Manual (Ford) &
Service Manuals by Larry J via member Kingfish999 in Google Drive @ 1988 Ford Truck Service Manuals (Thank you Larry Jorgensen) - Google Drive
1988 Bronco Dealer Brochure @ https://www.broncocorral.com/resources/1988_ford_bronco_brochure.pdf
Haynes Red Manual for 80-95 Bronco & F Series @ Hanes guide 80-96 bko f series.pdf by member BroncMom
For any Bronco questions or to chat about it's planned modifications or build, it's better to post each seperately in Noobie Bronco Tech Questions. Flame free zone. This will get more attention and you can build up your post count to get into other sections such as Bronco and Ford Parts/Accessories (50 posts required to participate due to scammers who preyed on our members).
Forum FAQs includes for example, Hot to Use Search. How To Save (Bookmark) Threads Or Posts and more tips!
➡ Baba Looey's Favorite FSB Links (lots and lots of tech links) including, "how do I get the tailgate glass to...", etc.
Find time to Participate and VOTE in our next Full-Size of the Month (soon to change to Quarter) Contest and later in the year, Full-Size of the Year Contest @ Voting You will get ideas by those competing. Prizes are awarded to the winner; a full spread in Bronco Driver Magazine with a year's subscription once the article is submitted; and a year's worth of premium FSB membership!
Al
Welcome and it's great that you bought gem!
Is the pic of when it was new?😎 LOL
GOOD JOB ON YOUR 88's Signature!
Here's the 1988 Ford Bronco & Truck Electrical and Vacuum Troubleshooting Manual (Ford) &
Service Manuals by Larry J via member Kingfish999 in Google Drive @ 1988 Ford Truck Service Manuals (Thank you Larry Jorgensen) - Google Drive
1988 Bronco Dealer Brochure @ https://www.broncocorral.com/resources/1988_ford_bronco_brochure.pdf
Haynes Red Manual for 80-95 Bronco & F Series @ Hanes guide 80-96 bko f series.pdf by member BroncMom
For any Bronco questions or to chat about it's planned modifications or build, it's better to post each seperately in Noobie Bronco Tech Questions. Flame free zone. This will get more attention and you can build up your post count to get into other sections such as Bronco and Ford Parts/Accessories (50 posts required to participate due to scammers who preyed on our members).
Forum FAQs includes for example, Hot to Use Search. How To Save (Bookmark) Threads Or Posts and more tips!
➡ Baba Looey's Favorite FSB Links (lots and lots of tech links) including, "how do I get the tailgate glass to...", etc.
Find time to Participate and VOTE in our next Full-Size of the Month (soon to change to Quarter) Contest and later in the year, Full-Size of the Year Contest @ Voting You will get ideas by those competing. Prizes are awarded to the winner; a full spread in Bronco Driver Magazine with a year's subscription once the article is submitted; and a year's worth of premium FSB membership!
Al
Thanks @miesk5! No that pic is from when I picked it up in Oakland yesterday! Just drove it back to PDX. I had it re-painted before I picked it up and had the headliner, carpeting replaced and re-upholstered the seats in tan leather! Here's a pic! I think the engine is on it's way out, ~400K miles, speedometer stopped working on the drive, heat and a/c need fixing. Going to take it in Monday to get engine checked out, heater and speedo fixed.
Thanks for the forum advice and the docs - That's huge! Can't wait to get started on this to make it my daily driver.
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Thanks for the forum advice and the docs - That's huge! Can't wait to get started on this to make it my daily driver.
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Yo Aaron,
If no mechanic recommendations
Member dash_cam offers very good advice on having an independent inspection done at sellers location! If you cant inspect it yourself, post Location in the noobie section and ask members for their help or seek out an ASE certified shop in area to inspect it for you. ASE is National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, read about it @
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ASE promotes excellence in vehicle repair, service and parts distribution. Over a quarter of a million individuals hold ASE certifications. ASE Certified professionals work in every part of the transportation industry.
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A fast search for example:
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If no mechanic recommendations
Member dash_cam offers very good advice on having an independent inspection done at sellers location! If you cant inspect it yourself, post Location in the noobie section and ask members for their help or seek out an ASE certified shop in area to inspect it for you. ASE is National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, read about it @
Drivers
ASE promotes excellence in vehicle repair, service and parts distribution. Over a quarter of a million individuals hold ASE certifications. ASE Certified professionals work in every part of the transportation industry.
www.ase.com
A fast search for example:
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Welcome from a fellow newbie, located in NC.
Very cool ride! I have always liked that color combination.
Very cool ride! I have always liked that color combination.
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The headliner and paint came out perfect! What kind of killing ($$) is a paint job like that?
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congrats! we have twins. lol
They guy I bought it from re-painted for me, no idea on cost. I bought it from him for for $13.5K. He told me he picked it up for ~$4.5K and it was in rough shape. He repainted it and put new tires on it. I asked him to re-upholster the seats in leather, put new hi-pile carpet and replace the headliner. My guess he spent about $8k on all that, and made ~$1k profit.
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