I finished up the wheels. I wanted a little shine out of them, ground the paint off to bare metal.

before

after

Then Mark (thin blue line) came over and we swapped out wheels.

turbined

Then we put the wheels on Marks, he's been having issues with MTR's not balancing. Headed to Rausch Creek. Don't need it shimmying for 300 miles.

I've got a few asthetic things to do prior to the RU. Almost done. Standby

 

Rick, Filly's looking good! Do they have a Fullsize category in the Show N Shine this year? There was talk of adding that before I moved. Hope you bring home a trophy!!

 

I hope you cleaned the paint off those tires.

That would be nice if they have a fullsize category, looks like we will have a good amount this year.

 

Turbines fit the 78/79's really well, nice looking bronco Rick. Really like the shined up parts on the turbines, if Mine get painted that is what I am also going to do to them.

 

awesome bro :thumbup

 

Turbines look good. That what I installed on my original back in 79! :goodfinge

 

I got some new weather stripping on the door jambs, screwed down a new shinny carpet clam a ma jigger, installed a new stricker and re installed the rear carpet clamp. That's it for now. Round up bound tomorrow.

Loaded on the trailer for the trip.

No fullsize category, that would be a big step for them to do that. There have been some changes to the categories and rules for judging. I wire brushed them today and will do it again to get the last of the paint off. Thanks for the compliments guys. It's been tough getting things done the past week with other more important things and the heat(100* again today).

 

Round Up Review

Well the old girl did great at the Round Up. I can't complain at all but I can certainly brag. Lots of torque and hp to get the job done and then some. It rolled right down the trail in low range 4x4. I used very little pedal to do anything. I didn't take it on anything difficult so I didn't end up with any damage. The tires are a little scuffed and have a few cuts in them. I did learn that I'm going to need to shield the fuel line from the headers. They still get hot and start to boil the fuel in the line. Also had some trash either in the fuel bowls or the accelerator pump is going. Though I've yet to have the sputter the past three days going to work. I'm going to put a tach on it and see what I have rpm wise in 3rd. Then I'll decide about going 4.10's. I also want to soften up the springs. It's not too bad on the trails but it has too much bounce on the street. I just have to wait on WH's to get some more of their leafs in (back order). Stay tuned, I'll update as I do things. :beer

 

Want to buy my 4" Deaver leaves" I think I need the 6" in the rear to level out. They have a grand total of one wheeling trip on them.

 

If I loose my patience with WH's yes. But I'm trying to hold out. WH's are a little more stiff so no saggy butt. Thanks Rich

Good report. Glad to hear she held up well!

Thanks Mark

 

Good report. Glad to hear she held up well!

 

That's a nice looking bronco Rick.

 

Thanks Dave!


Much of the weather stripping is in need pf replacing. I have or will be purchasing replacements . One of the first to replace was for the rear glass seal on the top.

I don't think this is going to allow for a good barrier.

new

This should have a cap on it.

done

Now a question on a jack in the cab.

Cb port?

 

Yes, that's the connector for the factory CB radio. Do you still have the mic hanger on the dash?

 

Yes it's still there. I'll grab a picture of that.

 

If you aren't going to put a factory CB back in hang on to those pieces. They are hard to come by.

 

This?

I'd like to find the rest of the pieces to get it functional again.

 

That's the one. The rest of parts look like this

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The antenna will be the hardest part to find (mostly because Ranger429 buys them all) lol

 

:doh0715: That's who I was going to pm next. With a parts list and what he might have. The big wire harness is there, the box maybe not and I'm pretty sure the antenna isn't either.



This thing has some nice options for a custom and for it's age, ie intermentant wipers, lighted mirror visor. I think I was most excited about the wipers. We all know how no fun it is to reach for the knob every 5-10 seconds.

 

So Rick any updates on the CB radio?

 

It appears I have a few parts for the factory one in Filly and maybe a few more in another Bronco (go figure right?) that I've been tinkering with. I just need to get in them both and do a little more poking around. Scott (Ranger429) & Jim (RAMPNT1) sent me some helpful info.

 

I replaced a few things on the old girl.

windshields washer hose and tree.

cowl lacing

old crusty fuel filter and hose

 

Washed it up and popped the top off it.

 

Fighting with these headers I installed. Had a clearance issue pop up on the pass side and a possibly a boiling fuel issue on the driverside.

There is about an 1.5" clearance there between fuel line a header tube. The fuel filter would be a 1/8-1/4 full when hot. I had some adhesive backed heat shielding so I wrapped the fuel line. We will soon see how this does.

As for the pass side clearance here is what I have.

 

Can you tweak that fuel line over and inch or so and maybe drill a new hole for the hold down clamp so its farther away from the header as well. Might need to grind a little bit of the frame for header clearance.

 

If the heat shield doesn't work I'll reroute the fuel line away from the header. As for the header clearance that's what it's looking like.

 

So Rick are these headers made for this application? It doesn't look good with rubbing the frame. And I wouldn't want to notch the frame to make room. Curious what the deal is.

 

Yes Mark they are for this Bronco, We followed the instructions and felt it was a tight fit on that side. I'm going to give their tech line a call and see what they recommend. A 1/4" ain't much but it's still cutting the frame and there certainly ain't a lot of room to get in there and do that.

 

Check your motor mounts - if they are good, you may be able to shim them just enough to give you the clearance you need.

 

I would just notch the frame a little.

 

I'm going to give the motor mounts a try but believe the cutoff wheel is going to be the tool used. Thanks guys! Heat wrap looks to be working thus far. I got ahold of a temp gun and it shows temp of fuel line at 172* and 294* on the header tube.

 

Man, I need to get on this forum more....I dont think i knew you got this one! Looks good bro. How many in the stable now?

 

Yes you do! I'm sitting at 4 still, #4 I need to get back to. That probably won't happen until schools back in session.