The Broncos current situation.

 

Smoked cam and lifters?


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Wiped a lobe on the cam. New cam shaft is on the way. Mechanic said I caught it early enough that is all the damage there was to it.

 

That sucks.

 

Any update on the cam Rick?

What caused it do you think?

 

Not really sure what caused it Dave. Since this happened all has gone well for most part. Dealing with a few issues now that I will be updating on. One of those was the license plate lights crapped out on me. Did a little research and got some help from the site and fixed them with these.

 

turned out well, where can I get the caps you put on the lights?

 

Good to see you're still at it Rick!
I finally met @Scoop this year in Moab, I still prowl the site now and then haha

 

If you guys recall when I first purchased this Bronco it had the stock manifolds on the T-meyer'd 408. I put a set of headers on it shortly after. Well here is a before and the not quite 5 years later wear and tear.
2015

2020

Yeah not what I'd expect them to look like. Oh and they developed a hole in the collector for the passenger side.

So, I was left with what do I do now. Well a warranty claim was not available because a few years back I put a FItech system on this Bronco and drilled a hole in the header. I decided to locate another header but didn't want to go with another long tube. Enter Sanderson shorty's. IF you've looked at them your'e like whoo! Yeah a bit pricey. At 200 more than the Hookers that rusted I had to break open the piggy bank on this one. Because I had to reroute the exhaust as well. Enough talking already. Here is what I got and did.

installed

New layout (with credit to @nedceifus) including the two into one pipe to run 3" pipe.

I went with an original flowmaster 40 on this one. I'll get a video of what it sounds like now.

 

I got Sanderson shortys on my 460. They work great. No gasket & no leaks. Just the high temp sealer. I wrapped mine with thermal tape due to the first attempt at "header paint" being a failure and flaking off after a couple years.

 

Were those Hookers "ceramic"?

 

The Hooker headers were ceramic coated.

 

Good to know. Guess I won't be saving up to waste that extra money.

 

I thought that the ceramic coating would be more durable than that.

 

I had some Hedman ceramic coated headers that did something similar to that, but not quite as bad. Mine were mid length, so they probably didn't hang as low as yours probably did by the looks of them. I suppose had I hosed the underside of my truck every now and then they probably would have held up longer. I had no holes though, just flaky coating and rust. They were on the engine for about 17 years total, not sure when they started rusting.

 

Maybe going off topic... Father has a set of BBK headers that also had the ceramic coating done. They are on a truck that has never seen mud, and the same thing happened. I agree with most in here that its not woth the extra. Get Stainless or deal with rust eventually, it seems. The best looking ones over time I have personally messed with are the Old I think Nickle? plated LNL headers that they no longer sell. The set I bought used for my 78, still look great, no rust what so ever, and they do see mud, salt, snow,

The Sanderson's are nice, every pair I have seen is very well made, I think you will be happy with them in the long term. I also like the shorty or mid-length setup on the bronco the best for routing, performance, and I like the sound of a single vs duals, personally, especially if its a larger diameter...

 

@Doosenberry & @CrazyBRONCOguy, I do believe the major problem or result of the rust was the exposure to the rain, road debris, sand, saltwater, snow/slush that was thrown at it over time. Hence why I went away from the long tube design and to the shorty's. I needed the performance that headers provide for this motor but didn't want it hanging down and exposed. I'll be watching to see how the coating responds.

 

I did a little painting a few weeks back.

 

I got them from National Parts Depot

 

I've been doing a little work on the hard top over the past couple of months. I wasn't a big fan of the grey liner that was rolled onto the top when I bought it. It has also peeled off over the years so not exactly appealing to my eyes. I scraped it off and then hit it with a sander. Pulled all of the seam sealer out and resealed it and to complete the process I bought some Wimbledon White paint and poured it into the Raptor Liner I was going to spray on it. Now to get the weather stripping for the slider windows I'm putting in there. Thanks to @thinblueline for showing me how spray this stuff. Turned out great!

 

Looks fantastic Rick. I wasn't aware you could directly mix standard colors into the Raptor Liner product.

I've been doing a little work on the hard top over the past couple of months. I wasn't a big fan of the grey liner that was rolled onto the top when I bought it. It has also peeled off over the years so not exactly appealing to my eyes. I scraped it off and then hit it with a sander. Pulled all of the seam sealer out and resealed it and to complete the process I bought some Wimbledon White paint and poured it into the Raptor Liner I was going to spray on it. Now to get the weather stripping for the slider windows I'm putting in there. Thanks to @thinblueline for showing me how spray this stuff. Turned out great!

Looks fantastic Rick. I wasn't aware you could directly mix standard colors into the Raptor Liner product. Looks like the old "Rocker Shutz" guns I used back in the Auto Body days.

 

They did turn out great. The pattern is fairly close to the factory pebble grain.

 

great work.

really really nice result

 

There are a few items put into the automotive paints they leave out, but it is a direct pour. Raptor liner comes in a bottle that you pour paint in and hardener, screw into gun and spray away. Air pressure determines texture from there. We set mine to 80psi. Mark @thinblueline has shot quite a few things. Thanks for the compliments.

 

nice job o the top, if interested i got a set of flowtech ceramic headers with o2 bungs sitting on the floor, took them off my 78, went back to manifords. if you know someone that might want them please let me know, i live up in pahrump..$ 100.00

 

I came in here to update the top and realized I had not added the steps/sliders I had acquired late last year. So I'll update that as well.

I've had these sliding windows for too many years and they sat out in the elements. I'm not certain as to how bad off they were when I got them. But I had to have the pivot rod rebuilt. I used a guy that has done a few restoration of 70's model ford truck. He did a good job and I took the 3 hours to install the windows and then the locking chrome strip in. Chrome strip was far more difficult than the window weather stripping itself.

I bought these off a friend who ran them on his 78. I guess he got tired of them so offered them to me.

how they looked when I got them.

With the long arms on my '79 I had to have the legs repositioned.

Double checking the fit before I paint them.

Painted in semi-gloss and installed

Now that the top is sealed maybe I can get those rear interior panels covered.

 

Looking fantastic Rick! Nice to see ya, btw.