What Did you Do With Your Bronco Today???

[L\Bronco]

Time to retire the old victrola today.....& more headaches.
Didn't really expect to have to rebuild/reinforce the area. Blasted 30+ yr. old plastics!
Here we go with the JB reconstruction once again.

Hey Jimbo,
we found this fusor product for plastic repair. Its a bit pricey, but it cures hard in 5 min and its the strongest plastic repair stuff I have ever seen!
Cheers

 

[Jimbo26]

&........welcome to the 21st century.
Some of these modern gizmos are kinda handy.
The Metra and Scorchese kits made the chore a bit easier.

 

[Jimbo26]

Hey Jimbo,
we found this fusor product for plastic repair. Its a bit pricey, but it cures hard in 5 min and its the strongest plastic repair stuff I have ever seen!
Cheers
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If that stuff comes straight from the Lord, it has to be good!
Will have to remember that next go-round. JB takes a good bit longer to cure.

 

[L\Bronco]

If that stuff comes straight from the Lord, it has to be good!
Will have to remember that next go-round. JB takes a good bit longer to cure.

Ha ha ha!
Im not sure about that, but it is good

 

[Jimbo26]

Hey L, you are right about that Fusor stuff being pricey. Will be a while before I can try.
Finally got my other half in the rig for a trip to town & back.
The Bronc sits up a bit higher then her Exploder, so I have to lend a arm and help drag her up & in. (I see a set of nerf bars in the future)
I don't think she likes that part what with being disabled, but she did appreciate the cushy ride.
Her 1st question- Does the heater work?
No issues there.
Had to replace the autoZone thermostat that came with the vehicle. Began to stick and that was the source of the temp gauge getting up over halfway on occasion.
That and the original 33 yr old Motorcraft radiator cap just wasn't holding pressure right. Unfortunate there's no easy way to replace the spring & rubber in the cap. Oem parts have a nostalgia Cool factor.

 

[L\Bronco]

It isn’t cheap for sure, but it has saved my a—- a bunch of times!

 

[Jimbo26]

It isn’t cheap for sure, but it has saved my a—- a bunch of times!

The old adage about 'Cheap/Good/Fast' applies.
Would have liked to give that stuff a try here where I had to reconstruct the hood release. More JB to the rescue. If that ever fails, will be time to give Fusor a try. Keeping that latch assembly under the hood oiled goes a long way to prevention of cratered plastics. (Previous management no habla el maintenancia)
Time for a campout. Was cut short as rain moved in. Will pick back up on that when it dries out a couple of days.

 

[L\Bronco]

The old adage about 'Cheap/Good/Fast' applies.
Would have liked to give that stuff a try here where I had to reconstruct the hood release. More JB to the rescue. If that ever fails, will be time to give Fusor a try. Keeping that latch assembly under the hood oiled goes a long way to prevention of cratered plastics. (Previous management no habla el maintenancia)
Time for a campout. Was cut short as rain moved in. Will pick back up on that when it dries out a couple of days.

Looks nice, we are sitting around zero with over a foot of snow! No camping here!

 

[Jimbo26]

Looks nice, we are sitting around zero with over a foot of snow! No camping here!

Big diff the miles makes. It hit70* today here. Thebugs were all over in places.
More of the usual slopville- we have to wait until February for real winter and that's a maybe.

 

[Jimbo26]

Ok, what today? A quick trip to town & back. I'm beginning to like this Boring Reliability thing.
Did take some Meguiars polishing compound and a case of elbow grease to the right side of the vehicle where the paint had died-back from being parked at wherever all the years it sat dormant at one point. Now the thing looks about even all the way around. Will need a power buffer & some Tlc for that hood.
Old school single stage paint

 

[L\Bronco]

Ok, what today? A quick trip to town & back. I'm beginning to like this Boring Reliability thing.
Did take some Meguiars polishing compound and a case of elbow grease to the right side of the vehicle where the paint had died-back from being parked at wherever all the years it sat dormant at one point. Now the thing looks about even all the way around. Will need a power buffer & some Tlc for that hood.
Old school single stage paint

Fantastic!
the Francenbronc has an appointment with my polisher (And me) in the spring.
Putting a fresh 351W (building now), in my 69 Mustang rag with a T-5, Then the Bronco goes back under the Wrench for some more finishing. (flaps, steps, A\C connections. wiring tidy up) And interior!
I bet yours looks (and drives) like a new truck!
Cheers

 

[Jimbo26]

Fantastic!
the Francenbronc has an appointment with my polisher (And me) in the spring.
Putting a fresh 351W (building now), in my 69 Mustang rag with a T-5, Then the Bronco goes back under the Wrench for some more finishing. (flaps, steps, A\C connections. wiring tidy up) And interior!
I bet yours looks (and drives) like a new truck!
Cheers

That's the way to do it- no rush.
Small blocks and 'jammers are rev happy fun stuff.
There's always something on the list. I may leave a minor thing or 2 undone on the list because in years past, had a couple of vehicles get totaled out once declared Finished.
Must be bad voodoo.
Picked up another buff-pad today and went to work on the hood. Power equipment is nice.
So, better then it was but I figure with the age and wear, the only real option is a refinish. Not that big a deal at this point. At least the thing is closer to uniform then it was with the 3/4 flat-black.
prosit!

 

[Jimbo26]

Dropping in to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas

 

[L\Bronco]

Dropping in to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas

Same to you Jimbo!

 

[Jimbo26]

Same to you Jimbo!

& a beer.....In a tree!
Beauty, eh?
Here's to 'Survive '25' and few belts
'o Jagermeister.

 

[daffster13]

Thanks Jimbo, here's to a great year.

 

[L\Bronco]

& a beer.....In a tree!
Beauty, eh?
Here's to 'Survive '25' and few belts
'o Jagermeister.

Ahhh...brothers Bob & Doug!
Jager keeps the cold away for sure!
Cheers!

 

[Jimbo26]

R&R the RH door lock solenoid. Going to be nice to have control on that side again.......and mooooore plastics repair. Gorilla 2-stage this time. Not the first time I've seen this cavity break off in these type of panels. The moulding dept. at the MoCo just didn't make the stuff to last this long, so the faithful must prevail.
Not a real user friendly temp for curing adhesives outside today, so close to the working dehydrator should help speed things up a bit.
I'll be interrogated as soon as the woman sees this new arrangement.
Heywhatever it takes. The Prime Directive is in effect.
<edit>- Both sides done now.
Will have to go back in and replace all the radio speakers next- Old stuff just couldn't handle the new stuff.

 

[Jimbo26]

Got a start on replacing the rear speakers in the rig today.
Unearthed another dust caked mess in there, and what a PITA to retrofit modern stuff into that rather small cavity.
No way these new 6X9s would fit in those spaces flush. Some very careful 'surgery' involved. 1 side done and the difference is
good to the
Looking at what the factory once labeled Premium audio components makes for SMH.

 

[L\Bronco]

Got a start on replacing the rear speakers in the rig today.
Unearthed another dust caked mess in there, and what a PITA to retrofit modern stuff into that rather small cavity.
No way these new 6X9s would fit in those spaces flush. Some very careful 'surgery' involved. 1 side done and the difference is
good to the
Looking at what the factory once labeled Premium audio components makes for SMH.

Ill be doing mine this spring. The 79 is really bad for "speaker space" without surgery. Ill make some careful choices and hope for the best!
Good luck with yours!
Cheers!