What Did you Do With Your Bronco Today???

[Jimbo26]

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!

This is just a sample of how crudded up it was in there. Yes, going back 2 gens I can imagine it's even worse. Audio just wasn't that big of a concern the further back ya go.

2-tone rolled over the 46K mi. mark a couple days back. On we go!
Edit- 2/8.... The new deck was too much for the Oem front speakers & fried one already. Here we go again.

 

[Jimbo26]

Rebuilding bosses again.
A hybrid mix should be the ticket this time around.
If this stuff is going to crater like sht, then it will sure as h e l l wear the label.

 

[Jimbo26]

Today was Improvements for the 'bitter half'.
Now she can get in the vehicle w/o me having to help. A fair investment in time & effort.
Grab-handle is a Toyota leftover I had collecting dust for some time. Had to dismantle & blind-nut the a-pillar for that. Kind of a tricky op, but it's handled and stress tested. Not a exact color match, but close enough for a interesting contrast.
Step-bars were el cheapo ebay units that turned out to be ok. Good install instructions which made the chore a snap. Very solid mounting.

 

[L\Bronco]

Looks good!!

 

[Jimbo26]

Looks good!!

Next up is take the front end down, get the bearings re-packed & the rotors turned .10

 

[Jimbo26]

All accomplished this evening, last thing was button up the RH side. Got to the brake caliper and noticed a part of the piston was cracked. Well, that crack ended up being a Large chunk that came out in the shape of a triangle.....then a moment later, here comes the brake fluid beginning to seep out (cue the Really bad words!) Damd composite crap they made the stuff out of. a product engineer again. That's another trip to the parts house.

 

[Jimbo26]

Finished up the chore and road tested today, back at it again.
All the seals for the shell appeared today. Next stretch of good weather,
I'm goin t o p l e s s .

 

[L\Bronco]

Finished up the chore and road tested today, back at it again.
All the seals for the shell appeared today. Next stretch of good weather,
I'm goin t o p l e s s .

Still too much snow and crap on the road, Frankie is still parked.

 

[Jimbo26]

Still too much snow and crap on the road, Frankie is still parked

A: Twist the front hub locks to the LOCK position
B: Move transfer case selector lever to 4H or use the push-button feature, if so equipped.
C: Continue to enjoy going everywhere at a reasonable speed.

 

[L\Bronco]

A: Twist the front hub locks to the LOCK position
B: Move transfer case selector lever to 4H or use the push-button feature, if so equipped.
C: Continue to enjoy going everywhere at a reasonable speed.

Funny!
Actually, mine has vacuum hubs and auto 4x4 so no action necessary!
However, they like to pour calcium chloride on the roads to de-ice (for those who dont know how to drive)
Frankie still has factory pain and is nearly rust free (floors included)
I had fully intended to drive it year round, but I can’t bring myself to watch it corrode away!
PS my winter beater is a 2011 mustang GT, so traction definitely is NOT the issue!
Cheers

 

[Jimbo26]

That's too much tech!
I tend to forget that the yankee hwy depts up north of the mason/dixon line still salt everything because of the real winters. Yea, no bueno on metal. That is a exemption, as opposed to having to delouse the undercarriage after every outing.
Max undercoating!
Figured you had a late model 4X something to get around with that's mostly corrosion-proof composites.
A 'stang for winter? I can see where that would be 'fun' to get around with. One with a AWD conversion like the Hoonigan express?
Kinda makes me to have mentioned that. Was really taken back when I heard about the Block-meister a couple years ago. Just didn't seem real that a snowmobile did him in like that after living life on the edge in so many other ways.
Those gymkhana videos will live forever.

 

[Jimbo26]

BOOM-chugga-lugga-luggaBOOM!

 

[L\Bronco]

BOOM-chugga-lugga-luggaBOOM!

Sweeeet!!

 

[L\Bronco]

That's too much tech!
I tend to forget that the yankee hwy depts up north of the mason/dixon line still salt everything because of the real winters. Yea, no bueno on metal. That is a exemption, as opposed to having to delouse the undercarriage after every outing.
Max undercoating!
Figured you had a late model 4X something to get around with that's mostly corrosion-proof composites.
A 'stang for winter? I can see where that would be 'fun' to get around with. One with a AWD conversion like the Hoonigan express?
Kinda makes me to have mentioned that. Was really taken back when I heard about the Block-meister a couple years ago. Just didn't seem real that a snowmobile did him in like that after living life on the edge in so many other ways.
Those gymkhana videos will live forever.

It was a writeoff, BTW, its a ragtop as well! I sold of my parts broncos after Frankie was done and with the hyper inflated covid bs car market, I ended up in the stang for 0$ so I figured, what the —-! Here she is

 

[L\Bronco]

Also…RWD.
Some very off shore ice radials, and good to go.
You do have to sort of know how to drive…
Cheers