Greetings, all:
It's been a long time since I've been back on here. My '70 (302, 3 on the tree) has been sitting in the garage for the past 4 years or so, awaiting more time and money to restore it. Neither has really materialized, so I've decided to just throw in the towel, put it back together the best that I can with the parts that I have, and put it up for sale.
In preparation for this, I'm starting to reassemble the suspension on it, and have a question regarding this. Now, I realize that the title on this thread is much less intriguing that those of you with more talent and time that I have are working on, but I hope you'll still be willing to give me a hand.
The Bronco has a James Duff front dual shock setup (the "hoop"), installed by the PO. I'm in the process of reinstalling the hoop, having removed it when I did my power steering conversion a while back.
The problem (and I apologize for not articulating better) - there's hole in the frame for the rearmost hole that holds the bracket for the clutch pedal linkage. The hole is much smaller than the bolts used to hold the hoop in place and, to make matters worse, is offset (meaning I can't just get in there with the right side bit and enlarge the hole to get the bolt through).
Here's a pic:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3914/jerryshockhoopmount.jpg
Does anybody have any ideas for resolving it? The ideas that I had include:
* Wallow out the hole, slowly and carefully, with a drill bit
* Install the hoop and bracket with the smaller sized bolt, then have someone tack weld the bracket to the frame back there.
This board has been a great resource to me in the past, and I want to thank you guys in advance for your help with this.
Jerry
It's been a long time since I've been back on here. My '70 (302, 3 on the tree) has been sitting in the garage for the past 4 years or so, awaiting more time and money to restore it. Neither has really materialized, so I've decided to just throw in the towel, put it back together the best that I can with the parts that I have, and put it up for sale.
In preparation for this, I'm starting to reassemble the suspension on it, and have a question regarding this. Now, I realize that the title on this thread is much less intriguing that those of you with more talent and time that I have are working on, but I hope you'll still be willing to give me a hand.
The Bronco has a James Duff front dual shock setup (the "hoop"), installed by the PO. I'm in the process of reinstalling the hoop, having removed it when I did my power steering conversion a while back.
The problem (and I apologize for not articulating better) - there's hole in the frame for the rearmost hole that holds the bracket for the clutch pedal linkage. The hole is much smaller than the bolts used to hold the hoop in place and, to make matters worse, is offset (meaning I can't just get in there with the right side bit and enlarge the hole to get the bolt through).
Here's a pic:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3914/jerryshockhoopmount.jpg
Does anybody have any ideas for resolving it? The ideas that I had include:
* Wallow out the hole, slowly and carefully, with a drill bit
* Install the hoop and bracket with the smaller sized bolt, then have someone tack weld the bracket to the frame back there.
This board has been a great resource to me in the past, and I want to thank you guys in advance for your help with this.
Jerry
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