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I had posted a complaint about my Bronco not downshifting at hwy speeds. It turns out the engine is just laying down with more throttle. Explorer efi, stock 5.0l. No codes, no CEL. The video at the link is with me sitting still in the yard. Tell me what it sounds like to you. You're listening...

Working on 4.10 National Drivetrain gear with timken bearings in an 8.8 for my explorer. I need yalls general consensus on the aratech pinion setup tool. I've tried a few different combinations of shims and no shims. They all point me to my math saying I CANNOT get the pinnion far enough out...

So at some point within a couple weeks of coming back from OCBR this year, my Bronco lacked power on interstate to run the full speed limit. I get full speed at half throttle. Anything more and it just seems to lug down. And it certainly wont down shift. The only thing i know of that changed...

dad was getting ready to put his new clutches into his limited slip front diff and found that what they'd sent him WAY back when he bought them was just steel. Is this what they consider clutches??? Or should he be looking for something else lost in the rubble of his shop?

So I finally bit the bullet and got a pair of Bailie Bilt bumpers. The problem was going to be making my tilt over front clip work with a bumper and a winch sticking up like it will. Here’s all the pics I’ve got and maybe a comment or two to go with specific pics. I’ll be sure to get good...

So I'm running Bilstein 185576 shocks on the front with the body on top. 185569 on the rear with body on the bottom. It's been a day or two since I put these on, so I've slept since. I seem to remember making a change to how they were mounted after seeing that they were marked as to how they...

I was doing some digging and found pics that i had linked to are no longer here, so I'm uploading them here for posterity. (I'm looking at how to change what I've got to incorporate a Bailie Bilt.)

YA’LL!!! If you haven’t put new door latches on your old bronco, you’re missing out! I’ve been having to slam my doors for so long to the them to close right…. I’ve also be dealing with the drivers side latch not opening the door. Had to reach inside the door and push the little tab on the...

Folks, I may have the opportunity to build a new motor for my rig. I think I have a bad head gasket, but it's currently not a big problem. I'm working on getting into a gen 2 explorer with V8 and will end up with a motor to be rebuilt, so I'm wondering if I should make it a bigger motor, since...

Thought I'd share this idea. Didn't find it anywhere on the forum by searching "Ball Joint Eliminator." https://americanironoffroad.com/collections/other/products/old-school-66-95 Looks like a more dependable setup to me. And compared to the cost of GOOD ball joints, it's not that bad on...

Funny how these common threads pop up together in batches... Subject is 73 steering column related. I've seen two other threads related lately. So I've been running a 78-79 steering wheel with 73 turn signal switch bent over to make the horn contactors work. It's weird, yeah. Now I want to...

I've talked a few of you guys off forum about this but I wanted to see if anyone else has experience with the super swamper trxus MT AND the Maxxis Creepy Crawlers. I've GOT to have new 37/xxxxr15 tires which will be dedicated for wheeling trips. These will not be my highway tires. I want to...

So I'm in the market for a new set of tires. I was planning on buying new centers from TWF for the Humvee wheels I got since I can get tires cheap locally. However TWF has significantly increased the prices on their goods. I already have a set of 15” beadlocks so now it seems like I'd just...

I've heard my dad and several other folks for years talk about a Detroit soft locker. But I've never seen one sold anywhere by that name. So what is it? Is it just a limited slip? Or maybe one of these helical gear Torsen types?

So I run a lot without windows and such with kids in the back seats. But at highway speeds, I can't hear them when they want to say something. I'm looking at intercoms and I DON'T want to pay high dollars for Rugged or any of those brands. I'm thinking aviation intercoms. Is anyone running...

Has anyone gone so far on old polyurethane C bushings that they actually fall out?

Let's see your pics of how you mounted your mobile radios, whether CBs or others. I'm looking for creative ways to use space OTHER THAN simply mounted to the bottom of the dash.

In all the years I've been here, I've never heard of anyone shimming axle retainers to properly adjust bearing preload on the rear wheel bearings. They are a conical bearing and therefore require some amount of adjustment. This is an issue my dad asked me about and he's been working with 9"...

I’m leaning y’all’s experience here. What’s the smallest electric gerotor type oil pump you’ve seen? I’m looking for something to supply a steady supply to the transmission when the truck stands up on the back end. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I got in the bronco to take the kids to school the other day and found I had no headlights, park lights or inst cluster lights. Dome light works tho along with brakes and turn signals. Sounds like a switch went bad, but it feels good. I pulled my panel out and found I have power at the...