• Be EXTREMELY cautious if someone offers to buy your Bronco for more than your asking price and sight unseen. ESPECIALLY if the buyer is overseas. It's probably a scam.

    Discuss it more here:
    http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?p=514932
  • The Classifieds forum is a place to buy and sell, not an open forum for people to give their opinions on Bronco values. Unless the seller specifically asks for help on pricing, please don't critique quality or asking price. If you're not interested then move on.

    Thanks!
  • Welcome to ClassicBroncos! - You are currently viewing the forums as a GUEST. To take advantage of all the site features, please take a moment to register. It's fast, simple and absolutely free. So please join our community today!
    If you have problems registering or can't log into your account, please contact Admin.

SOLD Serpentine Belt Drive Ford Explorer 5.0 L

Status
Not open for further replies.

Fathead

New Member
Joined
Sep 16, 2023
Messages
2
I am making a couple changes in an effort to combat the stupid prices for shipping...
The original set up weighs around 55 pounds and fit in a 19x18x17 Lowes medium box. the 17" fan forced me to go to a larger box size and fedex adds a $25 surcharge for anything over 50 lbs (used to be 75 pounds I think, not sure when the change).

my solution is to reduce cost is:

1. delete the fan, but not the clutch. Rock auto sells new fans for about $60 to your door last time I checked for plastic version. Plastic ones in yard usually are cracked so its getting harder to find... Rock also sells metal fans for a bit more (atleast they used to). Right now I am out of fans...

2. Delete the harmonic balancer. It weighs 18 pounds and depending on your application, it probably needs to be rebuilt and/or rebalanced. If you have an old 302 or 351 with 28 oz-in imbalance this is the route you have to take, as I did for mine. Potentially, you are paying for shipping from me to you, then from you to dampner dudes and then the return ride. I believe DD sells the explorer harmonic in either 28 or 50 balance...
Or you could use your harmonic with the WH conversion pulley.

Deleting the 2 parts, I reduced the parts price back to $275. It gets the weight & box size down and I'm also looking at different shippers as well.

I have been a bit slow in responding lately but will be reaching out to all who have contacted me. If I missed you, don't hesitate to message me.
Thanks, Don.
Hello and thank you. I would be interested in the parts on fl. 32223
 

Fathead

New Member
Joined
Sep 16, 2023
Messages
2
I am making a couple changes in an effort to combat the stupid prices for shipping...
The original set up weighs around 55 pounds and fit in a 19x18x17 Lowes medium box. the 17" fan forced me to go to a larger box size and fedex adds a $25 surcharge for anything over 50 lbs (used to be 75 pounds I think, not sure when the change).

my solution is to reduce cost is:

1. delete the fan, but not the clutch. Rock auto sells new fans for about $60 to your door last time I checked for plastic version. Plastic ones in yard usually are cracked so its getting harder to find... Rock also sells metal fans for a bit more (atleast they used to). Right now I am out of fans...

2. Delete the harmonic balancer. It weighs 18 pounds and depending on your application, it probably needs to be rebuilt and/or rebalanced. If you have an old 302 or 351 with 28 oz-in imbalance this is the route you have to take, as I did for mine. Potentially, you are paying for shipping from me to you, then from you to dampner dudes and then the return ride. I believe DD sells the explorer harmonic in either 28 or 50 balance...
Or you could use your harmonic with the WH conversion pulley.

Deleting the 2 parts, I reduced the parts price back to $275. It gets the weight & box size down and I'm also looking at different shippers as well.

I have been a bit slow in responding lately but will be reaching out to all who have contacted me. If I missed you, don't hesitate to message me.
Thanks, Don.
Would appreciate one of those kits please let me know
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top