Recent content by MarsChariot

A small leak somewhere in the system, even a hose not quite clamped right, will keep the system from pressurizing. Lower pressure = lower boiling point. Our 76 was doing this the past year due to a leak on the side tanks of the radiator. New radiator (and cap) and problem solved.

E78x15 tires were pretty much the stock standard for years. My 1971 Sport Package Bronco came with E78x15B white sidewall tires

100% agree. On a sunny winter day when the interior might get a little too warm, that cent can save the day. Ditto the passenger side. The fact that all the AC versions block that off is why I have yet to do AC. Why can't someone come up with a small manual vent in the caps they seem to want to...

I saw that and noticed the early Bronco next to Newsom and Leno shaking hands.

Assuming it is fuel related and not coil/ignition getting hot sort of thing, maybe all the new hose connections released some small debris that is clogging a float needle or jet??? I hate the ones where you need to risk stranding yourself to test the system every time you do a potential fix. A...

These shocks have about 200 miles of documented use, so they are practically brand new, clean, never in the rain, unstained ,and unscratched. This your chance to get a set of Bilsteins for half price. $240 for the shocks plus shipping (TBD, but the box is heavy, so I am guessing $30-40 for...

From your frame to axle measurements it looks like you have about 1 inch of lift front and back. Their shortest Eibach is really designed for a 2 to 2.5 inch lift. A lift less than this might risk bottom the shock on compression. If you look at the chart on the bottom of the shock size...

Expansion valves usually groan, whistle, squeal, or even hiss, but I have never heard one rumble. But then I have never heard a rumble from a compressor before, so I know nothing.

Autolite 4100 is dead simple and better than fuel injection in my experience. I haven't looked at another carb since. My fuel injected motor is too fussy IMO.

NV3550 1st is 4.01. Try combining that with a 4.11 rear. I frequently start in second. But I can dig out if I want too.

This is a short review of Duffs MS2020 shocks that I just installed on the red 71 a week ago on the 49th year of ownership and after dissatisfaction with the Bilstein shocks that I had been running the past decade. Now the handling is so good that for the first time in years I found myself...

On the original air cleaner housing the purge line (tube) was routed to the outside of the air filter, the idea being that low vacuum inside the air cleaner housing would draw vapors from the charcoal can when the engine is running. Here are a couple of images that are not Bronco specific, but...

I dug out my original sender and got the somewhat more robust brass float off it and replaced the thin one on the new sender with that. The new sender appeared to have the same style float as the one I showed above. We will see what happens. Meanwhile, maybe certain solid foam floats are better...

The main tank fuel gauge quit reading a year or so ago so I finally investigated. This was a new sender installed during the restoration ten years ago. When I pulled the float out I saw fuel draining out of it, so I expected some sort of pin holes in the float. But instead I saw this. The float...

And for reference here is the view from the Explorer manual