What have you done to your Bronco today?

[gnsteam]

Got it out on the wild today

Same here.

Bruners4 and I, attending the Speedway Motors, Cars and Coffee. 101 miles so far with no issues.

 

[gnsteam]

Nothing! There has been a whirlwind of activity on my build over the last few weeks. It's time for a day off.

 

[399strokerEB]

Swapped out a failed reverse light/neutral switch. I'll start packing it up for my Rubicon trip this week too.

 

[ksagis]

You guys always do so much amazing stuff and I finally have something worth posting.

I'm wrapping up the radiator overflow and windshield washer tanks I have been building the last few weeks and today finally getting to final installations - before and after pics below.

 

[ksagis]

Swapped out a failed reverse light/neutral switch. I'll start packing it up for my Rubicon trip this week too.

What were the symptoms when it failed besides not starting / no reverse lights, etc?

 

[399strokerEB]

What were the symptoms when it failed besides not starting / no reverse lights, etc?

Reverse lights were actually stuck on, luckily I don't have the neutral safety wires tied in so it started right up.

 

[Sheepie75]

Good looking wheels. What mounting width on those hub caps?

They are a wheel specific hub cap. The wheels are 16" Nomad 504s. To @Yeller's point, they're actually intended to resemble FJ40 hub caps but I thought they'd also look good on the Bronco.

 

[399strokerEB]

Decided to get my exhaust out past the body, I've been noticing I'm getting fumes in the cab after the last bends broke off. Not the best looking but it'll do til I get a whole new exhaust system.

 

[Soylent]

Cage out. Dash out. Ready to start the Painless.

 

[BronCowie]

Decided to get my exhaust out past the body, I've been noticing I'm getting fumes in the cab after the last bends broke off. Not the best looking but it'll do til I get a whole new exhaust system.

I think it looks great!

 

[BruiserOutdoors]

Got my dash in and started hooking up the Dakota boxes. I got a wire ferrule kit. I thought this would be great because I wouldn’t have to worry about stray wires going into other terminals. But a few of them have broken after I inserted them. So I’ll have to recheck the good ones and not use these ferrules for this again. On a good note I’m happy with heat shrink label tube. I used the 5.8mm for the 16 ga and smaller.

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I like the ferrule idea. Have others had the same experience with breakage?

What brand did you use? Definitely looks like a product failure than user error.

 

[Yeller]

I like the ferrule idea. Have others had the same experience with breakage?

What brand did you use? Definitely looks like a product failure than user error.

I use them all of the time. I have found crimp tool makes a world of difference more than the brand of ferrules. It’s not cheap, in fact quite spendy, I use a Knipex hexagonal crimper I think the key is the hexagonal part, tri and quad options seam to put larger bends in the ferrules. Using the smallest ferrule you can get over the wire is a huge help.

I put ferrules on any wire that goes under any kind of screw or in a clamp. I’ve found that eliminates 99% of electrical gremlins in electronic distribution systems. Does 2 things. 1) Creates a stronger bond with the screw or clamp. 2) prevents a stray strand from straying away and shorting a circuit, doesn’t take much to keep a sensor or control circuit from working.

 

[ssray]

I use them all of the time. I have found crimp tool makes a world of difference more than the brand of ferrules. It’s not cheap, in fact quite spendy,

In my forays into EFI systems as well as electronics in the past I have been amazed by what they demand for crimp tools. Whats worse is the number of connectors for just the engine. On the GM side i think Ive run across at least 5 or 6 different families and sets that use dies as well as different ones for different sizes within a family. Ive seen those for several hundred dollars per die set. Some have cheaper hand tools that do multiple sizes but are never considered certified. Just dont see the need for so many families. Kinda makes diy harnesses cost prohibitive!

 

[gnsteam]

I made a 90 mile round trip in the Bronco today. To attend an open house at Mike's Classic Cars, in Elkhorn NE.

I will post some more pictures in my build thread.

 

[Yeller]

Getting ready for a lil sumthin happening this week

 

[bronco italiano]

After 6 months of sitting due to a lack of fuel pressure, I finally made the time to repair it and now running like a champ again!!

 

[Soylent]

Getting ready for a lil sumthin happening this week

Looks like something serious with that tire up there

 

[Yeller]

Looks like something serious with that tire up there

Not too serious, maybe. But there is a good bit of road miles many hours from home.

 

[mdainsd]

family photo...

 

[BroncoJimbo]

I've been having problems starting my Bronco when it is warm. The starter turns very slowly and sometimes the radio will shut off and has to be "rebooted". I wrapped the starter and that seemed to help until this past week. My LBC died on me, so I jumped in the Bronco to finish a few errands until the LBC got picked up. After the first stop it cranked slower than usual and I thought for sure I was going to be waiting on two tow trucks, but it eventually started. I kept it running until I got home and then needed it about an hour later. This time, there was nothing. The solenoid didn't even click. The next day I installed the new solenoid I had bought a couple of weeks ago and that seems to have fixed all the warm start issues. On the hottest day this year so far, it started every time without any drama. I wonder if the problem was the solenoid all along? It was probably 25 years old.
Oh, and LBC= Little British Car.