What have you done to your Bronco today?

[399strokerEB]

Nothing but the best for your baby. Climate controlled trailer and all.

It was actually the cheapest option. Even dropping off at my buddies shop instead of a 6hr drive for him.

 

[nvrstuk]

Spokane, it's going to my buddies place. He's organizing the Rubicon trip.

Is Ed putting it together? Inland Broncos?

You're going also??? Dang, I can't make it this year.... I heard Ed is finally having an all EB trip this time. I am booked every day until almost the end of October... dang. Got one or two local buddies I've been trying to get on the 'Con for years and they JUST said they are going and I'm outta luck. Oh well...

Keep your Bronco there till April and do Moab with us!!!!

 

[399strokerEB]

Is Ed putting it together? Inland Broncos?

You're going also??? Dang, I can't make it this year.... I heard Ed is finally having an all EB trip this time. I am booked every day until almost the end of October... dang. Got one or two local buddies I've been trying to get on the 'Con for years and they JUST said they are going and I'm outta luck. Oh well...

Keep your Bronco there till April and do Moab with us!!!!

That's the group! Bummer, call in sick The bronco will probably be down til September unless I find out sooner I didn't make the cut for UA.

 

[nvrstuk]

Should be a fun time! Been 2 yrs now since I've done the Con. My daughter got to drive some & had a great time too!

 

[Yeller]

Added up the mileage total I drove during my short portion of Unreal Adventure, 478. Had I done the entire adventure it would have been over 1200!

 

[DirtDonk]

Would love to make that trip too! Even though I’d be crashing the party from the Southland.
Been a long time since any of The Horde has made it down this way in any numbers.
Those were the days…

 

[ssray]

It was actually the cheapest option. Even dropping off at my buddies shop instead of a 6hr drive for him.

To bad you cant make the boat ride with it...probably be a scenic trip, unless they take a straight route and dont follow the coast.

 

[399strokerEB]

To bad you cant make the boat ride with it...probably be a scenic trip, unless they take a straight route and dont follow the coast.

Yeah, it adds another week and I'm already taking 3 weeks off work. Plus I'm not a big boat/ ocean guy lol

 

[BroncoJimbo]

Thanks for the definition! Was wracking my brain on that one. haha!

Yes, the starter relay (solenoid) might have been at fault, but how old are your battery cables? And what gauge are they?
In addition to a really tired relay (not as common, but certainly possible), old tired cables, old tired starters, too much heat, and too much ignition timing are the usual suspects.
But the cables seem to come up more often. Perhaps when you replaced the starter relay you also jiggled the cables around just enough to "cure" the main issue.
But if so, it will surely creep back up on you.
So keep that in mind if it does pop back up. If it doesn't, then you nailed it and are good to go for another 25 years. Hopefully!!!

Because next to fuel pumps, and probably a few other things, the Ford starter relay is probably the most troublesome "new" part on the market today. Way too many tales of failures out of the box. The older it is, usually the better, if you can believe that!
So unless you have already, don't throw the old one away just yet.

Paul

The cables are oversized and in good shape. I did replace the starter cable last year. I do recall pulling all the connections to the solenoid and cleaning them at the time.
I've been driving it in 90* plus weather and so far, it has been flawless. Thanks for the tip on faulty solenoids. I'll look for a NOS one to keep in the truck JIC.

 

[904Bronco]

The cables are oversized and in good shape. I did replace the starter cable last year. I do recall pulling all the connections to the solenoid and cleaning them at the time.
I've been driving it in 90* plus weather and so far, it has been flawless. Thanks for the tip on faulty solenoids. I'll look for a NOS one to keep in the truck JIC.

The 66 I just finished up had a brand new "dead one" from Napa. I pulled out a used spare to get the Bronco fired up for the first time and had Napa replace the new one with another new one. Fingers crossed.
Sad the quality is sacrificed in order to for the manufacturer to make a few extra dollars...

 

[Ol'Blue]

Got my WH Wrap Trap and heavy duty spring perches tacked in place over the weekend. Had to make some changes to the cross bar so it wouldn’t interfere with my extended shock towers from Migs. I had hoped to move the axle back an inch or two but too close to frame cross bar for that.

So far so good.

 

[Oldtimer]

@Ol'Blue ,you really need to pull the spacers in your leaf springs, drill new holes in them, and move them back, so that they are centered with the U-bolts.

 

[serial car restorer]

Sold it...

 

[Ol'Blue]

@Ol'Blue ,you really need to pull the spacers in your leaf springs, drill new holes in them, and move them back, so that they are centered with the U-bolts.

@Oldtimer - if are you referring to the metal spacers/shims in between each of the leafs, they are centered between the U-bolts. If I’m missing your message somehow please let me know. Thanks for the help

 

[nvrstuk]

The 66 I just finished up had a brand new "dead one" from Napa. I pulled out a used spare to get the Bronco fired up for the first time and had Napa replace the new one with another new one. Fingers crossed.
Sad the quality is sacrificed in order to for the manufacturer to make a few extra dollars

New parts are pretty much across the board... garbage. AC-Delco, Echlin...what used to be reliable brand names aren't much better than "guaranteed for life" parts from Auto Zone!

I posted up on a different thread that I'm on my 3rd IAC, 3rd TPS and 2nd O2 sensors in 3 yrs... all AC- Delco or Echlin. I have a "Standard" brand IAC in now. Hope it lasts a few months. Problem is you just don't replace it by unclipping it or unscrewing the mounting bolts you have to go into software and make a half dozen changes... what a royal pain in the rear...

 

[Oldtimer]

@Oldtimer - if are you referring to the metal spacers/shims in between each of the leafs, they are centered between the U-bolts. If I’m missing your message somehow please let me know. Thanks for the help

Must have been the camera angle. This is what mine looked like, when I moved the axle back 1 inch.

 

[Ol'Blue]

Must have been the camera angle. This is what mine looked like, when I moved the axle back 1 inch.

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Oh I gotcha. Thanks for looking out for me.

 

[904Bronco]

Clifford is at the painters shop, will post pictures as they are sent to me... Expect that it will be gone for 2 months. This is the 3rd complete Bronco he has painted for me.

 

[tasker]

color matching the top?

 

[904Bronco]

color matching the top?

It will go back to the original factory Rangoon red with Wimbledon white top...