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More... While the cage was at the powder coater I did some work on the hardtop and truck bed to quiet things up. I used a roll-on Spectrum sound deadened on both followed by Dynamat sheets. One challenging thing was how to flip over the top. As many of you know, the top sheet metal is not...

More... After cleaning and sanding the whole cage to ensure a good bond, I took it to a local powder coater. I went with a satin black (10% gloss).

More... The next step was to finish weld the cage outside of the vehicle and I also added some gussets and some grab handles. Needless to say it was a lot easier to do the welding outside of the truck so I could flip it over, etc.

I spent a lot of my spare time over the Christmas and New Year's holiday doing a cage install and I thought some might enjoy the details. In short, I'm VERY happy with the result and I welcome any questions. Step one was to select a cage kit. I did a lot of research and it's clear that there...

Can't wait! I'm putting this on my calendar! Thanks

And yes I think Hushmat or its competitor products will stick to bed lined surfaces. That stuff has really good adhesive/tacky properties.

Attachment technique and cubic feet Thanks for the compliments and questions. To attach the MDF in place I used a combination of silicone caulk, fiberglass and metal angle brackets. Every element used the first two and some allowed me to use angle brackets but not all. Some angle brackets...

Sorry for the slow reply on this. Busy time. Below are some photos per your request. I really like the plunger switch but there are a few tricky things that I'll list below: 1) the switch is made to receive a molded male plug. It's assumed the car already has this plug. Since our Broncos...

AaronWelch, I'll take and share plunger switches tomorrow evening. Per what I learned from this forum, they came from a 1980's F150 and many other models as well, I believe. More info tomorrow.

Hello all. I just wanted to share my recent sound system install project. I fabricated and installed a system made up of a nice Kenwood head unit and Rockford Fosgate speakers. Two 5.25" coaxials (kicks), two 6.5" tri-axials, and a 10" shallow subwoofer. I made all speaker enclosures from...

Success This past weekend I did the complete heater rebuild just as this thread described and it was a COMPLETE SUCCESS. Great heat and great air flow. My heater hose valve is just as described in the recent posts. It just floats there on top of the rear of the passenger valve cover. PDQ...

You guys are great! Thanks for the helpful ideas. Ill trace the wire when i get back home in a few days I wish I could buy everyone pizza!

Yes! I'm in the West End near U of R. Great to meet someone nearby. I'm having a great time with my Bronco after having it for only 7-weeks. Yes it's an automatic and I think I have my answer. Let's stay in touch. -Paul

I like the suggestion about an anti-deiseling solenoid for two reasons. 1) the manual choke on the other side looks original and even has the heat pickup tube that's welded to the original-looking exhaust manifold. 2) there is an unused (dangling) small spring and some other unused mounting...

Hello all. Great forum and great community. I have a wire with a female blade connector that's on the driver's side of my carb, sitting on the intake manifold. There is no male connector anywhere nearby and all other nearby electrical systems (dizzy, temp sender, oil pressure sender, etc)...

Crisis averted Well, I'm happy to report that a new timing chain and gear set took care of my noise coming from the front of the engine. Everything is buttoned up and runs great. It did 'wake the engine up' a little as Broncnaz suggested. My oil leaks are also resolved and this was the whole...

Man, that's some funny stuff... I laughed out loud and my wife and daughter started asking questions..

Update on my 302 Well, first I want to express my sincere appreciation for the helpful posts. As you can see from my post count, I'm a newbie and just getting to know the forum. What a great collection of people. With regard to my 302, I don't mind doing a rebuild or a swap sometime but if I...

taylorB, thanks for the reply. I guess first things first I need to verify that I actually have a rod bearing going bad. Should I just give it time and see if the noise gets progressively louder? Photo attached just for fun.

Ok, I may have exaggerated a little with my subject line but I DO hear a little knocking from the lower end of my 150k mile 302 at idle. This 77 runs well otherwise but I wonder if I need new connecting rod bearings. If so, is this something I could do with the oil pan off and the engine still...