Pa Pitt's Bronco

[Pa PITT]

I don't figure A lot of you Guys have seen my Bronco before ...Since I spend most of time over on the Off Topic Section.
But I was using my Bronco in the Pasture today & Decided t take a few pictures ... as I had it doing one of it's jobs on the farm.
My Bronco I a 1972 Half CAB .. It's got a Camo Skin Called Camo Clad from 3M. . I put it on about 15 years ago . & It had a 5 year warranty . It has held up very well ...& Then I found some of the same pattern Mossy Oak Camo cloth & I had it put on my seats & My Door panels ..
& On several pieces inside I pUT THAT Camo Clad skin . 2 pieces on the Steering column . & I BUILT myself a GUN RACK OVERHEAD .. iT Extremely STRONG . As I can actually lift myself off my seat pulling down on the Gun Rack.
& If you see all the tools hanging from everywhere .... Well you'd be correct . I got a couple dozen Magnets . These magnets are used inside the motors of those Tall Wind Generators
. & It has a 4BT Cummins in it also. & Np435 & JB TWIN STICKS to shift my T/C . 3:55's with Lockers front & rear.
All the Black is sprayed with Gator Guard Bed liners . Inside my bed has peeled off somewhat in places . I expect I didn't get it sanded properly when I did the Gator Guard. It normally has 16 inch Black spoke wheels ... But we'd pushed about 40 ac of brush in the back of one pasture & I ruined 3 tires in one trip.
SO I HAD THOSE WHEELS & TIRES & THEY ARE GETTING OLD SO I Decided TO get them used up. as I expected to ruin them also in the back.

 

[Pa PITT]

Photos

 

[Pa PITT]

Photos tools held up with Magners & pouch cut from one of those that fit over a 5 gallon bucket.
One on both side of the cab.

 

[Pa PITT]

More tools hanging from top of Cab.
Those magnets are so strong I never had a thing fall off.
... Nothing in these bags ever rattles .
.... We've used these magnets in another Bronco while hunting in New Mexico. WE'VE GOT a magnet on his roll cage & we put a 12 lb Sledge hammer on the magnet . It never fallen off in about the last 10+ years we've been going. & no noise ...
Before the magnets we felt like we were going to go deaf due to rattling noises . NOT NOW.
iF ANY ONE Know where to get magnets this good I'd like to buy some . If I could afford them .

 

[Pa PITT]

Ok this a picture of my Gun Rack. You can see 4inch speakers one in each corner.

 

[Pa PITT]

JB'sTwin Sticks & switches for most of the lights & light bars.
The CockPit.

 

[Pa PITT]

Fuel pressure Gague & more switches & electric fan switch on bottom.
Those 4BT don't take much to stay cool.
Now that magnet is just one I bought at the TRUCK Part place I used to work for before I retired . I'll hold a screw driver . But it's no where near as strong as Those Wind Mill Magnets .

 

[Pa PITT]

Ok this is another of the gun rack. It's hard to get a picture. As I was cramped for time due to trying to get the grain planted.
I wish that lip wasn't an inch . about 5/8 or no more than 3/4 Would make the gun easier to get out .
That Gun Rack is held in place with about 3 screws like you put in a metal building . I DID PREDRILL HOLES INTO THE LIP OVER THE DOORS in the half cab.
& Did you catch the interior light on the Gun Rack.

 

[Pa PITT]

Gauges on dash. Notice the Temp & Volts this thing has the big Delco 24SI alt. &
The Oil Pressure is great on the 4bt.
... Notice the hand throttle on the shifter handle ... It's a Bicycle SHIFT LEVER .But I found it out of the back of a Jeep offroad magazine. It cost me about $25.00. & Guys if you do any steady driving .. Like we did for hunting along in this ranch ''50,000 K acres'' out in New Mexico... This hand throttle has a thumb set . SO You can tighten it just a slight amount & The lever has clicks . & It'll hold any speed for ever & you never put you foot on the Skinny Pedal ...
Your not supposed to But I've even used it as Cruise control out on the HWY. Fantastic again.
..... & I find that this work I do with my Bronco on the Farm or Ranch to some of you . But here in Texas If you don't have a couple THousand Acres ... you just got a farm. But using the hand throttle WHILE pulling some farm equipment ... Pulling stuff in a plowed fields ... With your foot on the gas pedal ... Your foot bounces up & down in unlevel terrain ... Like rock crawling ... BUT I feel my ride is much smoother with the hand throttle . .

 

[Pa PITT]

This is me .I took that picture I was going to show that crazy Hat I have on it's one of those hats that you soak in water & it's supposed to keep you from getting so Hot. & it was Very Hot this evening.. also again notice the items hanging from the roof of my half cab.. & notice the insulation mostly held in place again with the magnets.
Yes that Insulation sure did make a difference..
But I'd still like to have an AC.

 

[Pa PITT]

Hooked up & just parked at my house. Don't be checking out my trash pile it need burning
But we've been in a Severe drought & Burn Bands. Wrong picture just look at the 2nd picture.
SEE THE GROUND MY BRONCO & GRAIL DRILL ARE ON . It was a hay field just as green as what's showing behind my Bronco.
But a couple acres died from the drought we've had this summer..
It finally rained around here But not much ... I've only had about 4 little 1/4 rains .& It took about a week plus to get that.
Some Folks just maybe 4 or 5 miles got like 4 inches . But not on Pa Pitts farm.
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.........OK Hope you Guys like seeing my BRONCO.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Hey Pa, thanks for the 'up close and personal' peek at your Bronco!

 

[fatboy]

Lookin good Pa!

 

[broncosam]

Great pics Pa.

 

[trailerjack]

Cool rig!

 

[Pa PITT]

Thanks Guys I'm really Lucky in the respect that at least I have a place to use / enjoy, my BRONCO .
I don't drive it into town to get fuel any longer I could I suppose .. But it seems easier to just bring Fuel home in 5 Gallon cans, or I even have an 18 gallon Plastic tote Barrell that .. Dairy Chemicals came in . They use to be easy ''FREE'' to find in my area, As we have so many dairies. These totes did come in Black. But I've not found a Black on in many years .
SO BLUE & Clear now . SO I've taken the clear one & put a piece of 2 inch masking tape down it's side & Cleaned the barrel & sprayed it BLACK WITH that Krylon Black Vinyl spray paints. This way I can see the fuel thru the side of the tote.
........I Mostly us my Bronco as a service truck going to the pasture to Check the cows. which I've now sold due to this drought Texas was in this summer . & Service any of the tractors I had in my farming operations . I used to have farm land I plowed & Planted crops on . But I Sprigged coastal onto all that land . Coastal is a grass for hay. I have used the Bronco & Diesel motor to pull the hay trailer.
I have a creek crossing & It takes the 4x4 to pull up out of the back bring Hay to the house .
I even had to use 4X4 TO PULL THAT Grain drill back to the house yesterday..
But as a SERVICE Rig ... I HAVE A SMALL 12 gallon air compressor riding in the back of Bronco . & On the driver side of the head ake rack I have an 25ft air hose reel . Connected to the compressor & I can air tires up on a tractor of a trailer .anything that need air.
I have that large light bar across the top facing forward .. & Another across the radiator facing. i CAN FLIP THOSE ON & chase the wild pigs . & I have 5 Small LED's facing backward . SO I have light in my bed . Or shinning outback to see gate in need to move through at night. & stronger backups to have hitching to & from equipment.
& ALL those tools inside the cab. It's like I'm riding around in a tool box. But i have just about what I need when I get away from the house & need todo some small repair... SO HANDY.

 

[Pa PITT]

I've had the 4 BT in the BRONCO about 12 or maybe even 15 years now. It has been the most reliable Farm Vehicle I've ever had.
Our side of one time SOMEONE Put sand in my fuel tank .. That cost me a year & a fortune
Pulled & removed the fuel tank twice. HAD to even put on a new injection pump & 4 New Injectors & about 4 new filters .. Cleaned fuel lines. It took about a year over all to get Renewed .
& I have no clue who did this to me. I expect it was just done from the county road. because everything else is behind the house.
BUT Why I went to the Diesel motor. I couldn't take the Gas 302 to the back anywhere near the summertime .. as It got hot in 20 minutes . & I run one of those CHAMPION Aluminum radiators we all bought off E-BAY many years ago . Mass buy we gave $102.00
& It works on my 4 BT .
My Gas motor got about 4 & 5 miles per gallon around the farm & Hunting in New MEXICO .BUT I got the diesel I get about 11 to 14 in 4x4 around the farm.
I took it to a car show in Vernon Texas about 6 or 8 years ago. It has a large Cruise drive like about a 25 mile circle around their town. It got 26 MPG that night. . Most of that speeds were about 10 mile of 5 mph. & about 20 miles out on the interstate so Participates can cool their ride down . SO I drove maybe 50 out on the freeway.

 

[BronCowie]

Open your hood Pa. Let's see that 4 BT.

 

[Pa PITT]

I can do that...
But like an old Biker told me once...
The only thing that's more leak than an old HARLEY ...
a 4 OR 6BT Cummins .
......... MINE I painted it Ford Blue. I just didn't want the Cummons Beige.. & I didn't want an Inner Cooler on mine .There no room at all In a Bronco. But it fit. Just barely..
I'll tell a little of the install... I had another kid do the motor install. I felt like he could do a better job than I most likely could. as he was a daily Diesel Mechanic & He'd work in several shop that I knew of the work . SO HE PULLED MY GAS MOTOR ... OUT & got the back side of the bellhousing Items put onto my motor. & Then he Cut the front cross member out of my Bronco. I was not happy about that .
& He'd just lain my motor in the engine department ..
& Then he & his boss got into a fight ..
SO HE was missing & about 3 days of his no show. I Went & picked up my Bronco & brought it home .
He'd started working on some motor mounts . But I pull them out & Ground all the rough edges off them. & Finished up the motor install. That took me a good month at night .
& Reworking & Moving that cross member forward about 3 inches ....i Even cut a square plug out ot it added more angle iRon . & Got a spot for the front crank pulley to set. ... & With Bronco you need to notch the frame besides where the starter mounts . You need about an inch of clearance for movement around your starter. SO IT'LL FIT.
.... THAT FRONT CROSS MEMBER I was afraid my Bronco would walk all over the road... SOi'D OUT THAT MEMBER UP IN PLACE & MARK a piece of angle iron & Drill a bolt hole in it Then put one bolt through it .& Fix another piece of angle bracket . i ENDED UP WITH 4 OF THOSE ANGLE BRACES BOLTED IN PLACE . & THEN I worked on it back side.
I welded some in place & bolted others in place . But I got it too where it'd fit like a glove .
Then finished welding & bolting it in place . It has 9 ...1/2 inch bolts about 4 to 6 inches long going through it .& and maybe 4 to 6 1/2 short bolts . all grade 8. ... so it's in there to stay .& my BRONCO DOES Walk at all..
... Then I figured out I needed some different thermostat housing . My Hunting Buddy has a lathe & a good employee love for you to say he can't build this . SO He made me thermostat housing . I found an aluminum Water pump with a 2inch nipple on it . & Had him cut it off &. we fixed it so it' slip into the housing . & I had another friend weld it in place . We added a 3/4 hose nipple into it . Worked perfect . & about 2 months I find out It was available . Mine is still on there ..& I reworked the Air inlet for the turbo. I designed it to come around in front of my motor. THE Cummins went over the top of the motor. The Bronco hood would never shut with the stop Turbo hose. Mine works perfect.
& I did move my Battery to the opposite side. Just angle iron & some J-bolts .& my battery placement works great.
........
........& I had another young tech ... Put me a wiring harness in place. I'm terrible at wiring .
I used a E-BAY harness .. Northwestern wiring harness. . It was a fuse box with about 20 fuses init . & Open ended wires . every wire was about 25ft long . You ran that wire back to what needed a wire & cut off the excess.4 or 5 foot of wire cut off . Or even 20 ft cut off soe items ...Sad thing Is I've added about 40 more wires in place & My wiring is terrible . But it all works.

 

[Rustytruck]

Hey wheres the dog cant leave him out?