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What have you done to your Bronco today?
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chuzie
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Thought about setting it on FIRE!!!
Let's see....
Went to the junkyard to pull a fan clutch from a 97 Explorer V8 to replace my faulty one. Turns out the crappy Chinese fan wrenches I rented from Advance Auto were a bit larger than advertised. It's supposed to be 36mm. After I rounded off the nut on the fan and ruined it, I came home and my caliper measured the wrench at 39mm!!! WTF??? Guess you get what you pay for. That was the ONLY V8 explorer on the lot and a new clutch is $100!!! Not sure what route I'm gonna take on this one.
After that, I went to have a PS pressure line made for my 4x4x2 box I am attempting to install in place of my scout box. They RAPED me for $90.00. Turns out I could have purchased the same line for $24.99 from BCs!!!
Came home to install the 4x4x2 using the adapter plate from West Coast. I found out, after the fact, this plate is part of a batch of bad plates that has alignment issues. Had to ream out the frame a bit to bolt it on. Went to bolt the 4x4x2 to the adapter plate only to find that it too is out of alignment and will require I ream the box holes about 1/4". Even if I do get the box bolted to the plate, it places the box very low on the frame and will prevent me from installing my pressure line since I am using an adapter at the port and then a 90 degree fitting so it extend out a tad more than a stoke line. So there is no way I can use my expensive adapter plate with the PS line I want to run.
Anyway, I bolted the 4x4x2 to the front hole, drilled the lower rear hole and have stopped there for the day because, quite frankly, I do not have the balls to drill the upper rear hole at the angle required to keep it out of the cross member. Maybe tomorrow. Otherwise, I am gonna set it on fire.
FML
Thanks for letting me vent.
BTW- I know this stuff is all my fault and not the bronco's but someone has to be my scapegoat.
Let's see....
Went to the junkyard to pull a fan clutch from a 97 Explorer V8 to replace my faulty one. Turns out the crappy Chinese fan wrenches I rented from Advance Auto were a bit larger than advertised. It's supposed to be 36mm. After I rounded off the nut on the fan and ruined it, I came home and my caliper measured the wrench at 39mm!!! WTF??? Guess you get what you pay for. That was the ONLY V8 explorer on the lot and a new clutch is $100!!! Not sure what route I'm gonna take on this one.
After that, I went to have a PS pressure line made for my 4x4x2 box I am attempting to install in place of my scout box. They RAPED me for $90.00. Turns out I could have purchased the same line for $24.99 from BCs!!!
Came home to install the 4x4x2 using the adapter plate from West Coast. I found out, after the fact, this plate is part of a batch of bad plates that has alignment issues. Had to ream out the frame a bit to bolt it on. Went to bolt the 4x4x2 to the adapter plate only to find that it too is out of alignment and will require I ream the box holes about 1/4". Even if I do get the box bolted to the plate, it places the box very low on the frame and will prevent me from installing my pressure line since I am using an adapter at the port and then a 90 degree fitting so it extend out a tad more than a stoke line. So there is no way I can use my expensive adapter plate with the PS line I want to run.
Anyway, I bolted the 4x4x2 to the front hole, drilled the lower rear hole and have stopped there for the day because, quite frankly, I do not have the balls to drill the upper rear hole at the angle required to keep it out of the cross member. Maybe tomorrow. Otherwise, I am gonna set it on fire.
FML
Thanks for letting me vent.
BTW- I know this stuff is all my fault and not the bronco's but someone has to be my scapegoat.
I haven't seen the fan clutch wrench from Advanced, but I do know that when you rent the tool from Autozone, you have to rent 2 different fan clutch tool kits they have. One of them has the correct 36mm open end flat wrench. The other one has the correct sized holder that slips over the water pump pulley bolts.
The holder that comes with the 36mm wrench is too small for the Explorer water pump pulley, and the wrench that comes with the correct sized holder is either too big or too small....I don't remember which way it is.
The holder that comes with the 36mm wrench is too small for the Explorer water pump pulley, and the wrench that comes with the correct sized holder is either too big or too small....I don't remember which way it is.
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broncokak
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Your going to love this mod! ;D
73stallion
Bronco Guru
fired it up and moved it so i could work on the ranger today, and a bemer tomorrow....
craigaria
Sr. Member
Luv it, kinda reminds me of mine!!!
There is a resemblance;D love them cartoon drawings, need to get mine done...
coupe66
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6daze
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This is where the ball joints mount on a Dana 44. If you look at them from the front they look like a "C".
By rotating them back I gain caster, making the bronco handle much better. Right now with a 4.5" lift I have 0 caster. It wanders all over and has no return to center after a turn.
nboost
Full Member
Got my power disc brakes installed today
73stallion
Bronco Guru
put the vise in the hitch and used it for work.
Nightstick
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Me and BanjerPicker swapped my 3.5" coils for 4.5" ones to level things out a little. Made a HUGE difference IMO! Going 1" taller in the front is the way to go!
