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Post by greenbean on Jul 7, 2007 19:41:57 GMT -5
That is cool! I like your thinking too, none of that shiny bling-bling crapola! lol Did you re-gear to be able to run 35's on your BII? Looking good!
Will
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Post by onewyr on Jul 7, 2007 19:50:48 GMT -5
no not yet still gotta get the money up for the axles, lift , tires/wheels and lockers probably. To be honest with you I haven't even looked into what gearing to go with.
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Post by greenbean on Jul 7, 2007 20:27:29 GMT -5
Just guessing but probably in the 4.56-4.88 range, leaning more towards the 4.88s, I was able to daily drive my 98TJ with 35's but it would lug the engine down pretty bad with the stock 3.73 gearing, and it devoured gas with stock gears...
Will
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Post by onewyr on Jul 7, 2007 23:55:47 GMT -5
I will keep that in mind
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Post by onewyr on Jul 23, 2007 18:31:37 GMT -5
Today I got a call from a guy I work with telling me that they had gotten to the tanks earlier than expected and to come and get them, so I went and picked them up and I am very pleased with them. I did a test fit and they will definitely fit just gonna need to make some brackets. I also managed to make it to the steel yard today and picked up 42 ft of 2" pipe for my bumpers I will be a very busy person this weekend. I was gonna build my spare tire rack last weekend but realized that the aftermarket rear bumper that I had looks great but that is about it. It is way to thin to be mounting spare carriers on especially since I wanna go ahead and make it to hold a 35" tire. Here are a couple of pics of the tanks the measurements are 42" long X 4" diameter. I believe that gives me roughly 2.18 gallons of airspace. they have 2 hubs on each tank. they will be mounted above the wheel wells behind either a modified interior panel or a custom panel. I am not sure yet. let me know what you guys/gals think your opinions are the fuel for my design
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Post by 87B2XLT on Jul 25, 2007 15:37:17 GMT -5
Those are pretty nice tanks... although, with the 4" diameter, yeah, you're going to have to pull the interior panels or lose the rear seat. I'm wondering if they're too long to fit across the back cargo area floorboard? The outcome is going to be interesting to see. I have a 5-gallon 125 psi tank that I was going to hard mount (haven't decided where yet or whether or not I'm going to do the onboard air conversion like you did). I know either route I go, I'm going to have to have my a/c system evacuated on the Bronco II. I'm half tempted to convert it to R-134a... unless I chop the top... anyhow, you should be able to fit those in without the interior panels -- but I wouldn't mount them so they're right next to the exterior sheetmetal for safety reasons... just my $0.02.
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Post by onewyr on Jul 30, 2007 18:02:51 GMT -5
this is what it looks like when you have no garage and to many different projects going at once. here is a close up of my new welding machine this is what a 94 ranger can buy you. I guess I better explain that comment. The other day I decided to put my 94 ranger on craigslist.org with in the hour I had a call and whithin to hours he handed me 750$ cash that was awesome. so I used the money to buy my new mig. this is one of my tanks that I mounted I spent like $50 on fittings to plumb these tanks together. this is a pic of the bumper I built this weekend I still gotta do a bumper mounted spare carrier. and here is the solution to my lack of a place to mount my license plate w/ lights.
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Post by 87B2XLT on Jul 30, 2007 19:39:25 GMT -5
Nice progress, Bryan. I couldn't remember how much space was behind the interior panels, the tanks look like they are going to fit really well. I may have to consider something similar, depending on which route I go. I know all too well what you mean about the lack of garage... it sucks! Thankfully, I have some space around here besides in my trucks to put things, just not a whole lot, though Again, looks great and like things are taking shape really well.
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Post by onewyr on Aug 13, 2007 18:13:53 GMT -5
Finally after 2 weeks I got the last few parts for the air, 1 200psi pressure gage, 1 checkvalve, 1 90/120psi pressure switch. I guess over the next week I will be removing the dash to my truck and redesigning it gonna use pipe and sheet metal. I plan on moving the ecu up into the dash further to keep it away from water. and I will build a console to mount my radio in with a lockable door so I can pull the doors in the summer. P.S. the crappy part about this weekend was I completely forgot to bring the air chuck so I could use my onboard air. WHAT AN IDIOT
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Post by onewyr on Aug 16, 2007 17:14:17 GMT -5
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Post by 87B2XLT on Aug 17, 2007 10:48:44 GMT -5
Good score, Bryan... a complete (mostly except for a working transmission?) parts truck. Now you have the axles and engine and a few other parts you can use! Since yours is an '89, you already have a non-EGR setup / computer, all you'd need to figure out is if the 2.9 or other 6-cyl TFI distributor will fit in the hole I mentioned. I am assuming that Ford still used a shaft-driven oil pump in the 4.0s, and that shaft is driven by the cam. If so, and a 2.9 distributor will fit with the 4.0 intake... or if the 2.9 intake will fit the 4.0... either way, if it can be a more direct swap without having to mess with wiring and computers... that'd be awesome! Got your message too... but the next couple of weeks I will have about zero free time... I will let you know when I'm free and we'll hook up.
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Post by onewyr on Aug 17, 2007 19:05:29 GMT -5
I seem to have run into a snag. The truck has an alarm system in it that is aftermarket and the harness is on the verge of being butchered. it will just take some extra work mending the harness they put a bunch of extra relays in the harness just gotta delete them. I got the dash out but that is about it for the night try again tomorrow
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Post by onewyr on Aug 18, 2007 14:08:46 GMT -5
after further investigation the harness is not in as bad a condition as I thought. There are probably 10-15 wires that have been piggybacked so I just need to remove them and solder and heat shrink them, so there are no issues in the future.
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Post by onewyr on Aug 24, 2007 19:04:56 GMT -5
........the best looking vehicle you own is sitting on jackstands and has no interior or drivetrain. Well the doner has been robbed of all that was worth anything and it will be leaving my yard tomorrow. here is the 8.8 that I will be installing in my BroncoII Here is the dana 35 For ease of removing the engine and tranny I decided to cut the core support out of the way this is the grill from the exp that will replace my stock grill and here is a pic of the $270 dollar roof rack that I bought at the junkyard last weekend that also had 4 KC lights on it, I only paid $50 for the whole thing I kept the lights and I am selling the rack to a guy at work
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Post by onewyr on Sept 15, 2007 20:32:36 GMT -5
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