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300 L6

From 1978 Ford Bronco “The Bronkadonk”, documented by chebbykiller.

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1978 Ford Bronco - 1985 Bronco, parts donor I bought for $100. Definitely turned out to be worth the 2 hour trip to pick it up. UPDATE: After my rip-and-strip… 1978 Ford Bronco - Here's the '85, all hacked apart and sans engine. 1978 Ford Bronco - Only one cylinder with low compression, not a bad start. 1978 Ford Bronco - Exactly what I was hoping for, it hasnt been bored. 1978 Ford Bronco - Some jackass welded the fan to the water pump with bolts laid sideways. Couldn't even get the pump off til the crank pulley was off. 1978 Ford Bronco - Motor's out, time to get rid of the rust bucket it came out of. 1978 Ford Bronco - Bottom end looks nice 'n clean. There was only one bolt on the oil pump... 1978 Ford Bronco - The odometer read 17K, and based on everything I've seen thus far, I believe it has an original 117K. 1978 Ford Bronco - Factory timing gears. 1978 Ford Bronco - Crankshaft out, bearings even dont look bad. 1978 Ford Bronco - Pistons out. 1978 Ford Bronco - No surprise to find a busted ring on the No.1 piston, the only cylinder with low compression. 1978 Ford Bronco - Block completely stripped, looks reeeaal nice. Pardon the shit laying around everywhere. 1978 Ford Bronco - Crank and pistons. 1978 Ford Bronco - Long tube headers. Not sure if I'm going to use them, they dont look really great, and I dont know if they will even fit. 1978 Ford Bronco - Its nice to have an industrial sandblaster available to use. Should have taken a pic prior to show the huge difference. 1978 Ford Bronco - Its also nice having a couple different power washers, there was a good bit of sludge in there. 1978 Ford Bronco - Painted with Duplicolor engine enamel. 1978 Ford Bronco - Pushrod cover, also painted with engine enamel. 1978 Ford Bronco - I was told the Bronco was parked for 2 years because the motor shook pretty bad. The flexplate on the right came off this motor. The one on… 1978 Ford Bronco - Timing cover before cleaning. Thats pretty much what the oil pan and pushrod cover looked like before, also. 1978 Ford Bronco - After cleaning and bead-blast. JB Welded a couple gouges, then paint will come. 1978 Ford Bronco - Got a NOS Ford Motorcraft water pump on ebay for $9. Needs a sandblast and paint. 1978 Ford Bronco - Offenhauser Dual-Port aluminum, 4bbl intake manifold. 1978 Ford Bronco - Got to thinking about engine accessories today, and decided to do a mock up on an old motor to see if I had gathered all the brackets I nee… 1978 Ford Bronco - Another view. I plan to use a serpentine setup, and the main problem is getting a serpentine pulley/clutch for the York. I could buy a new… 1978 Ford Bronco - Back from the machine shop. 1978 Ford Bronco - Hot tanked, bored .030, decked .008, new cam bearings and freeze plugs. 1978 Ford Bronco - She now displaces 304.6 CI. 1978 Ford Bronco - All clean and purdy. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up inside a bare engine block's main bearing valley, showing freshly machined main bearing saddles and caps with clean bolt holes and… 1978 Ford Bronco - My $8 engine stand. 1978 Ford Bronco - An aluminum engine cylinder head is placed in the trunk of a car, alongside a cardboard box. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of an engine cylinder head, showing valve springs and studs. 1978 Ford Bronco - Ford 300 inline-six engine assembly, likely undergoing rebuild or restoration. 1978 Ford Bronco - Engine removal in progress on a 1979 Ford F-Series truck. 1978 Ford Bronco - Front view of a 1979 Ford truck with its hood up, being worked on with an engine hoist. 1978 Ford Bronco - An engine is suspended by a chain hoist above a stand, with a truck in the background. 1978 Ford Bronco - Engine installation in progress, showing the engine block, valve covers, and oil filter. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of an engine block, intake manifold, and valve train assembly. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a Ford 300 inline-six engine, an Edelbrock carburetor and intake manifold. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of an engine bay an inline-six engine and various accessories, including the alternator and power steering pump. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of engine components, including pulleys and belts, with a red cap visible on one pulley.