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ZF install

From 1988 Ford Bronco “ugly”, documented by 88rustsurvivor.

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1988 Ford Bronco - zf apart 1988 Ford Bronco - taking the floor pan out first to make install alot easier 1988 Ford Bronco - rear driveshaft AOD length 1988 Ford Bronco - front driveshaft AOD length 1988 Ford Bronco - rear driveshaft ZF length 1988 Ford Bronco - front driveshaft ZF length 1988 Ford Bronco - unbolt the driveshafts and put them out of the way since its not comming of the lift 1988 Ford Bronco - after unbolting the trans mount from the cross member jack up the t-case to remove the transmount and crossmember 1988 Ford Bronco - on top the original crossmember braces and below the new ones 1988 Ford Bronco - slowly remove the pan and what do ya know its bad 1988 Ford Bronco - unbolt the t-case and set it aside 1988 Ford Bronco - slowly bring down the trans not to catch it on something 1988 Ford Bronco - the flexplate and dust sheild get removed for the new manual trans ones, but first an oil pan swap and rear main seal 1988 Ford Bronco - the flexplate removed 1988 Ford Bronco - removed the oil pan PITA jacking up the front of the motor helps alot 1988 Ford Bronco - clean the oilpan "support bars" for a good level seal of the oilpan gasket 1988 Ford Bronco - I didnt have the time to clean and paint the original oilpan so i used one from another 302 motor I had laying around. Its actually red the… 1988 Ford Bronco - the clutch, pilot bearing, dust sheild, and exhaust back on after replacing the oilpan and rear main 1988 Ford Bronco - bolted the ZF up to the 302 1988 Ford Bronco - the top bell bolts need to be about an inch shorter than the side ones with the ZF bellhousing 1988 Ford Bronco - clean the mating surface of the trans and t-case and either permeatex or use a gasket to seal it, then bolt it up 1988 Ford Bronco - i used permeatex 1988 Ford Bronco - neat thing that with a little modification the t-case breather tube fits in the holes for a manual t-case shifter mount 1988 Ford Bronco - to make up for the extra length the crossmember goes back into the existing holes behind where it was, the new support brackets go into the… 1988 Ford Bronco - 1/8th of an inch of clearance there, perfect fit 1988 Ford Bronco - fill it up with fluid and bolt the driveshafts on, woola its beautifull, watch out for how the exhaust fits, I have to trim a flange off on… 1988 Ford Bronco - now I can remove and replace my steering column, unfortunately the turnsignal switch is bad in the one I got, $97 from ford fixed it up rig… 1988 Ford Bronco - good thing for the floor pan being higher than the floor 1988 Ford Bronco - unfortunately no precut hole for my master cylinder 1988 Ford Bronco - thats better 1988 Ford Bronco - woola its a hybrid master between the later and older style master cylinders, older bigger reservior and newer bigger quick connection line 1988 Ford Bronco - installed a bad fuel guage cluster there AFTER I checked it before reinstalling the panels, and I fixed the fact that it used to say UNLEAD… 1988 Ford Bronco - blackout peice for the shifter position panel 1988 Ford Bronco - push that in to unhook it from the speedo 1988 Ford Bronco - cruise control equipment 1988 Ford Bronco - how it is before I bedliner the new floor pan