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My Bronco, Mk.3

From 1983 Ford Bronco “That dirty old truck”, documented by Steve83.

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1983 Ford Bronco - The '82 tub I had been using is ruined, but I'm going to experiment on it before scrapping it. So I'm moving it & some of my other junk to… 1983 Ford Bronco - Pretty straight. A few minutes ago, it was rubbing the front shock mount. 1983 Ford Bronco - Unlike last time, I got to borrow a lift for a few hours to do the clutch today. 1983 Ford Bronco - Getting here was SO much quicker working in a shop on a lift with air tools. But it was still deathly hot. I'll install LuK 07-031. I REALL… 1983 Ford Bronco - Getting here was SO much quicker working in a shop on a lift with air tools, instead of in the driveway without even a trans jack... [url=h… 1983 Ford Bronco - Well, THERE'S your clutch! (...and a noticeable amount of the flywheel face.) The solvent tank now looks like it's pumping very watery dies… 1983 Ford Bronco - Not great, but not horrible. 1983 Ford Bronco - The mirror-smooth worn area is close to 1/32" deep. I didn't have it resurfaced 10 years ago, which is why I didn't get full wear out of th… 1983 Ford Bronco - While it was apart & waiting for the machinist to resurface the flywheel, I cleaned up inside the bellhousing, and did some painting. [url=… 1983 Ford Bronco - This was resurfaced on a brake lathe. There were 2 passes with the cutter because the wear was so deep (about 700Kmi worth). Then there wer… 1983 Ford Bronco - The factory weld between the upper (rear) tube and the HEGO bung cracked all the way around. [url=http://www.supermotors.net/registry/media… 1983 Ford Bronco - Yesterday, I had to haul off some excess material from the Nissan dealership: 1100 lbs of sand. This is about half again my previous highes… 1983 Ford Bronco - I think I got all the good (plus some) out of the original '95 HEGO. It was still working, but it had broken a few branches that I ran over… 1983 Ford Bronco - '94-96 F150 & Bronco HFC134a System Not shown: hood latch support, condenser flaps, evaporator heat shield. [url=https://www.supermotors.ne… 1983 Ford Bronco - Greg has been whining about this tree near his shed for a few years, so he was trying to pull it down with his Dodge's 12K (yeah, right) wi… 1983 Ford Bronco - It got really slimy when the rain passed over, so I had to do everything by winch. But it's coming down... After a little digging, the last… 1983 Ford Bronco - This sickly tree is in my way, so I've already cut most of it off. But I left enough to get the roots out, after some loosening... 1983 Ford Bronco - A few bumps got it leaning over enough to... 1983 Ford Bronco - ...break the tap root. After this, it popped out easily with a chain on the draw bar. 1983 Ford Bronco - I hate when that happens. The brand new radiator came with a brand new POS rubber cap for the throttle return nipple which has cracked enou… 1983 Ford Bronco - A friend stuck his tractor bushhogging his way up a creek bank. He was to the side of the culvert, and against a fence, so he couldn't back… 1983 Ford Bronco - Another load on the grille guard. 1983 Ford Bronco - I wonder why it suddenly ran like tee-total $#! ... I cleaned up the coil, and limped it around for a week waiting for the new MC plugs to… 1983 Ford Bronco - Testing the (cheapo chinese retrofitted) winch remote range - it worked even beyond this. So for $12 shipped, it was a good addition to the… 1983 Ford Bronco - After cutting down a double oak that the gas company killed near my new house, I loaded the logs onto my father's trailer with my winch so… 1983 Ford Bronco - After a couple of hours winching logs onto the trailer at high idle (to keep the alternator charging), all the coolant came out. It took ne… 1983 Ford Bronco - Well, THERE'S your problem! 1983 Ford Bronco - Well, that's probably not good, either... 1983 Ford Bronco - Rather than continue to burn up relays, I decided to just put a new clutch on. But it took about a month to find the fan. This shows the di… 1983 Ford Bronco - I had to make a quick run to Nashville to pick up a junkyard Toyota axle one Saturday, but the truck started making a nasty screech during… 1983 Ford Bronco - There has been oil dripping off the rear diff, and I thought it was blowing back from the engine, trans, or t-case. But it was the cover, s… 1983 Ford Bronco - I had heard some clanking for a few thousand miles, and it turns out the passenger radius arm bushings were worn out. Fortunately, I have a… 1983 Ford Bronco - I've had a complete charged A/C system lying around for a few years, so while the truck was in the shop, I swapped it in. The plastic invar… 1983 Ford Bronco - Although I never wash the outside, I try to keep the engine & underside clean. But it had been a couple of years, so I rinsed it out. If th… 1983 Ford Bronco - It was overdue for tires, and I got these 5 [url=https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Cooper&tireModel=Discoverer AT3 XLT&part… 1983 Ford Bronco - After all that maintenance & repair, it's right back to work. 1983 Ford Bronco - Too much noise from the old rubber bushings, so I put in some black Energy poly ([url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CN9AIS/]4.7110G ) today… 1983 Ford Bronco - The shifter retainer has been broken for over 8 months, so I picked up a new replacement locally (~$20) and swapped it on. 1983 Ford Bronco - Eventually, I got 33 gallons for $29. 1983 Ford Bronco - Even dead for a year & a half, and cut off 4 feet above ground (for the leverage), this stump still put up a helluva fight. [url=https://ww… 1983 Ford Bronco - I had to borrow a friend's Ram 3500 to rent this (they said they wouldn't let me tow it with a 1/2-ton truck), but I returned it with the B… 1983 Ford Bronco - Front three-quarter view of a black full-size Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer with a tan two-tone lower body and matching tan hardtop, parked on a… 1983 Ford Bronco - Interior footwell shot showing a blue-white LED courtesy light strip installed under the tan dashboard, its red and black feed wire routed… 1983 Ford Bronco - I haven't permanently routed the dash cam wire because I'm not sure this is the camera I'll keep in this truck yet. 1983 Ford Bronco - Some trees got in my way, but not for long. 1983 Ford Bronco - I knocked a fairly-substantial tree down with the bumper, and then tried to drive over it to break its branches. But I got hung up on it fo…