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Head Gasket ⤍ Engine Swap project

From 1992 Ford Bronco, documented by fodder.

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1992 Ford Bronco - Lower manifold bolts. Inners all came out easily, but 3 of the 4 corner bolts snapped in the same spot. Judging from the taper, they were h… 1992 Ford Bronco - Instead of nuts, Ford saved a few cents per truck by putting these PITA retainer clips on the 4 valve cover bolts to hold the injector harn… 1992 Ford Bronco - Not sure what to do about removing water neck stuff (EEC coolant temp sensor connector) to release the lower manifold... There's the 4th co… 1992 Ford Bronco - Side view of the sensor connector and where I assume it has to be disconnected at the end of the heater hot water tube on the passenger sid… 1992 Ford Bronco - Lower manifold removed...yuck. 1992 Ford Bronco - Lower manifold removed...yuck. 1992 Ford Bronco - Lower manifold removed...yuck. 1992 Ford Bronco - Drivers side headgasket. No blowouts, but kinked behind cylinder #8. 1992 Ford Bronco - Drivers side head. Cylinder #7 doesn't look fully seated (gunk around the lip), which could explain that one being the low compression on t… 1992 Ford Bronco - Drivers side head removed. 1992 Ford Bronco - Passenger side exhaust manifold lower bolt(s) access difficulties. 1992 Ford Bronco - Block cracked on the passenger side. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the cracked block. 1992 Ford Bronco - Passenger head/gasket. 1992 Ford Bronco - Mmm, rusty water pump. 1992 Ford Bronco - Engine pulled. No longer a head gasket project. 1992 Ford Bronco - Engine pulled. 1992 Ford Bronco - Engine bay starting to sparkle. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of the engine bay, focusing on the transmission and air conditioning components, with a teal-colored firewall. 1992 Ford Bronco - 1995 Bronco harness. 1992 Ford Bronco - Passenger side engine mount bracket got pretty beat up from wrestling the near-impossible engine into place. 1992 Ford Bronco - Still trying to get the flex-plate and torque converter lined up... 1992 Ford Bronco - Engine installed and mostly buttoned up. Just need to finish some exhaust and wiring stuff, and get the new radiator in. 1992 Ford Bronco - So much room without the vacuum canisters! Shorty headers installed, spark plug wires tidied up and protected with sleeves. 1992 Ford Bronco - The spark plug wires are a bit tougher to tame on the driver's side...