1989 Ford Bronco 460 project pictures, videos, and sounds

Will H > 1989 Ford Bronco > 460 project

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Gettin towed to the temporary garage...a 2 bay storage unit rented for 280 a month...2 weeks was 140...

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She's in...plenty of room. Had to air down the tires and take off my lightbar and modify the garage ...

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The cherry picker arrives in the lead sled...driven by my friend Ned....or so he said, it's painted ...

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Here is Ned...without him I wouldnt have been able to do this. He arranged for the 460 to be shipped...

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Started November 29th, 2003...

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Ned hookin the old 302 up...

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Since Ned had to leave to go to the Panthers game, I had to get it out myself. Due to me taking shor...

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She's out! And a little lighter in the front end too!

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Freshly remanufactored 460 being mated to rebuilt C6...

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Its dead....

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Mike Fletcher on the left and Bill on the right. Mike helped alot with this project as well, couldnt...

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The new 460 sits in so nice and purdy! I cant help but smile...

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We made a mess....but we're done with the cherry picker at least...

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And an even bigger mess over here...

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Cut my frame thinking I needed room for my oil cooler hoses, but as it turned out I had enough room ...

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Lookin more and more like a real engine now...

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Puttin her back together...

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Oil cooler just kinda thrown on there, still has the shipping label on it

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Priming the engine with the biggest drill Home Depot had since nothing else I had or borrowed had en...

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Oil pump driveshaft is in the middle...a dropped socket might be disastrous, so be careful and tape ...

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When your toolbox does not include a funnel, and you are sick of going out and buying tools you dont...

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AC compresser is gonna sit on top until I get a AC/PS bracket...to make a long story short I didnt h...

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Dagnabit! Either I'm not gettin spark or the timing gun wont work!! Oh....no wonder...

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My other godsend, Jim...goes to Nascar Technical Institute in Mooresville, NC...knows his stuff for ...

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This is how the filter sits with the hoses going the best way straight out to the front. Notice the ...

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After tracking down the no-start condition due to afore mentioned blown fusible link, and tracking d...

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New computer...

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My broken rigged up throttle cable fits right in without any problems, so does the non working cruis...

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Puttin her back together! Sold my old tires and rims to Mike, so I got some goofy lookin things on t...

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On initial startup Jim hollered at me to stop since tranny fluid was goin everywhere...turned out to...