1978 Ford Bronco
| Owner: |
Alaskan-78XLT  (All of this user's registries on SuperMotors) |
| From: |
Fairbanks, AK, U.S.A. (Other registries in AK) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1978 Ford Bronco (Other Ford Broncos) |
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| Clubs: |
SuperFord.org (Other vehicles in this club)
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Half Cab Converted SUVs (Other vehicles in this club)
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| Nickname: |
Blackie The Friesian Half Cab |
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| Engine: |
Bone stock(as far as I know) 351M |
| Drivetrain: |
C6 tranny, NP 205 transfer case, Dana 44 front end, Ford 8.8" rear end, 4.11 front, 3.08 rear, 33" Hankook Dynopro MTs |
| Notes: |
Got free from a friend of a friend, towed to friends place, starter cylenoid , radiator hose, install rear driveshaft that was with it, new battery and drove it home... had blown front diff-spider gears.
Now 2 years and almost $5000 later I have rebuilt the front axle from hub to hub, got a '79 parts truck, and converted to a 'half cab' pickup. Have all parts on hand or almost here to rebuild the 8.8 rear, the trans and do the seals in the transfer case. New 33" Hankook Dynopro MTs and chrome steelie rims with baby moon caps. |
| Last Updated: |
7/3/2012 |
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Maintenance & Modification Logs
| Date | Type | Mileage | Title / Description | $ Amount | | 10/23/10 | Repair | | power steering pump installed
over filled it , and had to work air from the system, but it works like a dream... smooooh! | 0.00 | | 10/21/10 | Repair | | ps pump pulley swap
Got my pulleys swapped today after buying a $30 puller... but it was so easy, I forgot the cost a moment after it was done... soooo much easier. | 30.00 | | 10/14/10 | Repair | | power steering pump removed
I pulled my leaking power steering pump off the bronco today. Hoses were tight and not leaking, but it still dripped, and at times streamed fluid off the bottom of it. Pretty sure it is leaking from the resivoir housing meets the pump itself; While pulling it I realized that the tin outer housing will spin on the pump itself. That can't be good.
Got one thats identical to it on my 73 parts truck, went and pulled it too. But the pulley is smaller and offset too far from the housing... Gonna swap pulleys if i can. | 0.00 | | 10/08/10 | Repair | | front clip work
front fender swap and grill/core support work
Well, today for me has to be preempted by what I did Tues.... Rear-ended a guy in traffic(my fault... got distracted. No one hurt, slow 10mph hit... minimal damage all around. Cr@p happens, life goes on... ) clipped his rear left corner with my front right corner, I almost got turned in time. Wreaked havoc with my nice straight fender/grill shell/ grill that i just got put on a couple months ago... Totaled the fender, and technically the grill shell too.
So, this afternoon I spent some time with a 6' CAT bar straightening out my bumper, grill shell, and the core support. pulled the mangled fender off; Its amazing how easy it is to get to all those bolts that hold it to the grill shell if you not worrying about bending it... just un bolt the back and pull it out, stand between fender and truck and pull the inner bolts (I could have cried having to do that).
Put back the stock fender that i had previously swapped out... The grill shell is torn beyond repair in a couple spots, but is perfectly functional for now.
Going to need to do a full tear down of the front and change the core support too... I can straighten it, but not on the truck, so I'll just put the spare on and straighten this one for the other truck later. But I'm putting that off till this fiasco is a little less fresh in my mind.
Right now it still looks better than it did before i did the front clip a couple months ago, but not as good as it did after... I can live with the half step for a while. gonna spray some fast flames on it this weekend so I don't have 1 flame-less fender.
Funny, it took me a while to get those good fenders to swap onto it, got them on, then bought another truck that needs front fenders... Just bought a parts truck for that with good front fenders on it... And Bam!(literally...) I now need one for the bronco again. Its Utterly Rediculous how many front fenders I'm going through.
| 0.00 | | 10/02/10 | Miscellaneous | | reinstall passenger seat
| 0.00 | | 10/01/10 | Modification | | bed linned floor/re-install driver seat
$0 cost since Weston had the bed liner, but spent probably $5 in gas
| 5.00 | | 09/30/10 | Modification | | rust removed from floor boards
ground out rust on floor, sprayed with rust converter, and primed. | 25.00 | | 09/19/10 | Miscellaneous | | Test drive
Oil;
Stuck the drivers seat back in with three tight bolts, and drove 5 miles to a friends place. No drip. No puddle. didn't crall under it.
Water;
No leak.
Drove home,
Oil; slight leak from around one pan bolt... otherwise pan dry. a lot better than before, but a longer drive will tell more.
Water; none on arrival, will see in the morning. | 0.00 | | 09/18/10 | Repair | | Oil fill after pan off
Didn't get a filter to change because with the leak I was just pouring oil through, at a quart every 50 miles/quart every day.
6 quarts oil | 15.00 | | 09/18/10 | Miscellaneous | | re-assembly
starter back on. Exhaust back on. | 0.00 | | 09/18/10 | Miscellaneous | | Removed interior pt2
shifter boot out,
carper and insulation out. | 0.00 | | 09/17/10 | Repair | | install oil pan seal and pan
Cleaned engine block, installed oil pan gasket set to block, then pan to block. Easier!
minimal squeeze out, and siliconed the heck out of the spot that did squeeze out.
Set pan bolts to factory service torque spec, 8ftlbs, and 12ftlbs.
| 14.00 | | 09/15/10 | Repair | | oil pan seal removal
pulled exhaust, starter, and oil pan. removed old gasket, cleaned pan inside and out. | 0.00 | | 09/15/10 | Miscellaneous | | Removed interior pt1
Removed driver and passenger seats, and center console. | 0.00 | | 09/13/10 | Maintenance | | re-sealed rear wall lower.
the previous silicone caulk didn't set up after I painted it, and even where I hadn't painted it.. it rained and ran... Mess.
Cleaned it out, and re-caulked with DAP 3.0 bi-polymer caulk... set up in 3 hours, Perfect.
| 15.00 | | 09/11/10 | Modification | | mud flaps
Mounted mud flaps, or more acurately mounted rubber ford oval floor mats as mud flaps. Screwed to the rear wheel well insets and the wheel arch lip.
Free. Floor mats came in donor body. | 0.00 | | 08/29/10 | Modification | | Half cab step 4
Painted topper section, flashing, outer window mount board, side trim, and tail light trim flat black.
Mounted tail gate (yikes... that spring is a pain). Touched up its paint.
Tested gloss clear coat on gate... OK... will let it set and see...
Rubber flashing mounted on the top gaps.
Need to seal and foam fill.
| 0.00 | | 08/27/10 | Modification | | Half cab step 3
Lower wall sheeted in old wall plywood sheeting, flashing finished, screwed down.
Test drove, squeaked and rattled. Then got quieter. it settled with a little creek from the fiberglass now and then.
Finished except for painting the flashing, caulking/sealing, and re-sheeting the lower section in metal and insulating the lower section before winter. | 0.00 | | 08/27/10 | Miscellaneous | | Water leak stopped..
Didn't do anything though... Test drove it for the back wall, and to see if it would leak and over heat... Got good and warm, up to temp, even put out heat, hoses hot etc... no leak. No leak when turned off. Nothing.
Strange. | 0.00 | | 08/23/10 | Modification | | Half cab step two-window in
Window installed in topper section. Wall sections shortened, new wall built, window mount made, window backing made, window installed. | 0.00 | | 08/22/10 | Modification | | mounted topper section
mounted, and flashed on sides and top-half installed- need upper corners flashed. | 0.00 | | 08/22/10 | Miscellaneous | | drive-new leak
test drove-no leak at dipstick tube.
Found leak-antifreeze, balancer throwing it on drag link etc, leaking from bottom of water pump running down to crank
Will tighten pump bolts(carefully) and see what happens. | 3.50 | | 08/21/10 | Repair | | oil dipstick tube receptical sealed
Silicone sealed, test drove. also installed missing oil pan bolt-in bling hole-sealed in for good measure. No oil on that side of engine after both.. which fixed it? the tube seal i think.
Found leak on other side-- oil pan bolts.
| 0.00 | | 08/21/10 | Modification | | flamed the front ford letters.
And failed... bue paint didn't stick, or cure, and ate off the red.white and black under it... And fixed; bought paint, primer, sanded down,feathered in, wiped, washed, heat lamp dried, primed, painted... feathered red over white primer over spray... Pretty good if I do say so myself. Oh, and removed the letters too. | 9.00 | | 08/21/10 | Modification | | custom topper section painted
krylon fusion. stuck Ok I think. didn't set where it was wet with something, i think left over tar remover residue. Will re-spray later and see if it covers, if not will sand and re-spray. | 4.00 | | 08/21/10 | Maintenance | | washed rear window
getting ready o mount rear window in custom topper section, wanted it clean for the adhesive, and so I don't have to do it after its in the truck... | 0.00 | | 08/18/10 | Modification | | Hood flames done
Taped,masked, and painted the hood flames! | 15.00 | | 08/14/10 | Modification | | Removed rear wall.
Removed the rear wall upper and lower skins and took most of the lower wall out. Test fit topper section and rear window. | 0.00 | | 08/10/10 | Miscellaneous | | still have oil leak.
still leaking oil, from around dipstick tube, from screw plate or from tube fitting itself? ??
| 0.00 | | 08/08/10 | Modification | | Re-assemble front end
Mounted PS fender on the 4th, and DS fender on the 8th. test fit grill shell on the 4th, installed on the 8th, with grill, trim, lights, etc. | 0.00 | | 08/08/10 | Fuel | 990 | 7/8ths tank Start millage clock
$56 for 16 gallons, on top of ~5 gallons gives 7/8 tank ~ 33 gal tank Start millage clock | 56.00 | | 08/07/10 | Maintenance | | re sea rear wall top again
1/2 tube white bath/tile caulk, top rip of rear cap. | 2.00 | | 08/04/10 | Modification | | painted new fenders/grill
started paint of new fenders and grill, stripped fenders to bare metal, primed, painted, flamed. 2 week project total from 7/28 to 8/8 | 60.00 | | 08/01/10 | Modification | | remove front fenders/grill
Took front fenders and grill off, \\Took new fenders and grill from donor body straightened them.
| 0.00 | | 07/12/10 | Modification | | paint grill shell
paint old grill shell red-color test
masked grill/lights/hood/fenders in tape, paper | 15.00 | | 07/05/10 | Repair | | re-seal rear wall
2 tubes bi-polaler caulk
1 tube silicone. | 25.00 | | 06/15/10 | Maintenance | | oil change
swap oil to 10/40 | 30.00 | | 06/15/10 | Repair | | oil drain gasket
swapped to new oil drain washer, had cracked old one, trying to find/fix oil leak. | 0.00 | | 06/12/10 | Repair | | air cleaner, fuelfilter, rebuild carb
fixed problem from dieing in town... fuel plug in filter orcarb? unknown. carb was pretty clean, as was the filter. | 50.00 | | 06/10/10 | Miscellaneous | | broke down
died in traffic, tow tow across town, vapor lock?, cool, drive across town, die again, tow home. | 0.00 | | 06/01/10 | Repair | | dipstick tube seal
put o ring on dipstick tube to fix leak. | 0.00 | | 05/30/10 | Modification | | Rear End gear ratio change
Changed rear ring and pinion to 4:10 to match front. All new seals and bearings installed | 250.00 | | 03/10/10 | Modification | | Rear wall install
2x6 edge frame upper, 2x4frame lower, screwed to floor and topper mount lip. CDX 7/16" sheeting. black rattle can. rear window plexi. | 100.00 | | 08/16/08 | Modification | | remove tailgate
| 0.00 | | 08/15/08 | Miscellaneous | | bought trans rebuild kit
full kit, with plates. | 130.00 | | 08/15/08 | Repair | | New fuel pump
| 50.00 | | 08/10/08 | Repair | | trans maitenance/repair
changed trans fluid, set band adjustment, new vacuum modulator installed. | 50.00 | | 08/01/08 | Damage | | Broke trans
Mud hole, rocked back and forth at RPM, blew out trans. | 0.00 | | 07/30/08 | Modification | | Tires and rims
4x Hankook 33x12.5x 15 MTs
4x Chrome smooth steelys/baby moon caps(cheapest rims they had at $110 each!) | 1,350.00 | | 07/20/08 | Repair | | New DS front axles
New front axle bought for drivers, but not installed. | 200.00 | | 07/10/08 | Repair | | mild front end re-build
New pass. side drive shaft, u- joint(spicer), new spider gears. R&P looked brand new. no new bearings installed. New wheel stud-drivers side. | 150.00 | | 06/12/08 | Maintenance | | Spark plugs
NGKx8 | 20.00 | | 06/10/08 | Maintenance | | Oil change
Napa oil, filter, 10w30 | 30.00 | | 06/07/08 | Repair | | Radiator hose and starter cylenoid
radiator hose and starter cylenoid added. engine runs good. | 30.00 | | 06/01/08 | Miscellaneous | | Brought to garrets
Truck free. air tires, tow ~3 miles to Garretts Remove moss, dirt, rear seat. Wash. 5 gal. gas,
check driveline; front spiders blown. | 15.00 | | Total | 2,748.50 |
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