1994 BRONCO/CAMPER BUILD/TRANSFORMATION

[CDA 455 II]

Finally put a 3rd leg on the camper:

The other of two legs that came with the camper:

 

[CDA 455 II]

I Plan to weld a permanent hitch bar shank to the square tube jack once the temp. bolted one confirms proper shank placement.

 

[welndmn]

Have you seen Brendens jack made from a trailer jack?
It's very handy and if you already are using it dor the camper, might as well use it for a jack too.

Tauler Jack Kit

Note: Rush of summer 2023 orders! 2.25 is back in stock! 2.5" 'lite' version now available and in stock. The 2.5 'lite' uses a lot of the same details as the 2.25 version such as the cam handle. The nose of the 2.5 lite will be lightly shorter making for a more compact package. A recent rush...

brennans-garage.com

 

[CDA 455 II]

Have you seen Brendens jack made from a trailer jack?
It's very handy and if you already are using it dor the camper, might as well use it for a jack too.

Tauler Jack Kit

Note: Rush of summer 2023 orders! 2.25 is back in stock! 2.5" 'lite' version now available and in stock. The 2.5 'lite' uses a lot of the same details as the 2.25 version such as the cam handle. The nose of the 2.5 lite will be lightly shorter making for a more compact package. A recent rush...

brennans-garage.com

Yeah; I read through that thread.

I plan on using hitch receivers like what I'm using as a 3rd leg on the camper.

 

[CDA 455 II]

HVAC people did work on my townhouse A/C unit today.

I ask one of them about my Bronco A/C; mentioning I want to remove it but was concerned about removing the Freon.
Discovered I don't have any Freon in the system.

That means I'm removing said A/C unit in the very near future.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Started the removal of the A/C unit.
Removed the refrigerant lines.
Removed receiver drier/accumulator.

Tomorrow morning I'll remove the condenser.

Have to order a compressor bypass pulley.
For simplicity I'm going to leave the evaporator core.

 

[CDA 455 II]

IS IT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE THE BYPASS PULLEY (as well as the A/C COMPRESSOR)?

Use a shorter fanbelt/route fanbelt OVER idler pully between alternator and P/S pump:

 

[welndmn]

Not really, the span between the two is just too large.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Got the condenser removed.

Pondering whether to use a compressor bypass pulley/eliminate said pulley all together/leave it alone.
For right now I'm leaving it alone.

Over on FSB a member eliminated A/C pulley all together:

I'm going to try this eventually.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Why would you not want a/c?

 

[CDA 455 II]

Why would you not want a/c?

Probably because from 1977 to 1989 all of my off road experience was either in a '68 Kaiser Jeep or a '73 IH Travelall.
Niether had A/C nor carpeting.

Those two rigs are the platforms for which all of my future off road trucks are based on.

As stated earlier; the A/C hasn't worked in over 10 years.

Also; A/C isn't very efficient with no doors on.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Also; A/C isn't very efficient with no doors on.

Good point

 

[CDA 455 II]

Good point

This Summer I'm going to experiment with taking the doors off the Bronco.

Internet pic example:

 

[Steve300xcw]

I'll take doors with wing windows myself

 

[CDA 455 II]

I'll take doors with wing windows myself

Exactly.

 

[Snowracer]

i removed the smog pump and got an ac bypass pulley and run belt #25060882 from Napa.

 

[CDA 455 II]

i removed the smog pump and got an ac bypass pulley and run belt #25060882 from Napa.

In a 5.0?
Your part # indicates a 88.2" fan belt.

For the time being I need to keep the smog pump to pass visual inspection.

 

[Snowracer]

In a 5.0?
Your part # indicates a 88.2" fan belt.

For the time being I need to keep the smog pump to pass visual inspection.

Yes 5.0

 

[bdkw1]

Got the condenser removed.

Pondering whether to use a compressor bypass pulley/eliminate said pulley all together/leave it alone.
For right now I'm leaving it alone.

Over on FSB a member eliminated A/C pulley all together:

I'm going to try this eventually.

That is how I routed the belt on my bronco when the pump exploded. Modified the heater box with non AC stuff and had way more tire clearance. Ditching the evaporator dropped the motor like 10 deg when running it hard.

 

[CDA 455 II]

I measured the fan belt with a string completely bypassing the A/C compressor and re-routing said fan belt.
I got 94.5"

Stock length is 99"

Would it be a big deal if I used a 93" fan belt even though my primitive measurement yielded 94.5"?

 

[bdkw1]

That might be to tight to get it on.

Are you still running the air pump?

 

[CDA 455 II]

That might be to tight to get it on.

Are you still running the air pump?

Ok.

For the moment; yes.
Eventually; I want to remove the air pump as well.

 

[bdkw1]

Ditch the air pump. I had one seize up on a trip. The belt gets nice and short then. I think I put a larger wheel on the tensioner or something to make it work better. It's been a few years/beers.....

 

[CDA 455 II]

Ditch the air pump. I had one seize up on a trip. The belt gets nice and short then. I think I put a larger wheel on the tensioner or something to make it work better. It's been a few years/beers.....

Totally agree

 

[CDA 455 II]

Who subscribes to the 'REPLACE THE TENSIONER WHEN YOU REPLACE THE FAN BELT' philosophy?

 

[CDA 455 II]

I'm going to measure the distance between the PS and ALT; simply bypassing the A/C pump.

Take what the difference is and then buy a fan belt accordingly:
99"(stock Bronco) - X(measurement difference) = Y(shorter length fan belt)

 

[CDA 455 II]

I'm going to measure the distance between the PS and ALT; simply bypassing the A/C pump.

Take what the difference is and then buy a fan belt accordingly:
99"(stock Bronco) - X(measurement difference) = Y(shorter length fan belt)

Measured A/C pulley to ALT pulley: 30.5" (stock route).

Measured P/S pulley to ALT pulley: 22.5" (bypass A/C pulley).

Measurements:
30.5"-22.5"=8"
99"-8=91"

Thoughts?

 

[CDA 455 II]

Removed the camper today:

Used HF dollies to roll camper on trailer:

The wood was used to keep the dollies centered while rolling.

Used dually rims/tires to lower the rear:

 

[CDA 455 II]

This is the first time the camper's been off since the lower gear install.

It's like I gained 100HP and 150ft/lbs of torque!🤣😀

 

[Steve300xcw]

I bet yer neighbors just love you