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LORE Bronco restore
- Thread starter Halogrinder
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Scooter
walk home clown
He is probably out fucking with the mog putting more glowsticks and lights on it
I will buy you a skull to upload more pics
Jesus how many skulls did this fucker get?
I bought him one 2 days ago. That hot peanut thread was well worth 20$
Halogrinder
Well-known member
You Monica's are alright, despite being complete assholes :D
CDA 455 II
ANFAQUE2
Scooter
walk home clown
Jesus how many skulls did this fucker get?
That thread was how I found the old place. Was looking at ARB bumpers for my 4runner and I saw the link for that thread and said to myself "how the fuck do you NOT read a thread titled Somebody's asshole is gonna burn tonight?"
Came for the funnay and stuck around because they were my kind of assholes.
Halogrinder
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Been bananas this week recovering from last week's freeze down here in Houston. A few pieces of equipment went down, some pipes burst and other nonsense.
Didn't get to do much other than try to lay out my exhaust/fuel system/brake lines, waiting for more fuel fittings to show up and whatnot.
This is a flex pipe for the header flange that will have a V band welded to it. I weld the ends of the flex pipe up, then knock it flat on a 12" disk. Makes welding them up nice. This was fusion only, no filler and some foot pedal pulsing to get it to close up without blowing out.
Didn't get to do much other than try to lay out my exhaust/fuel system/brake lines, waiting for more fuel fittings to show up and whatnot.
This is a flex pipe for the header flange that will have a V band welded to it. I weld the ends of the flex pipe up, then knock it flat on a 12" disk. Makes welding them up nice. This was fusion only, no filler and some foot pedal pulsing to get it to close up without blowing out.
Fredycruger
Today
that's some bad ass work!
im starting on 69 bronco, pretty much doing same thing like you. not as fancy though
disc brakes, sniper EFI ,
body off frame to be blasted . looking forward to it .waiting on parts from wild horses
im starting on 69 bronco, pretty much doing same thing like you. not as fancy though
disc brakes, sniper EFI ,
body off frame to be blasted . looking forward to it .waiting on parts from wild horses
Halogrinder
Well-known member
So.... I tacked these together, and I think I'm going to run a "muffler module" of some sort now.
One, they can't lay flat due to inside frame width
Two, it'll make them (I hope!) Easier to handle with them joined together.
Three v-bands makes it leak free and easy to remove if needed.
Now to think up ways of making exhaust mounts 🤔🤔
One, they can't lay flat due to inside frame width
Two, it'll make them (I hope!) Easier to handle with them joined together.
Three v-bands makes it leak free and easy to remove if needed.
Now to think up ways of making exhaust mounts 🤔🤔
Came for the first post, read through the last post. Nice work for sure. Boo! It's not finished yet.
Halogrinder
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You're telling me! I just hired another employee, and have another coming in a month- so then I can start working on it nearly full time again
Halogrinder
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working on an Xpipe and stuff
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Clean work. Looks great.
Halogrinder
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Ey- can we fix the fucking upload thing? The website wont upload and autofix the resolution-
the canadians are beating you here in basic forum herpaderp usage.......
so imma have to host pictures there because your shit's broken. plz fix kthanks :D
So circle back to the heavy duty motor mounts that didn't want to fit.
Tom's bronco parts sent me another set- and they fit marginally better, but still didnt fit worth a shit.
so, I milled slots in them to move them where they needed to be in the first place.
Stock motor mounts: slam dunk.
HD motor mounts: dont fit.
me thinks its the manufacturing of those mounts.
so, they are in and I had to get that done before my little exhaust escapade.
So here's my little system I came up with to hang the exhaust.
I didn't want to use the shitty straps, and wasn't keen on trying to make bar work and mount onto the frame.
This is a linear actuator bracket, with a Summit racing silicone exhaust grommet, and had my buddy make me some stainless stand offs on the waterjet (if anyone wants something similar, just le me know and I'll put you in touch with him)
I tried using Stainlessworks brackets, but they only come in too short, or too long for my little idea.
So, I also got some aluminum spacers to go inside the grommet to make the pin the linear actuator work.
Pretty painless once I figured out which parts worked with what.
Then I sorted out where the O2 sensors were gonna go
then hacked off the collector flange and welded a Vband on it to hold the flex section
Yeesh. This took longer than expected.
The mufflers are all TIG'd up, now to make the headers to mufflers part.
Hopefully I can use the SW brackets I now have for the tail pipes.
Unsure if I'll be able to do those until the body is on the truck, as I don't know where the rear quarter panel lands vs the frame.
Would suck to make rear tail pipes and it hit the body, or hang down low!
the canadians are beating you here in basic forum herpaderp usage.......
so imma have to host pictures there because your shit's broken. plz fix kthanks :D
So circle back to the heavy duty motor mounts that didn't want to fit.
Tom's bronco parts sent me another set- and they fit marginally better, but still didnt fit worth a shit.
so, I milled slots in them to move them where they needed to be in the first place.
Stock motor mounts: slam dunk.
HD motor mounts: dont fit.
me thinks its the manufacturing of those mounts.
so, they are in and I had to get that done before my little exhaust escapade.
So here's my little system I came up with to hang the exhaust.
I didn't want to use the shitty straps, and wasn't keen on trying to make bar work and mount onto the frame.
This is a linear actuator bracket, with a Summit racing silicone exhaust grommet, and had my buddy make me some stainless stand offs on the waterjet (if anyone wants something similar, just le me know and I'll put you in touch with him)
I tried using Stainlessworks brackets, but they only come in too short, or too long for my little idea.
So, I also got some aluminum spacers to go inside the grommet to make the pin the linear actuator work.
Pretty painless once I figured out which parts worked with what.
Then I sorted out where the O2 sensors were gonna go
then hacked off the collector flange and welded a Vband on it to hold the flex section
Yeesh. This took longer than expected.
The mufflers are all TIG'd up, now to make the headers to mufflers part.
Hopefully I can use the SW brackets I now have for the tail pipes.
Unsure if I'll be able to do those until the body is on the truck, as I don't know where the rear quarter panel lands vs the frame.
Would suck to make rear tail pipes and it hit the body, or hang down low!
arse_sidewards
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I'll put a dent in a muffler for clearance but I can't imagine doing custom exhaust like that. I guess you can do that when the environment is set on easy mode. It would just rust apart at all the welds here.
Halogrinder
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That's why everything is stainless :D
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arse_sidewards
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That will just delay things somewhat.
My stainless exhaust looks great after 8 years
I've got a 10 year old aluminized thats dogshit
arse_sidewards
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My stainless exhaust looks great after 8 years
Aluminized seems to last 2-10 depending on where it is in the system and how mush direct salt it gets. Stainless seems to go 5-20.
Halogrinder
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Was a constructive day.
I learned that stainless likes to move about 230 miles when you weld it.
that was entertainment to get it back to where it would bolt up lol
I learned that stainless likes to move about 230 miles when you weld it.
that was entertainment to get it back to where it would bolt up lol
Halogrinder
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Then I took a peek at a predicament I don't really know which way to go after without tons of work....
Halogrinder
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sigh. still can't upload some photos because the website is too retarded to auto-resize them :/
Knocked out some fuel lines and routing.
Worked on the tow truck a little bit.
Re-rubbered all the doors with felts and gaskets.
Fixed up some rust issues with POR15, and doing a quick re-shoot on the roof.
Knocked out some fuel lines and routing.
Worked on the tow truck a little bit.
Re-rubbered all the doors with felts and gaskets.
Fixed up some rust issues with POR15, and doing a quick re-shoot on the roof.
Halogrinder
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Pony_Driver
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Shit happens, you'll figure it out.
haha. i was digging the work and then kept seeing those and was getting PTSD from my race prep days and FIGHTING the non locating style for hours. in the future if you go with the flat ones, have the exhaust tube stick a touch to locate them.
Halogrinder
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week ending update-
So I'm hoping to have my intake on Monday.
I cut my valve covers to have the breather and -8 AN fitting for my PCV set up.
got a PCV setup mocked up for dyno use, will re-do with the same catch can/PCV system but with legit hoses and stuff once it's in the truck and I can sort out plumbing.
worked on the farm truck. Roof is getting cleaned up from some pin holes and rust- reshooting it with wimbelton white.
Decided to give er' a good ole rub and wow the results were worth it! lol
I used Dura-Coating Step 1 compound, then 2n1 polish on a foam pad.
Directions says run the compound a few times, wipe off with a microfiber, same similarly to the 2n1-
I didn't follow the instructions, and just got after it. If I cared more, it'd probably come out even better- but I'm happy with the insane results these products did.
I have the metal shine and tire shine, too. its killer stuff.
anyways. It's 100% operational now.
Literally, everything works like it was new. Even the washer pump lol
Just some time now to finish the body work up on the roof, drop in new rubber/windshield, and I'll give it a good water test before pulling the seats to recover and throw down some jute/vinyl for flooring.
Had to do two patches- one on driver side because the windshield leaked and pooled up under the jute.
The other was in the middle of the passenger pan, i think from a second water leak from the windshield and was running down onto the trans doghouse.
Cleaned the doghouse up with my muriatic acid solution I've previously discussed.
So I'm hoping to have my intake on Monday.
I cut my valve covers to have the breather and -8 AN fitting for my PCV set up.
got a PCV setup mocked up for dyno use, will re-do with the same catch can/PCV system but with legit hoses and stuff once it's in the truck and I can sort out plumbing.
worked on the farm truck. Roof is getting cleaned up from some pin holes and rust- reshooting it with wimbelton white.
Decided to give er' a good ole rub and wow the results were worth it! lol
I used Dura-Coating Step 1 compound, then 2n1 polish on a foam pad.
Directions says run the compound a few times, wipe off with a microfiber, same similarly to the 2n1-
I didn't follow the instructions, and just got after it. If I cared more, it'd probably come out even better- but I'm happy with the insane results these products did.
I have the metal shine and tire shine, too. its killer stuff.
anyways. It's 100% operational now.
Literally, everything works like it was new. Even the washer pump lol
Just some time now to finish the body work up on the roof, drop in new rubber/windshield, and I'll give it a good water test before pulling the seats to recover and throw down some jute/vinyl for flooring.
Had to do two patches- one on driver side because the windshield leaked and pooled up under the jute.
The other was in the middle of the passenger pan, i think from a second water leak from the windshield and was running down onto the trans doghouse.
Cleaned the doghouse up with my muriatic acid solution I've previously discussed.
Awesome job!