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Finally had some time to deal with this  All 3 lenses shattered, mounting tabs broken, chrome retaining ring broken. Nothing salvageable in this corner. So, a year or so ago i bought headlights for this thing, and never installed them. Since i need new lights, and i already have these, theyre going in.  Grill and housings coming out  Header removed, so i could remove the stone deflector  My dented one, from that deer hit last year  parts truck piece, same color, and no dents  stone deflector and header reinstalled  housings going in  ...and the finished product! I had a gloss black grill in a box i was saving for this project, so it went on at the same time   This is one of those mods where people either love it or hate it. Honestly, im torn, because it completely changes the look of the front end. But, having projector housings should be awesome for night driving, we'll see. Im going to have to aim them on my way to work tonight. Im now thinking i need to find another 20-22 Superduty bumper to put back on this thing, and then maybe color match it to the truck. Might look cool to have a green/black bumper on there instead of the chrome, especially since now the only chrome on the truck is the bumpers. Rusty!    Ok enough of that, lets get the tcase out  Hmm, seems someone already started taking the driveshaft out  Cut out the cats, sold em for $110. This thing is already making me money, lol  No drain plug in the pan? Screw it, self tappers to the rescue!  Yes, i put the screw back in the hole the next day, lol One pile of parts:  Pulled the light housings and the plastic header since its mint  Not much left thats good to take...  ,,,except that stone deflector, which just so happens to be in mint condition too, and the same color code as my green bronco!  So we had a wild storm the other night, 70 mph winds, raining sideways, etc. Driving in to work that night i hit a downed tree, and smashed the headlamp housing and chrome trim for it  Ive already got a set of headlamp housings i bought years ago in a box in the shed, so i guess thats Monday's project. Rip all the broken parts off, swap in that dent-free stone deflector, and put some new light housings on. Its Fake Spring in PA this week, so lets get some work done! This is a parts truck i picked up way back in December! Finally have time to dig into it.  Its a 96 Bronco w/ a 351w, which is mainly why i got it. Its a very badly rotted plow truck that gave her all until the frame broke at the steering box. Anwyays, lets get this thing in the garage! No steering & no brakes, im sure itll be fine!  Joe wanted the driver door, and i wanted the wiring harness so i could put power windows & door locks in my green 96 (the DD)  This thing is rusty!  Pic is deceiving, theres no floorpan!     I barely got anything done at all before the weather turned, and it changed from sunny and 75º to raining and 35º! So much for First Spring; only lasted 3 days this year! So its been in the garage since wednesday morning. I have every part i need to put power windows/locks/mirrors in the green bronco except the driver door harness. So heres my opportunity to get it! On first glance, it looks like the driver door plugs in behind the parking brake pedal assy, just like the 87-91 trucks do  Unfortunately, thats only the speaker wires. Seems the wires for the windows and door locks run up behind the dash. There it is!  Cant get to it, w/o mostly removing the dash  Theres the harness, running across the firewall  Runs all the way to the passenger kick panel where it plugs into the passenger door harness  Apparently Ford made it a stand-alone harness, with all the power and control coming from the driver door  ...and there she is!   ...and now finally, i can remove the door for Joe!  I also saved the wiring harness for the auto-dimming mirror and the illuminated sun visors, as well as a couple other dash parts. The dash itself and most of the interior is beat so not much to save there. Starting monday i will be under the hood- i want to remove and save the under-hood harness and PCM, and then the motor comes out and goes on the stand |