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Sigh....that didnt last long...  Hit a deer last night on the freeway on my way to work. Cruise set at 70, no time to react. Knocked her over, and ran right over it. Coworkers said i splattered that deer all over the highway! Bumper is wrecked, lower valance dented and it pulls to the right.  valance dented  No time to waste. Yanked bumper off. Good thing i made the wiring harness for the lights modular  One of the LED foglight brackets broke; LED lightbar made it out unscathed  Bumper adapter bracket bent:  Bumper mount bent:  draglink bent up when the deer went under the truck  I used a winch to straighten the tierod  ...and a winch + torch to straighten the bumper bracket  Took it for a test drive to the carwash to wash the blood and fur off the undercarriage (its everywhere- i even have fur on my motor mounts!) and it drives straight down the road again, so i dug out the original bumper and slapped it back on   At least it drives straight and looks ok, but im going to need to fix that valance at some point. Been busy, never updated this. New probe from Autometer  swagelok threaded into the manifold  ...and done!  Driven it a few times now, all is well :smokin: Good thing too, because last week i started getting a thunk in the green bronco when i put it into gear. Long story short - bad ujoint in the double cardan  Pulled the driveshaft out thursday and went over to the local driveline shop for parts, and then rebuilt it friday morning after work  yep, id say its bad  new spicer non-greasables, plus a center ball kit from neapco  no way i was replacing both ujoints, and not replacing the center ball   ...together...  ...and done!  Got this one done just in time too......me & the little dude were hauling trailer loads of black walnuts out to the woods, and we had a breakdown ...little dude had to tow his bronco home!  |