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When last we left off, i was removing the stone deflector  That piece is now installed on the green DD bronco, so, moving on, i want to take the front clip apart  Check this fender. For a plow truck, this thing is mint  Here's the only rust on the fender, super minimal. This one is a keeper
The driver fender isnt perfect, but i think it might be salvageable  Some rust here, pretty sure i can fix this easily enough  This kind of sucks though  Thats a big dent, and i dont know if i have the skill to fix it. Time will tell. Core support is junk, thats going. Im saving the fender liners. Entire under-hood harness is already removed and in a box to save  Motor/trans coming out   Split the motor and trans. Giving the trans to a coworker as his 97 F250's E4OD needs a front pump  The space between the block and the spacer plate was full of....stuff. The spacer was rotted out, and i had to needle scale the back of the block to get it mostly clean, before putting it on the stand   With that done im pretty much done with this thing so i pushed it outside  I took the cowl, and the black windshield trim since its semi rare. Then took the top off and threw it in the back of the F250 for now  Little dude helped me hitch up the trailer...  Took a chain to rig up the draglink so it wouldnt steer so wonky...  ...and onto the trailer it went!  Took it to the scrap yard Monday morning, and got $174 for it as it sits. So the total tally is this: Purchase price: $700 sold cats for $100 scrapped bronco for $174 that gets me down to $426, and i still have an electric shift BW1356 to hopefully sell. parts kept: 96 roller cam 351w "parts" E4OD i gave to a coworker mass-air airbox under-hood harness PCM stone deflector cowl black windshield trim fenders fender liners entire power window harness power rearview mirror/illuminated visor harness rear cargo panels tcase skid hard top. Dunno why just wanted it because its green! all told, i think i made out pretty good! 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 |
