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This thing has been sitting neglected since the wheelin trip, finally got some time to work on it  I need to get the soft top off, decided this winter we're going to run the hard top instead of the half cab. But, i want to pull the sliding windows out over fears im going to break one offroad  The top has been sitting up on blocks out in the stones for a year now.....pulled the windows out to find an ant colony in the seals!  Dug a set of tinted windows out of the shed  new seals from LMC    ...and windows installed!  I threw the top on top of my toolcart and rolled it out of the way.....  ...and then shoehorned the bronco into the garage!  Had to put a set of 305s on the back, it was the only way to get it low enough to get it thru the doorway! Its been in the 20s for a couple days now and its only going to get colder over the next few days, so im going to work on the bronco in the garage in the heat so i dont have to worry about cold windows not wanting to flex. Gonna try to get the top swapped tomorrow, and then start fixing the brakes and steering from the Rausch Creek trip. I made the terrible mistake of going on marketplace, where i found a soft top for a bronco, in great shape, for $200!  No instructions and missing some hardware but i think we can figure it out, so yesterday me and the kiddo sorted it all out and got it installed. Friday i pulled the half cab off  ...washed the mud out of the inside...  ...and reinstalled the back half of the interior!  So yesterday me & the kiddo started laying out the rails to figure out how it goes together  He was super excited about the project and started laying out parts  Bedside rails in. They bolt to the original hard top captured nuts altho you have to drill a couple extra holes & put an extra couple screws in to hold it a little more secure   Sorting out the top rails:  They are supposed to be held in place with these stainless sheetmetal screws but im missing about half  ...fortunately i have a ton of oem body hardware, so i used some oem sheetmetal screws instead  Top rails installed:  working on the tailgate rail:  It doesnt actually attach to the tailgate, it attaches to the siderails using studs & wingnuts (for easy removal). But it s supposed to have some kind of seal here  i had some random weatherstripping in the shed, thought it might work but its not big enough to fit over the lip  for now foam will have to do, ill have to reach out to Broncograveyard during the week to see if i can buy the correct seal
Sorting out the bows. The fabric sleeves for the bows are also missing, maybe i can get them too.  ...stretching out the top...   ...and done!    I think i like the soft top the best of the three. Doesnt hurt that its the kiddo's favorite as well. So naturally we had to take it for a drive to get ice cream! |
