first parts truck of 2026!

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

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