​Got my rear diff cover the other day. OEM Ford piece ('08 Superduty), same one I run on my F250:

​Degreased it, then shot it with some clear so it wont corrode. Did the same on the cover on my F250, and that's looking good years later.
Also, more parts!

​These are B-Code Superduty leafs, that I picked up off an old friend Saturday.
So I did some research on these things, this is what I came up with:

Ford Bronco 78-84 1390 5 leaf
Ford Bronco 79-93 1650 (202/276) 4+1 leaf
Ford Bronco 94-96 1650 (230) 4+1 leaf
Superduty:
B code 98-04 2998 (320/670)
C code 98-04 3626 (350/730) - dually
F code 98-04 2695 (334/776)

What does all that mean? 1650 is the spring load for a 96. 230# is the deflection, which is ore or less how 'stiff' the spring is. The B code leaf has a load of 2998 (with the overload) meaning it can carry ~1300# more than a stock bronco leaf. But, the deflection is only 90# higher w/o the overload. The second # (670) is the deflection with the overload, which I am not currently planning on running. So it should be a touch stiffer than stock but not by a whole lot. My guess is, adding an AAL to the original bronco leafs, or whatever else I need to do to raise the rear 2", will probably make the spring pack stiffer than the B Codes. So hopefully this works out, but I wont know for a while yet. My current plan is to strip & rebuild the front end and then drop the motor in, to see what ride height looks like. Then after all that is done, ill tear into the rear end and get the axle & springs swapped.

Got the bronco in the driveway!

​Pulled whats left of the motor

​...and stuffed the bronco into the garage!

​So I got the front 3rd cleaned & painted. Also of note is the drain plug I added. New seals for it sitting on the work bench, which ill slap in once I start putting it all together.

​Got delayed by yesterday's freak snowstorm, so this morning we got the bronco moved from her resting place up to the driveway

​Looks like tomorrow im going to a friend's house to grab a set of 'B' Code rear Superduty leafs from him.  Then hopefully Monday I can pull whats left of the 302 out of the truck, and then bring her inside so the rebuild can begin!

​So i salvaged the F250's ubolt plates, and the oem blocks from it as well. Got em blasted and now theyre sitting in a fresh coat of primer.

​Pulled the massive sway bar off the 10.25. Going to clean it up and save it, but not planning on installing it; just keeping it in case i want it later on.

​Got the rear needle-scaled, wire wheeled, and painted too.  Ignore the rusty diff cover, thatll be getting replaced with a new one when the axle goes in.

I was gonna start cleaning the front diff, when i remembered we have a bigass parts washer with agitator at work, so im bringing that in to soak all night while im working.
Tomorrow a couple buddies are coming by after work, and we're going to bring the bronco up from its space in the stones, to the garage door so i can yank whats left of the motor, and then bring the truck inside for the rebuild!

​I brought the rear into the garage to pop a drum off, and check condition of brakes. Needed to see if it had the 2½" or 3" shoes, condition of hardware etc. The drum didn't come off too well, but once it did come off, I was greeted with this:

​New brakes! The wheel cylinders look like death from the outside so they'll be getting replaced, but the shoes (3") & all hardware are all damn near new.
​So this is where i left off for the weekend:

10.25 ready to be stripped, and the front 3rd waiting for a chance to be degreased. Hope to start prepping both of these tomorrow morning after work.

So yesterday after messing with the knuckles and caliper mounts, I pulled the drive shafts & tcase, then pulled the front clip, and yanked out the motor/trans

​Hoping I can sell the C6/BW1356

​That's enough for one day...

So today I pushed it onto the yard, then winched it up onto the trailer

​Stripped the whole front end. Saved the front 3rd for the bronco, planning on selling the hubs/spindles/etc

​Then moved on to the rear

​10.25 out

then stole the steering wheel, steering box & pitman arm, and off to the scrapyard she goes

​All told, pretty productive over the past two days, if I do say so myself!

​TTB Knuckles/chevy brake brackets blasted, primed and painted

​So that pretty much wraps up the parts gathering for the front end. So now to move on to the parts truck....

​85 K20 front axle from the junkyard:

​Removed what appeared to be new, yet rusty calipers & rotors

​Found brand new bearings, apparently just recently greased

Whole axle stripped

8 lug hub parts salvaged

​matching chevy stubs cleaned up

​Near as i can tell, this whole axle was rebuilt and then the truck went to the junkyard. Everything looks brand new, even the pads, those aren't rusty and don't even show signs of wear. All the seals and dry rotted though from sitting so i ordered all new hub & spindle seals. New calipers too since theyre a whopping $19 each.
From there i moved on to modding a pair of knuckles off of an older bronco i got from another 'yard.

First ear cut off

Done​

​Comparison of before and after:

​And both knuckles done

​Ive got like 6 boxes of parts still unopened in the garage, gotta go thru them tomorrow. Im going to bring the knuckles and the caliper brackets in to work to see if i can blast them and get em painted. Hoping next week i can start stripping the parts truck.

​In the hunt for a 351, I neded up buying a whole truck!
Enter this rotted out 88 F250:
351/C6/1356. 4.10s with a L/S rear

​She barely fit on the trailer. We ended up sawzalling off the bumper to make room for the ramps

I found this thing and was originally only going to buy the motor until the owner told me for another $200 I could have the whole truck. 3/4 tons with 4.10s? Sign me up!
So I set up an elaborate scheme that required me driving 150 miles yesterday.
After I left work I went home, grabbed the trailer and picked up this truck. Then from there shot over to Collis Truck Parts to pick up this:
(3/4 ton 10 bolt for 8-lug conversion)

​Brought both home, unloaded and then immediately left again, to swap the 235/85/16s on steel wheels for these:

305/70/16 on factory AL wheels

​So the plan is to pull the 351 out and get it on an engine stand. Winch truck back up on trailer and then pull rears. Put bronco in driveway, swap to 8-lug, and then dispose of 5-lug parts & F250 (its a rotted out plow truck).  Then I can begin going over the 351 and getting it ready to drop into the bronco.

Now that I have the 305s im considering ordering the 1.5-2" coils bronco graveyard sells, and rummaging through my spring pile to find a way to lift the rear to match. We'll see...

​So i found this 96 XL on CL earlier in the week:

​Front bench! Its comfy

​The worst of the rust

​The reason it was on CL: PO pulled heads thinking it needed a head gasket and found a cracked block instead!

That was the end game, after that it just sat in his yard for a couple years.  So this morning me & a buddy took the whopping 20 minute trip to pick it up!

​Plans:

Its a MAF truck with no motor. So im currently hunting for one. Its looking like im going to drop a 351 in, as they seems to be a ton cheaper in these parts than 302s for some reason. I did find another EFI 460 for sale, but I want to keep this one a mild truck that both of us can drive. Currently researching what it takes to make a 351 run off a 302 MAF system.
So yeah it needs a motor. Windshield is cracked and needs replaced. We blew a rear brake line loading it up so it needs one of those too. Rear tires are pretty clean 31s, front are mix matched and shot. So it needs two tires as well. But did you see that tailgate?!  Mint!
So needless to say I had to snag it up. Especially when it was only $400!
Short term is to simply get this thing running, and drive the hell out of it. Maybe if I decide its a keeper, ill go 3/4 ton with it!