eaglescout526 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 So bench testing the gauge brought it back to life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Yep, it did. I don't know why, but ill take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Lol as long as it works, I can't argue with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 5:17 PM, Ildottore46 said: Yep, was a crown that i ordered. Seems to be holding up pretty well maaaaaaaan, it wasn't that long ago that no one made them. what an age we live in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailseeker Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 That rig looks insanely good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thanks, Slowly getting it the way i want it. Everything has been simple and rather fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Put the new speakers and amp in, factory were blown. Drivers floor looks pretty good, passenger not so much. Cluster is bad as well. Reads half when its full, coolant temp is maxed out all the time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 Put the mj seat brackets i bought in, Seats sit a lot lower now. From them being wrong for so long, the seats can't towards the door pretty bad though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Put a new alternator in, solved my cutting out issue. Original was a 61a, went to a 93 k1500 105a alternator. Drives much better now. also fixed the ground harness, Duct tape and crimps..... thats a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Ildottore46 said: Yup that's factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Was surprised when i Saw that on cruisers renix tips. My 72 bronco has nothing like that. Never seen a factory do something like this When i probed the harness, had 8.6ohms resistance and dropped down to .7 when i was down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Did a little more recently, replaced the power steering pump and pulley, replaced tps, and deleted the c101. still trying to hunt down a misfire and bog at idle and above 3k rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Forgot I also returned the cluster to the junkyard and swapped it out for another. this one works with no issues for the past couple weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Went to replace gasket today. Found half the bolts were finger tight, also found a cracked egr pipe. Hoping once i go to JY tomorrow for new pipe it runs right. Pretty sure the loose manifold is why it was running so poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Got it all back together, had the pipe welded locally. On startup it ran much better, blew the upper radiator hose when i gave it a quick rev. Gonna replace everything in the cooling system to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Only did rad hoses, tstat, water pump, fan clutch and coolant bottle. In/ex gasket fixed the bog issue. Need to go to jy and swap clusters again and find new fan shroud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 49 minutes ago, Ildottore46 said: swap clusters again Whats wrong with the blue one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Gas gauge stopped working after 2 tanks. Stays on empty and the light is on. At the point, just going to put my old one back in and probably leave it. Not worth the hassle for a tach anymore. find it hard to believe that none of the ones I'm finding have the same issue though. I don't get why my original one works, but none of the replacement gauges Need to go to jy to return core on my ecu after i put the 90 ecu in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Went on a bit of a hiatus, Body shop had truck for about a month. Argued with usaa for a bit about buyback of my truck. Woman slammed brakes to make an illegal turn with no signal. Went to avoid her and plowed into the back of her. Body shop claimed 3k in damage. I bought new upper and lower ball joints, side marker, and bed liner for bumper. Drove It home yesterday and have all the parts to fix it for under 300. Going to leave the header panel for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Ouch, that sucks. That's mostly why I honk at people who don't use their signals. Well at least you got it all fixed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Going to fix it tomorrow, move bronco out of the garage and avoid the rain. Still need to figure out why the horn doesnt work. New relay, horn, and bracket. Hasnt been high on priority list. Was trying to get it mechanically right first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Might have to take the steering wheel off and look at the turn signal switch and cancel cam and see if you have all the bits that go down for the horn to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Finally found the motivation to work on it, replaced the fan shroud dirtbound offroqd battery holder, signal lens, and replaced my switch holder. Eagle- ive replaced the cancel cam, turn signal switch, relay and all the horn itself. Whenever i hit the horn without the hornpad on, i can see it arc. Going have to dig deeper and pull wheel again like you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 What does the relay look like? Some of those OEM style aftermarket ones ive had go bad on one blow of the horn. Ive found that the Napa replacement and ones that can be nabbed from a junkyard tend to work better. I wonder what the true issue is if everything has shiny new parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ildottore46 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Relays were from Autozone, all the other parts are crown automotive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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