benhoger
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- Jan 21, 2020
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- Location
- Fort Lauderdale
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Bronco II
- Transmission
- Manual
Not sure if I should make one continuous build thread or make each update a separate thread. Feel free to provide feedback.
In my last thread I talked about removing the interior body liner. A heat gun (definitely not my mother’s hair dryer) and the flat end of a pry bar did the trick.
My harbor freight angle grinder died and I finally got around to buying a new one. Ryobi this time around. I hit the interior with the wire wheel and it’s cleaning up nicely. I haven’t decided if I’m going to fiberglass the holes or figure out how to weld in some spare metal. I’ve never welded before.
I got the two fenders off to reveal some more rust holes (relatively minor) in the body behind the finders. Same story as the big holes in the cab, but almost definitely going to fiberglass these because they’re hard to reach.
Got the contact info for a glass guy. need to find out if he can replace the molding/seals on my rear quarter windows. Last owner painted over them and they’re in crummy shape. I’d like them OEM black. I found quite a few B2s in nearby junkyards online with the windows in good shape, but want to probe this glass guy first. Can’t seem to find any consistent info about it online.
The molding in the lift gate window is painted too. It doesn’t look like this window comes out, so I might grab a whole lift gate at the yard. Windshield molding is painted too, but i’ve already found that molding on ebay.
I’ve been spraying down the body mounts to get the ready to take them out. I decided to try and start loosening them and the drivers side bolts are completely rusted through. The bolt and the bushing just fell apart. This truck definitely shows it’s Pennsylvania roots.
Other than that, i want to brush off the rust from the frame and paint it. I thought about completely removing the body off the frame to do this but it is probably more work for me than it is worth. I’d like to learn how to do this one day. I’ll have to get what I can from underneath when replacing the body mount bushings for now.
In my last thread I talked about removing the interior body liner. A heat gun (definitely not my mother’s hair dryer) and the flat end of a pry bar did the trick.
My harbor freight angle grinder died and I finally got around to buying a new one. Ryobi this time around. I hit the interior with the wire wheel and it’s cleaning up nicely. I haven’t decided if I’m going to fiberglass the holes or figure out how to weld in some spare metal. I’ve never welded before.
I got the two fenders off to reveal some more rust holes (relatively minor) in the body behind the finders. Same story as the big holes in the cab, but almost definitely going to fiberglass these because they’re hard to reach.
Got the contact info for a glass guy. need to find out if he can replace the molding/seals on my rear quarter windows. Last owner painted over them and they’re in crummy shape. I’d like them OEM black. I found quite a few B2s in nearby junkyards online with the windows in good shape, but want to probe this glass guy first. Can’t seem to find any consistent info about it online.
The molding in the lift gate window is painted too. It doesn’t look like this window comes out, so I might grab a whole lift gate at the yard. Windshield molding is painted too, but i’ve already found that molding on ebay.
I’ve been spraying down the body mounts to get the ready to take them out. I decided to try and start loosening them and the drivers side bolts are completely rusted through. The bolt and the bushing just fell apart. This truck definitely shows it’s Pennsylvania roots.
Other than that, i want to brush off the rust from the frame and paint it. I thought about completely removing the body off the frame to do this but it is probably more work for me than it is worth. I’d like to learn how to do this one day. I’ll have to get what I can from underneath when replacing the body mount bushings for now.
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