Project Black Betty // Sas, v8!

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

oh forgot to say that body is rotted beyond belief.. lol passenger door doesnt open... driver door hardly opens.. and floors are literately gone lol

btw im selling all the good body parts if anyone is interested

grille - might be sold
passenger fender - isnt to bad just a few surface rust spots
front bumper - mint cond.
all the glass on it is perfect..
rear hatch almost perfect considering its fiberglass... (the bottom of the hatch is a lil smashed cause cab mounts are bad

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

just got the engine torn down.. and come to find out its bored out 30 over woot woot now all thats left is getting new rings and clean clean clean, paint and put back together

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

got some new pictures of the engine hallf torn down

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

well now i got the engine apart time to get new rings, sand blaster, LOTS of brakeclean, ford blue paint and a gasket set..

while im waiting on those i started workin on my tranny and transfer case.. come to find out im going to need to rebuild the ol' dana 20.. as of right now i dont know whats wrong with it but it wont shift properly (its the J shift pattern) like when i have it all bolted up with the linkage i try to put it in 2hi and it doesnt go.. then i put it in 4low and the rear goes into 4hi and front into 4low its seriosly messed up

if anyone has any info on what the problem is lemme know otherwise im getting it rebuilt at a local shop here

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

bump.. just sold me visor that came off the bronco II now to go get the sand blaster, gasket set and sone new paint

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

so i got the knuckles off here are some pics

and heres what happens when the axle had no steering stops

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

front end all disassembled time to start on the rear end heres a few pics

AND MY HOME MADE STOOL





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its made from an old ass harley seat lol

 

[dangerranger83]

That Harley seat looks like it came off the 70's Aermacchai Harleys, one of the dirty bikes or street bikes.

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

the 9" is ready for paint finally just need to go get the stuff

edit* everything is ready for paint now

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

ok change of plans, im picking up a new ranger on wednesday for $100 nothing wrong with it but the bed is destroyed (i hope) so everything is going in that and im leaving my other ranger just the way she is.. cant wait!!

heres a pic of the new one

and im picking up a cold air intake for my 01 for $15

 

[dangerranger83]

Can never have enough rangers and hell beds are cheap enough to replace, mine was $150.

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

yeh i was debating making a steel or wood bed for it but havent decided on that or getting another bed

 

[88_Eddie]

do a custom metal bed, i've always been a fan of those

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

yeh i want to but my budget aint that high right now.. my main priority is getting the engine rebuild once thats done then the axles and then i can work on the bed

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

well found the reason my engine was blowing blue smoke... was cleaning the oil pan today and found chunks of aluminum ( just guess whats it from)


heres why i was blowing blue smoke

piston rings on 3 of the pistons were broken and they all have huge burrs on the edge of them (they were in there awhile or even reused maybe)


here are some progress pics

this is the one piston that broke

mroe block pics

and heres all 3 of the trucks.. tomorrow ill take pictures of the 94.....the new 5.0 and sas truck