Scrapping Vehicle

[wildbill23c]

What kind of price am I looking at to scrap my bronco 2? Can't seem to get a straight answer around where I live.

 

[509lifted]

depends but here you're lookin at 400 for a b2

 

[ZMan]

Well, it depends are what scrap prices are and how much it weighs. Could be anywhere from 250 to 400..

 

[wildbill23c]

So not even worth the scrap price. Sadly it runs, it just won't move due to a failed Clutch Master Cylinder that after the 3 weeks its been in the shop I no longer have the money to work on it. Everytime one this is fixed something else breaks before its even out of the shop. I can't afford putting gas in my truck for work plus buying parts for the Bronco 2. Guess its time to call it quits on trying to get it fixed.

 

[ZMan]

Man thats aweful. Unfortunately thats the nature of the beast, its 30 years old, its gonna break no matter what it is. If you're gonna be driving something so old it might not be a bad idea to learn how to work on them yourself, save a bit of money you know? Unless you're not capable..

 

[upnsmoke]

Do you have the space on your property to part it out? You would likely get more money out of it from selling the parts than by scrapping it, especially if you have some newer stuff on it.

 

[wildbill23c]

Man thats aweful. Unfortunately thats the nature of the beast, its 30 years old, its gonna break no matter what it is. If you're gonna be driving something so old it might not be a bad idea to learn how to work on them yourself, save a bit of money you know? Unless you're not capable..

My main issue of not working on it myself has been due to the cold weather, I don't have an enclosed shop to work on, and trying to crawl around in snow working on a vehicle I'd be pretty damn mad before even getting started considering all the things I've had to have done to it in the past month.

1. Head Gasket Replacement.
2. Knocking Noise (Initially Thought a rod), turned out to be the bolts to the flywheel were stripped so the flywheel came lose.
3. After reassembling everything from fixing the flywheel issue, now the Master Cylinder for the clutch failed. luckily this happened while it was still at the shop.

I'm thinking probably later this month getting the Master Cylinder replaced, getting it home, and possibly just parking it till better weather so I can just go through everything and take my time if I had time that is. I work 6 days a week so having time to carefully work on a vehicle is practically impossible. The only cost I have tied up in it is the $975 purchase price, the $114 for title, registration, and license plates. Plus the few parts I've got into it so far so about $100 in parts. The work is being done at the local high school auto shop, kind of been spreading the work around for the kids so it helps them with their participation grade.

Maybe I'm overthinking this, due to frustration, I mean it actually runs really well for being 30 years old, it looks like crap due to the rust issues, and the previous owner removing all the carpet and such, but the seats are still pretty good, other than a few normal tears due to age, the dash is cracked which was also the same issue in my 84 Ranger.

What do you guys think, is it worth it to kind of make it a project? It would really be sad to see it go at this point thinking about it. I know body and paint work is going to be expensive but if I can get the work done here and there I don't think it will be too bad. Most of the mechanical work I can do weather permitting, but when it was -5 degrees outside and 8 inches of snow there was no way I could have torn the transmission out for the flywheel issue, or pulled the heads off to do the head gaskets.

I guess maybe I'm just frustrated with it because I haven't really been able to drive it like I had planned.

Here are a few pictures of what I've got going on maybe you guys can help point me in a better direction rather than having this thing crushed. Engine has lots of life left in it, tires not so much.


Passenger Side, largest amount of damage

Front

Driver Side, Damage on rear corner by tail-light

Rear

Interior Front, sorry don't have much in the way of pictures, will get better ones later this month

Engine Bay

Someone on here that knows or has done some restoration work, is this worth hanging onto and getting it back into better condition, I don't need it in factory show room condition just at least get rid of the rust problem and fix the body damage that its got, and possibly at least have it all repainted at some point.

Kind of having second thoughts about letting it go. Is it truly worth fixing to be a daily driver at least? Engine, and transmission I haven't found any major issues with, I mean it has its idle problems which I'm guessing maybe tune up related now for the most part, but otherwise the drive train seems pretty solid, no problems with the 4WD system either.

Major issues will be getting new tires for it this year when I can and possibly matching wheels.

I live about 30 miles from the closest Pick-A-Part, but I don't really know much about body work so I would most likely have to shell out the money to get that taken care of, the rest like the interior I'm trying to decide what to do on that.

Any advice and help to get me started would be greatly appreciated.

I just seriously don't want to see this truck get crushed because of my frustrations.

Thanks everyone.

 

[wildbill23c]

Do you have the space on your property to part it out? You would likely get more money out of it from selling the parts than by scrapping it, especially if you have some newer stuff on it.

I've got plenty of room, but after my previous post and looking at things and calming down I'm really having second thoughts, I'm just kind of at a loss as to how to go about getting it back into at least a daily driver without having to spend major amounts of money, I am on a serious limited income in the $800-900 a month range, so my hey lets buy this part budget is next to nothing.

 

[97RangerXLT]

man I feel your pain on the limited budget. I have been down the road of scraping enough money to fix my car so I can go to work and make enough money so I can fix my car so I can go to work to make enough money to fix my car... it is crappy cycle. Hang in there, save what you can and buy used parts to help with the cost. as for the rust, get some rust reformer and start painting the panels with it, maybe slow the rust down a bit. you can probably get it down to a good daily driver after throwing a few more bucks at it, but if you do the work yourself it shouldn't be too bad.

Good call on having the High School do the labor, that should help both you and them.

AJ

 

[wildbill23c]

man I feel your pain on the limited budget. I have been down the road of scraping enough money to fix my car so I can go to work and make enough money so I can fix my car so I can go to work to make enough money to fix my car... it is crappy cycle. Hang in there, save what you can and buy used parts to help with the cost. as for the rust, get some rust reformer and start painting the panels with it, maybe slow the rust down a bit. you can probably get it down to a good daily driver after throwing a few more bucks at it, but if you do the work yourself it shouldn't be too bad.

Good call on having the High School do the labor, that should help both you and them.

AJ

Once I get it home and the weather straightens out enough that I don't have to worry about rain or snow to tackle some rust issues, would it be wise to cut out those areas where the rust is and paint or just primer those areas to at least cover the bare metal? I know there's no way I can afford new body panels or the labor to have them installed, but at least a way to slow the rust down so I don't end up sitting on the frame with no cab LOL. I know I need a new floor pan on the driver's side, but I'm thinking I can clean up the area that's broke lose and just weld it and primer it for now.

I'm slowly getting this thing figured out, and the largest reason I got it was because I was missing my 84 Ranger, but wanted a 4WD, and have always like the bronco 2's for some reason, and when I found this one with the manual transmission and the lady willing to take payments on it, I didn't want to pass up a possible once in a lifetime opportunity. Granted it looks like crap, the engine is still quite strong surprisingly given the horrible maintenance it has received.

I'm thinking some trips to that Pick A Part later this spring for some parts will maybe get this thing somewhat in better shape.

If it weren't for that horrible knocking that it had at start up one morning which I have to admit my heart just sank when I heard it, I thought for sure there was some major internal engine damage I was going to be dealing with, it was like a relief a week later when I got the diagnosis of it just being a lose flywheel. Going to get it back after the Clutch Master Cylinder is fixed, then later on I'm thinking of having all the U-Joints done, a full lube, probably look at wheel bearings too all of which I can do if the weather cooperates. I used to do all that stuff on my ranger, which saved me a lot of money, just the time on a weekend to just do it. Now I've got a few kids who I mentor that I've been trying to teach them a little bit about vehicle maintenance and care so this is going to be a great vehicle to do that with I think.

I think its going to just be a long time project. It runs and drives so that's the major plus, it looks horrible and it has a manual transmission manual windows and locks, and manual 4WD so it has many anti-theft devices on it from the factory.

 

[upnsmoke]

That truck is way too cool to scrap. It's good to work on your own rig because you learn about it so you can fix it next time something goes wrong, and it can be fun when the weather isn't too bad. If you can afford it, I wouldn't hesitate to keep that thing around. My 88 has been a real pain to get going, too. I've got nowhere to work but the street in front of my house, so I know what a nuisance bad weather can be. I will admit to having thoughts of giving up on it once or twice, but it's all been worth it in hindsight. As much as my truck has fought me, it has always made it home under its own power. Of course now that I say that it's going to strand me somewhere. Once I get the money and free up a parking space I want a B2 like yours. I don't have anything four wheel drive, and I think a B2 would be great.

 

[wildbill23c]

That truck is way too cool to scrap. It's good to work on your own rig because you learn about it so you can fix it next time something goes wrong, and it can be fun when the weather isn't too bad. If you can afford it, I wouldn't hesitate to keep that thing around. My 88 has been a real pain to get going, too. I've got nowhere to work but the street in front of my house, so I know what a nuisance bad weather can be. I will admit to having thoughts of giving up on it once or twice, but it's all been worth it in hindsight. As much as my truck has fought me, it has always made it home under its own power. Of course now that I say that it's going to strand me somewhere. Once I get the money and free up a parking space I want a B2 like yours. I don't have anything four wheel drive, and I think a B2 would be great.

Thank you. I seriously stooped as low to call a local scrap yard this morning on it, and they said $350 I laughed at them and said they were thieves.

I have to agree, all the problems I had with my 84 Ford Ranger when I had it, and now the Bronco 2, neither ever left me stranded, even on my ranger's worst day it at least got me home, once it was running so bad that I limped it home from across town in the snow at 20mph, it died after I got it into the driveway, it was rolling fast enough that I made it to the edge of my carport before it stopped rolling. It still upsets me that I got rid of that truck if I could ever find it and had a chance to get it back I would it was my first vehicle and was given to me mainly by my grandmother who passed away a few years ago. Having the bronco 2 has helped a little bit from missing the truck but still isn't the same. The bronco needs a tremendous amount of work, and my main problem is knowing what all it needs and not having the money to fix it. I think now my major things to tackle is tires, wheels, and body damage. Gotta get the rust stopped as soon as I'm able to tackle it.

 

[86MUDRCJ]

Man that thing is pretty decent, looked better than mine did besides all the rust. If I was you, I would park it and wait till you can work on it. I work on mine quite a bit but i wouldn't get rid of it. There's just something about a rbv that holds a place in your heart.lol

 

[70roadrunner]

im gonna guess the clutch master has air trapped in it. they are a bitch to bleed. if the students dont have experience with fords, they may not know the trick to bleeding them. the master needs to be disconnected from the pedal, unbolted from the firewall, and pulled out and left horizontal overnight, with cap and rubber cup removed from the reservoir. hope this helps

 

[wildbill23c]

I'm not sure what all they will do with it, since I don't have the money for parts its just going to sit at the school shop. I need to get it running at least so I can use it as a daily driver right now because I can't afford to keep driving my full size truck to work, that was the main idea behind the Bronco 2 was better fuel economy, not exactly working out that way.