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- Sep 7, 2014
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- Near a Great Lake
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- 1985
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- Automatic
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Hoping to do some spitballin on what might be the issue with this Bronco II I recently bought. Maybe to come up with a plan of attack once the weather breaks.
I never drove it.
I didn't build it.
I wish I did.
A few months ago, it sheared the flexplate from the crankshaft.
Full ring right around the bolts, I'm sure some of you have seen it before.
I took it to a shop, ordered both, 50oz and 28(?)oz.
Shop said it was the 50 and put the new 50 on.
Reinstalled everything, transmission, torque convertor, etc BUT now it seems the original problem is now showing itself.
The starter struggles to start, it cranks...cranks...cranks...but doesn't spin consistently.
Very slowly, like maybe a 1/4 rotation until it finally catches and fires up.
Brand new battery, starter condition unknown but looks new.
When it runs at high idle, ~3,000rpm on the tach, the big problem isn't noticeable.
When it drops to around 1,000rpm, very noticeable front to back wobble on the entire engine.
From underneath, you can see the engine and bellhousing kind of 'clamshell' or clap each other. They are mounted together but the way the C4 is with the bottom half nonexistent you can see the whole unit rise and fall. When you look under the hood is when you notice the front to back motion that's going on.
Kind of hard to explain but if you can imagine, the engine rocks back and forth not side to side. Also, hard to put in gear without giving it some gas otherwise it will stall.
And it shifts quite erratically, first second first second, at stop lights it will run high then shift down...kind of strange. Like its staying in the gear and rpm I was driving and takes a few seconds before it decides to 'chill out.'
So, taking the best description I can give, What would you do?
What do you think?
Where would you look?
Where would you start?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
I never drove it.
I didn't build it.
I wish I did.
A few months ago, it sheared the flexplate from the crankshaft.
Full ring right around the bolts, I'm sure some of you have seen it before.
I took it to a shop, ordered both, 50oz and 28(?)oz.
Shop said it was the 50 and put the new 50 on.
Reinstalled everything, transmission, torque convertor, etc BUT now it seems the original problem is now showing itself.
The starter struggles to start, it cranks...cranks...cranks...but doesn't spin consistently.
Very slowly, like maybe a 1/4 rotation until it finally catches and fires up.
Brand new battery, starter condition unknown but looks new.
When it runs at high idle, ~3,000rpm on the tach, the big problem isn't noticeable.
When it drops to around 1,000rpm, very noticeable front to back wobble on the entire engine.
From underneath, you can see the engine and bellhousing kind of 'clamshell' or clap each other. They are mounted together but the way the C4 is with the bottom half nonexistent you can see the whole unit rise and fall. When you look under the hood is when you notice the front to back motion that's going on.
Kind of hard to explain but if you can imagine, the engine rocks back and forth not side to side. Also, hard to put in gear without giving it some gas otherwise it will stall.
And it shifts quite erratically, first second first second, at stop lights it will run high then shift down...kind of strange. Like its staying in the gear and rpm I was driving and takes a few seconds before it decides to 'chill out.'
So, taking the best description I can give, What would you do?
What do you think?
Where would you look?
Where would you start?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
