The_Dealers Build Thread

[The_Dealer]

Here she is the day i picked her up. 85 bronco ii, 2.8L, a4ld, bw1350. and alot of extra parts. bought her for $1,000 to replace my ranger for a new family ride.

Big mods are:
2" spacers
Rough Country Radius Arm drop brackets
2.5" Tuff Country Pivot Drops
Rustoleum Bedliner Roof
Homemade lightbar with 4 55watt driving/fog mix
Rough Country 4" lift shocks
Holley 350 with stock 61# jets(soon to be 58)
Duraspark Conversion with Summit Chrome cannister coil
89 front bumper and pushbar
30x9.50 Wild Country MXT's on stock 00 ranger 15x7 rims, painted black

I will be updating this mod list and thread as i get more stuff done. I am currently working on a "belly up" or flat skid for my transfer case to get rid of all the crap hanging down that always hangs me up. Next thing on the list is a FM146 swap to replace the a4ld, and getting my 4" superlift xj coils in, and some 33x12.50 General Grabbers, maybe 35's, d35 swap and gears. so stay tuned

My rig came with 2" Daystar spacers, and some AAL's for the rear, and some 31x10.50 goodyear at/d's. It had multiple oil leaks that needed fixing first

This pic is at the previous owners house during negotiating

Surprised she made it home with all that leaking oil

I did the timing cover seal, rear main, and valve cover gaskets, and that got me going.

 

[The_Dealer]

There was alot of body work to be done, and the previous owner put some of those cheap autozone one size fits all spacers in the middle of the coils for extra lift, it made it ride like shit and handle funny so i took em out, and threw on some 235's on stock ranger steelies i had laying around, because the tranny was shifting funny and it was mad slow with the 31's. they also scrubbed on about every bump. i did the body work and got all the rust off the hood, and started to paint her desert tan, and ran out of paint.

It also didnt have carpet and i had some left over from the house...nice and comfy

Btw this last picture by the shifter where the carpet was cut is now glued down and u cant even see the seam

 

[The_Dealer]

I got tired of the thing being about 4 different colors so i got to sanding and painted her all one color. rolled the paint on using quart cans of rustoleum gloss white thinned 50/50 with mineral spirits. And yea i know i got some places to clean up, but for 30 bux i cant complain

Rolling

Done...

 

[7.5L_STX]

lookin good. some nice aluminum rims would make it look even better. just my .02

 

[The_Dealer]

I also got some new tires about 3 days before i painted her. 30x9.50 Wild Country MXT's

Then i got tired of her running like crap, stalling, and getting about 10 mpgs. So i went to the parts store and got everything i needed to do the Duraspark conversion. Yeah i had a few problems, but i got it all worked out. I made a metering block for the stock carb for now.

Before

After

Summit Racing coil

Then i figured since it has been so nice here lately ill make some removable door pins and some plugs for the door wires so i can take them on and off. I used 88-98 c/k1500 door pins and bushings. had to drill my door brackets out a little bit but they work

Then i went night wheeling and lost a coil, so i made some spring retainers, heres me testing them out

 

[The_Dealer]

And here is the new temp guage i had to get, stock guage said i was running hot, but i wasnt

Heres my Panasonic cd player i've had for ages...i love it.

 

[The_Dealer]

Next up is either a 347 swap with d44 ttb full width with some zj coils, or build my 2.8 and d44 sas

Will be painting my doorjambs soon and herculining the roof, and get a surco roof rack

 

[nate09]

dont bother with the dana 44 ttb, not much stronger than the dana 35. either swap the knuckles and outer shafts or sas it.

 

[The_Dealer]

dont bother with the dana 44 ttb, not much stronger than the dana 35. either swap the knuckles and outer shafts or sas it.

i want it full width for stability, and to match my f/w 8.8 gonna go 35's at most

 

[The_Dealer]

well i got some more work done this weekend, and its starting to take shape.

i used some rustoleum roll on bedliner for the roof, and finally washed her and painted the window trim and put it back on.

also wasnt having to good of luck with the feedback 2150 carb with metering block so i went to summit and got a holley 350, no tuning needed right out of the box, so it made life alot easier.

painted roof, no trim yet, just washed

trim on...

Roof

Holley 350

 

[Robert_1967]

Now you just need to go to Pull-A-part and get the AC lines and then have working AC..

But it's nice looking BII.



Robert

 

[The_Dealer]

ive gotten everything except the evaperator, but since its turning cool out ill wait till spring

 

[93 Ohio Ranger]

Can you get a pic of the sway bar disco's and what you used to make them?

Ive been trying to think of a set up for my 93 ranger.

 

[YayItsJake]

i'm not gonna lie. i liked the look of the semi checker board paint scheme

 

[The_Dealer]

Can you get a pic of the sway bar disco's and what you used to make them?

Ive been trying to think of a set up for my 93 ranger.

yea ill get some pics for u

pretty much did this http://broncoii.org/techpages/swaybardiscos/

but i did the bottom too so i can remove the whole link, because i dont like stuff in the way of mu steering