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Tony Raine's Bronco II


I'd change it also, or you might have to pull it again later when you don't want to.




Robert
 
well, i actually don't know exactly what to get.

i looked at some online through jegs. cheapest was $250. ouch! the whole motor/trans/aa adapter/t-case cost only a little over twice that.
 
Change it now. If your luck is like mine, that's the spot the starter will hit every time.
 
you can take that flywheel to a machine shop and have them flip the ring gear. theyll heat it in the oven for 30 mins or so at 400* and then pull it off and let the flywheel cool while leaving the ring gear in the oven. once the flywheel is cooled to the touch you pull the ring gear out of the oven and it drops right on.
 
Nice build....Updates??
SVT
 
damn dude this thing is coming along great, i cant wait to get my old bronco II back monday, what axle are you running in the back? and what trans are you gonna be running? c6?
 
8.8 from an F150 and he's running the NP 435...
SVT
 
8.8 from an F150 and he's running the NP 435...
SVT

correct. although i have a friend that wants to sell me a complete fw 44/9inch combo....

not much progress. still trying to decide what i am going to do about the flywheel/balancer thing. I want to switch over to serpentine accessories, but I'm still not sure what all i have to switch.
 
You need the front FEAD from a V8 explorer, mustang, crown vic/grand marquis, or cougar/thunderbird, as well as the water pump from the same FEAD donor...
SVT
 
ordered a flywheel ring and a rebuild kit for the shifter on the np435. taking the flywheel to a machine shop monday to have the ring put on.
 
excellent build thread... was wondering if you could post your invoice or the model #'s of the stuff your ordered from James Duff as I cant find half of it on their website :p

The only reason I have never done a D44 SAS is because of the track bar mount after reading this im going for it.
 
excellent build thread... was wondering if you could post your invoice or the model #'s of the stuff your ordered from James Duff as I cant find half of it on their website :p

The only reason I have never done a D44 SAS is because of the track bar mount after reading this im going for it.


Glad I could be of inspiration :icon_thumby:

Part #'s and prices when I ordered (Oct. 2010)

5352 - SAS Bronco 2/Ranger/Explorer Radius Arms. - $699
5261B - Dual shock SAS coil buckets. - $249
5109 - Early Bronco/SAS 5.5" coil springs. - $170
5341 - Radius Arm C-caps. - $85
5120 - HD Lower Coil Retainer. - $75

They are currently working on a bolt on track bar mount, but I don't think it is available yet. I think mine will work just fine
 
Today was a nice day, so I spent some time tearing apart whats left of the rigs that are going to the scrapper. Had to do something to my BII, so I threw on the belltech 6400 shackles I'd had sitting on the workbench for awhile

besides a "keeper" on one of the stock bolts breaking off, everything went relatively smoothly
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*Take Note* the bolts on an 84 are thicker than later years. same size bolt and nut, but the shaft is thicker. just enough to not fit in the belltechs.

So I grabbed some bolts out of some later springs (that also still had the "keepers" on the nuts)
'84 on left, '87 on right
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Before
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After
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over a month later, and all i've done is put the trans back on the motor with the new throwout bearing. lost 2 bellhousing bolts somewhere along the line, so now i have to make a run to the local farm supply for new ones before i throw the motor back in.

oh yeah, did i mention that an np435 is a freakin tank compared to a tk4? dang that thing is heavy.
 

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