Fast forward to last year, I picked up a full set of autofab glass in a trade with a guy who had sold his bronco before ever starting the rebuild. Got fenders, hood, quarters, front tube bumper kit, new core support, and a bunch of other stuff. Been planning the install for a couple months. Decided to fix a quick exhaust leak a couple weeks ago and found coolant leaking out the side of the block at the passenger head gasket. Threw the entire long term install plan out the window, got permission from my boss to keep in in the shop for a few weeks while I work on it, and tore it down.
That brings us up to current. Now some pics.
As it sat before teardown. Autofab bumper kit built and installed but not painted.
Rear bumper I built a few months ago. Not exactly pre-runner style, but it gets the spare tire mounted the way I wanted.
First few hours of tear down.
Sitting now.
So current work:
Pulled engine completely apart and doing a complete reseal. Short block is in great shape once I got down that far. Coolant was leaking out only, not into the cylinders or oil. Gonna leave it mostly stock. Couldn't get the exhaust bolts at the manifolds to come loose. Broke 2 studs before I gave up on that and cut the y pipe out.
Dont really want to spend the money on headers right now, but may have to. Going with a Bassanni y pipe. Gotta keep it passing emissions and dont have a decent exhaust shop anywhere around me to do something custom. Welding up some new coil buckets out of a bunch of plate I have sitting around. Thicker than it needs to be @3/8", but it is what I have already. Increasing the height of the buckets 1" over stock. Plan eventually to run 5.5 deavers front and standard C&T 0 degree bushings.
Lift will have to wait until funding comes in for it, but glass is all going on now. Can I run 35" BFG's with glass and no lift?
guess thats all for now
