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Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:33 pm
by mustacheride
yikes wrote:I went through the frame. Worked out well. Used a flange and gasket on either side. No major increase in resonant harmonics. Never vapor locked after that.
You’re not worried about the frame cracking/breaking there with a huge hole in it? That would be my only worry. These frames are pretty floppy as it is.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:43 am
by AussieRod
mustacheride wrote:yikes wrote:I went through the frame. Worked out well. Used a flange and gasket on either side. No major increase in resonant harmonics. Never vapor locked after that.
You’re not worried about the frame cracking/breaking there with a huge hole in it? That would be my only worry. These frames are pretty floppy as it is.
The Yeti has a full cage, so frame strength shouldn't be an issue.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:08 pm
by yikes
mustacheride wrote:You’re not worried about the frame cracking/breaking there with a huge hole in it? That would be my only worry. These frames are pretty floppy as it is.
No. I actually think it's stronger with a pair of 3/8" flanges bolted up than it was before the hole.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:13 am
by mustacheride
yikes wrote:mustacheride wrote:You’re not worried about the frame cracking/breaking there with a huge hole in it? That would be my only worry. These frames are pretty floppy as it is.
No. I actually think it's stronger with a pair of 3/8" flanges bolted up than it was before the hole.
Ah I see. That makes sense. I looked through your thread (quickly) to see if there was a pic of your exhaust but I didn't see anything. You think you could snap a pic of it when you get a chance? No rush, not going to be doing anything to the exhaust anytime soon.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:13 am
by yikes
I'll be making a new muffler in the next week or two, so I'll grab some pictures then.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:35 am
by mustacheride
Long overdue update:
1/19/19 - Made it to San Felipe with no issues. It was supper muddy. Was having a great time.
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Thennnnnn... smashed the front end. Nearly lawn darted the thing off a huge roller at about 80mph. Pics don't do it justice. The front suspension pushed back and wiped out all the front suspension/steering. Broke all sorts of things. Got a tow back from some great friends.
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Anywho, the rebuild has commenced. I had intended to make a bunch of changes to this thing, just wasn't planning on doing them so soon and all at the same time but now is the time I suppose. Kind of a blessing in disguise I guess. I had to replace the engine cross member and do minor frame tweaking. I got a hold of the factory ford frame dimensions with datum points and she's straighter than when it rolled off the assembly line. The plan is to have this thing back together for a New Years trip in December. There's a lot of upgrades planned for this thing. Stay tuned.
Hoover craft mode
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Pulled the motor. It broke the motor mount boss on the block on the driver side.
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Freshened up a roller with some goodies.
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Started getting the bling unboxed, installed and cycling. #SAB
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Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:08 pm
by Becks_Bronco
Very nice!!!
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:09 am
by Pickuptrucker
You're going to need some serious glass!
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:49 am
by mustacheride
Got the shackles finished up. Going to try the uniball method and see how it pans out. Had to notch the hanger a little bit for the droop.
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Rear end mocked.
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Ultras on to clear the big brakes.
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And motor in the hole
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Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:59 am
by mustacheride
Pickuptrucker wrote:You're going to need some serious glass!
The axles aren't in it in that picture. Its insane how much more travel/turning you get without the 4x.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:31 pm
by jhj_08
I see you have some of Cho's work under Bella as well. Thanks for these updates. Looking forward to following along.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:51 am
by mustacheride
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:50 am
by ThrustMaster
Any progress on this?? Very awesome work, helping with ideas for my build.
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:42 am
by mustacheride
I'm trying to get this thing cranked out for a new years trip in JV.
I don't have current pics but here's a few updates:
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New seats:
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Pitman arm: I ended up having to trim this a bit to get the rodends to be happy.
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Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:48 am
by mustacheride
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:50 am
by mustacheride
Built a mastercylinder cantilever thingy to make room for the shocks:
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And got the bumper on:
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Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:37 am
by ThrustMaster
What oil pan are you running on your bronco?
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:14 am
by mustacheride
its the stock one
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:02 pm
by Pickuptrucker
Nice work keep it coming
Re: Bella the Bronco
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:20 am
by mustacheride