Brian's '96

[tcm glx]

Looks awesome B!

[Andy Jones]

Love it !! Looks great .

[yikes]

Thanks for the good words fellas. Really happy with the light. It throws a nice pattern that I can say is easily capable of 70-75mph at night. I can pull the ambers and convert them to white spots too, which would be worth a couple more mph. Will take this over the old Hellas anyday.

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Robertcrav hooked me up with some of the mini 9w led's. They're awesome! Made a faceplate this morning and mounted two of them as domes. Finally good light in the cab!! The other POS's burned out after a couple months. These should last a long long time.

[robertcrav]

Love it!

[nubreed71]

Dang those look sharp! I may have to replace my factory dome with something like that when the cab cage goes in.

[PaleRider]

Brian have you had any mechanical issues or passing smog running the air cleaner in its current location?

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Brian have you had any mechanical issues or passing smog running the air cleaner in its current location?

The computer doesn't like the tight bend and it causes the IAC valve to malfunction. It's on my project list to change and actually need to get it done before the next smog inspection. It's actually the only thing out of compliance despite how everything appears.

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Gave the Bronco a solid shakedown the past 4 days in the Sierras. Ran hard at high rpm in 4wd. Power steering shrugged at it. Engine temperature barely got into the thermostat. I think the hottest it saw was 185. The trans got hot, but haven't gone after that yet. All in all, everything went awesome! Here's some pictures from the trip.

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Huge thanks to Greg...Broncodawg...for showing us some new places. So awesome. Sorry we didn't have more time to explore and hang out.

[dtbback]

Looks like a beautiful trip!!

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[Rmc]

Great pics! Looks like fun

[PaleRider]

Jealous. Sweet pics.

[toddz69]

Gorgeous! And cool to see Ol Yellar out on the trail with Greg!

Todd Z.

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Finally! After all these years, finally took the Bronco to Mirage Racing to get weighed and get some fresh eyes on the rear valving. Found out the old beast is actually a swine. It weighs a portly 5833lbs with 1/2 tank of gas and just shy of trail ready trim. Throw in a full tank, cooler, Carmen, me and a few odds n ends and it will be pushing 6300-6400lbs. That's a lot of weight to be throwing around! I can't believe this thing hasn't self destructed from the years of abuse.

I re-valved the rear shocks four times recently and wasn't getting quite the results I was hoping for, but wow! was I close. Just a couple slight tweaks made a huge difference in initial "comfort". No more annoying kicks on one inch bumps. Hahaha! Bill, or should I say Brian decided I had the compression really close with a flutter 15 stack and a double 1.750 diameter. He changed one shim on rebound. I was running a 15 2.05 then a 20 stack. He swapped the 1.90 shim for a 15 also, then started the bypass at 5 turns. My Compression bypasses were near where he thought they should be. He also dropped the pressure from 265psi to 200. Bill suggested testing there, then dropping to 185 to feel the difference. Time to get out for some testing.

[96UAV]

Looks like an amazing trip! These are the kinds of adventures I hope to pursue with my bronco when she's done.

[RyanDS650X]

Damn shes a big girl! Im surprised the front to back weight is still 50/50ish. After 2 passengers and a full tank ill bet its right on the money. When is the shake down?

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Damn shes a big girl! Im surprised the front to back weight is still 50/50ish. After 2 passengers and a full tank ill bet its right on the money. When is the shake down?

Whenever Chris is ready. Success will be measured by how much poop is in his britches after a lap around Barstow.

[birdco85]

Without looking through your build thread, I'm assuming you run 3.0's.