This is my 1981 Bronco build thread....

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:21 pm

Today I get rid of my TTb and mounted the SA coil buckets....I moved them forward about an inch.....and now I´m going to dismount everything to be painted......the next step is to wait for all the parts to rebuild the SA that I think I´ll have them in 10 days.....here are some pics

Shot at 2010-05-08

Shot at 2010-05-08

I knew I could do this some day :sas: :sas:

Shot at 2010-05-08

Shot at 2010-05-08

new updates....

Shot at 2010-05-16

Shot at 2010-05-16
Why is all that dirt in there??? Is any way to put an outer seal in here??:shrug: :shrug:

Shot at 2010-05-16

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:25 pm

....cleaned and painted the D44 with epoxi ......

By montecarlo at 2010-05-22

By montecarlo at 2010-05-22

.......got some parts back from painting with epoxi

By montecarlo at 2010-05-31

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:28 pm

I did some mods on my steering linkage........and did the TRES with bigger tie rod ends.

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By montecarlo at 2010-08-26

The D44 cover.....:toothless:toothless

By montecarlo at 2010-08-05

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:29 pm

In my country it doesn´t exist the common chevy TREs that you use there or nothing like that....so we made this special part from 1 piece 1045 steel that will work like an adjusting sleeve and has the fiting for the drag link also with bigger tie rod.

The tie rods ar from an F7000 (truck)

By montecarlo at 2010-09-02

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:30 pm

Here are some pics from today

By montecarlo at 2010-09-02

I left the axle hanging with 2 threaded rods so I could set the same height in both sides....by adjusting a nut on top of the spring bucket....and because is hanging gets aligned almost perfectly....

By montecarlo at 2010-09-02

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:33 pm

here are a couple of pics of the Coil mounts I´m fabricating....

By montecarlo at 2010-09-04

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:34 pm

......the only thing left is making the holes.....

By montecarlo at 2010-09-07

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henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:27 pm

Full compression.....I noticed my tie rod hits the crossmember ...Is rare coss I moved my coil buckets about 1" forward....

By montecarlo at 2010-09-11

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:28 pm

Yesterday I modified the coil mounts to move the axle forward about 1"

Now...the axle still has to go forward a little more

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By montecarlo at 2010-09-15

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:31 pm

Now I puted the axle at the heigh I want to ride ant moved the RA brackets to get 4 or 5° of caster.If the weight of the engine lowers too much the front suspension I´ll make a spacer for the coil spring :thumb: and that will solve the problem....However I´ll can modify the caster in my RA brackets and I could move it forward or rearward in the worst case I cold make a new inner U part that is bolted to the bracket...........here are the pics....almost finished

Started here...

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henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:34 pm

killing time.....waiting for the engine parts....damn custom....the parts got here 20 days ago and are still in there.... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Before

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After

By montecarlo at 2010-10-20

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:34 pm

Here is the adjustable track bar and the pitman was modified to fit the bigger drag link end....

By montecarlo at 2010-12-01

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:36 pm

I used almost 1" wide and 1/4 wraping the end of the eyelet around.....I was working when the welder died

....hahaha......so I only did this....

By montecarlo at 2010-12-06

By montecarlo at 2010-12-06

Knuckles...

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:38 pm

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henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:40 pm

yersterday and today I worked on my track bar......I need to finish welding , cutting and reinforcing.....but it came out fine....

By montecarlo at 2011-01-16

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Well I think is better now....

Do you think I´ll need bracket bolted to the engine crossmember?

By montecarlo at 2011-01-18

By montecarlo at 2011-01-20

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:41 pm

mounting the shock towers...

By montecarlo at 2011-04-07

paited...greased...and ready to make the change....

By montecarlo at 2011-04-05

By montecarlo at 2011-04-05

TBird Calipers

By montecarlo at 2011-04-05

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:43 pm

today I put on the rebuilded spindles and hubs.....with new bearings, seal, ...installed the TBird calipers and braided lines.......new spindle nuts and lock....I can say now that the suspension and steering works perfect.....I´m very happy with the results.....is much softer than the TTb but has a good response in hard turns.......Now I have to level the rear end.....I allready did the shackle flip.....but I´ll need 2" blocks and will make them zero rate to move the axle 1" to the rear....

By montecarlo at 2011-04-28

33" tires

By montecarlo at 2011-04-30

35" tires

By montecarlo at 2011-04-30

henri · Post by **henri** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:46 pm

Well....that´s all about SAS....I´ll post some build up pics of the engine and the interior later.....

henri · Post by **henri** » Sun May 29, 2011 3:59 pm

While I was doing the SAS I also started the engine swap....

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

The head gaskets were in a very bad shape.....after 7 years of not running

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

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taking out the Toyota.......

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

had to take out all the wiring that came with the toyota engine....antiteft, ecu,etc....

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

I don´t know who is gonna put all this together again!!!!!!!!!!

By montecarlo, shot with DSC-W50 at 2010-04-09

henri · Post by **henri** » Sun May 29, 2011 4:00 pm

I got my pistons....T Meyer 9.3:1 CR pistons......

By montecarlo at 2010-08-25

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