"THE FIRE TRUCK" 93 BRONCO BUILD

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:01 pm

I bought this 93 bronco off craigslist in late September 2019. The guy i bought it from had bought it in Bishop. It had belonged to the spring valley fire department with 178K miles on it. The day i bought this i ordered up the 4" over Threat motorsports package with the Q80 springs....

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:11 pm

]The next day i took it to Big Bear and drove around on some trails. Suprisingly, the Bronco did great. The next day after that, i started the tear down

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DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:20 pm

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Did the Solo motorsports fuel pump access plate while i waited on parts from Threat.

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:38 pm

I had received most of what i needed to start cycling the rear. after it was all done, i strapped it at 15-1/2" with double limit straps. It started to bind at 17" and i put a 2" square tubing above the stock bump stop to save the springs from going into too much negative arch. I think it looks a little hokey, but it will just be temporary for now. I also put a giant 8.8 truss on the rear end, new brakes and bearings and dampened it with some King 3.0 x 12" tripple bypass. i also bought ruffstuff specialties spring perches and the spring plates with shock tabs that i used for the limit straps. heres a bunch of pictures.....

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:41 pm

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:48 pm

on to the front end, 4" over Threat motorsports TTB, radius arms, mounts, threat shock towers, hanamann fenders with fabricated inner fenders.

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:52 pm

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:03 pm

here is the start of the inner fenders. please note that i am no fabricator and i only have a few select tools from harbor freight.

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:05 pm

here is the battery tray i whipped up. I stole the idea from a GFB thread, but i dont have a tube bender, so i tweaked the design a little.

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:06 pm

and that's where i am at right now... will update as i go along.

mobil1syn · Post by **mobil1syn** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:57 am

i like that battery mount.

id reconsider that limit strap setup. with the axle swinging forward on droop the strap effectively get longer under dynamic load. always account for 1" of stretch for every 12" of length on a quad wrap strap. i would move the upper mount behind the axle, ideally it would be a vertical pull at droop.

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:34 pm

thank you for that. I considered moving the limit strap back but thought it would be getting crushed by the bump stop. the straps are also doubled up. i stood on the axle and it would not go down anymore figuring it was good. it may have been binding though as well. i will check that out. thanks

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:56 pm

I decided to move the rear limit strap mount more towards the rear. the perfect spot for the limit straps landed on the oval hole in the frame. instead of buying some weld washers, i had some metal laying around and put a sleeve into a diamond plate and started welding onto the frame. i ran out of welding gas mid weld, so i stopped and went on to finish the battery cables. i bought the cable and preloaded solder connections from mcmastercarr. heres some pics,

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:57 pm

hobbyturnedobsession · Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:12 pm

Looking good! I like the inner fenders. One thing I was taught with welding to the frame is no sharp points. You are more likely to get stress cracks since the heat ends in a point. Just grab a grinder and round them off a good bit and finish buggering them on.

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DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:49 pm

thank you, i started putting on the inner fender last night after welding and it may have warped a bit. im going to try and finesse it tonight and see if i can get the holes lined up. i rounded the plates for the limit straps a bit, but probably not enough. still need to get the correct bolts for the limit straps and the rear end should be finished.

mobil1syn · Post by **mobil1syn** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:42 am

something to consider for the future is a hole saw plug act like a homemade weld washer. you could have welded it on and then drilled it out on the truck for the bolt boss so you didnt have to find a way to hold it. i hate grind so it was a trick i picked up in the early days when all i have a was chop saw and cut off wheel.

DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:05 am

Here is a little update... after buying multiple shocks tabs, i couldn't get any of them to work with where i needed them to be, so i made my own. i will be adding gussets.

hobbyturnedobsession · Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:30 pm

Been there done that. The only ones that looked like they would work was desolates. They look good bud.

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DANKID · Post by **DANKID** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:16 am

thank you! it took me a couple hours just to make one side. im trying to get everything buttoned up on the driver side so i can move on the the passenger side. that one should be easier since there isn't a truss in the way. here they are all burned up and gusseted.