Dusty Bronco

Tchajagos · Post by **Tchajagos** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:09 pm

Did you end up dropping the tank?

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:59 pm

Tchajagos wrote:Did you end up dropping the tank?

No, my wife was able to get her skinny fingers in between the tank and frame to get the threads started. She was a trooper and helped get em all snugged up. She saved me a lot of time and trouble. A pretty woman who will help me wrench on a Bronco? I think I'll keep her around awhile!

Tchajagos · Post by **Tchajagos** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:18 pm

I know what you mean. I asked this one to marry me.

motorbreath53 · Post by **motorbreath53** » Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:37 pm

When are you going to go 4" over and 4 link so I can buy all your used stuff for pennies on the dollar? And, does Lindsay do tile? I could use a helper... in a french maid outfit...

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:57 am

Back on all four! I'm so stoked how this thing has turned out in the past few months. Time to go get it dirty!

ChaseTruck754 · Post by **ChaseTruck754** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:25 am

We all do.

For some sadistic reason I've started keeping the ones I remove in a jar in the shop. Wish I had started with the ranger, and stuff in between, but started half way through the crew & I've got a ton in there. Those bastards bring the suck for sure!

Jonerton15 · Post by **Jonerton15** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:30 pm

Hell yeah! Solo was awesome to work with

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:09 pm

Got Dusty aligned today. Driving it around town it was squirrely as hell. Steering is shot out, blown out. Ambulance upgrade ordered. I read through every steering tech thread on this site, and hope I didn't miss anything. The crossover steering will come soon, I gotta let the bank account heal for awhile.

Tchajagos · Post by **Tchajagos** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:12 am

Did they adjust the caster and camber? Or just the tow. If you have the alignment cams you can get a little bit of caster out of them to help center the wheel when driving. Essentially you want the top balljoint to be farther to the rear of the truck than the bottom balljoint.

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:03 am

They did everything Travis. I'm really happy with how it came out. They also adjusted the alignment cams I got from Solo. She runs straight now. I should have done the steering when I had the front end apart. All the TRE's are blown out and you can watch the drag link flex when you turn the wheel.

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 5:48 pm

F350/Ambulance upgrade complete

The bendy drag link is even more noticeable once it's on the floor. Scary...

hollandermotorsports · Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:59 pm

Looking awesome buddy. Thank you so much for stopping earlier also. Ended up being a bad cps fixed and drove home. Thank you again.

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:24 pm

No worries at all man. Just making sure everything was all right. Sucks seeing a bud stranded. Glad it all worked out.

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:18 pm

We got lights!

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:56 pm

Maiden voyage was a success....kind of. We went to Superstition Mtn and made a 4 day weekend out of it. The new suspension was amazing and handled great. I was super impressed with it all.

Then, the Bronco started loosing power, falling on its face, and dying. After searching every cause we could think of, I ended up cutting the bed out and pulling the fuel pump. The inside of the tank looks like the side of an old fishing vessel. I swear I saw a sea urchin growing in there! Good news is, I know why it was running like crap. New tank and pump will get ordered this week.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:09 pm

Did you cut the floor with the tank in place? Truck looks great!

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:44 pm

tcm glx wrote:Did you cut the floor with the tank in place? Truck looks great!

Yes, with surgical precision. I was scared to hit a fuel line, but they sit an inch or so below the bed, so I barely dropped the cutting wheel through. Worked out perfectly. Just need to go to the junkyard and get a patch panel.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:47 pm

Nice!! Great work!!

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:05 pm

Thanks Tony. It's coming along slowly.

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