Brian's '96

Garlic Bronco · Post by **Garlic Bronco** » Sat May 21, 2011 4:05 am

any updates? would love to see some more pictures even of old work

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun May 29, 2011 9:40 am

Garlic Bronco wrote:any updates? would love to see some more pictures even of old work

Not much to show right now. Been super busy with baseball. Beginning tear down for swapping the trans this weekend. Trying to resist temptation to upgrade things at this point. Too much time. Too much money. Spent a few hours mounting the ballasts for the lights and running wires into the engine compartment. Moved the outer lights toward the center to protect them better and facilitate mounting a bolt-on brush guard in the future (haven't made it yet). Also moved the lights forward 3/4" so the grill can be removed without removing the lights. Didn't want to hack the grill up to do so. Mounted the ballasts to the skid plate. Had them there in the past with double sided tape. Worked well, so I just bought some cheap brackets and bolted them on. Didn't want to put them on the core support. More crack inducing weight. Haha!

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:07 am

Hey Brian, I have all the internals out of Big Bertha and also a 92 Bronco E4OD. Let me know if you need anything.

Surprisingly enough Big Bertha had an Aluminum planetary and the trans was only rated to 750 ft/pounds. I now have a steel six pinion planetary and all the 4r100 upgrades. Trans is now rated to 1000 ft/pounds. Should be good since it was still ok at 190K and had never been rebuilt.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:19 am

Thanks Philo! Guess I should visit my thread more often. Haha!

No progress on the trans, but finally got the HID's installed on the headlights. Now the workbench is clear again, so it's time to lay (on) concrete.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 2:56 pm

Woohooo! Baseball is over! Well, almost. Tournament begins July 2, but that's ok. My daughter's team won the championship!! Anyway, got to work on the Bronco today. Trans is just a few tornillos away from extraction. Taking the spare trans in for inspection/service this week and should have it swapped in next weekend. Fingers crossed.

Found some other issues while laying under the belly. Passenger rear shock is leaking out of the upper main body. Front passenger side axle splines are shot and the driver's side seal is leaking badly. The pinion bearings are shot in the rear end. Oh well. One thing at a time. Can't wait for August!!

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:54 pm

Kris rocks! Ordered seal kits yesterday. Got'm today. Thanks Kris!

Post by **SteveG** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:59 pm

yikes wrote:Kris rocks!

Agreed. The go-to guy for seals.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:16 pm

The whore is back!

Got my driveshafts ready to go. Shortened the Primary and replaced the seal and a u-joint on the spare. Gonna build a mount for it in front of the spare tire.

Making some modifications to my cross-member links because they started cracking at the backing plates. Not finished, but got a couple washers welded in.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:44 am

Added a center gusset to the cross-member links. Should help prevent cracking.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:50 am

Real nervous about putting a trans in that's been sitting for 3 years...outside, but no shop wants to touch it without a full inspection. Best price I got if all it needs is a seal kit was $1200. It'll cost me $200 and a few hours of my time to put it in and test it, so that's what I'll do. May have to sell my bender and just go for the Mogi.

Anyone got an opinion on this?

Dust · Post by **Dust** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:25 am

I would not put it in w/o inspecting because Automatics and i don't get along...
I figure any automatic will cost $1500...
I'll put it in and it will fail and cost me $1500 or I can just start out with the rebuild and put it in once:lol:

BDKW1 · Post by **BDKW1** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:31 pm

I got mine rebuilt and installed for 1500 cash. Also came with a 2 year warranty.

300 · Post by **300** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:54 pm

If it wasn't full of water and rust when you pulled the pan off, it should work like it did before it came out. And that may not be as great as you remember it or as good as the last guy said it did......... Unless you have an overhead lift and a jack, its more than a couple hour project to find out, so your cash flow situation will have to dictate the decision. There was a truck that just did the Baja 500 with a spare trans that has been riding around in the back of a chase truck for a couple of years. I would probably change the front seal if it has been sitting for 3 years and was used before that.

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:22 pm

I say go for it. Put a new front seal in it, fill with ATF, and drive your truck.

Is it from the same year Bronco/F150?

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:52 am

philofab wrote:I say go for it. Put a new front seal in it, fill with ATF, and drive your truck.

Is it from the same year Bronco/F150?

It's from Nick's '91.

Thanks for the input fellas.

AussieRod · Post by **AussieRod** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:23 am

That Monster trans might be lookin' good

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:57 am

Be aware the pin outs for the solenoid pack are different between your 96 and that 91 trans. Youll need to swap the solenoid packs or take the connector apart and re pin it.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:09 am

philofab wrote:Be aware the pin outs for the solenoid pack are different between your 96 and that 91 trans. Youll need to swap the solenoid packs or take the connector apart and re pin it.

Good info Philo. Thanks! I was wondering about that, because I noticed the shifter was different also.

philofab · Post by **philofab** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:29 am

yikes wrote:
philofab wrote:Be aware the pin outs for the solenoid pack are different between your 96 and that 91 trans. Youll need to swap the solenoid packs or take the connector apart and re pin it.
Good info Philo. Thanks! I was wondering about that, because I noticed the shifter was different also.

Use your shift sensor and lever also.

yikes · Post by **yikes** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:27 am

philofab wrote:
yikes wrote:
philofab wrote:Be aware the pin outs for the solenoid pack are different between your 96 and that 91 trans. Youll need to swap the solenoid packs or take the connector apart and re pin it.
Good info Philo. Thanks! I was wondering about that, because I noticed the shifter was different also.
Use your shift sensor and lever also.

I would like to use my valve body for the shift kit. That's a direct swap, isn't it?

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