The $1,400 Bronco Project

[CJ]

Fixed the cluster, transmission/shifting issues, etc. Vibration is pinion angle, I'm almost certain.

Rust isn't as bad as I had initially thought. I'll be tacking the undercarriage and frame over the next few weekends. Once that's done I should have it 100% and I'll be priming it with some 2k epoxy. Once I get it all leveled out (honestly it's super straight now) I will shoot some single stage satin gunmetal grey.

Something like this:




I'm also in the market for a set of one ton axles. I'm looking for Dana 60's out of an F250/350 - front and rear.

[CJ]

The good:
351w, 104k miles, 4x4, decent interior, new A/C everything, new cooling system, new suspension, runs great

The bad:
She's from Minnesota and full of rust, shifts hard, smoke in interior followed by gauge cluster death, driveline vibration

95% sure cluster will solve shifting issues, most likely VSS related. It's defaulted to TPS for shifting. Driveline vibration feels like driveshaft to me, not worried either way.

The real problem is the rust. The previous owner replaced both quarters and fenders. First and foremost I need to stop it. I'm thinking of taking it to have it blasted off and then painting everything on the under carriage, and assessing where I go from there. Once that's done I need to realign the quarter panels and fenders, weld them in the proper location (currently alignment is lacking), and then repaint the truck. Not sure if I'll base/clear it or just hit it with a single stage satin black or something.

Once that's out of the way I'm going to turn this thing into an offroad juggernaut.

[AnthonyS]

Sweet look forward to the updates.

[naynay]

SAS swap or what?

[KBScobravert]

Oh really?

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[CJ]

Here we go again.



Hopefully this turns out better than the $4,000 Jeep TJ Project.