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No worries..I have some spare parts, there is a welder on site...lets go. There is mud there, even some mud pits...but more rocks. SMORR ? Southern Missouri Off Road Ranch its a 1000+ acres of FUN, we can have a blast.
Yes go to the site link and click on the map. Trails are rated 1 thru 6. One is a basic gravel road (called the Ranch Road, Backwoods Road, Brixey Road) and Six ='s insane. Trails are very well marked and based off dry conditions +1 if the trails wet. You can drive a regular pick up truck on most of the Ranch Road ect.... BUT there is a section on Ranch Road that has a VERY steep grade about 3/4 of the way into it. A regular carburetor truck might have an issue, I'd more than happy to show it to you in July. Pewees Crossing is a 3 and a great long creek bed drive. There are by passes for the rough stuff, but its NOT a place for a full size truck IMO.
Well spent some time while home getting the Bronco jump started and the old battery back up. I had to evict a 4' black snake from under the hood.....It still has the gas pedal lag (I think the spacer has the linkage at some wonky angle). I drove it around the property every so often. I am now even more interested in an EFI swap. Holley or Edelbrock, NO FiTech. I found a real local hot rod shop that can and will lend a hand, if I get hung up somewhere on the install.
Does Edelbrock even still sell theirs? Had lots of setup issues with them in the beginning. Could have been the units, or could have been the installers and individual vehicles too, since we see all three issues come up with every brand. Just that it came up with Edelbrock more than the others in the beginning.
I'm waiting to try one though, as we had one left and I'm hoping to either confirm the dire reports, or debunk them and have a great running engine.
But I work on a glacially-motivated schedule, so not likely to have an answer anytime soon unfortunately. Kind of getting impatient with myself!
And these do not include a fuel pump and or a install kit, some you still have to buy more parts and pieces. Not the ball park I normally work or shop in.
Well found some pics of the torn in half trac bar bracket. I lifted the trac bar/bracket piece back in place and ratchet strapped it to drive it the rest of the way down the trail and then back to camp. And I will even post the weld/hack repair job.
FLAME SUIT ON, YES it is a redneck getto looking booger welded job with a couple of scrap metal pieces over layed, and done using a crappy generator ran stick welder.
All done with a crappy well used welding old school flip helmet (might of just closed my eyes and stuck it). And racing to use the sunlight left to get it done. But none the less it got fixed and we wheeled it hard all the next day. And here is my new key chain the wife got me.
Well found some pics of the torn in half trac bar bracket. I lifted the trac bar/bracket piece back in place and ratchet strapped it to drive it the rest of the way down the trail and then back to camp. And I will even post the weld/hack repair job.
FLAME SUIT ON, YES it is a redneck getto looking booger welded job with a couple of scrap metal pieces over layed, and done using a crappy generator ran stick welder.
All done with a crappy well used welding old school flip helmet (might of just closed my eyes and stuck it). And racing to use the sunlight left to get it done. But none the less it got fixed and we wheeled it hard all the next day. And here is my new key chain the wife got me.
Nothing wrong with that for a trail fix. Now if you did that in your shop... "please put the welder down!"
And hey, if that and a ratchet strap got you back home, it's all good! And a good day too.
On a totally unrelated note... Darrin, was that body style and year truck in your pic only available in diesel? Or were some gas?
One of my all time faves is the '97 CrewCab short bed in one of the green colors like that. I think I've seen them in Green w/white too.
Just curious.
No, there were gas OBS F250s in '97 too. It was the year the F150 changed body styles and they made the light duty 7 lug F250, but they still made the F250HD in both gas and diesel.
Nothing wrong with that for a trail fix. Now if you did that in your shop... "please put the welder down!"
LMAO Might as well been a trail fix by Ray Charles and Helen Keller. lol After we got it up to a gravel parking lot....no real tools (for that kind of work anyway), no shop, no grinder, no shade, no cold beer with in reach. The stick welder was crap, the generator running the welder was crap-ier. I can come up with at least 10 more excuses.
1. My back hurt.
2. Sun was in my eyes.
3. Got some welding splatter down my shirt.
4. Caught myself on fire...twice.
5. Caught the Bronco on fire.... once.
6. My help was drunk.
7. I learned to weld on U-tube.
8. I used the welding adage " if it sticks, it ships".
9. I skipped "welding day" in HS shop.
10. To be honest... I never went to HS. I was home schooled by a drunk welder. lol JK
Bonus wine... the welding helmet might as well had the lens spray painted black.
We put it back in place and welded it on the back side and outside. I wanted to at least brace that part on the outside, so we scrounged up 2 pieces of odd sized angle iron and over layed them (one on each side) as a strengthener. It held the rest of the weekend.
Ouch, that's some spendy stuff and I don't like leaving that bolt hanging out there from the riser like it is. Seem like a weak link. I think you'd be better off with this kit or just buy the brackets individually... https://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com...og/PANKIT.html
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