Guy I used to work with is selling me his 1993 EB 5.0. $153,000. Getting it for $1200 bucks.

Been sitting for a couple years. I know it needs a water pump and starer solenoid to get on the road.

Anything else I need to be looking for besides the basics of fluid levels and what not?

Thanks

 

Welcome to FTE and the Big Bronco Forum. We will do our best to get you the most accurate info. we can.

If it has been sitting a while, check the belt, hoses, tires for dry rot (cracking). Flush/fill cooling system and motor oil. Transmission too if you can. Fluids that have been sitting that long tend to let the crud that normally remains suspended in them filter out and collect in the bottom of oil pans and radiators so flushing and refilling is just a good idea in these situations. Check for corrosion on battery terminals and around any positive connections. Negative terminals are not as susceptible to it but don't just assume they are ok either.

Once you get it up and running, take it somewhere you can get off road or wait for it to rain and engage the 4WD and drive around for a while with it in 4HI. This will get gear oil back up onto the upper half of the axle gearing in the front. DON'T DRIVE AROUND IN 4WD ON DRY PAVEMENT!

Keep a close eye on your tire pressures. Sitting for a while and losing air can cause tires to separate from rims especially on alloy wheels. (Heck, I've seen it happen in just a few really cold winter months.)

Add a bottle of fuel system dryer to the tank and some good fuel injector cleaner. Hopefully there isn't a lot of old fuel in the tank. Once you have refueled for the first time, consider changing the fuel filter. This way if any crud gets stirred up when fresh fuel hit the tank, it will be trapped in the old filter and you can have a clean free-flowing filter and less crud being pulled through the line from the tank.

There are probably things I'm missing or that someone else will think of. But this is a start. And don't think that just because I suggested it, it MUST be done. Just consider doing them as a way of avoiding potential issues later.

 

Enjoy it, I had a 1992 and it was one of my favorite trucks so far.

 

Congrats on the Bronco!! Greystreak already covered all the basics to get that Bronco back up and ready for anything. I recently got a 95 and I love it.

 

First off, everything Grey said is highly recomendable, so i'll just add some more tips: I would swap all those belts and the thermostat. Check all the hoses, if they're either cracked or collapsed, or if they look bloated, swap them. And since it helped someone else in your same situation, i would recomend using Seafoam to clean that engine up. A nice fresh lubbing with new grease on the movable parts will help in whichever spots grease was required. After that i would check for Codes to see if any sensor needs replacement. I think that covers pretty much the most important bits to have your truck running in a safe way.

 

Every bit of rubber on the vehicle is going to need replaced or at least checked out. Something most people overlook are the weather seals, some of it can be saved with oils and other stuff used for leather. The tailgate seal is critical, if your tailgate is decent at all, don't wait to fix it! Make sure no water gets passed your tailgate seal

Check under the mud guards in the front and rear fenders, they build up mud easily and will rust through your fenders in a matter of months when they hit the elements and start taking in moisture. I learned this the hard way.. honestly, I watched my fenders rust through terribly in less than a month. Just clean anywhere with accumulated mud, because behind that mud will be rust. The steering box under the hood between the frame is another spot you should check and the rear corners of the truck.

Your throttle body will probably need cleaned and lubed. Use only Ford approved TB cleaner or else it will stick on you and make your life miserable. This is one of those things I wish people had told me (I'm looking at you all!) when I first got mine. When they say don't use off the shelf TB cleaner, they mean it.

Of course the typical tuneup stuff.. you're doing the waterpump, so you'll be flushing the coolant anyways.. when you do this, TRUST ME ON THIS, change your upper and lower hoses or at least check them out really well, same goes for the stock plastic drain plug. I lost my upper hose after flushing my coolant, then my lower hose, then the drain plug.. Coolant isnt cheap and chances are your coolant is a bit thicker than the new stuff and there will be leaks once replaced.

Save your weak tranny and rearend by doing fluid changes, dont forget LS additive if you have a LS rearend.

Lube now, save yourself from buying parts later. Anything that takes grease, buy a high quality grease and use the heck out of it. Don't play much with the 4WD until you care to the hubs, they're finicky if automatic.

Ok, it just hit me that I'm trying to shove my entire experience with Broncos into this post