arm rests hang low...Fix??
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Tuned
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arm rests hang low...Fix??
I am still in the search mode of my quest for a 96 Bronco. I will be looking at one (of many) next week during my Bronco search vacation. The pics I have seen the arm rests on the seats are not level to the floor. They seem to go too far down. If this is the case is there a way to fix it or are the seats just broken.
It would be nice to know before hand, might help with negotiations on price.
It would be nice to know before hand, might help with negotiations on price.
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The arm rests are susceptible to having the stops break or crack... especially if the original owner was on the hefty side. They can be fixed. I've done it but it requires some tedious fabrication with metal that is significantly stronger than the pot metal that the arm rest brackets are made of. I probably should have done process photos when I did this fix and now I can't even photograph the finished product since they were in Greystreak when she was burned.
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Tuned
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Well it does not sound like a quick and easy fix. Not that making new brackets is out of skill set, just something to worry about another day. Someone else said something about a set screw to adjust them. Any thoughts on that?
I thank you for all your input to my questions over the last month or so. You have been very helpful. I hope to find and bring one home next week, on my Bronco search vacation, to replace my wrecked 95 F-150.
I did not know about Greystreak's end. I looked at your pics of her. Don't know when it happened, but I am sorry for your lose.
Again thanks for all your input.
I thank you for all your input to my questions over the last month or so. You have been very helpful. I hope to find and bring one home next week, on my Bronco search vacation, to replace my wrecked 95 F-150.
I did not know about Greystreak's end. I looked at your pics of her. Don't know when it happened, but I am sorry for your lose.
Again thanks for all your input.
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Yea, once I find one I like and am willing to pay for, things will be a little more clear. Right now it's just a lot of things I don't know, I'm not used to having something (or the thought of having something) that's not pushing 40 years old. The 95 F150 that got wrecked was a hand me down from Dad when he got his F250 Super Duty. I only had it for a little over a year before it got killed. Before that a 76 F-150 and a 78 F-250.
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Encho, I'll do my best not to hijack buck's thread here. This is what I referred to earlier...RIP Greystreak... and the photos
buck,
No set screws in there just cast "stops" in the pivot points. You might be able to put a set screw into it to remedy the problem but again, dealing with pot metal, the concern is how long that will hold up.
buck,
No set screws in there just cast "stops" in the pivot points. You might be able to put a set screw into it to remedy the problem but again, dealing with pot metal, the concern is how long that will hold up.
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You can try loosening the bolt and "reclocking" the armrest, this worked on my '91 a long time ago.
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Thanks for the input, but I passed on that Bronco. The interior was destroyed to be mild about it. It looked like they let two chimps with hammers go at the interior. The ONLY part inside the truck I found not destroyed was the back seat.
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Well, sometimes a deal isn't a deal, you'll find a better one soon.
P.S.: Wow Grey, i readed the story, awful one... btw, good thing the pyro-imbecile got caught... Whatever happened to him?.
P.S.: Wow Grey, i readed the story, awful one... btw, good thing the pyro-imbecile got caught... Whatever happened to him?.
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I did find a better one, and it was only $700 more. I think you posted on that thread also,https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ew-bronco.html
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Oh sorry! didn't notice it was the same person on both threads (i'm dumb like that... lol), that's a spotless Bronco, you will be very happy with her, now go take a pic under the hood to find out if you also have a MAF truck (icing of the cake).
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Am I wrong is this assumption?
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You are, there are 94 and 95 trucks that could be MAF, if the two tubes of the air intake access your airbox, you have and SD setting, if the tubes join in a single one before accesing the airbox, you have a MAF equiped vehicle, easiest way to spot. Also, 96 Broncos are mostly equiped with OBDII Ecus, whereas ours are OBDI.
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I looked at pics I took of the engine. It has no MAF sensor. Would have been nice though. Maybe some day I'll change it over, but with 60 some thousand miles on it and running fine, I'll let well enough be. LOL
