We just picked up this new to us 96 Eddie Bauer Bronco. Needs some love, but has got a good build foundation. Plans are to keep it simple, and have fun on a budget. It looks like an older Skyjacker kit with rear springs with some old 35s. I was hoping it was already geared, but no such luck. It needed a battery and wouldn't start off a jump, so I just went and bought a battery. It fired right up. We drove it a little to make sure it went into all the gears and loaded it up.

 

Nice find

 

Wont that be as sharpe as a tack, when your done, what engine?

 

We did a good once over on it and the suspension. Turns out the passenger beam mount had lost the nut on the bolt. Looks like it has been that way for minute. The bracket had kinda deformed a little and the hole has swallowed out. Thr hardware store had a simlar bolt. Ill either get another bracket, or weld some washers on the current one. For now, it is trail worthy but does have some wierd noises. Im assuming the very worn out, factory steering is the culprit. Ambulance steering and maybe a TRE will fix that I hope.
By chance does anyone know if I can just move the arms up to the next bolt on the brackets? Essentially make it a 4in kit, but with 6in springs. Camber be thrown way off?


Things on the to do list in the short term:
Deep cleaning. Its gross.
Get the back window down - it was backed into something and the tailgate is a little smashed. I assume it bent some of the tracks and arms. Im going to try and tug on it and pull it out and hopefully relieve some clearance issue and it will just roll down. Or i have to climb in and take the panel and do it the hard way. Or take the top off.
Air filter- the aftermarket cone had the end kinda boogers for the AIT sensor. There wasn't much dirt in the intake thankfully, but there was some.
A/C- either needs to be charged or some vacuum lines fixed. Some are broken or completely dried and destroyed.



I like the OBDII on this year so that I can plug my Bluetooth scanner dongle and watch some pids in real time.

 

Thanks. We looked quite a while for something that wasn't outrageously priced and was complete. The lift was a bonus.
I think it will serve us quite well on the trails. My wife has already put some fresh scratches on it lol. It is a 351. We looked a while for this one. We may not do the bull nose swap because we actually really like this color. Time will tell.