What did you do TO / WITH your Bronco today? 👨🏻‍🔧🧰🚿🛠

[wigglysqiggly]

Bought some wildtracks take off suspension (hoss 3.0 fox shocks). Hopefully it was worth it

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[contented]

Installed a Talon’s Garage aluminum transmission skid plate today. A quality product and I can’t say enough about their communications with me. Now I don’t have to worry about poking a hole in the plastic trans pan anymore.

 

[Oldhippie]

Mounted and rewired winch and stereo fuses so they wouldn’t be “flopping” around…

 

[GroovyGeek]

Installed the Mabett drip rails to stop the waterfall coming into the cabin after leaving the driveway after a rain storm.

Works great!

Suggest you return them and replace.wuth the 6 piece drip rails that both overlap at the joints and screw together. The Mabett ones have a gap that creates drips right at the door edges.

 

[GroovyGeek]

Replaced the shitty rust prone hardware on the Barnes tie rod braces with stainles steel. Barnes, if you are reading this - it will cost you less than $3 extra to use stainless hardware and you will not disappoint your customers.

Before and after pics below

 

[cynicalrider]

Replaced the shitty rust prone hardware on the Barnes tie rod braces with stainles steel. Barnes, if you are reading this - it will cost you less than $3 extra to use stainless hardware and you will not disappoint your customers.

Before and after pics below

Are those sleeves billet aluminum? If so you are going to have a bad time. Stainless and aluminum chemically react and corrode. You MIGHT be able to keep it from happening with copper antiseize but no promises.

 

[GroovyGeek]

Are those sleeves billet aluminum? If so you are going to have a bad time. Stainless and aluminum chemically react and corrode. You MIGHT be able to keep it from happening with copper antiseize but no promises.

That's where Teflon tape comes in very handy. You have to wrap all the way up to the screwhead. I wonder if this is why the black oxide was corroding they badly. Have to brush up on my electrochemistry and redox potential, perhaps black oxide is sacrificial metal, in which case I may clean the screws a d them back in wrapped in Teflon tape.

 

[AndGerry]

Installed Redline Tuning hood struts, “Oh sh*t!” handles by Bartact, and a license plate bracket by @HBTFD.

 

[Fly]

I rebuilt the rack for my roof hoist, the first one was too cumbersome, and weighed way more than it needed to. I also mitered the corners so the outside joining 90s could go on the outside and "smooth" out the corners. I also removed the dual picking struts and just put one down the middle short way resulting in a stiffer rack and more ability to fine tune the balance points.

The center pick point is pretty well balanced now. Just waiting for a new set of attachment hooks since the first set were way too heavy duty and had too much of a hook to them. Trying to get hooks/brackets more like the roof rack attachment clamps. The last pic is the old design.

Once it's all done I'm gonna paint the floating shelf struts on the ceiling white to blend and then use spray plasti-dip black on the rack.

What did you use for attachment hooks? Love the setup

 

[Johnny Mo]

What did you use for attachment hooks? Love the setup

I used the flat hooks from custom tie downs BUT I had a buddy use the industrial press at work to open them up to about 60* which made a huge difference. Here is a link to all the build pics:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Eerm1DfNpW1yvwyw7

 

[Oldhippie]

Switched out the steel cable and roller fairlead for synthetic rope and Aluminum fairlead…safer and lighter

 

[Chaddy]

Added the Ford rear diff cover for easy drain.

 

[GroovyGeek]

Added the Ford rear diff cover for easy drain.

Did you use the fiberglass gasket or the OEM reusable one?

 

[Chaddy]

Did you use the fiberglass gasket or the OEM reusable one?

I used the OEM gasket and just saved the fiberglass one if I need it.

 

[Aonarch]

Added the Ford rear diff cover for easy drain.

Did you have to switch out the bolts?

This is on my list.

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