Recent content by jtmportland

Agreed. Here in the PNW I see more Defenders and Land Cruisers than Broncos. It’s an opportunity that I’m sure Ford has its eyes on.

Looks great. If you’ve ever watched a soccer mom (or dad) try to maneuver a Bronco Raptor around a Trader Joe’s parking lot, you will understand why this thing exists. I’d be surprised if it comes in at $75k. This is the premium Bronco and will be priced adjacent to or slightly above the Raptor.

Hey folks... does anyone have any tips and/or best practices on removing a stripped TP30 bolt? It's in an awkward location, so I'm hoping to avoid drilling it out, but I may not have a choice. I swear, no matter how careful I am, I manage to strip one of these bolts on almost every project. And...

I want it.

The fact that 2025 Broncos with the 2.3 engine now get the electric booster says a lot about what Ford has learned. They replaced the brake line on mine and so far, so good, but I expect more brake issues in the future.

I'm wondering why you guys even need to manually disengage the parking brake. Just pop it into gear and the brake automatically disengages... like most (all?) modern vehicles with electric parking brakes. The location, on the other hand, is a bit of retro-weirdness that I could have done...

Ok… stupid question alert: it looks like this is a dealer installed package. The marketing release from Ford states that these packages are for ‘Current AND new vehicles’. Soooo, I wonder if that means I can have my dealer the package on a 2022 non-Sas Bronco. If you add up the cost of...

Looks like they are sculpted differently to me. Also, the wheel arches look a little different.

Excellent! And those new fender flares look great too.

I've owned both a 2.7 and a 2.3 MT Bronco. Like you, I wanted the biggest engine they offered (without having to buy a Braptor). But after living with it for a while, I really missed shifting. That's when I ordered my MT Bronco. For what it's worth, I've never once felt the 2.3 needed more power...

I think I was just 'lucky'. Some background: the dealer I took it to sells very few Broncos, and even fewer MT Broncos. They pulled the transmission, ordered the parts and then realized they didn't have the proper tools for the job. Apparently this transmission requires unique tools (The service...

Thanks. I’d agree that KBB would know this stuff.

As mentioned in the other thread, I never received the email. I just kept trying to place an order every few days and it finally let me. Make sure you are logged in. The ordering system is only checking VIN ranges. Anyway, it arrived in about 10 days, and the install took about an hour. I’d...

I’m a little suspicious of this list. The Bronco 6G hasn’t even been out for 5 years. Can you cite the source?

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