Anniversary

One year into the madness!!

When I embarked on this project – I had read, and been told to expect to spend 3-5 years on a total rebuild.  1 year later – I think I can be mostly done by summer.  But I am quite sure these projects are never truly done.

After finishing the front end, I started on the rear and got stopped fast by the disk brake setup.  All of the vendors are great at providing kits and custom parts made to fit Bronco’s – but very few come with good instructions.  They all have this assumption that I know what I’m doing, or have done it 5 times already.  Luckily there are some great Bronco forums out there with hundreds of people in the same boat, as well as hundreds more that have already done what I am doing – even down to the exact same parts.  Advice to vendors – more pictures on your instructions.

Anyway – I upgraded my rear axles from 28 spline to 31 spline.  This means that my small bearing housing now has a big bearing axle.  Finding the axle seal was quite a challenge, and it is now going on 2 weeks of backorder.  

With nothing else going on – I started shopping again for more of the “little detail” parts, like a bumper for the tire latch, the stainless cover for the tire carrier where the latch connects…..  getting way carried away, what the heck am I building anyway?

The body is home from the bodyshop and parts are all over the house, (to protect them of course) since I cannot put them onto the main body until it is on the frame.  Doors, grill, tailgate in my office, hood in the bathroom….  The wife is VERY understanding considering it has been about 3 months since her car has been in the garage.  This has cost me custom cabinetry for her craft room, new luggage, an Ipad… you get the idea.