New here - Not New to Bronco's

[sackman9975]

Hello everyone.  Thanks for having me.

My name is Scott and I live in Michigan.  I'm 47 years old and have been driving Bronco's for 30 years.
Some may have seen me on Facebook as "Lefty Castle".  I am very knowledgeable and have been providing tech support for many years on www.fullsizebronco.com

I currently own 2 Bronco's.  
I have a 1995 XLT and I recently acquired a 1986 Bronco from Texas.

Back when I was 17, I purchased my first Bronco which was a 1986 XLT Bronco.  Being young and dumb, I beat the living piss out of this truck.  Every weekend, we would hang out at a place we called "Hydro".  HUGE mud pits and trails and it was a cool place for us young kids to drive off road and beat up our rides.

The 1986 Bronco I have now is because I wanted to have another one like the one I had back in the 90's. This time, I'm not taking this off road to destroy.  Rather I have decided to make this mine and how I've always imagined of a cool Bronco being.

It came with a 302FI/AOD/BW1354 transfercase.  I received all the paperwork on this truck back to 1989.
Paperwork states lots of valve cover gaskets have been replaced.  I knew this was a leaker....

I had a 351W bored .030 with the E303 cam from my old 1995 that I sold to a guy at work.  He wrecked the truck and I bought it back from him to part out.  Decided that this would be the powerplant that would go into this truck.  I also had an E4OD from a 1996 Bronco that I've been storing for almost 18 years.  I also had in mind that it would be great to add this to it as well.

I had a guy earlier this year that had a Bronco he couldn't get to start.  He lives about 1.5 hours from me.  He had a parts truck, 95 Eddie Bauer with the 351W and 8.8LS 3.55 axle.  I made a deal with him.  I would come out and fix his truck in trade for some parts.  He said if I could fix his truck, I could have anything I wanted from the parts truck.  "DEAL!"

Drove out, started my diagnosing upon arrival.  This guy hawked me the whole time.  Needless to say, 2 hours later I was coming home with the rear axle, the complete wiring harness from the whole truck and the computer.

Let's make this truck OBD2/MAF!!
Started sourcing some parts.

Found a 351W GT40 intake upper and lower.  Also got the GT40 heads which I had reconditioned.
Rebuilt the 96/8.8LS with 4.10 gears.
Had the E4OD rebuilt with a billet converter.
Freshened the engine with new bearings and rings.

I'm still into the project but its running.  Runs damn good too.  Truck moves with little effort!

Here's a couple of videos of the truck and how it's progressed.

When it arrived (unboxing it)
https://youtu.be/Y-D-Tg7i6js
https://youtu.be/tehxeudWHns

How it is now
https://youtu.be/JQshzumNgNY

Hopefully I can help assist here and find info that I need.
Again, thanks for having me!

[Gary Lewis]

Welcome!  Glad you joined.  

Nice Bronco.  Should be really strong when you are done.  Where did you put the EEC-V ECU?

And, where's home?  We have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you with a city or zip.

[sackman9975]

I put the EEC-V ECU in the original 1986 place of the EEC-IV.  Lots of wires I had to extend.

Home is Livonia Michigan 48152

[Gary Lewis]

Yep, that's where I put the EEC-V ECU on Big Blue.  About 50 wires to extend for that bit of it, and many more to connect elsewhere.

And, you are on the map.  

[grumpin]

Welcome!