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Any explorer 91? to 96 has an 8.8 disc rear. They are about 1 1/2" total, 3/4" per side wider, not a huge deal.

This Bronco II is the one I bought in 2010. Here he is now Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING but the custom trans, doubler, radius arm skid plate has been replaced or re-built:icon_thumby:

Yea, that's pretty much what this dude said, starts at about 1600 but could get to 2500-3000, depending on damage. The exploder I bought was a one owner, garage kept unit with 100k on the clock. PLUS it has a v-8! Really too nice to convert but it was the best one available.

Well A4LD #3 is toast, estimate is 2500 to rebuild it, if the guy can find the hard parts. I bought an Exploder as a backup until I decide which way to go. What tranny do I want?

I took this guy to Johnson Valley and wrecked the crap out of him, it's taken almost 7 years to completely rebuild him. Got him aligned and am now removing grill, door handles, etc., etc., to get him painted.

Thanks man!

Success! The install was stoopid simple and the muffler is OEM quiet. Not bad for $90. Biggest impediment was having to smoke the muffler bolts off, 2 minutes max, about an hour total time.

new exhaust is in I'll be damned, the pipes even got the correct bends! :icon_thumby:

The muffler, tailpipe, bolts and gasket are all shipped direct from Walker, for less than $100 with free shipping from Autozone. I'll give a review after installation.

I rebuilt this thing about 13 or 14 years ago, engine, new trans,(AGAIN), SOUP TO NUTS. after delivering mail for 3 months, thru the crap weather we have had, I am replacing the muffler and tailpipe as well as shocks, again.

I really enjoy your video log on the construction of Gilligan, thanks for posting them!:icon_thumby:

I retired in '14 from the BP and goofed off the first year, fishing, building stuff, whisky and cigars, the usual. Got bored so worked for the local Irrigation District, however, the scum baggery was staggering and after 23 years of .gov BS I opted out of that gig. The Post Office was looking...

This Bii had a rancho 31/2 lift, slightly modified. The PO had installed 2" poly spacers in front and a combo of explorer springs, bell tech shackles and two 1" spacer blocks in the rear. This amalgam should have had approx. 5.5 inches of lift. I ordered a Skyjacker set of 6" drop brackets...

The Drawtite 65017 DOES NOT FIT A BII. Not even close. the Reese hitch mentioned DOES FIT THE FRONT OF A BII. One has to remove or re-engineer the anti sway bar but other than that it's a bolt on.

The " made for the BII " new FRONT hitches don't fit. There is a rear hitch that literally bolts up to the front of your BII. Pics to follow.

Oh yeah!! I have a spotless '85 BII and early, (77), Bronco D44 and 9", but no official engine, yet. I'm thinking a turbo 4cyl might be pretty cool.

HA!! Those wrecks weren't much to photograph. They are long gone. The BOSS won't let me keep wrecks around long. SHE thinks the neighbors will be offended. My opinion is ****EM!!! At any rate the hulks are gone but the goodies remain. I shall endeavor to persevere.

I never understood all the fervor over the cummins 4bt. They are heavy, slow and smell bad. 785 lbs with oil, 105 horsepower and 260 lb/ft of torque. We aint even talking about adapters etc., etc. Whoopee! 302 Ford, 450 lbs, variable horse power and torque, basically what ever you can...

Today I pulled three cars from a friends property. Her husband died a year ago and she is cleaning up her place. I got to keep the cars I hauled out. 1. 1967 Ford F-100, so-so. 2. 1967 Lincoln Conny, what a barge! 3. 1987 Turbo T-Bird. I think I have plans for that engine.