Project Black Betty // Sas, v8!

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

all pics will be in this first thread as well as other ones ive posted in



got the donor for $250, 84 bronco II with d44 lp, ford 9", 71 302, c4 auto with dana 20 t-case, also came with coil springs 3-4"'s bigger than my 4" coils with ttb


so heres the donor rig

d44 in it still

rear end out

engine is finally out!!!

same with tranny on our home made dolly

empty empty empty

heres a pic of the truck its going in (just with out the cap...)

front and rear end almost all stripted and ready for sand blasting and paint....

and heres my engine on the stand ready to get torn down and cleaned

got some new pictures of the engine hallf torn down

so i got the knuckles off here are some pics

and heres what happens when the axle had no steering stops

front end all disassembled time to start on the rear end heres a few pics

AND MY HOME MADE STOOL





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its made from an old ass harley seat lol

ok change of plans, im picking up a new ranger on wednesday for $100 nothing wrong with it but the bed is destroyed (i hope) so everything is going in that and im leaving my other ranger just the way she is.. cant wait!!

heres a pic of the new one

well found the reason my engine was blowing blue smoke... was cleaning the oil pan today and found chunks of aluminum ( just guess whats it from)


heres why i was blowing blue smoke

piston rings on 3 of the pistons were broken and they all have huge burrs on the edge of them (they were in there awhile or even reused maybe)


here are some progress pics

this is the one piston that broke

mroe block pics

and heres all 3 of the trucks.. tomorrow ill take pictures of the 94.....the new 5.0 and sas truck

got my 35" tires for $800 today and my new d20 t-case for $100 all rebuilt

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

front and rear end almost all stripted and ready for sand blasting and paint....

and heres my engine on the stand ready to get torn down and cleaned

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

and yes everything is in my house in my basment

 

[dangerranger83]

I'm always up for watching a SAS. Going with leaves or coils? I need to sell some stuff so I can get my SAS done.

 

[Downey]

sweet stuff man hope your going with coils

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

yep coils

if anyone has some bolt on radius arm brackets lemme know i need some still

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

just got everything inside today.. starting to get really cold up here in vermont lol..... glad my basement has enough room in it for engine and drivetrain

 

[Downey]

get it done then give me the tires that are on your truck right now

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

haha...rims and tires going on my 2001 ranger.... im getting either 35x12.5" or 38x14.5" boggers i just need 15" rims for the axles lol

 

[Downey]

vermont isnt that far from pa

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

its still cold up here now lol

 

[bronco2guy]

Looks like a great start, sweet deal on the B2

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

yeah its quite funny actually... $250 for the bronco.. it runs and drives the ONLY thing wrong with it is that the driver side axle shafts inner and outer the ears where the U-joints go are snapped off on the front end...

and everything looked like nothing would come apart easy but i started stripping it only broke like 3 bolts rest of it came out slicker than shit

 

[fordtrucknut77]

yep coils

if anyone has some bolt on radius arm brackets lemme know i need some still

hey man why cant you use the radius arm brackets off the b2? or where they welded to the frame? a good cutting torch will fix that !

 

[Chance]

yeah its quite funny actually... $250 for the bronco.. it runs and drives the ONLY thing wrong with it is that the driver side axle shafts inner and outer the ears where the U-joints go are snapped off on the front end...

and everything looked like nothing would come apart easy but i started stripping it only broke like 3 bolts rest of it came out slicker than shit

Freakin steal of a deal... Woulda picked that up in a heartbeat if I found a deal like that.

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

oh forgot to say that body is rotted beyond belief.. lol passenger door doesnt open... driver door hardly opens.. and floors are literately gone lol

btw im selling all the good body parts if anyone is interested

grille - might be sold
passenger fender - isnt to bad just a few surface rust spots
front bumper - mint cond.
all the glass on it is perfect..
rear hatch almost perfect considering its fiberglass... (the bottom of the hatch is a lil smashed cause cab mounts are bad

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

just got the engine torn down.. and come to find out its bored out 30 over woot woot now all thats left is getting new rings and clean clean clean, paint and put back together

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

got some new pictures of the engine hallf torn down

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

well now i got the engine apart time to get new rings, sand blaster, LOTS of brakeclean, ford blue paint and a gasket set..

while im waiting on those i started workin on my tranny and transfer case.. come to find out im going to need to rebuild the ol' dana 20.. as of right now i dont know whats wrong with it but it wont shift properly (its the J shift pattern) like when i have it all bolted up with the linkage i try to put it in 2hi and it doesnt go.. then i put it in 4low and the rear goes into 4hi and front into 4low its seriosly messed up

if anyone has any info on what the problem is lemme know otherwise im getting it rebuilt at a local shop here

 

[MaGiKaLsHoTs]

bump.. just sold me visor that came off the bronco II now to go get the sand blaster, gasket set and sone new paint