project restore BII

[Rangered06]

im finally getting my hands dirty in my fiance's 1987 2wd BII. the plan for it is to get it back to its former glory and shine it up to take to carshows and cruise around town also to have a way to tote around my future kids :icon_bounceblue: any way back to the bronco i have a few stock pics of how she sits ill get more pics of progress ass i get stuff done. first on the list is getting the engine and trans out to replace some gaskets and give it a new paint job. and a new donor trans for it. i started ripping into it yesterday and when i pulled the trans cooler lines to my horror the usually red fluid came out grey from all the metal shavings in it but with just $125 i was able to get the donor just gotta swap out the tailshaft with the 2wd shaft. and with out further adue here she is

 

[Rangered06]

i got out for acouple hours today after work to get a little more work done on her had to stop after i rammed my head into the transmission xmember while taking the trans pan off to see how bad it was and to get the fluid out for when i pull the whole thing out togeather hope to get it out tomorrow.

got the A/C off and shoved aside along with the radiator out

look at the tranny fluid ..... isnt it supposed to be red not grey

on the plus side looks like the gasket is pretty new

 

[Rangered06]

just a quick update im still working on her just dont get much time to do work to it atm in the build haveing trouble with the pesky exhaust system doesnt want to spilt apart so i can finish getting the engine out any suggestions? trying to get it apart between the down pipes and the cats

 

[Rangered06]

finally got some time to work on the B2 got the engine and trans out today which was a little easier then i expected sliped right out with the trans and both cats still attached.

once i got it down onto its temp home of a rigged up shopping cart i looked over the bad trans and found the tell tail signs the trans is from a junk yard which would explain the lack of a dummy transfercase..... here are the couple pics i took before it got to dark.

i think something is missing!!!!!

oh here it is (doesnt really look like an a4ld from the top?)

now comes the fun of cleaning the block and makeing sure everything is in tip top shape before going back in

 

[Rangered06]

got the engine seaperated from the old tranny and mounted on a stand time to start the cleaning and replaceing and painting lol. did find something interesting behind the flywheel looked like a rectangular spring or something its very fine metal stuff didnt get a very good pic cause all i have is my cell lol if anyone has an idea of what it is let me know

 

[FrankBoss]

Thats nuts... I always wanted a 2WD BII...Nice

FrankBoss

 

[Rangered06]

Thats nuts... I always wanted a 2WD BII...Nice

FrankBoss

it may be converted to 4wd not completely sure about it yet gotta see how much T-cases or dummy T-cases are going for at the junkyard

 

[Rangered06]

just a quick little update on some plan changes for the B2. gonna try working hard on it come spring to give me all winter for planning for the new to come BRONCO 2 89 :icon_hornsup: