74 Bronco Redoux....The home stretch!

[casadejohnson]

I'm looking for under the hood photos of engine bays with EFI. I'm pulling my engine in the 74 pretty quick for a makeover and converting to a C4 at the same time. Its currently a spaghetti of hoses and wires and I want to get it looking a little better. Also looking to repaint the engine bay while I'm at it. In my less than brilliant younger years, I painted it rattle can semi gloss black. Thinking of taking it back to white but I'm not sure I want to break out the spray gun to do a base clear on it. I did that on my 66 and it was more work than I expected so any ideas in that department would also be appreciated as well.

I didn't see that we already had an EFI engine bay upgrade thread so I'm changing this to my C4 upgrade thread. Viperwolf has assembled a Bronco C4 for me to replace my 3 speed and recently fried clutch. While its apart I'm planning to do the following upgrades.

Twin sticks
New dana 20 seals
Auto tilt column
Dash - I'm moving the glove box over to clear future family cage
Repaint engine bay
fix engine leaks

 

[Rox Crusher]

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189543

I am hoping to add mine to this thread in the next 60 days

 

[beaux312]

Heres one of mine.

 

[Gas Pig]

efi engine bay pics

Hey here is my old 72 efi pics. Sorry the engine bay was a bit dirty when I shot the photos!

 

[casadejohnson]

Here is what I'm starting with.

Started doing a few things this afternoon. I cleaned up the garage a bit to make room for parts. I pulled the drive shafts out and drained the transfer case fluids. I also started on getting the windshield unbolted so I can drop it down for the dash removal. I had my fingers crossed that I would only have to remove the bolts at the windshield frame to get it down but it looks like I'll have to unbolt the whole damn top. to get it down. That means I have to remove the rear interior panels to get it done. I'm barely getting started and its already starting to snowball on me. I hope to have it all out this weekend but we will see how it goes. I need to grab another harbor freight engine stand since my 170 from my 66 is now permanently attached to my old one.

And so it begins ......again.

 

[casadejohnson]

Well, the 153 bolts on the top are out and he windshield is folded down! Its been a few years since its been down so the hinge is a little stiff. The dash is unbolted but I still need to pull al of the dash knobs, swathes and cables to get it out. Hope to have it out tomorrow after work.

 

[casadejohnson]

The dash and steering column are out. I'm considering getting my dash mods done and fixing 38 years of wiring hack jobs ( Many of them mine ) before I pull the engine and transmission. We'll see The radio hole in the dash is getting welded shut in favor of a console mounted stereo. I'll also be moving the glove box over to clear the future roll cage. Also does anyone make the light bezels for the dash? My "Lights" / "Wipe Wash" bezel is all crappy looking and its going to look worse once the dash is painted. I looked at the vendor web sights and couldn't find them. The Bronco is painted White and Legend Lime and the interior is currently all white. I'm thinking of painting the dash Legend lime. Good idea or should I stick with white?

 

[Viperwolf1]

Damn Jeremy, you sure put a lot of work into a trans swap.

I don't think anyone makes the bezels. You might be able to remove them and straighten/polish them. Lime would look good on the dash.

 

[casadejohnson]

Damn Jeremy, you sure put a lot of work into a trans swap.

I don't think anyone makes the bezels. You might be able to remove them and straighten/polish them. Lime would look good on the dash.

I know, I'm an idiot! I make everything about twice as hard as I should. I justified the dash mods because the column has to come out anyway. I forgot how much work a dash is to get out. You would think I would remember since I did the same damn thing to the 66 a few months ago!

 

[casadejohnson]

Moving along slowly.

Yanked the front clip off with the help of my "assistant" he actually slows the progress down but that ok, I'm just glad he is interested. Hope to have the D20 and the 3 speed on the floor this evening. Maybe the engine as well if my ambition holds out.

Also have a little issue with the cowl, looks like it had some water in there. These are open on my 66 is that the way it should be? On this one they were closed up with seam sealer.

one more thing if you don't have a cordless impact, buy one! It cuts the work in half!

 

[casadejohnson]

Transmission and transfer case are on the floor! Looks like I did a bit more than frag out a throw out bearing. The clips on the bearing are broken off and the tube on the input bearing retainer is broken completely off. It would be a major problem if I wasn't replacing it with a c4 anyway.;D I had a clutch and pressure plate come apart on me completely a few years back. I'm guessing that the tube was cracked at that time and just took some time to come apart completely.

 

[casadejohnson]

Got a a good chunk of progress made in the last few days. I pulled the engine a few days ago and started cleaning up the engine bay to be painted. I also started in on the dash, I flip flopped the the speaker grill and the glove box so it can be opened once I get the cage in. I'm not even actually putting in a glove box just my fuse box, ECM and my fuel pump switch will be located in there. The dash still needs some body work but I'm happy with it so far. On Sat., I met with my friends from Colorado Classic Broncos and picked up my shiny new "Viper Built" C4 from Phil. It looks SO NICE that I now have to clean and paint all of the rest of my drivetrain so it doesn't look out of place next to the new Transmission!

 

[rdanford]

Looks good...I'll have to swing by one of these weekends.

 

[casadejohnson]

Looks good...I'll have to swing by one of these weekends.

Your always welcome to stop by. I may need a hand with the hood installation when the time comes.

 

[rdanford]

Your always welcome to stop by. I may need a hand with the hood installation when the time comes.

Let me know if you ever need help...I might call on you for some suspension help too

 

[casadejohnson]

Let me know if you ever need help...I might call on you for some suspension help too

I would be glad to help to help when you need it. Just let me know.

 

[casadejohnson]

Well after hours of sanding and chemical persuasion, I have cleaned up the engine bay pretty well. At least all of the oil and grease has been removed so new paint will stick! Now I just have to relocate my hydroboost and I'll be ready to start priming and painting. Progress is slower than I would like but its moving along.

 

[casadejohnson]

Almost forgot about this, When i originally built my dual return reservoir for my power steering and my hydroboost I had a leak at one of the fittings and it was rubbing slightly against the hood so I chopped it up and redesigned it a little today. This time I sloped the front corner down where the interference with the hood was. I also tapped for the fittings and soldered them in so I hope it does not leak this time. It would be nice if I had steal fittings that I could just weld in but this will have to do. A little paint and it came out pretty good.

 

[JefeAZ]

Any more pics of the exterior during the day? Dad likes your paint scheme a lot! Name of the green?

 

[casadejohnson]

sure, here are a few from the day time. The green is Lime Gold AKA Legend lime It was a 67 Mustang color that they brought back in 2008 or so for the new mustangs. I used the paint code from the early mustangs but I think they are the same. I'm actually going to paint my intake that is now blue the same color. I'm also seriously considering painting the dash that color as well while its out.