just entered the world of fords.

[myonlyford]

just got a project.its a 1986 bronco2 2.9l v6 5 speed.its got a blown head gasket and a few other little things but im hoping when i get it all fixed up it will be a preaty good "tiny" wheeler.but i got some questions.i dont realy have a lot of money and kind of dont want to put a whole bunch of money into it cause its just going to be my wheeler.its going to be ran hard and put away wet(videos to come when its running haha ).i was wondering anybody coudl fill me in on some cheep upgrades,backyard tricks,or just some essential things that i should actualy spend money on.anything helps cant wait to hear from everybody and thanks

[mitch4x4]

First things first you have to make sure your head didnt get warped from the blown gasket. 2 change all your fluids diffs inculded. while your doing your head gasket you should change your valve seals etc you have to take the head off anyway.

[myonlyford]

ive got the head gasket covered ive done it before so i know what i need to do and check for.ive just never done anything with a twin i beam setup so im kind of stumped there.

[mitch4x4]

Well to be honest if you want to "have fun" with it look to be swaping that whimpy dana 28? for a 35 worth the effort. but if you dont plan on hard wheeling the 28 should do fine. the twin i beam looks confusing but its really not. do you plan to lift the truck..they are extreamly easy to lift alot of guys use f250 coils and springs or just add a leaf and use f150 coils on the front or f100

[Ranger Dave]

f250 coils????? it will never flex. tell us what you want, any lift,bigger tires ect. whats it have for gears?? get the axle code off the door sticker

[myonlyford]

im definatly gonna have lots of fun with this thing so im probly gonna want to get the dana 35.is it a bolt in swap or is there anything i need to fab up and what kind of truck do i get it out of.ya im gonna want to lift it and yes i want to get bigger tires.the guy i got it from says that it has factory 4.11 gears.i dont know if thats actualy true he wasnt very mechanicaly sound.im definatly going to lift it but i havnt decided how big.its not going to be a rock crawler its gonna be running threw mud sand snow and taking some jumps.

o ya and heres a pic.anybody got a name???how about the purple turd haha

http://by116w.bay116.mail.live.com/att/ ... C246665470|

[Ranger Dave]

http://rangerdave.freeforums.org/dana-35-swap-t52.html

[myonlyford]

ok it looks like i can manage to do the axle swap.ok on to lifting it.anybody got a good combination of suspension lift and body lift.im gonna want to jump it haha so i dont want a suspension thats incredibly hard

[RatBII]

i got a 84 BII 2.8 i got a rough country 3 inch suspension has all the drop brackets and coils for twin i beam and blocks for the leafs. pretty simple install had to grind out some rivets on the brackets that had to drop. didnt come with shocks or extended brake hoses but im running rancho shocks and got some pro comp steel braid lines.

[myonlyford]

how do you like the feel of your rough countryu lift and how much was the price???

[RatBII]

it was cheap like 300 bones. only bad thing you got to buy longer brake hoses and shocks. i went with rancho shocks like 50 a piece and for the the brake hoses the only thing i found was pro comp steel braid which which you can get a jc whitney. so your lookin at like 500 bones for all.

[myonlyford]

was at bronco graveyard and they have a new bds 6 inch lift for the bronco 2.any yays or nays???