Jon And Sheri's Vitamin D Wagon

[celly]

Waytogo Jon and Mark. A belated Xmas present of sorts. Congrats.

 

[Turdle]

Jamie-I figured it was time to learn my way around one ( 1st gen) , and this one was a good book for sure. It isn't quite fair to ask me this quite yet--:

 

[cybergasm]

They alittle primitive compared to the cushy 2nd gen couches eh?

 

[manaen]

Wow that was 10 pages of very interesting reading. Glad you got it all running. It is a very cool truck, although about halfway through I thought maybe you were going to throw in the towel and go back to the franken-turdle project. So now the fun begins... Bumpers, soft top etc...

 

[FROADER]

Nice work getting it running, guys! Time to beat it up!

 

[sparksafly'n]

WOOT! WOOT! Yes the EVIL TWINS will be terriorizing a neighbor hood near you soon!! Hide your loved ones and valuables before it's to late!!!

Jon your awhsome man wheather you think so or not!!!!

Love the wheel'n in the snow pic's!!! Can't wait to go wheel'n with you and sheri even if it is just ksrock!! will be a blast!!!!

Just made my day hearing this Thanks for calling me and letting me know instead of reading it hear frist!!!

Just great so happy for ya brother!!

Oh yea I've had that drop light for 25 yrs!































































































































Just kidding!!:

 

[nssj2]

Jon, congrats on getting it running . Shes looking good out there, it should be a blast on the trails.

 

[MrQ]

Awesome job Jon!! Congrats!! :navajo:1st gens are a little hard nosed and more mechanical than those 2nd gen round nosed electric plushies. :exporange Once you get 'em workin' though, they will never die.

 

[CDW6212R]

Good job Jon, I'm glad you got it running.

 

[Turdle]

While trying to get the wiring all tucked out of sight, I came across the TV cable.

What is the best way to route this thing? It seems every which way I try has it pretty dang close to the driver side manifold.

 

[corkey]

i think Ford used to wrap them with something,
to control heat ,

 

[Maniak]

I don't have that cable any more on our 1st gen X..

But, just so you know.. its a kickdown cable, not a TV cable. If it was a TV cable, you would blow up the tranny very fast without it. Without the kickdown cable, it just won't kick down.. which is anoying, but won't "kill" the transmission since it uses a vacuum modulator instead of TV cable linkage unlike the 700r4 we have

~Mark

 

[Turdle]

I had the trans kickdown cable routed incorrectly, but got it straightened out.

OK
A while back I removed the radius arm brackets to replace the bushings. I noticed the brackets were pretty thin, and the bushings touched each other inside the hole.

here are brackets from Jeff's bronco graveyard

See the metal donut ring? My brackets do not have this. What the???

The bushings cannot get tight enough in there without this spacer, so it drives real goofy

-am I missing something?

 

[Happy Jack]

Jon, my tranny guy says the kick down is need fro proper line preasure in the tranny. He would adjust and strap it in place if the kick down was not hooked up. So I'm glad you are keeping it working.

I have provided the stock rear cross member to others before. Seems that the radius arm bushing goes out and are not replaced in time and that opening gets hammer out. I need to replace mine on Green again. I like to use rubber as it flexes better. But needs to be replaced more often. Mine has been removed and the revits replaced with bolts so it's an easy job now. If you aren't able to repair the bracket then you would need to get some good ones. I might have another good cross member out back that could be used to make or repair the bracket. Just let me know and I'll go look.

Looks to me like you might be missing part of the rubber bushing.

 

[cybergasm]

Well you could try using the spacers from the 1st gen TTB it just hard plastic ring that goes in between the ra bracket and the rear bushing.

 

[Turdle]

Well you could try using the spacers from the 1st gen TTB it just hard plastic ring that goes in between the ra bracket and the rear bushing.

That is what I was fishing for--I remember some white nylon looking rings. I threw them away I think. I cannot find them--

I do need to do something with the radius arms. I intend to use the sliders off the mounty if possible, however the front mount bracket for the slider, and, the radius arm bracket will want to be in the same place as is.

So, I guess it is time to make a decision right here.

I doubt I really "need" longer arms for what we will use this for, maybe the radius arm bracket and front slider mount trans crossmember can all be a unit?

 

[Turdle]

Jon, my tranny guy says the kick down is need fro proper line preasure in the tranny. He would adjust and strap it in place if the kick down was not hooked up. So I'm glad you are keeping it working.

I have provided the stock rear cross member to others before. Seems that the radius arm bushing goes out and are not replaced in time and that opening gets hammer out. I need to replace mine on Green again. I like to use rubber as it flexes better. But needs to be replaced more often. Mine has been removed and the revits replaced with bolts so it's an easy job now. If you aren't able to repair the bracket then you would need to get some good ones. I might have another good cross member out back that could be used to make or repair the bracket. Just let me know and I'll go look.

Looks to me like you might be missing part of the rubber bushing.

I would like to see this please. Take your time though please, at your convenience. It is cold outside.

 

[Turdle]

Pictures will help-

I think this is the reason for the instability in the steering-

Front of radius bracket cross member

Rear view

Seems to me it could be moved back and also used as the trans cross member with a few modifications.

Hey, I am willing to learn--:

 

[Happy Jack]

I couldn't find a picture of a rbv radius arm cross member and I don't have one out back. Guess I let my last one get away. I do have Skyjacker extended arms and crossmember on my 88 BII. I have read that folks like to use that cross member for an Early Bronco SAS. I let Flip4ford (Chad) use it to make his own. I can send pictures of it if you would like. And we might be able to work something out where I could bring it by. It goes in next week for another tranny and my son will need it for Frost Bite the end of February. But the last part of January and first week of February is open.

 

[Albino 94LTD]

I know that isn't a stock RBV bracket but it still doesn't look right. Are you sure you got the bushings in the right order?

Here are somepics of the stock setup from the back side;