Are you always an ass or what?
Come out and play and I will show you WHY you build a Bronco II.
So what if you work for Ford, in my experience most of the techs at the dealerships dont know jack.
But here lets start with this:
"I work at FORD and we hated working on those P.O.S. Bonco deuces"
Can you tell me the difference between a Gen I explorer and a BII? Not much aside from the drivetrain, frames are identical from the doors forward. Plus I get to start with a better wheelbase for the type of wheeling I do, a spring over rear, and about #1000 less then you.
"Looks like you changed the entire powertrain on that Deuce mobile..Did you upgrade the frame too "
Well the frame is not much different from a 96 Explorer 5.0L, in fact it wasnt until the late model Sport that Ford did anything to the frame, then they boxed them. My frame is as stong as yours, maybe even stronger with the added x members, sorter frame rails, and work I have done to it. I have pulled a boat for 8 years now, and well the frame is still there, not tweaked or twisted.
"Why go through the trouble with that cutting and turning the dana 35ifs"
Well first off my truck had the D28 TTB, then it had the D35 TTB, then I built a completely custom cut and turned long travel TTB. If you have to ask this question its obvious you dont understand wht advantages a long travel cut and turned TTB has on and off road, a solid axle is not for everyone who goes off road. Also the answer to this question is BECAUSE I CAN hahaha.
How many have you built? (Dont bother answering because it goes something like this, the TTB is junk I like solid axles from early bronco's) yeah Ford is so stupid I cant believe they ever built the TTB, Neither can 4x4 guys who race in the desert with 18" of 4x4 wheel travel still retaining independant suspension. Again this is a question coming from somebody who doesnt know better, obviously. Call up Camburg or Autofab and ask them which they prefer, a solid axle or a TTB, where I come from we dont just put our tires on big rocks, we also go fast in the whoops, solid axles dont do so well here, or for that matter on the street.
What you should have asked is ?Why did Ford use the inverted Y steering on the TTB??", that would be a more intelligent question.
the EB or "real" bronco as you call it has a low pinion Dana 44 solid axle, later model disc brakes, radius arms, trac bar, and is coil sprung. Dont think I dont know all about solid axle conversions, truth is when you simply bolt in a D44 up front, when compared to my TTB setup, it wont flex near as well, not without wristing one arm anyways. Also as I said before a sold axle is not the best solution for everyone who goes off road, if I was only going rock crawling then you can bet I would have a long travel solid axle up front, however it wouldnt resemble much of what they used under the EB, there is ALOT of room for improvement there.
"Why didn't you just leave the stock dana 28 IFS and rear 7.5...And why didn't you just leave that tapping solid lifter 2.8L in the Bronco deuce."
Well first off my 88 didnt have a 60 degree Cologne carbed 2.8L, it had a speed density EFI 2.9L, I played with that engine for a while, then after a few years dove into new territory and swapped the drivetrain for a OHV 4.0L and Mazda 5 speed. When I did this conversion there were not a whole lot of these around, basically I was in uncharted waters and pretty much learned all about the EEC-IV, the power disribution and PCM harness, the who what and why of the guts of your OBD-I powertrain and dove head first into this conversion. Since then I have built complete conversion wiring harness for everything from 2.8L, 2.9L, 3.0L, 2.3L Turbo, and 5.0L conversions, my harness is an improvement over stock, and well lets ask you this: Can you covert your 92 Ex to a GT-40 5.0L COMPLETE with OBD-II stock pcm and computer controlled auto transmission, build a custom tailored power and PCM harness to incorporate the new systems into the truck? Emissions legal 100 OEM conversion completed in 6 months because I had to wait on parts. Anybody can turn a wrench, not everyone can rebuild and customize entire vehicles, and how many OBD-II conversions have you seen like the one I just performed on my 280K miles B2? Funny thing is I have driven this truck daily for over 12 years and rolled 1 explorer in that time.
My latest creation was completely upgrading my POS Bronco Duece to a OBD-II pushrod GT-40 5.0L retaining the stock PCM, which controls the 4R70W, I even built a new gas tank to accomodate the OBD-II fuel pressure sensor. But hey what do I know, right? I built the underdog of all Ford trucks, the BII. Do you even know WHY Ford built the BII the way they did? Its called gas crunch and japanese pickup trucks. Also their rear "picture" windows were designed to be remove-able, which never made it into production. This is why the BII, (aka first SUV) had a top unlike the EB and FSB.
Sorry almost missed this one:
"Why didn't you just leave the stock dana 28 IFS and rear 7.5..."
Why would I remove a Dana 28 TTB, or replace the calipers, ball joints, gears, etc etc when it was so much easier to bolt in a 93 D35 TTB with larger brakes, better hubs, and stronger componenets. Plus it also had the correct driveshaft flange for my BW1354 T case, which in case you didnt know is slightly different from the original 1350 electric shift that came with my truck.
The 7.5" rear end is not up to the task of towing a boat, it is also not up to the task of handling 330+ ft lbs of torque. Also the nice bonus was the rear disc brakes, 31 spline axles, etc. So why on the hell would you leave the D28 and 7.5" in the truck when everything else has been completely customized, converted, and upgraded?
Now that I read the rest of your post, with your reply to Creager I can see you are a total close minded Explorer enthusiast, I suppose if my BII had a Ranger body on it then you wouldnt talk smack right, instead you would say, hey "wicked ranger" but ignorance is bliss.
Come talk to me when you grow up, know what you are talking about, or complete your own drivetrain conversion, OBD-II would be nice, byu then I am sure I will have moved on yet again to something better, yes still in my BII. I am so thuroughly impressed with your high mileage Gen I Ex, low gears and big tires, you can come wipe the drool off the floor here in front of me....
Give me a break, if you knew anything about what we do here you would have shut your mouth before you typed any of this. I have probably wrenched on more explorer's, Rangers, BII's, and anything else Ford then you have seen in your entire Ford tech carreer.
Have fun being ignorant and thanks for playin!
What makes me sad is this is just my hobby and I am guessing you will never catch up, especially with your closed mind, maybe you belong in a Jeep.