ok, guys I'm finally getting around to getting the engine out of my 85 bronco. Its going to my friends tomorrow and we are pulling the motor. I want to put this engine into a 83 T-Bird that has a carbed 3.8 in it. What I need to know is, is there anything except for the engine I need from the bronco? Do I need wiring harnesses from it or anything like that? Also will the c5 tranny thats in the bird work with the 351 for temporary use? I plan to replace it with a stronger tranny in the near future but I just want to get the engine in the car right now.
Update: This morning I went to go get the plastic glass for the back window. I go to accelerate and the bronco wont move. I get out right rear tire is flat.:mad: Hmmm My security cameras didn't catch it i was parked out of view of them. I'm sure it was the neighbor jerk. So I don't have a spare so I had the bronco towed to goodyear and they put a tire on it for the grand total of $206 bucks. So with that and the tow cost me $260 total . Then I drove my Thunderbird to work and left the lights on so the battery was dead. So yeah its been a bad day with cars. I called the city to talk to the person that filed the papers on my property they never called me back. As with regards to the asshole its ok. More driving the bronco at 3am and burnouts! :D
how can a deaf kid hear a loud car? If I were you I'd fight all the way and make someone come out and explain it and show you whats wrong. where are you located?
Thats what I asked the neighbor he said that the exhaust makes his house shake and it effects his son. I'm located in Council Bluffs , Iowa
Ok I get a letter in the mail yesterday from the health dept. They claim that they observed violations on my property. Due to my stupid neighbor that has a deaf son that has nothing better to do but to scream at people, because their cars are what he calls too loud. :soapbox: The code the city of council bluffs quotes: "Junk" Vehciles and or autoparts ( inoperable Vehicles, vehicles with missing parts or flat tires Violate Munil code chapter 4.12 must be stored in a enclosed buliding with 4 walls and a roof or removed from the primises or repaired fully to comply with code 4.15." They said that I have a Black 85 Ford Bronco 4x4 with a broken rear window, Back window is the violation. Its a plastic window that has a little crack in it so i put duck tape on it. Note they got the color of the bronco wrong its blue.
Then they claim that I have solid waste == branches in the front yard They proceed to say if i dont take care of all of this by nov 8 I will face a $750 fine from the city.
I cleaned the branches up already. My question is how can they get me for a rear window? the vehicle was parked on my property and it runs and I drive it 2 times a week. Is it me or is this a bunch of bull that they can pick at me over a back window. I dont want to spend money to get a back window for it its a vehicle i use to haul stuff to the dump with and to tow a trailer. Can I just take the window out or does vehicle code state that I need to have one?
Ok guys I bought a 85 Ford Bronco XLT 4x4 with a 351W for 500 bucks. The body is pretty much gone. The motor was rebulit 2 yrs ago. It runs great. I bought it so I can pull the motor and put it into my 83 T-Bird thats in mint condition that has a 3.8L V6 Carbed 3 speed transmission.
What do I need to make this work in the car? Can I use the ECC computer thats already in the bronco in the thunderbird? Will my 3 Speed transmission hold up that I had rebulit in 2002? Is it best to go the T-5 Route? I just want to know where I should get started. I have $2,600 budget to spend on the stuff that the car will need.
Hey everyone thanks for the replys,, Car is fixed :) Smog pump is bye bye I got a shorter belt. I used a wire wheel from a drill to get the rubber off the pulleys. I bought a new alternator because the old one was going out anyways. So far so good car is running great! Cats are going to be the next thing to remove :)
Why are you replacing the alternator just because there's rubber stuck in the grooves of the pulley?
I would think a wire wheel would take the rubber out of the pulleys that it's stuck in...or that you could se it out with a screwdriver...or something
I tryed sing it out with a screw driver didnt help I tried my pocket knive it helped a little, I ended up breaking part of the grooves in the alternator pulley. I know I could replace the alternator pulley, but this is the original motorcraft alternator and it was starting to make noise anyway. Good Idea about the wire wheel never thought of that
Well guys I was driving and i heard this loud banging sound. I smell something burning and my battery light came on and my temp jumped to 230 i turned the car off and popped the hood and found the smog pump pulley gone... the pump locked up and the belt took the plastic off.
Well I need a new alternator because the rubber from the belt is stuck in the grooves of the pulley and it wont come off. Also the crank pulley has rubber in some of the grooves im not sure how to get the rubber out of the grooves?? Anyone have any ideas? So far this day has cost me $288 I dont think I blew headgaskets I turned it off in time. All the fluids look ok.
Hmmm....Think those guys would make me a Moderator? I wonder what ever became of the kid Genisis...I used to edit his posts and screw with him! How ya liking Iowa anyway? Probably about as many corn fields as I got to look at! Actualy, I'll be going out to california at the end of this month. :D
I dont know if they would let you be a moderator or not we dont own the UMTC board they allow us to use the board for the Nebraska Chapter.Which is very nice of them. UMTC its a better message forum then tccoa. If im correct it was started by people who got away from tccoa and decided to make their own board. TCCOA lately has been going down hill so I try to stay away from there as much as possible I dont post much.
Iowa is ok. I work in Omaha Nebraska for a internet service provider. Im going to Iowa Western Community College for Automotive. Learning a lot so far. I want to pull the engine from the 83 and put a 302 H.O in from a 95 cobra or get a 351. Just wondering if I can get get a T5 tranny and a engine and do it all for under 2 grand?
Wasn't you the guy who had that small Tbird board? Me and Shawn were Mods on?
Yep.. Thats me. Ive been busy a lot havent had time to start a new one. A lot has happened in the last few years the Url now points to Nebraska Thundercats a club in Nebraska I'm a part of http://tbird.2ya.com
I got a shorter belt. I used a wire wheel from a drill to get the rubber off the pulleys. I bought a new alternator because the old one was going out anyways. So far so good car is running great! Cats are going to be the next thing to remove :)
I wonder what ever became of the kid Genisis...I used to edit his posts and screw with him!