Part 3: 1985 Ford Bronco Upgrades and Testing Off Road
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2021
- Today I take the 1985 Ford Bronco and Cassie takes the Land Rover Discovery II to the off road park, but first I have some changes I have to make to the Bronco. If you haven't seen the first video on this truck check it out here: • 1985 Ford Bronco Would...
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Awesome. Keep up the bronco videos! If those sunvisors annoy you, a simple fix is to get some neodymium magnets with a recessed hole in the center. Run a screw through the magnet and sunvisor on the end of the visor and put a speed nut on the end of the screw. This will hold the visor up on the roof and keep them flopping about.
Hey, don't be so hard on Cassie! She's out there doing it.
Amen
Nice work on that Bronco! Can’t wait to see what you do to it after this.
Learned 2 things today. Apparently I've being spelling the work Chief wrong my whole life and second that Jeep Owners are disproportionately over confident.
That's like the "No Regerts" tattoo.
Ha, she broke the same light you just fixed.
A typical female ability ...
Just put back the old one.
Please keep the Bronco videos coming! It's a nice change seeing you work on something I've worked on myself.
I think Cassie had the best vehicle.
Suggestion on that alternator, consider what has come to be called the 3G replacement. 85 came with a 2G alternator and there are some serious problems in the connector which can lead to failures and even worse, fire.
Nothing beats a good day out playing in the mud 👌
You know the Discovery 1 and 2 are really good offroad.
Love the look of those bullnose broncos.
I've got an "84 Bronco, 351W all good metal. Work in process. The body paint is rhino liner top to bottom. Not sure if I'm going to add headers, only because of heat issues.( I lve in the Phoenix area).
I do like your choice of mudd tire. Good road tire for me, with the sand and then switch to a rock tire for the northern trips. Thanks for the videos
Yes more bronco fix ups please a! Looked like some fun in the mud!,👍🇨🇦
loving the bronco great looking truck seemed to handle everything fairly, effortlessly i cannot wait to see more of it in action .
the blinker shop going love you
💖😅
Loving these builds, keep the progress and fun coming love it and love seeing your wife involved having fun too.
A REAL Bronco. Like the old saying goes, they don't make them like that anymore. Love it, sounds great !
These and the 75-77 k5 blazers are still bad ass. I wish they would make the new Broncos like these oldskool joints.
Excellent video and looking forward more videos too also
More Bronco videos! Ive owned a number of different Broncos but never my favorite body style (the bullnose) but i was finally able to pick one up and havent had a minute to start wrenching on it so these videos are cool to watch. I also like that you saved a pretty decent bullnose from the crusher! Good job guys
Good fun video and knowing your limits is smart too!
Great video😀
Yes more bronco
Very Cool.
Thank you again.
Great! Thanks!
Had an 85 Bronco myself years ago... Gosh do I miss it.
Great work brother keep it up I wish they had places like that in New York City you should bed line the whole rig
Great vid!! Sorry, but I had to laugh at the broken light..... leave the R/H as is and maybe find a broken L/H and install it... preventative maintenance. LOL!! Keep up the good work!
The Bronco project is great.
Great video. Would be nice to have a camera with Cassie as well. She is doing great.
HI! i have a 1985 bronco. I feel your pain on the wiring. i gave mine a trim when i ditched the Old ford Hei and installed a gm style one wire distributer, i ditched a p09nd of messed up unnecessary wiring and a control box and i gained a hotter , easier starting unit... I recommend the upgrade.
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Nice, I found a nineteen eighty fi've just trying to figure out if it's worth picking it up.
Great video I was surprised the Jeeps didn’t do better on the outdoor course, I think LR Defenders would have made easier work of it.
Nice job on the bronco, I guess you should’ve taken one of the other Land Rover’s instead on your off-road adventure lol. Looking forward to the next video!
I know it has been a while but watching these I have not seen what if any lift you have to fit 37" tires?
Do not renew a flashing light unit just before an off-road day. Yes, more Bronco, this is a fun project car.
Yess!!
Enjoyed the video, would like to see more on this Bronco, looks like it has been over a year since any updates?
Waiting on all ur bronco videos
Filming one right now.
Does anyone know what happened to this bronco?? I love bullnose broncos and was hoping to see this thing get a full resto. Especially since it’s a junkyard rescue
9:28 Did he really misspell “master chief?” lol
Almost 50k Steve 👍
So close!
Do it all!😉
Hello. I am from Russia from the city of Vladivostok. I looked at your review with pleasure. I really like Bronco. Real American power 💪🏻 We sell mainly Land Cruisers .I really want to buy a Bronco 78-79.
What is the price of such a car you have ?
Great work on the Bronco! So glad to see it coming back to life, and am looking forward to more.
Were the Jeeps having Locker problems? I would have sworn they were open differentials, or limited slip, at best, in a few of those clips.
One of the Jeeps was having locker problems.
@@ThisWeekWithCars seeing your in u.s. next vid, should be,,bin the ttb, fit d44 with lunchbox. exactly what ive done here in aus.. 8 stud, & d60 rear.
Not sure if you’re ever gonna paint this rig, but go down to your local home depot and grab a few cans of Rustoleum Gloss Black Turbo Cans. It’ll give the rig a nice shine and you’ll be done in 15 minutes. Just mask what you wanna mask, sand what you wanna sand, then paint. It’s affordable and would be perfect for this bronco
More Bronco content please
Funny. The wires in my 86 bronco look just like that and no idea what the go to. The other funny thing I saw in one of your videos the cracks on your dash are in the same spot as mine and I have no rear window.
I’m glad you didn’t get crazy big tires for the Bronco... shame to spoil looks and driveability just to get over slightly bigger rocks...
Where is this trail??
Well I hope he least balance the front two tires
im buying a 86 bronco 2 with a 4 inch lift on 35’s😁😁😁
I wish they would bring these old bronco’s back. The new ones don’t look nearly as good.
I'm surprised the rocker pivots are easily machinable and not hardened.
Yes, same here. Unique solution, not sure why the hydraulic lifters would not take up the slack, but if you have success, carry on!
These Jeeps should come with a factory-fitted towrope on the front.😁
Just curious, what is the weight difference between Jeep/Bronco/Discovery?
Lightest to heaviest Wrangler, Discovery, Bronco with the Bronco being 1000 lbs or more heavier than the Wrangler
Absolutely LOVE the truck Steve! I take it that was the charging light on the dash?
No that was the 4x4 light.
more bronco please
Seems like only the Jeeps got stuck.
Btw the first rocker should have oil in it like the rest so maybe that's the problem you're having with value train noise js
How much did you take off the rocker stands?
20 thousandths
Would have preferred to see you set up drill press for machining instead mounting tires.
Kitty Litter can be great for creating traction when you get bogged down.
Regular or used?
@@absenteeatom whatever floats ya boat, mate. Think the turds might hurt the traction though :P
Part 4 on the Bronco can't come out fast enough.
My dad has a bronco around the same age as yours
more video off the
bronco
Do 35’s fit well on stock suspension?
The front wheel wells were tubbed on this truck already, that is where you might have your issues so I cannot say what it would be like on a unmodified truck.
@@ThisWeekWithCars oh ok thanks 🙏🏽
Shouldn't those tire's grip in the mud
fun stuff if you like that kind of thing - i'd rather watch than drive -
Why was she always turning the wheels to the right?.
Was hoping you'd take the bronco through that hole and show jeepers whats up.
Need lockers first.
@@ThisWeekWithCars can you get them or was it never an option
8:47 “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” -Einstein.........Haha. :)
He spelled it right on one side though.
what I'm seeing is a lot of wheelspin and bunch of people who have no idea how to drive off road. Bronco looks great on the new tires though, would love to see more content with it.
That’s a Jeep thing they are all about wheel spin. Land Rover Motto: Slow as possible, fast as necessary.
Cassie - It's called "customizing"
bronco would have went through the mud easy man
For Ford V8's of this ilk you were supposed to by either 0.040" longer or shorter pushrods to accomodate for dimensional changes in the motor.
That would not take the slop out of the pivots and rockets. I was not adjusting valve gap.
@@ThisWeekWithCars This was one of Ford's "Better Ideas" back in the mid 70's and early 80's to deal with valve train and rocker noise. If memory serves me look at Motor Manual 1974-7 pg.1155. I agree there are other ways to "skin this cat" and yours is a novel idea and costs a heck of a lot less than a set of pushrods (about $85 from the dealer back in 1995). At the time, it fixed the valve train noise, for a student of mine, in a 1975 F150 with the 351W engine. By the way this was the fix for all ford V8's from that era.
Wonder what happened to this ole girl ?
I still have it.
@@ThisWeekWithCars you gonna do any more videos
I’m pretty sure she doesn’t buy anything 😂
In the late 90s there were government yards full of these bronco because Rangers, BLM and forestry officials used them.