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Thanks, it has been fun building and figure stuff out. Yes sir that serpentine belt has been great no more slipping belts and voltage drops from water, mud, and snow. Nice quiet and smooth steering now.

After playing with several ideas I decided to do about a half height grill protection. I also added the front receiver hitch since it does come in handy now and then. I cut it off an old one I had and welded ti to the bottom with some added reinforcement. Then final grinding, sanding and...

Finally build this bumper this fall. I've had a warn 16.5ti winch sitting under my work bench for too many years. Finally convinced myself to buy a tubing bender for some of the projects we have in mind. Started by making as much room as I could to push the winch and bumper as tight to the...

Thanks. I think I have a tool and tinkering/building stuff addiction. It just seems like I can usually find something close to what I want but just not quite. So I end up figuring out how to build what I want myself. That and why pay $1200 plus for a bumper when I have a welder and plasma...

Thanks. The family and I have enjoyed it. Now though I have to make some wife requested improvements in order to get her to take longer trips in it. Although the aren't crazy changes. Just safety and comfort stuff. Along with a few fun upgrades.

We have a lot of fun together hunting. But I have to take it easier than normal so that she can keep up. Also its entertaining to listen to her while she is walking through 6 foot tall reeds and cat tails. She asked me to "teach her to shoot deers with my gun" this year and was bummed when I...

Good to know mine is about 15 years old and has a tiny tank built into the compressor that the solenoid is threaded into. Makes sense that they would have updated the design in that amount of time. Mine is old and slow to fill tires. I'd be curious to know how the newer ones perform. Might...

If you are going to run arb air locker or similar you will need a tank of some sort. I don't think an on demand type would hold pressure in the line to keep your locker engaged. I am pretty sure ARB requires constant air pressure on the locker. So at least a small reserve of air volume would...

I hunt duck, goose, pheasant, deer, prairie dogs, and pigeons. I used to get enough meat in the freezer to feed the family red meat for the year and supply a few friends as well. But between kids activities, work, and loss of some private land I used to be able to hunt I don't get out as much...

With some of the water and mud I've been silly enough to go through it was time to build and air box with the ability to seal it and possibly turn into a snorkel eventually. I picked up a plenum or hat for the throttle body and some flexible elbows. Eventually I came up with a plan and...

Since I had an updated belt setup. I figured I'd try an electric cooling fan. My ecm is capable of controlling the relays to run a fan so why not try it. I decided to use the fan from a v8 thunderbird since it is a very high flowing 18 inch fan. I make an aluminum bracket to mount it to the...

A strong shovel in case you break through some hard packed snow, a recovery strap or 2, good solid tow points, and someone to help you dig out and push.

After converting to a 130 amp 3g alternator I ran into troubles with the v belts slipping even with double belts on the alternator. Also the factory location for the alternator was down low so I had some issues with snow and water intrusion. Which was hard on the alternator. So it was...

Dual batteries was a good upgrade for future planes. I cut and welded some angle iron to for the base of the box. Then added a divider and some studs to mount the hold down to. Test fitting the batteries. How it was. And with the two batteries in place. I made my own batter cables out...

Decided while I was at it to upgrade the cruise control from vacuum operated to the new electronic version. I already had the electric speed sensor for the new speedometer so it was just a matter of switching the connector and adding the speed signal. Only photo I have of the old vacuum...

Eventually while in the Black Hills in South Dakota the Bronco ended up like this. While out there to camp and explore the transmission decided it wanted to let the transmission fluid go free. So thanks to a good friend we got a spare vehicle hauled to us and he took the bronco home for us...

I have a few other projects that I have already completed that I'll post. Also we will be adding a roll cage, rock sliders, winch bumper, rear tire carrier, possibly a snorkel of some sort. Lots of stuff to build still.

After while it was time for another upgrade. Time for the carburetor to go. I ordered a FAST ez-efi kit and started installing it. Carb off and starting to install the fuel injection. Regulator and wiring started. New fuel sender with a port for fuel return. Welded in a bung for the...

Engine in place.

The old engine was tired. It had lots of miles and low compression. I pulled a newer ford 302 to rebuild and put in. The new one is out and starting to tear it down. Painted oil pan while machine work is being done. The heads were ported and polished. Larger valves installed and everything...