Reconstruction has begun.

[doghows]

No worries.. I had a chance recently to get my old 72 Bronco back that I had 17 years into. But alas the previous owners beat it to hell so I passed.. I think this one will be here for a while, I won't make that same mistake again.. Besides I'm only into this one 5 years so far.

[Luva65wagon]

So my truck is back up for sale then, huh...

[doghows]

For now but I'm still shopping!

Speaking of shopping I managed to get my PS pump changed over. What a pain, I had to pull the radiator to get the bolts out. Then the brackets didn't work so I had to cut up and modify my existing march bracket. Thanks god for my friend Mitch who is a welding god. Mounted it up and viola.. Had to order a serpentine pulley because it came with a v belt one. Hopefully that will show so I can put the radiator and stuff back on. I hope the rest goes better and smoother than that..

[doghows]

Well we got most of the rack in. Just need to get a longer pressure hose, and a shorter serpentine belt. Obviously my application is not a stock falcon so this is why I had to get a couple of different parts, otherwise the Unisteer kit went in very well and I thought it was designed very well and I'm very happy with the install. I'll get the parts and drive it around and let y'all know how it performs..

[doghows]

Pump with belt alignment.

[doghows]

Steering shaft.


Still can only post one pic at a time with my iPad or iPhone.... So sorry for the additional posts.

[BadBird]

Has it really been four years ago that you started working on the car?? It sure doesn't seem like that long ago. The car is looking fantastic and now the name of the thread needs to be changed to Construction is almost finished. Larry

[doghows]

Thanks Larry, wow I had to look back but yeah first post on this thread December 2009. I think I had a year before I started this thread but Wow. It was really cool to look back through this one. I must be nuts.
I look forward to the day I can park mine along every one else's cars.

[doghows]

Ok new parts on system done, steers great. My alignment is off so I need to reset the toe. I'll get that done Wednesday and drive her around. I'll report back in if I don't crash.


Mission accomplished!!!! Test drive went well, steering worked excellent felt great, just what I was hoping for.. Found a couple small issues other than the steering on the test drive. My speedo won't go over 42 mph and at hard acceleration the car pulls right and when I let off it jumps back left?? My rear springs might be shot.. Hmmm I just won't accelerate hard for a while..

[Luva65wagon]

at hard acceleration the car pulls right and when I let off it jumps back left??.

Maybe you are pulling a wheelie!

Contact Unisteer as well. I'm not sure what feeds the power steering, but it may be the steering box maybe?

[Vikingblu]

hard acceleration the car pulls right and when I let off it jumps back left?? My rear springs might be shot.. Hmmm I just won't accelerate hard for a while..

Thats alot of HP. Really exciting!
POSI?
tire pressure?
4 way alignment? measure front to rear, hub center to hub center. Maybe the driver side dimension is a bit longer. ??

[doghows]

Open diff, 32 psi in both tires. Had the alignment done but put the new rack and pinion in. Need to take it back in and get it checked but according to my tape measure I have about 1/4-1/2 toe in right now. I think spec is 0.125 so I am too much right now. I don't think the caster or camber would change with the rack?
I'm running the stock 50 year old leafs right now with 2" lowering blocks. I warned to set my ride height before I dropped the coin on new leafs.
For now I'll just take it easy and get the other gremlins worked out.
Got the kick panels with speaker pics in today along with the new door sill plates. Nests the retro sound head unit, and ash tray. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Now it's time to

[pbrown]

Steve,

How much travel to you have on your front suspension before you hit the bump stops?

[doghows]

In the back I have only installed the pinion snubber. But between the axle tube and where the bump should be is about 6". On the front I actually cut the bump off by about 1" and that gives me about 4-5" up there.
I'm going out for a long drive (for this car so far) and see how everything works. I think till I get my toe in set on the machine I don't want to go too far.

[doghows]

Just got back from a 50 mile test drive. All went well and gas gauge is still almost full that's COOL!!!