“Black & Tan”1989 Ford Bronco

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The story

After I get back to work, I would like to rebuild the engine, THEN I will only start to think about lifts, etc...

I will update status soon.

Question... How easy and costly is it to supercharge the Ford 5.8? — Brian Cesario

Photos

1989 Ford Bronco - First time in the snow.

1989 Ford Bronco - Time to lift up the rear and check out the axles/differential.

1989 Ford Bronco - Ouch.. these gears are toast. Thank goodness for a really great friend who is helping me rebuild/repair this rear end. Thanks BOB!

1989 Ford Bronco - All the components inside the carrier are pretty much wasted.

1989 Ford Bronco - DAMN! Look at this spider gear.

1989 Ford Bronco - The Powertrax No-Slip installed. Just need to get the engine running now in order to test this sucker!

1989 Ford Bronco - Uhhh... This does NOT look good.

1989 Ford Bronco - Finally! I finally got the darn front cover off... After the advice from the BigBroncos list, I used the ol' "screwdriver wedged in the fle…

1989 Ford Bronco - I hope that this is where the coolant was mixing with the oil, and not from a bad cylinder head!

1989 Ford Bronco - I hope this is enough clearance to get the oil pan out.

1989 Ford Bronco - I don't want to risk cracking the tranny tailhousing by lifting any higher. I'll check my other options for oil pan removal...

1989 Ford Bronco - Well, not enough room to drop it, so I am going to cut the driver side exhaust that crosses underneath and then clamp it back together.

1989 Ford Bronco - What is this, and why is it now leaking so much?

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