what bsize bolt for early bronco hood hinge to body
- #2
Has anyone tired to pull the forepart trunk tub expanse back into position?
My 74 seems to be pushed slightly forrad at the windshield expanse so the height isn't fitting by 1". Fire wall is as well very shut to the drivers side valve comprehend. The door on pass side kinda fits. The door on drivers doesn't fit at all, 1" off.
I'yard thinking of using a come-a-long to seeing if I tin can pull information technology back into position.
This rig was in a wreck at 1 point in my eyes due to the front fiberglass clip and beefed up frame at the front end bumper surface area. I think the guy ate nuance or the bear upon bent it forwards.
Any ideas where I should pull from, windshield is out.
I accept my 68 for measuring only can a few others send me some measurements for reference from the elevation of the within windshield frame to the door mail where the rear bed meets the door. Mensurate simply past the weatherstripping metal tab. Mine is cut back a fleck then the primary torso is a good location. here'due south a photograph of it. I know, I know, I have to go rid of the bondo, merely haven't got to it even so...
- #6
Thank you for the info, I'll try the cross measurement this evening. Its spread at the top of the door posts past 5/eight" on the pass side and iii/4" on the drivers side. I'm doing a size comparison with my 68 Bronco thats in smashing condition sitting adjacent to it. The windshield frame isn't aptitude and fits correctly. The frame rails seems to exist staight after a few measurments.
I wouln't retrieve a frame rail would be pushed due to the firewall touching the engine. The trunk mount is non bent and the frame has no bends. There's no mode for the torso to get that close to the engine without a bend in something. I first though the body commodities was bent. Nope.
The front is completely fiberglass and hinges on the front end grill (opens in reverse).
So I tin position the front prune almost anywhere I want it. The front body mounts are cut off (not needed). If I did have the mounts still I can't run into how shimming both up would push the cab dorsum. This will only raise the front nose of the truck and give misalighment between the fender and door. I'grand 99% sure the cab is pushed forwards at the firewall area. I can come across it when installing the doors. There's a nasty gap at the top windshield to door frame. I'chiliad thinking of using the hood bolt holes on firewall to connect some concatenation to and pull back the cab a fleck.
- #8
Well I'one thousand getting more ideas. I went home for dejeuner and measured the cab in the cross directions. Measured 1/viii" off from 1 side to the other. I'd say thats close to straight. I practise accept raised Edelbrock valve covers so maybe thats a chip of the touching trouble. I don't call up information technology should be touching from all the other rigs i've seen.
What I did find while eyeballing around the windshield area was the pianoforte hinge looks great but I tin see a weld marking like the fire wall might have split a few inches below the window frame on the inside cab area and pushed forwards slightly.
The merely way to tell is to take off the dash pad and see more.
Maybe this is the problem expanse. What a nasty identify to get to.
Like yous said, its tough to tell without front fenders or anything else to align with.
My guess at present is the firewall is bent outwards slightly just below the windshield frame. Looking at the front end of the windshield frame and beneath information technology is apartment so I think its croaky on the inside and the original owner pulled it back equally shut a possible and welded information technology up. Will run across...
Maybe I'll try and do the doors after the fenders and hood are on. The forepart fenders do not commodities downwards to the door posts like stock as the front prune hinges in opposite. Here'southward some photos before I started... Now its totally taken apart for cleaning and painting. I'll have those photos tomorrow I hope.
- #10
Never got around to the photos final night. A few friends stopped by and I ended up getting a scrap loopy for photograph taking :wacko: . Peradventure this night... I did notice when my buddy pushed on the firewall like a mad human being with 12 beers down that the firewall would flex 1/4" away from the valve cover thats touching it. Seems like thats the room I need to go the doors to fit. But how the **** tin can I keep the cab dorsum in that location? Possibly a few pulls of the come up-a-long?
The floors are in great shape, no bends, rust or anything else odd ball. The rocker on the drivers side has bondo all over it so peradventure thats the kink in the trunk? I'll accept to cut them off to know for sure. Was thinking of adding 6x3 rock ski's in place of the rockers like I did on the 68.
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- #12
Windshield is out and I can add some angle atomic number 26 to protect the lower window frame from impairment while pulling. I think the doors have to be off while pulling so I can pull it forwards just slightly more than I need to account for spring dorsum.
I'll tell you what, if this becomes more of a problem I'm going to add fiberglass door inserts and some STC half doors with a bikini peak and caller good. I'll be selling this rig as before long as I'm done. Its no rush to get information technology done, I just got a real good deal on it I couldn't refuse for resale reasons. I'g also thinking of keeping the motor and swaping my 302 for the 383. That would exist fun with my 5:89 gears!
- #13
Here's a few picts of the engine touching the firewall... b-(
Source: https://www.broncozone.com/threads/front-tub-bent-top-doesnt-fit.5332/
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