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It feels like a good time to jump back into Bronco projects, it has been a while since I have done anything other than drive it. I went out for a couple of hours driving on a twisty mountain road on Sunday and was reminded that my brakes could use some extra booster power. Add to that, my $$$ Powermaster alternator is chirping like a bird which annoys the hell out of me; and it is conveniently out of warranty. Grr...
It occurred to me that I have access to a (free) Explorer front accessory setup. I also have a $$$ modified Saginaw 'canned ham' power steering pump from AGR, which sits in a Ford specific reservoir tank on my Econoline bracketry - which differs from the GM style reservoir that the Wild Horses bracket was designed to accommodate.
So, killing multiple birds with one or two stones here, I am thinking about taking the Bronco apart again...
Wild Horses makes an adapter kit to mount the Saginaw pump into the shorter Explorer front dress:
https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/produc...ER5ENGINEPARTS
Wild Horses explicitly states this does not work on a 351w/5.8 - there's a mismatch in mounting holes.
I poked around on Classic for a while and found this thread, where a guy designed his own bracket to solve this problem:
http://classicbroncos.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=275080
So with the Wild Horses bracket, the special adapter (which the guy on Classic may still have a few spares of), the free explorer stuff, and my pump, I am part way to a pretty inexpensive conversion and a move away from my long history of bad luck with 3g alternators, while retaining my already proven AGR pump. This will also allow me to hopefully run a normal radiator hose instead of the crazy contraption that I had to rig up, to fit with my existing brackets and my generic radiator.
Back to brakes - when I switch my steering pump into a GM dual return reservoir and mount it on the modified explorer setup, the plan is to then ditch the goofy angled afterthought of an (inadequate) vacuum booster setup in favor of a hydroboost unit, and to clean up my brake lines and make that side of the engine bay look a little nicer (and easier to service) in the process.
I figured this would probably be worthy of a thread, to be updated with part numbers, pitures, and any weird gotchas that I encounter (and I always do encounter them). If I receive that adapter from the guy on Classic, this project will likely kick off after the holidays.
It occurred to me that I have access to a (free) Explorer front accessory setup. I also have a $$$ modified Saginaw 'canned ham' power steering pump from AGR, which sits in a Ford specific reservoir tank on my Econoline bracketry - which differs from the GM style reservoir that the Wild Horses bracket was designed to accommodate.
So, killing multiple birds with one or two stones here, I am thinking about taking the Bronco apart again...
Wild Horses makes an adapter kit to mount the Saginaw pump into the shorter Explorer front dress:
https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/produc...ER5ENGINEPARTS
Wild Horses explicitly states this does not work on a 351w/5.8 - there's a mismatch in mounting holes.
I poked around on Classic for a while and found this thread, where a guy designed his own bracket to solve this problem:
http://classicbroncos.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=275080
So with the Wild Horses bracket, the special adapter (which the guy on Classic may still have a few spares of), the free explorer stuff, and my pump, I am part way to a pretty inexpensive conversion and a move away from my long history of bad luck with 3g alternators, while retaining my already proven AGR pump. This will also allow me to hopefully run a normal radiator hose instead of the crazy contraption that I had to rig up, to fit with my existing brackets and my generic radiator.
Back to brakes - when I switch my steering pump into a GM dual return reservoir and mount it on the modified explorer setup, the plan is to then ditch the goofy angled afterthought of an (inadequate) vacuum booster setup in favor of a hydroboost unit, and to clean up my brake lines and make that side of the engine bay look a little nicer (and easier to service) in the process.
I figured this would probably be worthy of a thread, to be updated with part numbers, pitures, and any weird gotchas that I encounter (and I always do encounter them). If I receive that adapter from the guy on Classic, this project will likely kick off after the holidays.
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