How much more capable is the Base to the original Bronco?

[North7]

Yeah you learn that a match book cover will suffice for a temp spacer to reset the slipped point gap to get you home.

I don’t miss that schit.

WD-40 in a wet distributor cap anyone?

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[Frank N]

It was kind of cool feeling like MacGyver finding random shit to fix a truck with. Using shoe laces as throttle lines, eggs for radiators lol

I’m glad those days are past me.

 

[Hoofnmouth]

WD-40 in a wet distributor cap anyone?

Bad coil heating up stopping every 5 miles and dunking it in the cooler.

 

[Frank N]

WD-40 in a wet distributor cap anyone?

Adjusting the carb to get past emissions testing...

 

[Cased]

Frank can I borrow that match book cover ? ....I can't find one in this day of disposable lighters
I have my old dual point out right now it's from the 80's and still rolling along
Seriously though the new Bronco at it's worse will be better than the old

 

[Hoofnmouth]

Frank can I borrow that match book cover ? ....I can't find one in this day of disposable lighters
I have my old dual point out right now it's from the 80's and still rolling along
Seriously though the new Bronco at it's worse will be better than the old

Have you seen the underhood pics of the 2.7?

 

[KH_59]

Do we have approach, departure and breakover angle data for 6G Base?

 

[North7]

Do we have approach, departure and breakover angle data for 6G Base?

Here you go:

 

[Frank N]

Have you seen the underhood pics of the 2.7?

It will be like my truck now, I know where to check and fill the oil, brake fluid, antifreeze, check check check....all else is a warranty. At least I can still change out brakes, rotors.

 

[NC_Pinz]

If you are talking completely stock and non-Squatch on the modern one, it may well be a toss up but I'd give edge to the early Bronco depending on how it is outfitted. Some came with open differentials but mine was front and rear limited slips, so I'd roll right past you in the Base model with open diffs.

With regards to maintaining, you can use hand tools and work on the early ones. With the modern, you can't, but then again you don't have to. Other than changing oil and a few other things, you almost don't have to open the hood on a modern vehicle. The early ones had ignition modules that you could fry and egg on, earlier ones had points. Plugs didn't last as long, cap and rotor on a regular basis, etc. Oh and if you want to talk about early manufacturing issues, let's talk about the catalytic converter that would get so hot that you couldn't put your hand on the CARPETED floor. It got so hot it burst the muffler...split at the seam. Mine was cut out to prevent it from catching the Bronco on fire or starting a wildfire while out in the woods.

 

[RBF 1401]

Frank can I borrow that match book cover ? ....I can't find one in this day of disposable lighters
I have my old dual point out right now it's from the 80's and still rolling along
Seriously though the new Bronco at it's worse will be better than the old

Disposable lighters? That's old school. You need to keep up...
All the cool kids have old Zippo cases with new USB rechargeable electronic lighter inserts.?

 

[Hoofnmouth]

Disposable lighters? That's old school. You need to keep up...
All the cool kids have old Zippo cases with new USB rechargeable electronic lighter inserts.?

Remember pull tops on beer cans ? Used one for a fuse in a pinch.

 

[North7]

With regards to maintaining, you can use hand tools and work on the early ones. With the modern, you can't, but then again you don't have to. Other than changing oil and a few other things, you almost don't have to open the hood on a modern vehicle. The early ones had ignition modules that you could fry and egg on, earlier ones had points. Plugs didn't last as long, cap and rotor on a regular basis, etc.

Gapping points, the lost art, especially if you had to break out the file.

 

[RBF 1401]

If you are talking completely stock and non-Squatch on the modern one, it may well be a toss up but I'd give edge to the early Bronco depending on how it is outfitted. Some came with open differentials but mine was front and rear limited slips, so I'd roll right past you in the Base model with open diffs.

With regards to maintaining, you can use hand tools and work on the early ones. With the modern, you can't, but then again you don't have to. Other than changing oil and a few other things, you almost don't have to open the hood on a modern vehicle. The early ones had ignition modules that you could fry and egg on, earlier ones had points. Plugs didn't last as long, cap and rotor on a regular basis, etc. Oh and if you want to talk about early manufacturing issues, let's talk about the catalytic converter that would get so hot that you couldn't put your hand on the CARPETED floor. It got so hot it burst the muffler...split at the seam. Mine was cut out to prevent it from catching the Bronco on fire or starting a wildfire while out in the woods.

That's the only thing bugging me about the base... the open diff. If you could add a rear locker to the Base like you can to the BB, I'd do that in a heartbeat!

Yes, plenty of folks on here claiming most of us don't know what a locker is for and might never use one, but where I drive to camp, I've been almost stuck a few times when a rear locker would have made the situation way less stressful.

But you're right, with the open diff I would be slipping and having a hell of a time getting up some of our sand-covered steep roads and the old EB would be fine.

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