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[Danielsand]

The OP is not a good man. He exploits a poor woman and forces her to do all the work (I know,...he claims that "she enjoys it", but he's been brainwashing her for quite some time). Instead of taking her out for the fancy dinners, dressed to the hilt in designer outfits and diamonds (that HE should pay for!), he makes her sweat in the garage. Not only that, but he's got the audacity to call this thread "Sierra Bronco's build"! He's a slacker, and a slave driver.
The girl is doing fabulous work though. What a way to train "them"!

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[ScLeCo]

She sent me this for ya

I walked into this conversation at exactly the WRONG time.

 

[SierraBronco]

The OP is not a good man. He exploits a poor woman and forces her to do all the work (I know,...he claims that "she enjoys it", but he's been brainwashing her for quite some time). Instead of taking her out for the fancy dinners, dressed to the hilt in designer outfits and diamonds (that HE should pay for!), he makes her sweat in the garage. Not only that, but he's got the audacity to call this thread "Sierra Bronco's build"! He's a slacker, and a slave driver.
The girl is doing fabulous work though. What a way to train "them"!

You know what they say about white dudes that get with melanated girls…

 

[Danielsand]

You know what they say about white dudes that get with melanated girls…

OMG! Is she!!? I knew you are a lucky bastard first time I met you!

 

[Snacktime]

The OP is not a good man. He exploits a poor woman and forces her to do all the work (I know,...he claims that "she enjoys it", but he's been brainwashing her for quite some time). Instead of taking her out for the fancy dinners, dressed to the hilt in designer outfits and diamonds (that HE should pay for!), he makes her sweat in the garage. Not only that, but he's got the audacity to call this thread "Sierra Bronco's build"! He's a slacker, and a slave driver.
The girl is doing fabulous work though. What a way to train "them"!

Trophy husband she only keeps him around as the side piece.

 

[Danielsand]

Trophy husband she only keeps him around as the side piece.

I don't know about that. Did you happen to see the video of her installing the front struts on the Bronc? It's way more entertaining than watching a threesome with a hot red head and two midgets.

 

[SierraBronco]

OMG! Is she!!? I knew you are a lucky bastard first time I met you!

That was a slavery joke

“He’s with her so he can control her like a personal slave!”

 

[5GENIDN]

You know what they say about white dudes that get with melanated girls…

What are they saying about me now???

 

[SierraBronco]

What are they saying about me now???

That you’re racist

 

[5GENIDN]

That you’re racist

Well I have been called worse.... But hey my wife still chooses to be with me simply because I don't giver another choice. At least I like to think I am that good... LOL...

 

[SierraBronco]

That was a slavery joke

“He’s with her so he can control her like a personal slave!”

Got some mexicans lined up to help us swap the tops tonight.

And by us I mean her. I’ll be inside on the forum waiting on dinner to be made.

 

[mpeugeot]

You know what they say about white dudes that get with melanated girls…

I'll take Racism for $1000, Alex.

"They say this about white dudes that get with melanated girl..."

What is "He's trying to make her white by injection?"

 

[87-Z28]

We have been in the process of swapping everything over from the 2022 to a new leftover 2024 Wildtrak. The module issues with losing communication randomly was becoming quite the nuisance, and seemed to only occur when we were wheeling. Not ideal. So, I’d clear all the codes with Forscan (weird that one would take a computer on the trail as part of their toolkit, but I now have seven bronco profiles on there so we definitely use it to help ourselves and others out) and get back to town. Unfortunately because we cleared everything ourselves, the dealer could not find the source of the problem. Even with the codes showing on their computer from the cloud. We found the 2024, told the dealer we would buy it if they gave us a couple weeks to swap, and let it sit for over a month while I worked on a project out of town. It then started throwing codes even in 2wd and Forscan can longer find the PCM and a few other modules, so I feel much better knowing the dealer will now be able to find the communication issue and get it resolved.

Now on to the swap! My goodness do you realize how much work a build like this is when doing everything at once instead of dragging it over months. It is a lot. And it’s more than simply installing parts-it’s removing a part from a car, then again in another car, then installing in a car, and again in the other one. At times we have both found ourselves getting confused on what goes where. It’s been a whole process. But we persevere and are almost done. Some of the notable changes-

The winch is still powered through a relay and 500A class T fuse. But to mitigate connections we ran the 0G from the fuse straight back to the winch. Then jumped a 2G from the winch to the distribution block formerly under the hood. No more 4G from the distribution block to the air compressor. The compressor now runs off it’s factory wiring and fuses coming right off the distribution block.

The winch was moved forward on the mounting skid, and a fairlead was added on the bottom to more easily route the winch line to the axle or running forward along the skids to pull to the front if needed. With the winch moved, a 2.8 gallon air tank was placed on the skid as well to get it out of the cab as it was previously mounted to the back of the toolbox and wasn’t terribly comfy for the puppers.

Front winch was deleted. Dang thing is an approach killer. Maybe do something like @5geniden in the future but not at this time. Snatch blocks are a useful tool.

No modular bumper cut this time around.

Axle tabs from Barnes were ordered for the rear sway bar mount. They look sooooo much better than hacking apart the RJ mounts. Took the suggestion from @87-Z28 to stiffen the sway bar to see how it performs when articulated.

The Rock Krawler triangulated four link truss was pushed forward two inches compared to design. This allowed us to stretch the bottom arms out an inch and keep the upper arms short, while maintaining the proper pinion angle for a double cardan driveline.

A new unlocked ECU from @GooseTuned has been added. We’ll run his tune for safe, reliable powah but also better shifting and above all else-brake over throttle is disabled. Two footed driving now possible. Winfield was awesome in getting the ECU programmed to the vehicle and even helped us out by programming our keypad so we didn’t need to drop another $50 for the two day FRDS license. Thanks man!!

Got it sitting pretty low right now just on preload, but 12” rear coilovers and 8” front units have been ordered from Rock Krawler. We then have custom towers being made and trailing arms from Vasher coming. With the motion ratio and towers we should have 18” or rear travel while maintaining the lower ride height and not hitting the fenders. Up front we should be pretty close to 12” of travel.

Dual breathers were added to the portals out back. Many of us have found that the axle seal is allowing the portal oil to be pushed out of the portals and into the axle housing. Of course there’s no visual evidence of the leak (not to suggest there aren’t leaks. There are) but this is particularly bad. When removing the breathers they dumped oil out, suggesting some capillarity with the small ID and high visc oil. Basically the point is that as the portal heats up it builds pressure and pushes oil out wherever it can, so hopefully a second breather line helps. Only so much that can be Done.

If I think of anything else I’ll add it.

WOW

I knew you were doing all this but reading it makes it ssooo much more impressive.

not sure what’s more impressive, keeping track of all the parts that must be on the the garage floor or the fact you still haven’t given up on the portals.

 

[SierraBronco]

WOW

I knew you were doing all this but reading it makes it ssooo much more impressive.

not sure what’s more impressive, keeping track of all the parts that must be on the the garage floor or the fact you still haven’t given up on the portals.

It’s been a lot of work. I think I’m going to take wifey to a shady Asian-definitely-not-a-handjob-massage place while it’s getting aligned.

I hear ya on that. Might as well see what it takes to really optimize the setup. Show the actual costs and work associated with making them perform rather than the “just bolt them on and now you can run KOH” marketing that is so prevalent.

 

[SierraBronco]

While swapping the fenders out and also planning on modifying the shock towers soon to accommodate more travel at a lower ride height that will stuff the tires up into the fenders, we took the liberty to move this harness up and out of harms way. Or at least a little better than it was before. The factory loom was pretty sketch, so it was cut back and replaced with silicone tape, and on one side some rubber hose for transmission lines was split and used as additional wear protection

Additional spicy backshot photo for @Snacktime

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