69RestoRod
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Working an 83 Bronco with a 96 351W(confirmed) that a shop halfass swapped into my buddy's truck. Took the 83 manifold and carb and slapped it on the 96 engine. He said it ran great for a few months, but the day he started his move back to AZ it crapped out. Had it towed to my place so we could look it over. I know it's not a Stang but the guys here know their stuff and I don't wanna be told to "Do a search" in a Bronco forum cause most forum search functions are worthless. I know cause I've been searching Bronco forums
Found and fixed a carb base gasket leak, an EGR leak and vacuum lines plugged with bolts and screws. Cleared out the emission hoses that weren't hooked up, considering gutting it all since it's not hooked up. Made a plate and blocked the EGR with a new gasket. Got the timing set so it's running with a steady 18 inches. Changed out the coil for a threaded post one as it had the ford odd clip style that was coming apart. Wanted to rule out a bad wiring connection, which it has a few. Found and repaired bad wire connections Installed a new starter which had to be shimmed, which I found odd. Then I saw the spacer plate had been damaged when the old engine threw a rod. The shop didn't replaced it just installed it bent to hell. The owner says it sounds and is running better than ever. But when you go to drive it it won't go above 2000 rpm, even in park when you rev it. I shifted manually and it doesn't seem to shift into third. Wouldn't it still rev to a higher rpm in 2nd or is the torque convertor holding it back.
Looking for answers or suggestions that I may be over looking. Been working on too many fuel injected manual trans front wheel drive cars recently.
Found and fixed a carb base gasket leak, an EGR leak and vacuum lines plugged with bolts and screws. Cleared out the emission hoses that weren't hooked up, considering gutting it all since it's not hooked up. Made a plate and blocked the EGR with a new gasket. Got the timing set so it's running with a steady 18 inches. Changed out the coil for a threaded post one as it had the ford odd clip style that was coming apart. Wanted to rule out a bad wiring connection, which it has a few. Found and repaired bad wire connections Installed a new starter which had to be shimmed, which I found odd. Then I saw the spacer plate had been damaged when the old engine threw a rod. The shop didn't replaced it just installed it bent to hell. The owner says it sounds and is running better than ever. But when you go to drive it it won't go above 2000 rpm, even in park when you rev it. I shifted manually and it doesn't seem to shift into third. Wouldn't it still rev to a higher rpm in 2nd or is the torque convertor holding it back.
Looking for answers or suggestions that I may be over looking. Been working on too many fuel injected manual trans front wheel drive cars recently.