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    Installing bucket seats in my 1988 Bronco

    Thanks Miesk5 for the info and picture, sadly I havent been able to get back out to the garage to work on the Bronco since I posted. Hopefully this weekend Ill be able to spend some time in the garage and try to find the correct holes for mounting.
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    Installing bucket seats in my 1988 Bronco

    While I have the interior out of my 1988 Bronco I am replacing the bench seat with Eddie Bauer bucket seats from a 1989 Bronco. I tried to test fit with the seat tracks and none of the holes in the floor for the bench seat line up with the bucket seat tracks. if anyone has measurements as to...
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    Help! Neutral safety switch

    I had the same problem when I bought my 1988 Bronco 4 years ago, it would start in gear talk about scary. I looked all over for the six prong switch but couldnt find one, I was going to try and modify a 4 prong but then I found a number for Henrys Parts Depot online 1-714-997-8895 they deal in...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Yea it was definitely a strange scenario. I just couldn't (or refused to) believe my luck was so bad that the dash switch would go bad at the same time I removed the window motor after it had just worked, but who knows there is probably someone out there that has had that happen. I still have...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Success I figured out what was wrong with the tailgate window wiring. I went against advice to start my diagnosis with the dash switch and I started my testing at the tailgate. I decided to disconnect the motor wiring at the connector inside the tailgate that sits above the window regulator...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Tiha the motor failed in the classic Ford way internal nylon bushings ground up so I cleaned it out rebuilt it with new pieces, bench tested it on a battery 1 wire on pos 1 on neg turns one way reverse wires turns the other way motor not bound. Hook it to the tailgate wires doesnt move with...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Thanks Miesk5 and Tiha for the responses and trying to help me through this. I already thought about having voltage on both wires from your earlier post and thought it didnt seem correct. But I then thought Im getting positive in one direction of the switch throw and negative in the other so...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Thanks miesk5 for the reply. Tracking down this problem looks complicated and before I start tearing out switches, wires, connectors, and fuses to check it all. Can you explain to me why I have normal voltage(11.85&-11.87) at the tailgate red and yellow wires when operating the keyed switch or...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Okay now im really confused Im going to try & explain this situation more clearly. 1:00 window motor works can hear it run but window doesnt move glass nylon bushings must be broke. I take the motor out take it apart clean out the broken nylon from inside by 1:30, I rebuild the motor with new...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Miesk5 All connections are good. I am getting 11.87 volts to the motor plug when switch is activated, the motor works when hooked to a battery outside vehicle but when installed in the bronco set on the floor it doesnt work. If i hook up the multimeter Im getting voltage if i open tailgate no...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Miesk5 Thanks for the reply but Im not sure if I explained my problem clear enough. So I'll try to clear it up. I removed my tailgate motor because it was humming but not moving the glass, after I replaced the internals I bench tested it on a battery and it works. At this point I test the...
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    Tailgate lift motor 1988 Bronco

    Motor for the tailgate gave classic signs the nylon bushings in the motor went. Motor whines nothing happens. So I removed the motor took it apart and low and behold inside full of plastic. I have a spare motor in garage take it apart swap out the new nylon gear, nylon bushings and steel gear to...
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    Eddie Bauer running boards

    I am restoring a 1988 Ford Bronco and would love to put some factory Eddie Bauer running boards on it. Does anyone know if running boards from a 1995 F-150 part number F2TS-16472-A & 16473-A will fit and if not could I modify them (shorten or lengthen) to fit Thanks.
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    Deluxe tu-tone paint for 1988 Bronco

    Does anyone have pictures of a 1988 Bronco with the deluxe tu-tone paint scheme. My is Desert tan with Light chestnut on the sides and fiberglass top and it is at the painters now being stripped to bare metal. Thanks in advance BBSteal
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    Rustproofing my 1996 Bronco

    Hey,  Guys my niece and I are working on a 1988 Bronco xlt that I purchased 3/15 out of Flagstaff AZ. The Bronco is amazingly rust-free. It has been in paint jail since Aug and every time I see my painter the first thing he says is I cant believe how clean this thing is. The only bad part and...
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    Ford Nats at Carlisle

    Was just wondering if anyone is going to attend the Ford Nationals at Carlisle next week 6/2-6/5.
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    1988 Bronco neutral safety switch

    Hey Seabronc thanks for the offer, I am heading to a junkyard Saturday so I'll see what I find there.
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    1988 Bronco neutral safety switch

    Hey Seabronc I already looked at those parts #9 at LMC. They are the metal clips that are riveted to the body, I need the plastic wedge type clips that slid into the chrome trim. Thanks
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    1988 Bronco neutral safety switch

    Well despite the 37 degree temp and numb fingertips I managed to install my neutral safety switch this afternoon. The Bronco now only starts in drive and neutral and my reverse lights work. Putting the switch in was pretty easy the only tricky part is the adjustment process. Before I ventured...
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    1988 Bronco neutral safety switch

    Well I finally found and have in my possession a hens tooth, oh no wait I meant to say a 1988 Ford Bronco 6 pin connector neutral safety switch pt# E7TZ-7A247-A. From how this search went I may have the last NOS 2120 switch in existence. I tried all the resources posted above but all turned up 0...
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