Hello newbie here. I have been reading on here lately and decided to join up and see if anyone could help me out. I have a 86 bronco II with a auto and it is four wheel drive. I was wondering if anyone has done a swap on a bronco II and how hard it will be. Thanks for the info.
1986 Bronco II tranny swap
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BLADE262US
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Well the difficulty will depend on what you want to swap in or out and what your skill level is . I put a 351W/C4/BG 1345 in an 84 BII it was alot of fun but paid dearly for some of the parts . 
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/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />Well I just want to pull mine out, and put the same kind back in. I have a 1993 ford mustang that I have built fron the ground up that has a 302 with a single t-70 turbo that runs high 9's at the track, but I have never worked on a bronco II or even a four wheel drive set up. I was just asking the level of difficulty.Well the difficulty will depend on what you want to swap in or out and what your skill level is . I put a 351W/C4/BG 1345 in an 84 BII it was alot of fun but paid dearly for some of the parts .
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BLADE262US
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Well if you built that car you will have no problems . Take the drive shafts off / unbolt the T Case and remove / Take inspection cover off bellhousing / remove starter / Take 4 nuts off torque convertor if auto / Take out 6 bellhousing bolts / Remove 2 bolts that hold tranny mount to tranny and jack tranny up slightly / Remove cross member there are a couple different kinds . / Let tranny down and wiggle out . Thats about it other than a couple wires to the T case and tranny and the speedo cable . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />Sounds pretty good. So do I need to unbolt and pull the exhaust y-pipe off? ANd one more question its a auto so should I pull the transfercase while its under the truck or when I get it out.Well if you built that car you will have no problems . Take the drive shafts off / unbolt the T Case and remove / Take inspection cover off bellhousing / remove starter / Take 4 nuts off torque convertor if auto / Take out 6 bellhousing bolts / Remove 2 bolts that hold tranny mount to tranny and jack tranny up slightly / Remove cross member there are a couple different kinds . / Let tranny down and wiggle out . Thats about it other than a couple wires to the T case and tranny and the speedo cable .
BLADE262US
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I forgot about the exhaust yes I think you do need to unbolt it mine had duals that I ran out of the way just for that purpose thats why I didnt think about that . And yes I would take the T Case off under there it will make it just that much more managable to get the tranny out . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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