Gary Lewis

Coverage will have to wait. John/Machspeed took all the pictures. Steve/Foxford33 did Facebook Live, so I need to get links to those, and Jeff/Big Brother took drone videos which he will send me. But I can say we had a wonderful day. A bit of rain in the morning appears to have kept some people away, but we had 18 trucks - of which 10 were Bullnose. By far the best Bullnose turnout we've had, and many of those were from the forum, or at least in one case supposedly will be. But hopefully I'll get the list of participants and winners posted soon. Lots of forum members took home trophies.

I've had my shower and am sitting with my feet up trying to catch up.

You have to remove the red "keeper" to allow removal of the pins. Then you'll be able to see a tab that protrudes out of each pin that keeps the pin from coming out the back. If you insert a very slender tool from the front to push that tab in then the pin will come out.

Good point, Scott. I'll pass that on. (See you soon - after The Gathering Place)

The page at Documetation/Driveline/4WD Front Hubs & Rotors says all Broncos use Parts List 5. And that says all of them use D6TZ 1111-A rotors, regardless of what hubs are used. So yes, you should be able to use those rotors. Having said that, I don't understand why they'd say they are for auto-locking hubs. Maybe you should ask them?

I like that, Bill. Hope it works!

Tomorrow night we are going to have a Zoom meeting in which y'all can participate. It will start at 6 PM CDT and go to 6:40, which is the longest I can run a meeting. So if there's more interest we will start another meeting a that time and post the link here. Speaking of link, here 'tis: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84786754983?pwd=DwIasvGODIPJy9HEQcob9xsQBRwl91.1 The meeting ID is: 847 8675 4983 And the passcode is: 8Ly09R You may be able to join early, so give it a shot. We'll be having Mac's BBQ so don't mind our munching.

Bill - I rescued this yellow-grommet module from the stuff going to the show. Seriously doubt anyone would buy it, even for a buck which is what we'd be asking, so it would get tossed at the end of the day. As you can see, two of its connectors are broken and being a yellow-belly no one wants it. It is now with the other stuff coming to you - some day.

Thanks for catching that, David. That's a guy that has a Nabble forum and is having some problems. But I didn't realize he'd posted here. Gesvilsur - Were you just testing? Can we delete this?

Saw these on FB today and thought y'all might be interested: Meeks Machine & Fabrication. Email is Meeksmachinefab@gmail.com.

Yeah, the second half of Potash Road was where it got really long, after the best views were gone, but before the rough road was done. My Bronco is actually sprung pretty stiff too (not 1-ton truck stiff, but it's not soft). It hadn't seemed worth it to air down for just 10 miles of dirt road, but in hind sight I should have. I'm glad you thought it was worth it! I haven't taken highway 50. I might have to some day! But even I-70 is a pretty nice drive from Denver to west of Glenwood Springs! As said, I hope to do Moab in Big Blue sometime. And y'all are adding fuel to my fire. Hw 50 goes along the Arkansas River in a very deep canyon. It is really a neat drive and you know, for sure, you are in the Rockies as there's nothing but rock to see.

Hard to tell from the pics, but I'll take your word for it. And yes, getting the pads extra hot can cause problems, not only with the pads but with the rotors, causing them to warp - which gives a pulsing feel to the pedal. But those pads may work until you can get the larger brakes?

Hw 50 would have been my recommendation. Well done! I've not been to Boiling Spring State Park, but have heard and read good things about it. And that is only ~200 miles from us. However, along the way you might want to take a side trip to Little Sahara state park. This Google map takes you there and then right on to the Church of Christ building in Skiatook. I'll be headed there as of 4 PM tomorrow, although I have to stop and pick up dinner so it might be more like 4:15 before I get there since Skiatook is such a big place. But if you get to town earlier than that give me a call.

What road are you taking through Colorado?

I think that, if my wife didn't "insist" to get down the Shafer Pass, we would have missed a wonderfull trip buy not seeing the Potash Trail. To tell the thruth, it was far from confortable. Big Bro acts as the ancient horses stagecoachs, with springs under straight shafts... and we were missing the springs under our seats. . I could tell you about each little rock and bump of Potash Trail. I would say that half of the road is interesting (the first part living bottom Shafer Pass), but the second half is not so special. But the first part largely compensates the second one. So, if your question is about the trail itself, I would say it has some nice spots but isn't so special. You do it for the views, not for the trail. But in my opinion, not going down and looking at the canyon only by the top is missing half of the show. I can imagine how rough that was. You are probably sprung much the same way Big Blue was originally, and those leaf springs coupled with TTBs make for a rough ride. Plus, you don't have on-board air with which to reinflate the tires so you couldn't air down. OUCH! But, the view was worth the climb/descent!

Ahhh! That makes sense.

I would have thought that a carb for a 475 would be too rich for a 302. But maybe that's not the case? And, for what its worth, a buddy of mine had a Cobalt with a 302 in it back in the 70's. It had a 2bbl intake and carb on it and we put an Edelbrock intake and 4bbl on it without much difference. Yes, it had a little bit more on top end, but not much. And there was no discernable difference coming out of the hole.

Bill - Specifically a 475 or 477.

I would personally be reluctant to cut the carpet. But I confess that I don't understand where you would cut it. If that's behind the seat then I fear that the back bit would never lay down correctly because there are lots of angles and such back there. But the carpet back there isn't tied down very much and you could probably get it out of the way to work on the cab corner without cutting it. So maybe lay it in there, put the seat on top of it, and see how much movement you have?

You weren't far from Lake Powell and Lake Mead. I've not been on Mead but have been on Powell four times, three of which we pulled a boat from Oklahoma to Utah to do. Lake Powell has (had?) as much shoreline as the state of California, and was hundreds of feet deep in the channel south of where you were. It was a wonderful boating lake, with so many beautiful spots you could get to by boat, but not by road.

Such wonderful pictures! This is the trip of a lifetime! I've not done Moab but want to. However I have done many, many Jeep trails and backing up at hairpin turns isn't unusual at all, even for a regular cab, so having to back up only three times in Big Bro isn't bad at all. And yes, low range is nice. Lots of noise but lots of compression braking. We loved Bear Lake. And Arches. And have been to Lake Powell four times, but just not Moab - yet.

I'm not sure you have to as I've not had to do it. But some other who have done it found it easiest to de-pin. However, one such spent months trying to figure out why things didn't work, only to discover he was off one hole on one pin. Fixed that and everything worked.

Some have de-pinned the connector go get the cable out. BUT, if you do make SURE you take really good pics and written notes about what wire goes where. There are differences from year to year in the wiring and it is a big pain to figure out how it should be wired for your truck.

I don't know that we know where those ratings are taken. But since the flow ratings are taken at different pressures we really cannot compare them.

Bill - I'll see if I have a bad DS-II box. I think I have the one that was on BB when I got him and it doesn't consistently retard the spark when starting. If I kept it I'll send it to you - along with all the other stuff I have for you.