We stripped the ’84 Bronco II, removing all the batteries and battery boxes. The boxes are well made from ¼” aluminum and may come in handy.

I was thinking of making a range extending trailer with all the batteries from the Bronco…. We’ll see….
Boy the floor of the Bronco has a lot of holes in it.. no wonder the floor heaved all over the place when driving….

We cleaned up the damaged motor shaft and installed the coupling. Oops, the coupling will not work without modification.
Here is what the coupling looks like:

Here is what it should look like:

Spun up the motor on the bench, the rear bearing sounds bad so we need to replace it. I suspect some surface rust on the bearing like the auxiliary rear shaft (shaft cleaned up OK).Listen to this sound byte.

See you Saturday!!
Rick