88 bronco 2

[K_Josh87]

Howdy folks, i have an 88 bronco 2 that i race "beater cross" in arlington with... and I parked it a coupe months ago, the tranny worked fine... then when i pulled it up a couple weeks ago to get it ready to go for the first race this saturday, it doesn't have reverse anymore... when i shift it into reverse it goes forward... sometimes stoping, lurching to reverse, then stop moving all together... also, goes forward in the neutral position... Not a huge deal, tranny seal leaks like a siv, and i have to dump fluid in every time i race it... so, its been run low, full, wide open in first gear bouncing off jumps, missing tires, pretty well been beat to the max but was hoping to get a few more races out of it... i'm going to run er till shes done dead either way... I have my backup (89 150) built and ready for action now, so NBD if it blows...

Anyways... anything simple here I should check? Or let er go till she blows???

Thanks

[fishing tech]

I had an 86, the trannys were the weak point. If I remember right the one way clutch goes out on them and that is what happens.

[K_Josh87]

hmmm, yeah, very well could be. It has been beat up on pretty hard, I will see how it does tomorrow night... Might be its last race, we shall see... its been a fun little ride, i would run another one!

[K_Josh87]

well... It survived another race, and faired pretty well... won my heat race by a full lap and a half... ran well, handled the new track VERY well...

In the other heat race my girlfriend and her father had a photo finish for first place in his full size bronco, and she was driving the new 89 half ton I built....

In the feature race... we where lined up about 6 wide on the track, the lady friend lined up next to me on the out side... flag man dropped the flag, and she decided she didn't like me or something, and tried to cut down the track, and tied into my passenger door... and kept trying to pretend I wasn't there... which resulted in a fun ride onto my side, and two blow tires... SOOO, that ended my race about 30 feet past the flag man... But, we got er tipped back over, and aside from two tires off the bead, she still runs good, still drives forward, and really isn't any prettier than it was before! I plan to run it again!

Lesson, don't build a bigger truck, then let the women race the bigger one against ya! Haha... it will make for good stories down the road...

[MJ1657]

That sounds like its really fun

[K_Josh87]

[SkunkedAgain]

I have no clue about the tranny, but want to know what's hanging out the rear passenger window of your bronco? Is that a blue and orange bird?

Kudos to your lady friend for taking you out and starting/continuing a rivalry!

[K_Josh87]

honestly, I am not sure what kinda critter her is... picked him up at the dump one day, and thought he would make a good passenger!

Yup, its all for the fun and for the learning... It will be a good story for many years!