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SNIBB · 10-30-2003, 04:40 PM

i think its just the trans. fluid. mine in my 95 was quite dirty, & had the same downshift knock. after a few oil changes, its never had any problems since. it used to knock on acceleration from a stop too. not any more. hope your turns out fine too.

Mrit · 10-30-2003, 05:11 PM

My tranny clunked and would slam into gears until I changed the fluid and filter. Works wonderful after that.

Tileit1 · 10-31-2003, 09:24 AM

Hey yall,letting you know how the first day went .got off work late last night got home and it was time to try the 4x4 off road.didnt do to much but wanted to check the pull up a steep hill.so i drove out my backyard down the hayfield to the bottom started up in 2wd stopped in the middle spun out in 2wd then i hit the cute little button on the dash 4 hi and that truck flew up the hill no problem no clanking, heck she was ready for more but not till she gets new blood in her.
I also found out that i bought the 1995 sport xlt all black bumpers and grill and ford factory running boards . aint a speck of chrome on it.
wow guess im addicted!!
thanks for all yer help, FORDREAL!!

Miketnf150 · 10-31-2003, 09:26 AM

That's awesome

now............Get us some darn pics of that beast noogie!!!!!

SNIBB · 10-31-2003, 11:01 AM

good to here it

. glad your enjoying it.

Quote:

Originally posted by Tileit1
I also found out that i bought the 1995 sport xlt all black bumpers and grill and ford factory running boards . aint a speck of chrome on it.

KENNY will LOVE to hear that!

**Drilim** · 10-31-2003, 11:19 AM

Kenny is MIA...

***bnkrtstk*** · 10-31-2003, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Drilim
Kenny is MIA...

I think someone scared him away. A few people lit him up in another post. Haven't seen anything from him since.

**Drilim** · 10-31-2003, 12:09 PM

Kenny is MIA / BANNED! :)

SNIBB · 10-31-2003, 11:13 PM

WHAT?! what did he get banned for? i saw 1 post wih him fighting with a few people a little while back. but it wasnt "ban this guy" bad.

1982bronco · 10-31-2003, 11:34 PM

i dont think he was banned but he is now a non member.

but hurry up and get some pics ASAP!!

PS we need that :nopics smiley

Tileit1 · 11-03-2003, 05:02 PM

heres the only photo i have now
will be sending more soon. I paid 4500.00
95,ooo miles how did i do?
I installed the warn hubs on sunday.Not to hard at all ,also checked the hubs to see if it was installed properly as the warn instructions say.also had front and rear diff grease, transfercase grease ,tranny fluid purged and oil changed .now were checking the suspension and front brakes.They are starting to shimmy and shake,seems to be a warped rotor. The tranny seems to shift good but there is some driveline backlash when you take off and sometimes stop. Also I think the ball joints have some play.!!!??At least the engine is strong,, See Ya

ks1162 · 11-03-2003, 05:23 PM

Hey dude, congrats on an excellent purchase. I got a 95 too, but I after I bought mine, I had to drive 10 hours to get home, so I quickly found every little problem with it on the way home... is the clunking when you take off or is it when the tranny shifts?

***Blaze*** · 11-03-2003, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tileit1
aint a speck of chrome on it.

Dontcha just love the all black look???

ks1162 · 11-04-2003, 01:52 AM

Mine is a eddie bauer, so I have the bronze color on the bottom and top, but Im really thinkin of going all black when I repaint it, the all black look is soo sharp, but am I the only one that has noticed that the Ford black from that year isnt quite as black as other make's black??

***Blaze*** · 11-04-2003, 02:30 AM

It was pretty decent when new, I just don't think it holds it's color well. My theory is this...keep in mind this is just my thoughts....Ford had problems with their paint flaking some time in the mid 80's and I think what ever they used to toughen it up just doesn't hold good color...maybe???

Anyway my paints tough alright, but it's tough to get that "deep black" shine...I'll just repaint soon...

ks1162 · 11-04-2003, 02:38 AM

My mom has a black Tahoe, and when both are shined up and next to each other, its just not the same, but with some extra $, it will be!!! Its not like its faded, like you said, its just not as deep I guess

TileitII · 11-28-2003, 05:45 PM

Im gonna get the 95 painted soon.my friend Brian paints at a shop behind my business.we got a set of patch panels for the rear wheel wells and then itll be back in black. It is amazing how many blacks there are. I looked through the paint catalog at the auto body shop and there are many blacks, guess ill stick with stock color.
to my amazement my truck with 96,000 has all the problems you all have described. just nothing to serious.

now i need to replace radius arm bushing on passenger side. its pretty sloppy. the bushing is almost gone. They want 180. bucks at local ford dealer,im not so sure at my ability to do this on my own?? or should i be thinking SKYJACKER LIFT?? looks like Ill have 10 k in this thing real quick.

TileitII · 11-28-2003, 05:53 PM

sorry for the late reply
I had all fluids changed so the tranny is shifting great!!!
it still clunks a bit when i take off but not when shifting.
all the u joints look good though

so should i not worry ???

Jayrus · 11-28-2003, 06:00 PM

I can't believe nobody mentioned the infamous slip yoke problems on these.Not a big deal,really,but could be causing his clunk.You need to take the rear driveshaft out.Matchmark the two halves and remove the clamp on the boot.Pull the two halves apart and put some grease in the joint.Takes care of alot of the mysterious clunk on acceleration and when stopping.

**miesk5** · 11-28-2003, 06:39 PM

and also this:
"Another common complaint of the 1356 is that it will sometimes exhibit a driveline thump or clunk on take off. Many shops have spent considerable time balancing drive shafts, replacing u-joints, mounts, etc. without success. The problem lies inside the transfer case itself. A careful examination of the rear output shaft will reveal excessive end play between the shaft and the rear bearing, and between the rear bearing and the extension housing. You should use shims to take up the endplay between the output shaft and the rear bearing retaining snap ring (figure 7). You can use Chrysler part #00015128 for a shim kit that will enable you to take up the endplay between the bearing and the output shaft snap ring...Figure 8 shows how to take up slack between the rear output bearing and the extension housing using Spicer shim kit 701121X which fits the outside of the bearing and prevents it from traveling rearward against the extension housing. This shim is designed for a pinion shim in a Dana 35 rear end and fits perfectly. By using these methods to fix the endplay of the output shaft you will solve many problems that have baffled dealers and other repair shops for years..."
source is:
http://www.atra.com/gears/sep01/taming.html

10-30-2003, 04:40 PM	#21
SNIBB Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 467 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: Mostly stock '89 302 Eddie Bauer, & '95 351 Eddie Bauer 4" lift, 35's, in-dash DVD, & other stuff. SNIBBs Garage	i think its just the trans. fluid. mine in my 95 was quite dirty, & had the same downshift knock. after a few oil changes, its never had any problems since. it used to knock on acceleration from a stop too. not any more. hope your turns out fine too. __________________ Bring back SuperFord.org!

10-30-2003, 05:11 PM	#22
Mrit Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Snohomish, Wa Posts: 1,042 iTrader: (1) Bronco Info: 1986 Eddie Bauer Mrits Garage	My tranny clunked and would slam into gears until I changed the fluid and filter. Works wonderful after that. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ '86 Eddie Bauer, '99 F350 Lariat, '75 Corvette Stingray. It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared, Brakes are good, tires fair... "Hot rod Bronco" My truck http://www.supermotors.net/registry/3868

10-31-2003, 09:24 AM	#23
Tileit1 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Westminster Maryland Posts: 10 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: 95 XLT sport 5.0 E4od Tileit1s Garage	Bronco update Hey yall,letting you know how the first day went .got off work late last night got home and it was time to try the 4x4 off road.didnt do to much but wanted to check the pull up a steep hill.so i drove out my backyard down the hayfield to the bottom started up in 2wd stopped in the middle spun out in 2wd then i hit the cute little button on the dash 4 hi and that truck flew up the hill no problem no clanking, heck she was ready for more but not till she gets new blood in her. I also found out that i bought the 1995 sport xlt all black bumpers and grill and ford factory running boards . aint a speck of chrome on it. wow guess im addicted!! thanks for all yer help, FORDREAL!!

10-31-2003, 09:26 AM	#24
Miketnf150 Offical FSB Map Maker Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kingsport, TN. Posts: 3,889 iTrader: (10) Bronco Info: 95, 5.8L(351), Eddie Bauer green/tan, 6" Dick Cepek lift w/ extenede radius arms, 35" Pro Comp M/T's Miketnf150s Garage	That's awesome now............Get us some darn pics of that beast noogie!!!!! __________________ The Best Never Rest! SAS Thread Winch Install 4x4grace.com

10-31-2003, 11:34 PM	#30
1982bronco Tator Salad Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: El Reno, OK Posts: 2,852 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: 1985 Ford Ranger 1982broncos Garage	i dont think he was banned but he is now a non member. but hurry up and get some pics ASAP!! PS we need that :nopics smiley __________________ Cory Seiber 1985 Ford Ranger

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10-31-2003, 12:09 PM	#28
Drilim FSB's Bastard Child Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Jupiter, Fl Posts: 2,124 iTrader: (4) Drilims Garage	Kenny is MIA / BANNED! :)

10-31-2003, 11:13 PM	#29
SNIBB Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 467 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: Mostly stock '89 302 Eddie Bauer, & '95 351 Eddie Bauer 4" lift, 35's, in-dash DVD, & other stuff. SNIBBs Garage	WHAT?! what did he get banned for? i saw 1 post wih him fighting with a few people a little while back. but it wasnt "ban this guy" bad.

11-03-2003, 05:02 PM	#31
Tileit1 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Westminster Maryland Posts: 10 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: 95 XLT sport 5.0 E4od Tileit1s Garage	picture heres the only photo i have now will be sending more soon. I paid 4500.00 95,ooo miles how did i do? I installed the warn hubs on sunday.Not to hard at all ,also checked the hubs to see if it was installed properly as the warn instructions say.also had front and rear diff grease, transfercase grease ,tranny fluid purged and oil changed .now were checking the suspension and front brakes.They are starting to shimmy and shake,seems to be a warped rotor. The tranny seems to shift good but there is some driveline backlash when you take off and sometimes stop. Also I think the ball joints have some play.!!!??At least the engine is strong,, See Ya __________________ Bill 95 Bronco xlt sport 5.0 e4od 95k miles Stock

11-03-2003, 05:23 PM	#32
ks1162 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 270 iTrader: (0) ks1162s Garage	Hey dude, congrats on an excellent purchase. I got a 95 too, but I after I bought mine, I had to drive 10 hours to get home, so I quickly found every little problem with it on the way home... is the clunking when you take off or is it when the tranny shifts? __________________ 1995 Eddie Bauer, 351W, E40D, Superlift 6 inch suspension,Bilstein 5100s 35x12.50 BFG AT KOs, 15x10 American Racing Atlas, Warn Premium Manual Hubs, 5% tinted windows, Optima Yellow Top, Alpine CDA 7998 head unit, 3 JL Audio W0 12s pushed by an Alpine MRV M1000, Alpine Type R 6.5 comonents in the front, Alpine Type R 6x9s in the back pushed by a Alpine MRV F540 V12 amp.

11-04-2003, 01:52 AM	#34
ks1162 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 270 iTrader: (0) ks1162s Garage	Mine is a eddie bauer, so I have the bronze color on the bottom and top, but Im really thinkin of going all black when I repaint it, the all black look is soo sharp, but am I the only one that has noticed that the Ford black from that year isnt quite as black as other make's black??

11-04-2003, 02:30 AM	#35
*Blaze* hates EVERYTHING! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Oakwood, Georgia Posts: 13,697 iTrader: (5) Bronco Info: Jesus loves you!!! I think you're a cocksucker! Blazes Garage	It was pretty decent when new, I just don't think it holds it's color well. My theory is this...keep in mind this is just my thoughts....Ford had problems with their paint flaking some time in the mid 80's and I think what ever they used to toughen it up just doesn't hold good color...maybe??? Anyway my paints tough alright, but it's tough to get that "deep black" shine...I'll just repaint soon...

11-04-2003, 02:38 AM	#36
ks1162 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 270 iTrader: (0) ks1162s Garage	My mom has a black Tahoe, and when both are shined up and next to each other, its just not the same, but with some extra $, it will be!!! Its not like its faded, like you said, its just not as deep I guess

11-28-2003, 05:45 PM	#37
TileitII Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Westminster ,MD Posts: 52 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: 1995 XLT SPORT TileitIIs Garage	formally tileit1 Im gonna get the 95 painted soon.my friend Brian paints at a shop behind my business.we got a set of patch panels for the rear wheel wells and then itll be back in black. It is amazing how many blacks there are. I looked through the paint catalog at the auto body shop and there are many blacks, guess ill stick with stock color. to my amazement my truck with 96,000 has all the problems you all have described. just nothing to serious. now i need to replace radius arm bushing on passenger side. its pretty sloppy. the bushing is almost gone. They want 180. bucks at local ford dealer,im not so sure at my ability to do this on my own?? or should i be thinking SKYJACKER LIFT?? looks like Ill have 10 k in this thing real quick. __________________ 95 XLT SPORT,E4OD/302/TTB 355/8.8 355/31X10.5X15 PIRELLI SCORPIAN AT 15X7 WHEELS Clayland Tile

11-28-2003, 05:53 PM	#38
TileitII Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Westminster ,MD Posts: 52 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: 1995 XLT SPORT TileitIIs Garage	KS1162! sorry for the late reply I had all fluids changed so the tranny is shifting great!!! it still clunks a bit when i take off but not when shifting. all the u joints look good though so should i not worry ???

11-28-2003, 06:00 PM	#39
Jayrus Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 191 iTrader: (0) Bronco Info: 88 Bronco,4.9l,T18 4 speed,never finished Jayruss Garage	I can't believe nobody mentioned the infamous slip yoke problems on these.Not a big deal,really,but could be causing his clunk.You need to take the rear driveshaft out.Matchmark the two halves and remove the clamp on the boot.Pull the two halves apart and put some grease in the joint.Takes care of alot of the mysterious clunk on acceleration and when stopping.

11-28-2003, 06:39 PM	#40
miesk5 I used to know this stuff Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: USE FORD PARTS, let da ZONE handle ice scrapers Posts: 4,599 iTrader: (1) Bronco Info: 96 XL 5.0 E4OD, Man Xfer/Hubs miesk5s Garage	and also this: "Another common complaint of the 1356 is that it will sometimes exhibit a driveline thump or clunk on take off. Many shops have spent considerable time balancing drive shafts, replacing u-joints, mounts, etc. without success. The problem lies inside the transfer case itself. A careful examination of the rear output shaft will reveal excessive end play between the shaft and the rear bearing, and between the rear bearing and the extension housing. You should use shims to take up the endplay between the output shaft and the rear bearing retaining snap ring (figure 7). You can use Chrysler part #00015128 for a shim kit that will enable you to take up the endplay between the bearing and the output shaft snap ring...Figure 8 shows how to take up slack between the rear output bearing and the extension housing using Spicer shim kit 701121X which fits the outside of the bearing and prevents it from traveling rearward against the extension housing. This shim is designed for a pinion shim in a Dana 35 rear end and fits perfectly. By using these methods to fix the endplay of the output shaft you will solve many problems that have baffled dealers and other repair shops for years..." source is: http://www.atra.com/gears/sep01/taming.html __________________ See our Big Bronco Technical, Parts Sources & Technical Service Bulletins Links site 96 XL 5.0 E4OD, Man Xfer/Hubs Our SF Site THANKS to ALL WHO SERVE!

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