Power valve went out (1996).
Replaced valve covers twice (1995 and 2000).
Replaced heating core (1995).
Voluntarily had the carburetor rebuilt (1996).
Replaced ERG valve (2000).
Had tie rods replaced (1995 for one and 1997 or 98 for the other).
Had the rear portion of the drive shaft replaced (2000).
This truck can turn on a dime and since it is narrow and short, can fit well in tight places.
I bought this truck in 1995 and it is my first vehicle. The man who sold me the truck had a father who died and the truck had belonged to him. The truck had 50,755 miles on it, but I later concluded that they were hard miles as the truck had pulled a trailer.
The tires were dry rotted when I got it from the months that it had most likely sat after it's owners death.
The only real thing I hate about this truck is the fact that everytime it is cold and rainy, my truck stalls out and I have a hard time getting it restarted. I fight with it a long time sometimes before I get it running. This problem only happens when it is cold and rainy or damp outside. It could be warm and rainy and the truck will not give me problems.
This truck does perform well in snow and is worth its weight in gold to me during snowstorms. When other people were sliding all over the place, my little truck just plowed ahead. The only thing is, I do dread winter because of the stalling problem.
All in all, I do love my Bronco II and would buy another one. I do believe that the problems I had with the truck are not because it's a bad truck. I just bought a truck that had sat in disuse after its owner passed away and since its owner had been elderly, had probably not been driven very often or very far.
For the stalling problem in damp weather, I found on my 84 that moisture condenses in the distributor cap. Try replacing the cap, rotor and spark plug wires.
I also had trouble with cold weather stalling, but I found that the accelerator pump arm had come loose. Also check the presets on the choke actuator arm and accelerator pump. If you are in real cold weather turn the choke heater assembly a little to keep the choke in longer, but not too much.
I found that on my 83 bronco that the butterfly on the carburetor was sticking when it was cold and damp outside and that was causing it to stall out and not run good in the cold weather.
About your cold/damp weather stalling. In the early 80's, Ford used what they called an air cleaner motor. This is located in the air cleaner snorkel. When the carburetor needs warm air, this motor (or valve) opens, cutting off the cold outside air and letting in warm air from the exhaust manifold. If your motor is missing, broken, or no longer has the tube hooked up from the air cleaner motor to the exhaust manifold, your vehicle will stall at slow speeds or stops. The reason it won't re-start right away is the carburetor is froze up. Give it ten minutes for the heat of the engine to thaw it and it starts again. o.k.
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