Just bought my first bronco, got some prob - Ford Forums

08-18-2003, 14:17

OK, just boughta 1989 for Bronco II . Two problems i cant figure out, Hoping you guys could steer me in the right direction.

#1 4 x 4 is not working. Gear shifter was pretty tight but it know moves down to N won't budge to 4L. I have an auto transmission, with manual 4 x 4 , no buttons for me unfortunarlt.

#2 i have an oil leak that wont go away. I tried Thats bars leak stuff.. no dice on tht. Any one know any comon problems?

Thanx

89F150 · 08-18-2003, 18:35

where abouts is it leaking from.?

08-20-2003, 12:29

It seems like it is leaking from the vavlve cover gasgket, but ut seems also as if it is lower then that. I am pretty sure the gagsket needs replaces ,, but i think theres is two leaks. the drip of oil comes down just a litle bit in front of the transmission

'92BigBronco · 08-20-2003, 18:28

Oil leaks are tough to track down when they've been leaking for a while. Go out and buy yourself a couple of cans of degreaser and clean it up real well so you can actually figure out where the leak is coming from and go from there.

89F150 · 08-20-2003, 18:29

Change the gasket. Mine leaked a while back and it leaked all over the front of my tranny and that would be my guess why looks like its coiming from in front

bronco91 · 08-20-2003, 20:50

i have a leak in my oil pan gasket also all over the front of the tranny pain in the arsss to replace also

08-21-2003, 08:44

sound slike loadfs of fun, gues i will start then, still need some help on tat 4x4 part though

then i will al squared away

bob1953 · 08-23-2003, 06:53

Before you go into anything costly and time consuming, try checking the oil filter first. I had the same problem once and a mechanic told me my rear main seal was gone. Ouch !!!!
Oil was all over the tranny and engine. Then I looked under there and found I could tighten the oil filter by hand. I changed the oil ( what was left of it ) and replaced the filter. That cured all my problems and save me a bunch of cash that didn't need to go into the mechanic's pocket.

08-24-2003, 16:00

i found that when i chage the oil my leak got worse, for somereason the oil filter wasn't on tight enoiugh... mind you i am the king of torque, i breeak tools to often.... but sure enough. As to the reast of the leak iam pretty sure it is the vavle cover gaskets... lots of fun really... now i see why people hire people to do the work!!!
thanx to all... now if i could just fix my other problem i will be goo to go