Lying on his back in dry grass with a jack and two stands under the rear of a dusty 1990 Ford Bronco, the man trying to earn it puts the verdict in his own captions: “this might be the worst thing I’ve ever had to do on a car.” A minute earlier, the same video opened with a grin and a far more hopeful line: “this was gonna be easy.”

The 64 second reel, posted on September 11, 2026, by @laserkuzmin, is labeled “Bronco Series PT 2.” The caption repeats the deal that started the series: “my uncle said I can have his @fordbronco 1990 Bronco if I can get it running. Wish me luck boys.” The opening frame shows the truck with its hood up in a barn and the same promise written across the top: “My uncle said I can have his Bronco if I can get it running.”

Part 2 is where the troubleshooting starts. Early captions say “it’s not in the engine,” and a shot from under the truck comes with the relieved line “oh we got oil up on the dipstick.” He works at the fender in orange nitrile gloves, then pours a blue jug through a funnel into the engine bay with the caption “drink my baby.”

Then the plan changes. “We’re dropping the fuel tank,” the captions say, followed by the job list: “drop it replace the fuel pump,” and “drain it.” The rest of the video is the reality of that list on an old truck in a field. He works an impact gun under the rear bumper, sets a yellow floor jack and steel stands, and spends a long stretch flat on the ground. “I’m having fun,” one caption says, then “to spend my Sunday,” then “this is good.”

The honest lines are the best ones. “I have no idea what I’m doing,” he admits while lying under the truck. “It’s not coming loose.” When the tank finally comes down, it sits upside down on the gravel, and the captions point at what he found on top of it: “broken,” and “don’t know what that is.” He sums up his approach with one phrase: “short term gain for long term pain.” By the last frames he is leaning on the rear bumper, and when the captions ask “are you giving up,” his reply begins “I was just thinking.”

The reel does not show the new pump going in or the engine starting. Whether the Bronco runs, and whether he wins it, is left for later parts of the series. The first part, where the uncle’s offer was announced, was covered here earlier.

What Ford says about this generation of Bronco

This generation of the truck is the one that brought fuel injection to the Bronco. According to Ford’s own Bronco history, the 1987 to 1991 Bronco, the generation enthusiasts call the “brick nose,” had the 300 six and the 351W 5.8L V8 paired with electronic fuel injection in the 1987 and 1988 model years. Ford also lists a 5 speed manual arriving in 1988, a Borg Warner 1345 transfer case with optional electric Touch Drive shifting, and rear anti lock brakes that debuted in 1987 and are active in two wheel drive only.

Before you drop a tank on an old truck

Drain it before it comes down, as his captions say.

Support the truck the way he did, on stands rather than just the jack, before sliding underneath. “It’s not coming loose” is what he says about the hardware on this one.

Photograph the lines and wiring on top of the tank before you disconnect anything. His captions mention lines up there he “probably should have” handled differently, and pieces he did not recognize once the tank was on the ground; pictures taken before disassembly make the reinstall far easier.

Finally, look up the truck’s history. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall search works by 17 character VIN, but NHTSA notes it does not show safety recalls more than 15 years old unless a manufacturer offers longer coverage. On a 1990 Bronco, that means a clean result does not prove no recall ever applied, so a year, make and model search is worth running too.