Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

I need to talk to my buddy with the shop and see if he can get me some decent tips from Vibrant and weld them on for me.

Yea I work at a car dealership so I can have one of the mechanics hook me up. But yea he should definitely hook you up

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Clamp them... Get them set where you want them then leave the clamps and have them tacted, remove the clamps and then weld them

Originally Posted by Grandprix202

Yea I work at a car dealership so I can have one of the mechanics hook me up. But yea he should definitely hook you up

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Yet your waiting on a headlight lolz. Should of just got them for the cheap from your dealer!

Being I've only worked there for a couple months or so I don't want to be asking for a ton right now... Especially just being a Porter haha

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Test drive others peoples s**t hell yeas. I have a buddy that does that at the local ford dealerships gets to drive all kind of crazy s**t he"ll never be able to afford lol

Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue

Got my passenger side completed, well almost.

This is groovy, man. I dig the subtle but luxurious upgrades. Does look like them struts still haven't calmed down, something must be up with that. How are the old Fords, any news?

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

This is groovy, man. I dig the subtle but luxurious upgrades. Does look like them struts still haven't calmed down, something must be up with that. How are the old Fords, any news?

Yeah I think the struts are going to stay at that height. And I got the mustang running, did you catch the video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjy6OQ7-C0

Matter of fact i did and sorry left u hangin on it. Couldn't decide if cam or no, too cold. But you know a wiped cam sounds lopey just like a wild bumpstick. Vac gauge? Fresh zinc-ey oil? She needs just enough fixin to get some warm run time and blow out the cobs so to speak. I say put an exhaust gasket on first to make it bearable then go from there. Run it long enough to heat the intake good then check er out again. The 455 I run sat for 15 years and does fine but within 2 weeks of being put back into service, a lifter stuck. Shot of MMO in the oil freed it right up, been happy ever since. BTW I used SensaTrac quick struts and never noticed a ride height change although rears do have small sag. Scroll back to my last pic of it (painted barkes couple weeks back) and compare if u want.

Yeah it might need some tuning, I put the screws back where they were from 23 years ago. I just got a vacuum gauge for the occasion. Hopefully a lifter doesn't get stuck, I'm changing the oil next week. That exhaust manifold gasket can't be done unless the motor gets dropped down unfortunately. I'll take a look at the pics.

Any tips for replacing rear struts guys? I'll be doing Austons on Thursday. We went the easy route and just got the Gabriel ready mounts from AZ. Is it just as simple as it looks?

I haven't any done rears yet Cap'n.

Blue, here it ain't cool to make you dig ... this ain't on a level area and yeah now that I look at it you could throw a fullgrown fat cat through that gap lol

Wow that's just like mine. If it bothered me I would have swapped the stock springs into the new strut but I don't care, with all the steep driveways and horrible roads here I've got less to worry about now. I hated scraping on driveways

Originally Posted by CapnBreakAlot

Any tips for replacing rear struts guys? I'll be doing Austons on Thursday. We went the easy route and just got the Gabriel ready mounts from AZ. Is it just as simple as it looks?

ratchet gear wrenches. socket and ratchet wont fit. box or open end wrench could suck big time. where the gear wrench will make it easy to work on.

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

ratchet gear wrenches. socket and ratchet wont fit. box or open end wrench could suck big time. where the gear wrench will make it easy to work on.

Good point, I didn't think about that. I'll bring those home from my work toolbox too when I do mine

Originally Posted by 02NavyBlue

Wow that's just like mine. If it bothered me I would have swapped the stock springs into the new strut but I don't care, with all the steep driveways and horrible roads here I've got less to worry about now. I hated scraping on driveways

Now I feel like Buford Pusser. lol. Yeah my tips hang too so thats my only approach angle concern. I do love the new ride and handling and quiet. Need rears.

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Now I feel like Buford Pusser. lol. Yeah my tips hang too so thats my only approach angle concern. I do love the new ride and handling and quiet. Need rears.

I feel like I'm too young to get that reference lol. My boss and his buddies are making references to old tv shows and they always say, you don't get that do you? I'm like nope.

And yeah my rears are sitting in the garage


Sway bar links are hanging on the struts, hard to see.
Edit: There they are

nom nom nom fresh rears oooooo u gonna like dat!

That was the Sheriff in a movie (a classic based on a true story) called "Walking Tall" if you can catch onta that ... also all the cop cars in the movie had cop susp and sat high in front, if the title reference is not enough. I forgot you said 2.5 years of driving, I began in 1980 yikes. You're doing mighty good with the car skills, man.

Yeah old movies too. I'm pretty sure I've worked on cars every single day for the past 30 days at least lol. Not kidding, weekends too. Helps since that's my job but still. I do electrical stuff on the side (well used to when I had time) so this lighting was a breeze and kinda fun.