Allthough it attended the ponys under the palms car show on sunday prior, then stripped down on Wednesday for a respray on Thursday and built by Friday.....something had to give (or get overlooked in this case)
Thought it was the thrust bearing on the clutch fork making the squeeling noise as it was on its way out....this was not the case
In the mad rush and to many 18 hour days, the Fatkid forgot to use a product called Mercon 5...about 4 quarts of the product to be precise
Mercon 5 is gearbox oil for the 5 speed gearboxes
(for those running 90 weight for 4 speed boxes in there 5 speeds, that is the reason your grinding gears)
Tottaly FRIED a perfectly good 5 speed.....I really mean FRIED IT
You get that on the big jobs.
Found a guy in Hudson Florida that sells fully rebuilt ones for $500 or $600 if you dont have a core (spare gearbox) So John (Thirsty390)...yes I can find you a gearbox if your still looking
I have T'd it up with one of the guys from the mustang club, that this weekend it may get Chip foose's sigi on it as he is here in Florida for a big car show (one that Ive never heard of)..only if he thinks it up to standard :)
Everyone has allways asked..."are you ever going to keep one".....well, this is the one!....had 2 offers for the car at the Turkey rod run and I was very surprised at the offers.....one more than the other
(that was as it stood...unfinished)
Even though it looks the goods in the pics there is a list a mile long that I need to do that cant be seen that needs to be completed...the little things.
Firewall brakes lines need to be suspended correctly
Side windows remade
head lights
sequential LED brake lights fitted (and working)
handbrake
traction bars set
heater box connected
stereo wired up
front seat extensions fabbed up
rear bumper set
washer bottle connected
new dip switch
indicators
rear window fitted correctly (seal)
Flip fuel cap (71 Mach1) in bed fitted correctly
Radiator fitted correctly (not tied in with speaker wire) :)
Battery clamp
window bump stops in doors
Edelbrock internal controler mounted in the cabin
ECU mounted correctly (not stuffed under dash)
Clearcoat re-sanded and polished again
rear bumper adjusted
front bumper side brackets fitted
rear parcel tray area fabbed up (MDF and carpet Im guessing)
rear brake lights set in position evenly
GT valance covers for exhaust holes made up (black mesh)
New T5 and lotsa Mercon 5 :)
Title and registration is also a plus at this stage
Rewire ignition module that fried the weekend before when the coil wire hit the exhaust (easy fix)
So theres still a bucket load of things left to be 100% but in order to get it done with the time frame I had to get it to the photo shoot.... I can let it slide that I used speaker wire to hold the radiator in place so I could focus on more relevant things
There is also a few things that I would of liked to do to the ute that I did to Johns 68 Vert like blast all the internals of the door locks, rods, mechanisms, and paint the internal of the door with Rhino liner. The diff could come out again and rebuild the brakes. I wouldnt mind knowing that the engine has been rebuilt either but its an extremely strong 347, doesnt blow smoke and with the 1.7 cam, roller rockers, and edelbrock fuel injection...it is an extremely responsive little beasty
