Author Topic: What did you do for your Mustang today? (Read 656756 times)

1966stang · « **Reply #825 on:** December 23, 2013, 08:07:55 pm »

Received my Hurricane A/C kit to replace the original, leaky, system.

Something to do over Xmas, better than opening Chrissy presents

peter9231 · « **Reply #826 on:** December 24, 2013, 10:59:37 am »

Hello
Replaced rear drums and shoes
Replaced park brake cable
Replaced front rotors and pads
Replaced power steering hoses
Changed oil and filter
Replaced fuel filter
Now to deal with that slab of beer.....

Peter.

MachAttack · « **Reply #827 on:** December 24, 2013, 08:26:20 pm »

Sits nice at the front. What rims and tyres you running?

littlejohn · « **Reply #828 on:** December 24, 2013, 08:42:44 pm »

336's. Withsome american brand tyre 225's

MachAttack · « **Reply #829 on:** December 24, 2013, 08:44:57 pm »

That's what I thought. I got the same in 20s.

littlejohn · « **Reply #830 on:** December 24, 2013, 08:55:50 pm »

Thats absolute max on mine for sure.
Ive always wanted Ascotts, and oneday i'll have em,
These fell in my lap... Who am i to argue..

Ps. You have great taste!!

MachAttack · « **Reply #831 on:** December 24, 2013, 09:15:06 pm »

They were on the car when I bought it but I quite like them. Sort of a modern interpretation of a classic style. The 20s fill my guards well but they do make for a bumpy ride on shitty roads.

68Coupe · « **Reply #832 on:** December 25, 2013, 07:46:34 pm »

Quote from: Red67Coupe on December 23, 2013, 06:07:14 pm

Hey 68Coupe, how have you run the power steering hoses from the control valve to the power steering pump? Did you go up the inner guard past the strut tower (close to the exhaust) or under the lower control arm to come up near the oil filter (mine's a 289) and to the back of the ps pump? My 67 has some made-up hoses that loop down close to the road before going up the back of the strut tower - the hose has scraped on speed bumps etc a few times and one day it'll get bent/busted. I'm waiting on a reco ps pump and will replace the hoses as well, but some say to run big block hoses forward under the lower control arm then up to the ps pump to get away from the extractors.
Do you have any more pics of how you've run the pressure and return hoses?

Yep, Ken, from the control valve up through the insulator bracket on the lower strut tower, above the oil filter and past the exhaust manifold up to the pump. Hope the pics help. My 289 is completely stock so just followed original installation - no headers, just original exhaust manifold.

Cheers, Andrew

Red67Coupe · « **Reply #833 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:28:12 am »

Thanks Andrew. Mine has extractors which I think makes it a bit trickier. Not a lot of room in there for clearance. That does help to see that the hose will route through there. Just hope I don't melt a hose on the extractors at the first turn

Cheers
Ken

skev · « **Reply #834 on:** December 26, 2013, 01:48:13 pm »

Nothing.yet, but I've got a new valve body to go in
bit nervous to fiddle with it before summernats tho

dyates · « **Reply #835 on:** December 26, 2013, 05:40:34 pm »

No sign of my kids so I sat in the garage and had lunch with her,she didn't think highly of my egg and lettuce sandwich.So I started her up and gave her a drink and a rev,all is good again

chopmgw · « **Reply #836 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:52:59 pm »

Quote from: dyates on December 26, 2013, 05:40:34 pm

No sign of my kids so I sat in the garage and had lunch with her,she didn't think highly of my egg and lettuce sandwich.So I started her up and gave her a drink and a rev,all is good again

LOL
U must be a rarity.
I reckon 99% of people were chowing down on turkey sandwiches today (and for the rest of the week).

unilec5544 · « **Reply #837 on:** December 27, 2013, 12:42:45 am »

Decided to replace the hinge bushes and pins and while I had them stripped down, decided to get out the linisher to smooth out the rough casting to a more smoother look.

Mattstang · « **Reply #838 on:** December 30, 2013, 11:22:24 am »

Replaced the heater unit in my sisters 66 LHD coupe yesterday. Original heater core had split and the heater box unit was in a very bad state.
All parts were supplied by Bid Al at Big Al`s Mustangs (02 9622 8289) except for new heater hose, clamps and top up coolant.

Very well packaged and presented unit

Chose the brass core

Brother in-law earnt his keep,glovebox must come out but A/C unit stays

Found original solenoid wiring loom had been very badly damaged at some stage, surprised it hadn`t let them down by now!

Reused an old backing plate and fan scroll on the new fan motor, thanks Big Al

Jobs done after a few hours, just had to bleed the system, top up the coolant and test run

68Coupe · « **Reply #839 on:** December 30, 2013, 12:30:32 pm »

Quote from: Mattstang on December 30, 2013, 11:22:24 am

Brother in-law earnt his keep

Hey Matt, I don't know about your brother in-law earning his keep, by the look of it I think you would just do what he told you to do.

Good job on the heater box.

Mattstang · « **Reply #840 on:** December 30, 2013, 01:32:54 pm »

Quote from: 68Coupe on December 30, 2013, 12:30:32 pm

Hey Matt, I don't know about your brother in-law earning his keep, by the look of it I think you would just do what he told you to do.

Good job on the heater box.

Hey Andrew, looks can be deceiving, nicest bloke you'll ever meet

Cheers
Matt

1966stang · « **Reply #841 on:** December 30, 2013, 03:03:04 pm »

Started fitting the new Hurricane A/C unit. All underdash, including wiring, done as well as condenser, compressor and some pipe work.

Now for everyone to get back to work so I can get the hoses fitted and system gassed so I don't swelter during the Elvis parade in Parkes on 11 January.

my 390 · « **Reply #842 on:** December 30, 2013, 07:35:16 pm »

Found time to finish the dakota dash install

Analog and km/h

it looks ok to me and all worked well on the test run.

GEOFF289 · « **Reply #843 on:** January 01, 2014, 07:13:49 pm »

Replaced the blinker switch in my '66. Old one wouldn't cancel on right turns due to the little arm being broken off as became apparent after the wheel was off. Got lucky and was able to pull the wheel off by hand and didn't have to go buy a puller.

Straightforward enough task but extremely fiddly and not good for the back. Put it all back together and breathed a sigh of relief when blinkers, stop lights and horn all worked correctly so I had avoided the major risk of screwing up the 8 separate wiring connections . Pouring rain outside so jacked up the front to take weight off the steering and tested the self cancelling - all good.

Pretty happy with my day.