Yep, same here. I need to buy a couple more plexiglass cases so I can display all these cars lol.
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What did you do to your foxbody mustang today?
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Opened up these to check out. The ‘88 Street Fighter is probably the best in the bunch.
This was another cool one I got a while back. Great color
I've seen that one and a lighter blue with gold wheels. So many I'd like to buy, but I have car parts and such I need to buy....
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I've been having issues with the convertibles side windows. They go up and down, but very wobbly. I can grab the window and move them all over the place. Almost like it's not tracking right.....
Did some investigating last night. Found the upper guide rod bolt was loose. You can see where it was scratching the paint. And second issue is the guide rod bushing is broken on one side. I assumed that was going to be the problem.
I tried removing the guide rod the way LMR video shows, but that wasn't going to work. And I fear breaking the window doing it that way. So I'll be removing the guide bushing bracket, which consists of a couple bolts.
And when taking the panel off the speaker grill plastic piece separated from the door panel...
This will be time consuming, and I'll need to do the driver's side as well. Time to order parts from LMR.
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Did some investigating last night. Found the upper guide rod bolt was loose. You can see where it was scratching the paint. And second issue is the guide rod bushing is broken on one side. I assumed that was going to be the problem.
I tried removing the guide rod the way LMR video shows, but that wasn't going to work. And I fear breaking the window doing it that way. So I'll be removing the guide bushing bracket, which consists of a couple bolts.
And when taking the panel off the speaker grill plastic piece separated from the door panel...
This will be time consuming, and I'll need to do the driver's side as well. Time to order parts from LMR.
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Hats off to you guys who have a lot more patience with stuff like this than I do. As I aged, my patience waned. 
When I was younger, I could just about tackle anything with my cars.
When I was younger, I could just about tackle anything with my cars.
Hats off to you guys who have a lot more patience with stuff like this than I do. As I aged, my patience waned.
Oh...i'm starting to get there.
Hats off to you guys who have a lot more patience with stuff like this than I do. As I aged, my patience waned.
Yep, me too. Conditions have to be right for me. It's been colder here than I like.
You guys noticed I didn't post up any Fox Body updates this past Monday? It's not I have nothing to do, it was just too damn cold to be working on cars LOL.....
Back in the day I would bundle up and get out there. Not now LMAO.....
I'm definitely starting to get the "old bull" mentality..... You know, from the joke where the young bull wants to "run" down and the old bull says how about we "walk" down? LMAO!!!!
I'm at the point now where I just enjoy driving Mustangs vs working on them. My fox has sat under the cover all winter barely getting touched, while i did some updates ot my '00 GT convertible to prepare it for cruising this summer. That should tell you which vehicle I'm looking forward to driving.
I'm getting the urge to maybe sell it (the '00 GT)and get myself a '15+ 6-spd GT convertible and just leave it stock and cruise.
Will never sell the Fox, but I admit it's starting to turn into "garage art" that I just like to admire, but rarely drive.
I'm getting the urge to maybe sell it (the '00 GT)and get myself a '15+ 6-spd GT convertible and just leave it stock and cruise.
Will never sell the Fox, but I admit it's starting to turn into "garage art" that I just like to admire, but rarely drive.
I agree. Working on them seems like so much work as I get older. Every car has something that needs fixing, or multiple things. But lately I just say screw it and drive. It's normally tedious stuff.
And honestly my cars seem more like garage art as well. They just don't get driven enough.
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On your vert, just hope you dont have to mess with the quarter windows....... been there...
On fixing the door speaker panel. I done several now. If you get the door panel off, you will see they are simply melted to hold in place. It breaks. So if the lug is still there, you can use a screw into the plastic. If the whole lug has broken off, Ive epoxied a Tee Nut to the grill, and then you have something for a machine screw to thread into.
On fixing the door speaker panel. I done several now. If you get the door panel off, you will see they are simply melted to hold in place. It breaks. So if the lug is still there, you can use a screw into the plastic. If the whole lug has broken off, Ive epoxied a Tee Nut to the grill, and then you have something for a machine screw to thread into.
I watched some videos on those rear 1/4's.... Makes me never want to lower them again!
Thanks for the tips on the speaker grill. I ordered a door panel kit from LMR. I believe it comes with something for the speakers. I'll find out Friday.
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Fortunately I don't have those typical convertible issues...yet. My car has only 69K miles so hopefully they don't show up for a while. The top is a little slow to open but I attribute that to the pump (i've bled it multiple times) and can hopefully replace that before spring.
Eventually I plan on replacing most of the weather stripping on the convertible. Maybe a good project for next winter..
Just noticed this rivet is almost falling out. I'll have to see where I placed my rivet gun and try to fix it tonight.
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Just noticed this rivet is almost falling out. I'll have to see where I placed my rivet gun and try to fix it tonight.
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Kudos to those that haven't had to replace the guide rod bushing. What a pain. I seriously thought I was going to break the window trying to remove it.
Now I'm in the process of trying to adjust the window, which seems to be testing my patience. I'm thinking now is the time to replace the convertible top weatherstripping because that's going to need window adjustment as well, and it looks pretty bad. And I will probably check the bushing on the driver's side....
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Now I'm in the process of trying to adjust the window, which seems to be testing my patience. I'm thinking now is the time to replace the convertible top weatherstripping because that's going to need window adjustment as well, and it looks pretty bad. And I will probably check the bushing on the driver's side....
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I e been there before, but will say it’s completely satisfying when the windows go up and down without any play or slop.
Windows run channel molding is about the worst job possible on these doors.
Windows run channel molding is about the worst job possible on these doors.
I totally get what you guys are saying about getting older and working on cars. I recently pulled my T5 to replace the original bearing retainer that was leading to a really stiff clutch pedal. Working on a car when you are 50 is definitely different compared to being 25. There are obviously physical things, but I just don't have free time that I had back in the day and projects take MUCH longer.
Back to my stiff clutch pedal story. I replaced the bearing retainer with a Ford Performance steel version, the pedal was improved but not to my liking. My set up is a Centerforce clutch, MM quadrant/FWA/cable and I also put in a fresh pivot stud/clutch fork/TO bearing (all Ford pieces). I said WTH, why not try the OEM clutch cable with 200K miles on it. I took off the rubber isolator so it would fit on my FWA and I also sprayed the crap out of it with WD-40 white lithium grease. I sprayed it until it came out the other end of the cable and let sit overnight for the grease to solidify. I then installed it and the clutch pedal is butter smooth with much less effort. Not sure if I got a bad MM cable, it was routed and adjusted correctly. I once read that stiff clutch pedals are almost 90% cable related, I'm a believer now.
Back to my stiff clutch pedal story. I replaced the bearing retainer with a Ford Performance steel version, the pedal was improved but not to my liking. My set up is a Centerforce clutch, MM quadrant/FWA/cable and I also put in a fresh pivot stud/clutch fork/TO bearing (all Ford pieces). I said WTH, why not try the OEM clutch cable with 200K miles on it. I took off the rubber isolator so it would fit on my FWA and I also sprayed the crap out of it with WD-40 white lithium grease. I sprayed it until it came out the other end of the cable and let sit overnight for the grease to solidify. I then installed it and the clutch pedal is butter smooth with much less effort. Not sure if I got a bad MM cable, it was routed and adjusted correctly. I once read that stiff clutch pedals are almost 90% cable related, I'm a believer now.
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Interesting!
I have a mm cable in my 90 coupe and it's the stiffest clutch pedal of the 4 clutch cars we have. I think it has a king cobra clutch with who knows how many miles. At some point I have a feeling the T5 will need to be replaced.
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I have a King Cobra clutch, and stock cable and quadrant in my car and the clutch is like butter. My KC is one of the older ones from early 2000s that advertised a 10% reduction in pedal effort.
In comparison the stock clutch in my 2000GT is much stiffer. When I drive both cars back to back it’s a noticeable difference in how much softer the KC clutch is.
In comparison the stock clutch in my 2000GT is much stiffer. When I drive both cars back to back it’s a noticeable difference in how much softer the KC clutch is.
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