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Mm firewall adjuster binding when bolting to firewall
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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Hidley" data-source="post: 16166540" data-attributes="member: 17703"><p>Mr. and Mr. Vance,</p><p></p><p>In about 15 years, I've only seen this problem happen one other time. That was a couple years ago, also on an SN95 Mustang. </p><p></p><p>Ford obviously tries to build every car the same, but in certain cases that just isn't possible. In this case I think that the floor of the cowl was either bent a little differently or someone held it in the wrong location when they started spot welding it in place. When you really start to look into this stuff, there are a lot of potential ways that parts don't end up in exactly the same location, when they are not designed to. </p><p></p><p>Someone could have dropped the cowl piece before it got to the chassis. It looks unbent, so they go to put it in the car. Or it gets bent and someone reworks it not quite perfectly. In either case, once that part has been welded into the car with 15 spot welds, no one is going to pull it off the production line. The floor of it might be 1/8" lower than normal in that area, but without some type of measured inspection, no one will ever see that. This is especially true of any large weldment. They change shape as they are assembled and you can't rely on the exact shape of each individual part to make sure that the overall structure is correct. </p><p></p><p>When you are dealing with machined parts that are bolted together, the resulting tolerances are going to be much, much tighter. </p><p></p><p>In your case, I do agree that using a long, large diameter punch to push the cowl floor up in that area is going to be the best fix. I'll be surprised if you have to move it more than 0.060" or so. </p><p></p><p>BTW, excellent photos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack Hidley, post: 16166540, member: 17703"] Mr. and Mr. Vance, In about 15 years, I've only seen this problem happen one other time. That was a couple years ago, also on an SN95 Mustang. Ford obviously tries to build every car the same, but in certain cases that just isn't possible. In this case I think that the floor of the cowl was either bent a little differently or someone held it in the wrong location when they started spot welding it in place. When you really start to look into this stuff, there are a lot of potential ways that parts don't end up in exactly the same location, when they are not designed to. Someone could have dropped the cowl piece before it got to the chassis. It looks unbent, so they go to put it in the car. Or it gets bent and someone reworks it not quite perfectly. In either case, once that part has been welded into the car with 15 spot welds, no one is going to pull it off the production line. The floor of it might be 1/8" lower than normal in that area, but without some type of measured inspection, no one will ever see that. This is especially true of any large weldment. They change shape as they are assembled and you can't rely on the exact shape of each individual part to make sure that the overall structure is correct. When you are dealing with machined parts that are bolted together, the resulting tolerances are going to be much, much tighter. In your case, I do agree that using a long, large diameter punch to push the cowl floor up in that area is going to be the best fix. I'll be surprised if you have to move it more than 0.060" or so. BTW, excellent photos. [/QUOTE]
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