[lilgrneyes]

Originally Posted by 302Feen

Is that you'r T-56 in the "after" pic??

That rear end looks really good, and heather said that you (Pete) painted it right???

Actually, Feen, that is the old T-5 that came out of the car originally. We had to haul it up to the Auto Craft shop to remove the clutch fork and pivot ball. The install kit for the T-56 didn't come with those items.

I did say that Pete painted the rear axle. A couple of rattle cans of high temp black is all that it took. Well that and lots of bits of wire wheels stuck in our faces, arms and pant legs.

Reggie.......

the sm@rt a$$ version.......

Cut us some slack or something!!

Apparently when it comes to the man building the engine.....
You can't rush perfection.... or something to that effect.

No seriously, he has a really bad habit of taking on more than he can finish from time to time. We just ended up getting shuffled for awhile.

There is a DEADLINE here just in case anyone was wondering about that.

I have another month and a half to get the car up and running. So that means that 3 nights a week, the kids get to be bored sick after school, so I can spend some quality time turning wrenches.....go figure...LOL.

Hey, Hog. Thanks for joining us on our adventure through the 93 looking glass....

[PETESGT]

Originally Posted by RLG34750

looks good....

as with everything else thats been done on the car.....


now entering the building smart @ss Reggie.....

i remember when this whole thing started it was suppose to be done in 59 days......


smart @$$ Reggie has left the building.....

I am still laughing my @ss off

[HogDriverWanabe]

Since I know you replaced your entire suspension and rear, I'll ask this here and see if anyone reading can help...

I'm about to do the rebuild and have read a lot about suspensions over the past couple weeks... however, i know nothing about how to remove or install the components and I'd like to do it all myself... i know you guys found out some good info when trying to do the struts without the engine in...

would anyone be able to point me in the direction of a full write-up on how to do the un-install and re-install... what special tools are required, good techniques for how to do it, what logical order i should follow, etc...

the final idea is to build a suspension that will handle well in basic city driving but will be able to lock it down hard on the dragstrip when required

any input is greatly appreciated as i know you guys have a lot of work on your hands as it is...

[PETESGT]

I'll let Reggie respond. That guy....always has some hyper link rolladex just laying around.

I think in short by looking at your mods you have already done rear work? All of its pretty straight forward nuts bolts etc. I think the MAJOR hassle with our front end was that the engine was out and there for there wasn't any "down" weight on the front to slide the struts in. Let me know and I'll give Reggie a couple min to fire back.

I'll ready my thick skin for any and ALL comments he might have

[noble steed]

While you are waiting on Reggie...

The front springs are probably the most troubled part to replace, unless you have the 350 dollar spring compressor...believe me the ones the you can rent will not get the job done without personal injury.

[RLG34750]

Originally Posted by HogDriverWanabe

would anyone be able to point me in the direction of a full write-up on how to do the un-install and re-install... what special tools are required, good techniques for how to do it, what logical order i should follow, etc...

ok here is a good start for you it is link to replacing the springs it will give the basic for most of what you need to start the front end suspension upgrades

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...ml#post1305310

you might want to start a new thread so we don't hijack this thread

if you need more info just let me know i should be able to get you pointed in the right direction

Originally Posted by PETESGT

I'll let Reggie respond. That guy....always has some hyper link rolladex just laying around.

I'll give Reggie a couple min to fire back.

I'll ready my thick skin for any and ALL comments he might have

I have nothing to say other than i think your wife is doing a fine job building your car......

[lilgrneyes]

Originally Posted by HogDriverWanabe

Since I know you replaced your entire suspension and rear, I'll ask this here and see if anyone reading can help...

I'm about to do the rebuild and have read a lot about suspensions over the past couple weeks... however, i know nothing about how to remove or install the components and I'd like to do it all myself... i know you guys found out some good info when trying to do the struts without the engine in...

would anyone be able to point me in the direction of a full write-up on how to do the un-install and re-install... what special tools are required, good techniques for how to do it, what logical order i should follow, etc...

the final idea is to build a suspension that will handle well in basic city driving but will be able to lock it down hard on the dragstrip when required

any input is greatly appreciated as i know you guys have a lot of work on your hands as it is...

Your best bet for the special tools is O'Reilly Auto Parts. I am not sure about the store in other places, but here, you deposit the replacement cost of the tool. When you return it, they refund all of your money. We did that with a really nice pair of internal coil spring compressors, but they wouldn't fit through the A arms.

I will find some time this weekend and put something together for you......

Although I am not sure we did it the best or most highly recommended way . The other part that will make a difference as far as the springs are concerned is whether or not you already have lowering springs on the car.

Special tools....hmmmmm......

I know that we needed a couple 21mm 1/2 in drive sockets along with 18mm 1/2 drive sockets. If you have a complete 1/2in drive socket set with decent rachets you should be good for the most part.
Having an extra 15mm, 18mm, and 21mm would help you alot unless you like box wrenches.

Oh and a really good breaker bar!!! We went down to the local hardware store and got 2 15 in lengths of pipe and a threaded female to female connector for them. It worked wonderfully!

Torque wrenches are another thing we had to borrow from O'Reilly's. We broke one 125 ft/lb max wrench, and had to borrow a similar one and a 225 ft/lb max. The strut to spindle bolts are supposed to be torqued (I believe) to 190 - 225. Don't have the spec sheet in front of me, so that may be off just a bit.

Find out if the new struts you are buying are supposed to use the stock nut or are provided with a new nut!!!!

Strange uses a stock strut nut, and the previous owner put struts in that used a different nut. It has created a head ache for me.

As for the struts going back in with no engine...... you have to ask the non smart a$$ Reggie about that!

His re-install went much more smoothly than mine did. I did after all need 400lbs of sand bags and about 800lbs of human body in the engine bay to get those B@STARDS back in..... LMAO.

Give me an idea of what you are planning to actually replace or rework both front and rear.

For example, are you planning to rebuild the rear end also? If so, are you going to do it with it totally removed from the car or leave it in there? It actually does make a difference when you are re-installing upper and lower rear control arms, etc.
Are you changing your brakes to disc all around? Changing the axle shafts from 28 spline to 31? LMAO.... it really is an endless number of possibilities!

H

[lilgrneyes]

Originally Posted by RLG34750

I have nothing to say other than i think your wife is doing a fine job building your car......

Here is the wife's comment to that......

Reggie, the sooner his car is done........
The sooner I get to build my car..........
MY WAY!!!!!
I guess it is give and take that way!

[RLG34750]

just an FYI.... i created a new post for HogDriverWanabe

i didn't want it to distract from this one which BTW is one of the best documented builds have seen in years.....

so if you want to help him out you can find it here .....

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/5-0l-talk/167319-need-advice-opinions-complete-suspension-upgrade.html

[noble steed]

I agree with Reggie here. This documentation is far superior to any I have seen in my time...(21 years)

You all are doing a fine job here.

[lilgrneyes]

Originally Posted by RLG34750

just an FYI.... i created a new post for HogDriverWanabe

i didn't want it to distract from this one which BTW is one of the best documented builds have seen in years.....

so if you want to help him out you can find it here .....

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/5-0l-talk/167319-need-advice-opinions-complete-suspension-upgrade.html

AAAAWWWWWW, Reggie, that is so nice of you!


I will get back on topic tomorrow...... when I am not suffering from sleep deprivation......school SUCKS!!!

[lilgrneyes]

Originally Posted by noble steed

I agree with Reggie here. This documentation is far superior to any I have seen in my time...(21 years)

You all are doing a fine job here.

Thank you Steed! I will forego the sarcastic tone with you though....LOL.

[PETESGT]

Originally Posted by RLG34750

I have nothing to say other than i think your wife is doing a fine job building your car......

Ahh you crack me up. Can't argue this point...hmm Hey thanks for the compliments though you and Steed.
I'm still in shock lmao

[lilgrneyes]

I told you guys I would get back on topic.....it just took me longer than I originally thought. (Shouldn't surprise anyone around here with our track record ).

I did spend last Wednesday evening working on the car with Kenny the Mad Scientist <that is what he looks like. Anyways, we were putting the rear end back together.... or at least we thought we were.

We pressed the new bearings onto the ECTED, which was easy enough. Then we pulled the old bearing off the old pinion to see how it was shimmed. Put the new shim on the new pinion...pressed the new bearing on....put the race(?) in the rearend and proceeded to tighten down the pinion nut.

We couldn't get the side to side movement to stop until the pinion gear would no longer freely spin. We also couldn't get the crush bearing(?) to seat properly.

So the Mad Scientist pulls the whole thing apart and starts looking at both the new pinion gear and the old one. He gets out his micrometer and starts measuring them both.

He was rather surprised because the backspacing was off by the shim. The surprise was because that was the first time he had ever had the backspacing end up being different between the old pinion and the new one.

We didn't get anything else accomplished that night because there was no way for us to press the bearing back onto the pinion without crushing the carrier. (the race was already firmly seated in the axle housing)

There were a few explitives that resulted due to the fact that the shop had just gone through a very very thorough cleaning. Ordinarily there would have been an extra race laying around that would have fit perfectly, allowing us to finish the rearend that night.


Since then, nothing has happened. Kenny was sick Friday and today. I wouldn't have gotten up there today anyways cause I have a sick kiddie right now.

Something cool did happen today!!!!

We FINALLY got the fuel rails and regulator in today!!! They were on backorder for the last almost 2 months because Aeromotive couldn't get the laser etching right on the Trick Flow product. I didn't know until I started making phone calls and harrassing sales people that Aeromotive actually manufactured the Trick Flow fuel system that we got. HMMMMM......

Anyways, I took some pics for you guys to see the cool new parts......It is like Christmas around here all year long!!!!!

H

[RLG34750]

Those look great.....

and it is the good stuff i have the same setup from aeromotive

Is is christmas everyday at your house......