I had a friend use his powerstroke diesel-equipped F250 pull my T-bird up to the garage today, finally. It was funny, he practically idled it up there, the only time I heard the thing start to strain and the turbo spool was at the steepest part of the hill.
Anyway, it's now right near the garage so I have little excuse not to work on it when I have the time. Incase some of you don't know, or forgot, it needs a rear, the 7.5 took a dump about a year ago. Since then I've gotten a mustang 8.8 3.73:1 Trac-Lok unit for a mere $50 woth of cigarettes (my buddy's a big smoker, I'm not in prison).
My dilemma now is whether to install the rear end myself or just have somoene do it. Before you tell me how stupid it is to pay someone to do it, let me explain a few important points:
- The car has been sitting for over a year, those bolts have GOT to be rusty.
- I'm already having the rear end sent to a guy reccomended by eric to basically go over it, do new bearings, etc. So it would only be a small amount more to have him actually install the rear end.
- The brake lines will need to be fabbed up as they're different betwee t-bird and mustang. One thing I cannot do is brake lines.
So, am I total pansy-ass for thinking about having the guy put it in the car, too? Eric, I'd appreciate your feedback on this as well.
As much as I'd love to be able to do the work to my own car I'll likely have to pay (or sucker) somebody else to do it - my back injuries make it highly unlikely I'll be rolling about on the ground under the car putting a rear end in.
I've also paid to have other stuff done, even stuff that wasn't too heavy for my back (like brakes on the Dakota, gas tank in the T-Bird), just because I did not have the time to do it myself and it had to be done.
It all comes down to this: If you think it'll be enjoyable and educational to install your rear end, do it yourself. If it's something you'd rather jerk off with a fistfull of thumbtacks than tackle yourself, get somebody else to do it. There's no shame in having somebody work on your car provided you know you can trust that somebody...
Brian...don't be a cooch. :tg:
I'll give my dude a holler and see what he says.
hmmmmm is that like the "stranger" cuz i like that?
Brian if it wasn't like a 2.5 hour drive I would come up and help you install the rear. I can do brake lines, very well actually.
I'm good at supervising, standing there, sitting there, picking my nose and flicking the boogers away, and making lewd comments..... would that help :dunno: ???
Swap the brake lines over. Good to go. That's what I did.
yeah you may want to run you backing plates and drums bc the mustang got a smaller bore ..........drew a blank.???? i know the t-bird is a 1 inch bore as to the smaller ???? mustang one.