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Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #15 –
Thanks. Just found out I meet my new lawyer on Thursday regarding my truck. If I get a good settlement out of that, the cougar might be promoted from DD to project car before it even gets running :D

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #16 –
Got the rear wheels on it...but had some clearance issues on the front... So either have to get spacers so they wont rub the struts, or possibly rob the Rotors and calipers from the mustang... Putting on wheels cant even go right with this thing :mad:



The exhaust in the pic will be removed tomorrow hopefully... If I can ever get a few Fing hours in the garage :mad:

After the sun went down, Took off the upper intake to to find a coolant line that was clogged full of muddy looking stuff... So I broke it... No excuse not to replace it now... Then taking off the lower intake, I broke a bolt off and rage quit... My buddy says he can get the rest of the bolt out when the sun comes up... IDGAF, ready to trash the whole engine and get one from the junkyard.

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #17 –
Any progress is still progress. I don't know that I'd replace a whole engine because of a broken bolt,though. When you're building an old car, you have to expect set backs. I've said this before, mine came from the salvage yard. It was an uphill battle for a long time, now, it's just little things from time to time that are still 24 years old I have to tend with.Everything else has been swapped out at this point. Be patient and it'll pay off.

For the front wheels, just get the thinnest spacer you can get away with for the wheels. Use large washers as a reference first to see how thick you need the spacers. They sell them on Ebay for cheap. What size are the front tires? I'm guessing the wheels are 17x9's.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

Wrecked my ranger, getting a Cougar

Reply #18 –
Think the tires are 245/45/17 but not sure... Its not just that bolt.... Its the fact that its been sitting for so long and it seems like a lot of bolts are rusted... Thats the second one Ive broke, and quite a few more werent in the best condition. The bolts for the valve covers were all hand tight... I literally didnt need a wrench to take them off.... Might have to buy 1/4" spacers i think... but I would rather just go with the mustang rotors and calipers if possible (if they will make it where I dont need spacers), because mine look pretty py/rusted and there is a lug stud missing from one of them... I'm sure we will go with the cheapest option in the end... Everything that had coolant in/near it is caked with crud or rusted... or both

PS...Im not quitting, but I probably wont be working on it for a few days... Too frustrated with it at the moment.