Moon's workin on stuff thread

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Moon's workin on stuff thread

Reply #15 – January 28, 2019, 02:33:12 AM

Alright another little update gotta keep Stealth posted on his old car and a little on my Cougar.

MM solid steering rack bushings installed. Huge difference in feel. also did a brake job on the car and replaced the front bearings finally got rid of that shake
https://imgur.com/a/fD5QgAk

Installed fox ball joints into the moog sn95 control arms
https://imgur.com/a/Q9VUJBo

Installed the A/C delete bracket on the Cougar and I have gotten all the parts for the front end with the exception of the sway bar end links and bushings. I just have to figure out belt length now
https://imgur.com/a/xjMIR28

My last day at the D.O.C. is the 2nd and I can't be happier to be free of that place. I do like that you're staying around the forum Stealth!

Moon's workin on stuff thread

Reply #16 – January 29, 2019, 03:03:08 PM

My curiosity is well rewarded, thanks for the pics. Solid rack bushings sounds like a good upgrade. The crisp steering was always a delight on that car. That rack may have a different gear ratio so be careful about ever letting it go for a core. I knew the ft rotors were scored by the rivets, but was going to replace them with the drilled Mustang rotors. If you replace the ft. brake hoses, be sure to use the Mustang design, it has a longer metal pipe between the caliper and where the hose is crimped on for heat isolation. Glad to see you using the car and I'm glad every time I go out to the shop and don't have to move it outside first thing! Good luck with the job change.

Moon's workin on stuff thread

Reply #17 – January 29, 2019, 08:36:44 PM

Once the Cougar gets back on the road I'm gonna start planning out more upgrades for the Thunderbird. I have a Mustang cam and Mark VII ECU for the Thunderbird. So I'm gonna pick up injectors once I'm sure I have the job I interviewed for. I want to pick up some 15" or 16" wheels for I can do a v8 spindle swap on it. I'm having trouble figuring out what wheels I want on the car because I love how the stock wheels look, but sadly being 14" there's no way they would work with the bigger brakes. I absolutely love driving the car there's nothing like one of these Fox Cats or T-Birds.

Moon's workin on stuff thread

Reply #18 – January 31, 2019, 04:53:37 PM

Yeah, the wheels still look good but there are no H-rated tires for them nowadays.

Moon's workin on stuff thread

Reply #19 – February 14, 2019, 09:30:11 PM

pulled dash gotta work through the wiring. I'm only wanting to keep my heater and rear defrost. I'm gonna pull out all the wiring for the radio and eventually redo it with as simple and light setup as possible. Any tips or wiring diagrams to help me with this? Also any other tips on what I should do while I've got this pulled apart are greatly appreciated. Just trying to get the car as light as possible

https://imgur.com/a/UCZqdjj

Re: Moon's workin on stuff thread

Reply #20 – April 04, 2019, 01:19:33 PM

little update

I have carb swapped the cougar, gutted the wiring and put together most of the front end just waiting on parts
gotta finish the wiring and install a shifter for the trans. I would like to manual swap, but a manual swap is a lot of money so that's gonna require some saving. Re-doing the exhaust for the umpteen time also.

s-10 air installed in front of the original lip location. Moog sn95 replacement control arms with Moog fox ball joints installed, new springs, shocks, 11' brakes with SVO rotors. Also reman 15:1 rack installed with MM steering shaft and solid rack bushings. Turbocoupe front bar and mustang rear bar waiting to be installed.

https://imgur.com/a/NYLQltJ