Messages

Off the tread, you might try Kirker automotive for paint. They only have 40 colors, though. I buy it from smartshoppersinc.com. The red urethane is $71 for 3 qts and 1 qt of activator.

Does anybody know if a newer GM disc brake spindle interchanges without too much work?

The thunderbird from 89 up is the independent rear. It has an 8.8 center section. The 83 to 88 all has the 7.5 which alot of the rangers and non v8 mustangs have.

I used a Granada on my 53 truck. I made a spacer for the large bearing, shortened the length of the spindle, threaded it some more, made an L shaped bracket to bolt the top of the caliper mount to. The bottom of the bracket bolted to the bottom bracket on the spindle. There may have been an inner bearing that was the correct size, I just didn't research it. I removed the entire brake system from the donor car. No engineering  needed. I just did install the Royal stainless king pin and bearing kit sold by SSB. My first impressions have been positive. If it lasts forever, it'll be great.

I just spent all day installing a repo grille and lineing up the hood and fenders. I didn't replace the hood hinges and they have a small amount of slop. I'm screwed. It's going to have to wait till later. The gaps are even but too large. The grille was a mess. I don't know if the grille is at fault or the truck itself. The original grille fit without  any trouble. There were several places the new one appeared  to be wrong. Out comes the die grinder and spacers. I'm determined to put the doors on and be sealed up tommorrow.  Weather forecast is for snow tom. I may shoot myself.

The ford sel. has 2 large post and 2 small posts. The large are battery in and starter out. The 2 small posts are extra voltage when cranking to the coil and the other one energizies the sel.

Everything looks good except the snow. I HATE WINTER.

Maybe the result of a high speed reverse. If the car has a trans brake, that could cause that after repeated launches. I believe all the aftermarket planetary sets have better alloy in the shafts and gears.

I had another successful weekend. I installed the stereo system, installed carpet, finished the seat brackets, made a new panel to fit in the original dash grille for the receiver, changed the front mount for the console so it's stable. I was all set to take some pics and the batteries in the camera were to discharged to work. I still need a headliner, door panels, and a rear panel. The rear has obstacles because some of the stereo equipment is behind the seats. It's going to take more thinking.  I'm hoping that I'll have it all assembled by the end of next weekend. I will still have the rear fenders left but at least the truck can be out of the garage. My gagrage isn't very big. Working and having the truck in at the same time is difficult. I hope everyone had a good weekend.
Ps. the weather here was real poor.

I have the aod in my truck. I'd install a shift kit before installing the trans. Without it, the trans is a granny shifter. Wide open shifts are about 3800 rpm. I'm going to put in a transgo kit before summer.

The 2v heads will have fair low end. The 4v heads will have no low end. The original Boss had 2.25 intakes. Some of the other clevelands had 2.19's. The smaller valves are better for all around use. I would only do this if I wanted something different. None of the older motors have the street performance of the small port 5.0 head motors.

I changed over to mozilla firefox. That eliminates all of the pop ups. I've been using it for a couple of months now with no problems.

You guys hit below the belt.  Way below.

Not yet but I will. I've got everything removed installing stereo equip. What a pain. Back when you put in 2 speakers and a radio, life was simple.  When I get finished with the stereo junk, I need carpet and door, headliner stuff and I'll reinstall everything again. Then I think I'll have pictures worth looking at.

I've got the seats out of a 99 300m and the console out of a 02 Durango. The colors match but the console was too long for where it needed to be. It had a cup holder right where my floor shifter is. The cup holder went to the trash in short order. It has 2 more cup holders at the front of it and lots of storage space inside. There's also a 12 volt plugin inside the console. This stuff all came fron ebay.