3-11-04
Stainless flexible brake lines installed, front brakes assembled.
Lower control arms and rear swaybar pressure washed and primered black, then installed.
And a random picture of the new rear end about to be bolted in, complete with ford motorsports aluminum driveshaft, ford motorsports 3.73 gears and traktion lock diff.
3-15-04
Rear end swap completed :)
Also completed by difficult to take pictures of:
Gas tank swap (worried about bad gas in the tank that was in the white car when purchased, plus this tank had a full tank of gas, lol)
new fuel filter
fuel lines swapped
rear brake line swapped
stainless steer flexible rear brake line (replaced rubber line)
new drum brake hardware, wheel cylinder, and brake shoes
quad shock mounting plates swapped over
tomorrows task is to buy new rear shocks, and install them along with the quad shocks and springs. Then install the speedometer cable, steering column, and figure out the wiring needed for the 5 speed tranny swap that is being done. Can't forget to install the engine computer.
the list of things left to do is getting so much smaller! Hopefully this week I can tear the engine apart and replace the rear main seal, pilot bearing, throwout bearing, install a windage tray (wee, 5-10hp for $40! all it does is stop the engine crank from spinning in oil in the oil pan or the oil "fumes" that are in the area, and scraps oil lightly off of the crank as it rotates.) and new oil pump, and new bellhousing (the one on the wrecked 5.0 coupe was cracked in the accident).
The end is in sight!
