Thanks guys,

As ALWAYS and USUAL i can count on my FORD family to help me out of a plot...now all i have to do is find me a rearend and get some gears...be looking for that explorer or mustang....off to the great junkyards in el paso, tx!!!!!



James

 

Word of advice on wrecking yard rear ends....

Picked up one back around Nov. Up here wrecking yards tend to take the wheels off everything they get, hence leaving the vehicles sitting on the drums/discs, etc.

My rear end had so much rust on the housing where the center section had been sitting on the ground that when i started cleaning it off (with a wire wheel in a drill) I went right through the housing. uncovered two different pin holes where the lube actual started leaking out. There were many additional spots where the housing looked as thin as sheet metal.

Yes, they took it back without any hassles and found me another in better shape, but....

(Why do they do that? Why do they take the wheels off?)

 

(Why do they do that? Why do they take the wheels off?)


RMF

'rage told me they take them off so they can sell them. That guy just knows everything doesn't he?

'fenders

 

'Fenders,

'Rage couldn'ta told you that, cause I don't think that's the reason. I mean they take the wheels off everything, even Volare-eh-eh's.

Maybe there's some rule about seperating the tires into a seperate area or something.....Sure the rots the h*ll out of the floors, diffs, etc.

All the Mustang II's were missing their upper control arms and spindles as well.....

oh well....

 

<<<'Fenders,
'Rage couldn'ta told you that, cause I don't think that's the reason.>>>

RMF

Sure he did. Here's an excerpt from a recent email......

‘fenders

How have you been? Did you know that salvage yards take the rims and tires off from their cars and sell them to people? Just thought you would like to know that.

Catch you on the boards,
‘rage

I don't know what else you need RMF. By the way, 'fenders is not capitalized, don't let it happen again.

'fenders

Think I'll go work on my truck now.

 

.... By the way, 'fenders is not capitalized, don't let it happen again.
>
>'fenders
>


That's right, capitalize a name and it shows respect - we don't need none of that nonsense around here!!

 

>That's right, capitalize a name and it shows respect - we
>don't need none of that nonsense around here!!

It'll take a he|| of a lot more than a capital letter for Fenders to get any respect.

George

Truck restoration - does the fun ever start?
See my 1956 F-250 in progress at www.clubfte.com/users/earl/index.html

 

Just in case anyone thinks poor fergie is being picked on without provocation, need I remind you who coined the Oh so popular FTE phrase "girly 302"

'fenders



54 F100
Engine - will be 351w
(last resort would be one of those little, girly 302's)
Tranny - Auto with OD
Rear end - 72 Mustang 9"
Fr. susp. - 99% chance it will be 75-79 Mopar torsion bar IFS

RMF

 

<<<It'll take a he|| of a lot more than a capital letter for Fenders to get any respect.>>>

George

That post was a beautiful thing. I know you realize there will be a price to pay and you did it anyway.

'fenders

 

Yet again my name get drug into something I was nowhere near. How does one go about changing their user name?!?:P

 

How does one go about changing their user name?!?

'rage

It won't do any good. You'll start tearing me up with your new user ID and I'll know it's really you.

'fenders

 

It's o.k. 'Rage,

I knew it was just another spurious attack on my good name by that ner-do-well 'fenders.

I just chalk it up to feelings of inadaquecy caused by the small size of his torsion bars...sort of like p*n*s envy.

 

Hey RMF

OK, I admit it, I don't really know why they take the wheels off the cars at the salvage yard. Selling them was just a theory. Why not call them and ask?

I can see my work is done here, I will move on to a newer and better thread.

'fenders
little "f"..........Big Torsion Bars