Nice, mine was an 82 mustang 200 6 1 bbl carb 3 spd c-4 with new tires and a single cherry bomb tied into the original piping... Parents got it for $200 on my 16 bday and the PO said the motor was seized but we threw a battery at it and some gas and drove it around the block within an hour of it arriving. It even had all the smog garbage and squirrels had lived in it for 4+ years so everything smelled gross and was chewed up

 

Cool, sorry for hijacking the thread. I get distracted so easily.

Jim

 

Hahaha ya i know the feeling. So did you get any new parts lately Brett?

 

I did in fact

My bushing kit came in. I've been feeling sick last few days so I haven't done any work.

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I figure if I order enough from Rockauto they may eventually send me a Ford Magnet.

Looks like this kit will work well. I had to squeeze the u bolt a bit to get the bracket on. I may drill the hole out a bit. have to see how much flex I have once its on the axle.

 

Nice! What bushings are those for? I will eventually need to get some bushings so i will have to check into RockAuto and see if they have what i need

 

They are to mount the rear sway bar to the axle. Moog of course.

 

Ah i thought thats what they were but i wasn't sure. I need to look into moog stuff, for my ball joint and my tie rod ends if i decide to do those.

 

Awesome, I haven't made any progress on the truck lately, but my Van bracket and Saginaw steering pump will be here early nest week according to UPS. Thanks to Thumper19 for finding one in a PnP for me.

 

Sweet, always good to have connections

Jim

 

I have refrained from posting too much comments on this thread because i see it as a very big write up, it's getting a little chatty lately, but the info is great, i hope you get well soon and start installing all those amazing parts.

 

what he said^^^^^^^^^^^

 

Ok guys, I had my Tool Time hat on today and got some work done. I swapped out hubs for my new Milemarker Premiums and I did get my floor shifter working. Pics to come once I get home!

 

I hope my write-up came in handy.

 

I decided to go ahead and swap my hubs over today. I wanted to check my torque on the spindle nuts anyway. There wasn't anything wrong with the SuperWinch hubs, but I got the MM Premiums as a gift so I figured I better use them. Besides looks the Superwinch only has a quarter turn to engage while the MM have a full 7/8 turn to lock/unlock.

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I didn't take a picture of them installed as I was preoccupied with diving into my floor shifter Project.

I had to adjust the cable a bit to attach to the linkage, but that was fairly easy because the cable is threaded at both ends to line things up better. This mechanical portion went smoothly and worked great, but you throw in a MLPS sensor and everything becomes complicated.

The MLPS sensor that I had purchased from Advance auto (shoulda got Motorcraft, I know) didn't work with my linkage set-up. I have a different rod and linkage then stock, so I didn't expect this to be easy, but I kind of hoped...

The problem was that I couldn't get the reverse lights to come on. I adjusted the sensor every nanomillimeter, but it wasn't happening. So i took the bolts out and gave it a whirl like the Price is Right. The reverse lights did come on, but there was no way I could bolt the sensor on in this position....or was there!

I ended up having to drill out and extend the slots so that I could position the sensor better.

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Don't worry too much as the sensor is contained in a sealed portion from where the slots are. The metal is aluminum so its easy to trim with a set of Dikes.

Here is the linkage after I got it all hooked up:

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Some people may not run into most of the issues I've run into. I had to modify the install due to my Y-pipe location. The linkage was originally supposed to hang down instead of up like stock, but as you can see, my exhaust is there.

I did test drive it. Everything seems to work, I couldn't start in Park, but it started fine in N, so I think I have to adjust my cable a tiny bit more. Due to my linkage being on top my shift pattern is reversed, but I actually like it. I have to make a new sticker to label the gears, but it is so much nicer having a floor shifter.

 

It sure did Encho. I needed to check some spec real quick and didn't wanna try and find my Haynes manual.