Black 2005 SDS Mustang, I feel your pain!

 

them 4.0s were peppy ntm strong... can run 20 psi on race gas without upgrading any of the internals (i dont count injectors as internals)... i wish the pain was holding up on mine though... trunk lid and hood both need some painting..

 

Dave, only stripper that's gentle on plastics I've found is citristrip from Lowe's. Used it to strip aluminum wheels and strip plastic atv parts. Aircraft stripper destroys everything that's not steel, even then itll eat through the can.

 

Helped dad reseal the driveway, surprised 14-5 gallon pails fit in the back of the ST. More surprised 700 lbs didn't have it on the bumpstops

 

Aircraft stripper works great on powdercoated parts... did that with a set of rims that the paint was chipping off of... was nice how it made the paint easily peel off... then i repainted where i stripped the old paint off...

 

Well got some stuff done to the truck so far this weekend.






Steering is officially wrapped up, and body back together. Also got the drive shaft loop in around the front drive shaft to hopefully keep it off the transmission if it breaks. I fired it up a few more times. Just need to dial in timing and try to back it out of the garage.

Hope to get it out of the garage and on the trailer today, and make a few test passes 🤞 still got to get the back window in it though but that's not a deal breaker for test passes.

 

Yesterday got out in the garage about 4:30 got measurements for a member then got on the truck.
When I was prepping the cab for paint I found 1 of the 2 gas tank vents was loose and I knew it would leak so I ordered 2 new valves and grommets and installed them before the bed goes back on.

I then installed the front shocks to get them out from under foot.
I also saw I did not install the grease fittings for the kingpins so need to find them and install when I nut & bolt the truck before it hits the road.

With that done I moved the truck out so I could get intimate on the bed
I saw some of the primer on the top of the bed rails that was peeling off so I hit it with the sander and fond the rails were not too flat and would stick out compared to the cab so mixed up some filler and made them flatter.

I then figured how I was going to hang the bed panels and took the bed apart.
I was going to paint the white on the fenders like I did the cab but I don't have the room to hang everything at 1 time.
I also had to put the truck in the house garage leaving the wife's can out side, my other project car is on the other side of the house garage. We are also going on holiday and did not want to leave my DD outside.
So I will get the red paint on the rear sill on the bed floor the 2 side panels and the front this way I can mount the floor and the painted panels on the truck and stick it back in my garage when we are away.
When We get back I will then do the fenders and mount them to the bed and painting should be done.

I wet sanded the fenders, primed the bed rails and a few places on the fenders.
Used drip check sealer on some seams so water cant get in and cause rust, still have a few more to do yet.
Washed the bed floor to get the dirt up as I want to roll on a coat of bed liner so it looks good again as I had to use white paint to mark where I needed to trim the floor.

So this is what I started with

and 6:30pm this is what the bed looked like.

And if that was not enough I cut the grass till 9:30pm
Dave ----

 

Today Got paint on the bed sides, front panel and the rear sill of the bed.
I had no room for the tail gate or the 2 fenders & running boards with my sons stuff in my garage.
I also put a coat of bed liner on the floor of the bed as I used white paint so I could mark it for trimming and the rest was looking nasty, now looks pretty good.

With that done I can mount the bed floor the 2 sides & front panel and part the truck back in my garage till I can get more red paint for the other parts and have time to paint them.
I also primed yesterday the bolts that hold the sides to the floor and gave them some paint today.

I still need to paint the rest of the bolts & nuts don't know just how I am going to do it yet and not mess them up when I install them?


I also forgot I tested the intermittent wipers yesterday and they work. I got the switch & box off Ebay and they said it worked but I had no way of testing till I got the wiper motor assy. installed.
Dave ----

 

lol i love the garden trailer holding up the bed lol that just hilarious...

 

Just going to punch them through cardboard and spray the whole sheet? As for not scratching them when installing. It's just a slow process. However as long as the threads are clean and you are using six point sockets, it should be fairly clean. Maybe touch up with a q-tip if it's needed. I mean, it is going to be hauling trash right, and not a show queen... or is it...

 

Finally decided to add a third gauge to the a pillar for coolant temp. Shaped, primed and painted the pod, cut the a pillar trim for clearance, repaired some cracks, primed and painted it, ran some wires, started wrapping them up in harness tape last night. Replaced the coolant overflow on the f250 with an intact one, fairly hard to find. Reykeyed the bed cover I picked up for the sport Trac, at least now I can unlock it from the outside. Need to get back working on the John Deere now it's cooled off. Just started a night class for automotive painting.

 

i just cant figure out why im so sore today...

 

Wow your effort really shows Shawn! Looks great!

 

Thanks... I washed the truck, and the stang the same day.. but when i was washing the stang despite the soapy water running off like it full of glitter (but actually full of dirt) the body still felt like it was made of sand paper... so ended up claying it and then waxing it too... now it feels smooth again... atleast where the paints still in good shape... theres a few spots im not happy with... in the middle pic you can see down the left side of the hood a 2' section where the color coats flaking off down to the primer... the last pic just in front of the amber reflector you can see where the paints colors faded on the top of the bumper.. theres spots on the top of the doors just under the glass that has spider webbed and all across the trunk lid its got places where its flaked, spiderwebbed and some places bubbled... really annoys me...

ironically the ding just behind the same reflector i got in the move down here... guessing a rock got flung so hard into it that it not only dented the steel panel but chipped the paint away down to the bare metal... have it filled in with touch up so not so worried about that one.. but still annoyed with all the rest of the problems... but it has sat outside in the sun all its life... just cant figure out why its doing that though...

wonder if i can get dave to come over and fix the paint issues for me

 

Shawn try some meguiars #7 glaze on the faded paint. Works miracles