MrQ's Red Flyer

[Sbyrne97]

Clean looking first gen...keep up the good work!!!

 

[MrQ]

Thanks!

 

[MrQ]

It has finally cooled down enough down here to work on the tie rods tomorrow. Hopefully, I can put off the alignment for now if the new ends tighten up the front end.

 

[MrQ]

...And they did. It took me a little while, but I can definitely feel a difference in the steering. $50 and 3 hours beats $754 ANY DAY!!

 

[MrQ]

Parts needed for conversion to a 3.73 4x4

--Front drive shaft -$25

--4x4 rear drive shaft - $25

-T-case skid plates - ?

-4x4 speedometer cable - ?

-Rear Axle matching front gears - $200

--Complete front axle assembly- $200

--4x4 brake rotors

--4x4 steering linkages

--4x4 radius arms

--Manual Hubs - $50

--Coils

--Transfer case - $170

--A4LD Transmission Extension - $25

-Manual Shift Linkage for TC - ??

--Replace w/ 4x4 A4LD - $75

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Total Spent So Far = $445

 

[Hitchhikingmike]

...And they did. It took me a little while, but I can definitely feel a difference in the steering. $50 and 3 hours beats $754 ANY DAY!!

Great!!

 

[black91EB]

man i shoulda been following this one too. Makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only one that has constant issues but deals with it anyway and doesn't give up and get something else. (Mine needs a water pump, upper radiator hose, and I need to redo the exhaust, again)

I have a mustang alot like your brother's, mine's a 96 V6 that I need to finish putting the engine back together on. You can see it in on of my pics of the bumper, lurking over on the side of the shop. (Stock engine ate the cam bearings, so I started swapping in a split port 3.8 from a '02, but never finished it)

 

[Hitchhikingmike]

...And they did. It took me a little while, but I can definitely feel a difference in the steering. $50 and 3 hours beats $754 ANY DAY!!

Thats the name of the game.

Goodyear wanted $300+ to replace my valve cover gaskets. I did it myself for less than $20. But in their defense it did take me an entire weekend to complete it with the help of a friend.

 

[MrQ]

I was just thinking what my truck would look like with bedliner. If I ever did it it would probably look like this:

 

[MrQ]

man i shoulda been following this one too. Makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only one that has constant issues but deals with it anyway and doesn't give up and get something else. (Mine needs a water pump, upper radiator hose, and I need to redo the exhaust, again)

I have a mustang alot like your brother's, mine's a 96 V6 that I need to finish putting the engine back together on. You can see it in on of my pics of the bumper, lurking over on the side of the shop. (Stock engine ate the cam bearings, so I started swapping in a split port 3.8 from a '02, but never finished it)

My bros is a 95 v6. He picked it up for $900 from a college kid. I got a pic of the better side. The other side has a huge crease along the the rear quarter panel from a soccer mom before my brother even got it. It has almost 130k on it with a very decent gray cloth interior. My brother installed a COA and that rear wing in the pic along with an LED 3rd brake light.

 

[Hitchhikingmike]

It has finally cooled down enough down here to work on the tie rods tomorrow. Hopefully, I can put off the alignment for now if the new ends tighten up the front end.

So have you tried to see if it will passed the front end alignment yet?

 

[MrQ]

I haven't got it back in yet. The front tires are el cheapo and one of them has a big cut in the tread, so I am not too worried about wearing those out. Also I only drive a mile to and from work. I don't expect to be losing any sleep over it.

 

[Hitchhikingmike]

Oh okay. I thought you were wearing on new tires.

 

[MrQ]

Nah, the new ones are on the back.

 

[MrQ]

Time to bump...

Right now Red is out of commission till I fix some stripped out water pump holes.

But...on my vacation I was able to get some good pics of Red.

 

[black91EB]

Right now Red is out of commission till I fix some stripped out water pump holes.

I look into your future, and I see helicoil. Lol. that sucks that you have to do that, especially on something that annoying.

 

[MrQ]

I look into your future, and I see helicoil. Lol. that sucks that you have to do that, especially on something that annoying.

What sucks is that I have to pull the condenser to get a straight shot at the holes, which means I loose a/c till I vacuum the system and replace the freon.

 

[black91EB]

What sucks is that I have to pull the condenser to get a straight shot at the holes, which means I loose a/c till I vacuum the system and replace the freon.

ouch. I hope that goes well for you. I wish I could worry about losing AC, I have never had it on mine. (I keep threating to convert my AC compressor for use in an on-board air system, but I keep deciding not to)

 

[arco777]

That's a real nice X you have there - and the video of it launching into the air has me seriously considering buying a 2WD Explorer now as a toy.

 

[MrQ]

That's a real nice X you have there - and the video of it launching into the air has me seriously considering buying a 2WD Explorer now as a toy.

Thanks man. If you do jump it just make sure you don't have any loose items lying around in the cabin.