I like seeing what everyone else is accomplishing on their fox bodies. If there isn't a 'What did you do to your fox body today" thread, there certainly should be!
Am I the only one thinking this?
Am I the only one thinking this?
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Is there a "What did you do today" thread?
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John2002
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I've been doing more on my newer old car then the older old one. I picked up a 2003 Grand Marquis GS....yes a 12 year old land yacht... and loving it!!!!
Not sure why they only drove it 37,000 miles in 12 years but it does show it age well. I went through the brakes....needed them big time and just found out that the GS was bare bones for that year. Other then having to get an alarm installed just to get remotes to unlock the doors without using the key....so 1970's
It is as clean as if it just rolled out of the showroom. Other then a broken right mirror and needing new tires......it great!!! The inside looks even better then the outside... a little old lady from Naperville traded it in in April at a Mercedes Benz dealership....if it was on their lot one more week it was heading to the auto auction...
Not sure why they only drove it 37,000 miles in 12 years but it does show it age well. I went through the brakes....needed them big time and just found out that the GS was bare bones for that year. Other then having to get an alarm installed just to get remotes to unlock the doors without using the key....so 1970's
It is as clean as if it just rolled out of the showroom. Other then a broken right mirror and needing new tires......it great!!! The inside looks even better then the outside... a little old lady from Naperville traded it in in April at a Mercedes Benz dealership....if it was on their lot one more week it was heading to the auto auction...
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Haven't done much to mine. Just replaced the inner door handle bezels and seat belt sleeves. I also ordered rear hatch area carpet (with the pony logo). Should be in Monday. Not sure when I'll get a chance to install it.
I've been working locally, for a change...well...and hour away. But I still have to put in 28 days in a row. 12 hr days. Haven't had much time to do anything major. We've really been focusing on buying a new house with a garage so I'll have a place to park the ponies and work on them when the weather turns bad. We're under contract, so hopefully we'll be moving in a month or two.
I've been working locally, for a change...well...and hour away. But I still have to put in 28 days in a row. 12 hr days. Haven't had much time to do anything major. We've really been focusing on buying a new house with a garage so I'll have a place to park the ponies and work on them when the weather turns bad. We're under contract, so hopefully we'll be moving in a month or two.
Next month I'm taking my Mustang to another car show. The last car show I took my mustang to was June 20,2015 there was only 18 other Mustangs between the years of 87-93 and being judged, one person said he'd spent close to 80K on his, I walked away with this.
Put a new shifter knob on, to replace the old, faded, cracked white one that looked terrible. Also replaced the inner door handle bezels, mirror hole covers, and front bumper blue oval emblem. Got the new hatch area carpet set too, but it will be a while before I get enough time to put it in.
Yanked out the rear seat backs and took them inside. Stripped the carpet off, in preparation for replacement. All of the plastic push pins down the sides came right out. Every single one along the top snapped right off. Just too brittle after years of sun beating down on them, I guess. I'm going to pick up some new ones tomorrow and try to get the carpet on the seat backs in the next couple evenings. Hopefully, I'll have new carpet in the rear hatch area by next week.
I also ordered a new headlight switch. Mine is in rough shape and I just realized the headlights aren't working, unless you pull back on the dimmer switch. Didn't have time to check it out...and I'm not convinced the headlight switch is to blame, but I'll start by putting a new one in, since this one doesn't look too hot. I think the previous owner wired in a switch that allowed him to run the brights and the fog lights at the same time. I may have wired it up wrong when I put the carpet in. The switch is mounted down on the side of the center console...by the driver's knee. It has 3 wires going to it; all the same color. I didn't bother marking them when I hooked them in. To be honest, I forgot what the switch was for lol.
I also ordered a new headlight switch. Mine is in rough shape and I just realized the headlights aren't working, unless you pull back on the dimmer switch. Didn't have time to check it out...and I'm not convinced the headlight switch is to blame, but I'll start by putting a new one in, since this one doesn't look too hot. I think the previous owner wired in a switch that allowed him to run the brights and the fog lights at the same time. I may have wired it up wrong when I put the carpet in. The switch is mounted down on the side of the center console...by the driver's knee. It has 3 wires going to it; all the same color. I didn't bother marking them when I hooked them in. To be honest, I forgot what the switch was for lol.
Got the new carpet on the rear seat backs tonight. Wasn't too bad of a job. Turned out pretty good. I'll take a pic once I get it all in the car. Tomorrow night, after work, I'll start on putting the hatch carpet in along with the fold-down mechanism. I am pretty sure there are probably some bolts or hardware I'm missing. I don't have a clue how everything goes together, so I'll just have to figure it out.
John2002
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Washed it and put a few coats of wax on it last Sunday Sunday, we went to the Saturday car show without the car. Mom and dad came over Friday after noon and I wasn't able to complete a brake job on my dads car. He took it in the week before for an oil change and two days later a "Check Traction Control" light came on. He took it back to the dealer and they came back with a $1,400 dollar repair bill. It also included a Fuel injector cleaning brake fluid flush and new right front caliper. They also wanted turn the rear rotors and replace the pads. They said that the caliper had an internal leak....ahhh INTERNAL LEAK.....I took it all apart and found no leaks anywhere, the rear rotors looked almost brand new and the front rotors needed a finish cut. I put new pads and had the rear rotors cut as well. We had it almost done late Friday night but it was getting late and they wanted to take us to dinner.....as always...food!!!! I put it all back together before they came over on Saturday....They wanted to go to the car show with us so we had to take the 4 door!!!! He has a 09 Buick Lucern with only 36,000 miles on it. They can't sell any cars so they are trying to make up the difference in the service bays....
I just realized there IS already a "what did you do today" thread. I don't know why I couldn't find it. Heck..I've posted in it a while back!
Maybe a moderator could move these over? Not sure if that's possible.
Maybe a moderator could move these over? Not sure if that's possible.
