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Mustang5L5 · Sep 10, 2008

Cool, i'd love to see pics. I have an idea what you are talking about though. Shouldn't be bad

I also need one Fox body seat wiring pigtail. The SNn95 seat has a power lumber plug, but it is not the same as the fox. So if someone has some junk seats they are gonna toss and can snip off one plug from the seat for me and send it my way...i'd appreciate it

808Gt · Sep 10, 2008

Mustang5L5 - yeah its not to hard to make all the buttons to work, I got the same seats to and got the power seat tracks n lumbar to work.. would have been good if I had the plug off of a fox seat. a cleaner install

but here is the steering wheel, I got the air bag from a focus couldnt find a black one :-(

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Mustang5L5 · Sep 10, 2008

I was gonna snag this if I couldn't get a Mustang airbag.

I really want the pony logo on it, but this will do if it's all i can get

1994-2004 UPR Mustang Steering Wheel Air Bag Delete :: Air Bag Delete :: Interior :: 1994-1998 Ford Mustangs :: Ford Mustang Parts :: MCRParts.com | Muscle Car Restoration Parts

You don't have any pics from the side do you? How about underneath the airbag?

808Gt · Sep 10, 2008

Mustang5L5 said:
I was gonna snag this if I couldn't get a Mustang airbag.

I really want the pony logo on it, but this will do if it's all i can get

1994-2004 UPR Mustang Steering Wheel Air Bag Delete :: Air Bag Delete :: Interior :: 1994-1998 Ford Mustangs :: Ford Mustang Parts :: MCRParts.com | Muscle Car Restoration Parts

You don't have any pics from the side do you? How about underneath the airbag?

hmmm yeah i wanted that one too but chouldnt find it at a junkyard :-/... hmm ill see if I have anymore pics....

Mustang5L5 · Sep 11, 2008

Does anyone have pics of an 87-89 fox column with the wheel removed? I want to see how the clockspring is set up. If it's what i'm hoping it is, this may be very easy.

BTW, i've been bidding on a few airbags on ebay. Tons of fords use the same wheel. it won't have the Mustang logo on it, but better than an empty hole for now

I might try to install the wheel on Sunday....or at least see what I need to mod to get the horn working

trbkrb · Sep 12, 2008

Mike, from what i've seen, the 87-89 wheels do not have a clockspring. Mine has metal spring loaded pins on the column that push against a corresponding disc on the wheel. I've replaced my wheel a couple of times due to the plastic cracking. Of course mine doesn't have cruise, so maybe the cruise ones are different? If they have a clockspring, that would be a good way to make it work. Then I wouldn't have to try and make the 92 column work that I got especially to put the SN95 wheel in my car.

I pulled one of the ponys from a blown airbag, so I might try and create my own airbag delete panel using it as a mold and covering it with vinyl. The pony is what makes the SN95 wheel look right.

Pic of my wheel, got it new for $80 from a friend that sold his Cobra before he replaced it!

Mustang5L5 · Sep 12, 2008

Looks like a few of us are working on this sort of project.

I might pull my Fox steering wheel off this weekend then and snap some pics and see what needs to be done. My fox doesn't have cruise control either, so all I need to worry about is the horn. I just need a simply 12V/ground connection somehow. I want to try to keep the 87-89 tilt column though. I just wonder how the wheel will look from the side

Airbags can be found cheap on ebay. But I've found the other Ford airbags for the same wheel are UGLY. The mustang airbag is shaped differently than the other ones and is the only one that looks right to me.

BTW, what do I need to pull the fox steering wheel of? A 3-jaw puller, or a harmonic balancer puller?

PS. Eventually I would like to do an Sn95 dash swap. I just figure with all the other stuff my car needs, it would be too much to do right now. But i'm keeping an eye out for an 2001+ Dark charcoal dash and console. I wanted to do a double din NAV unit as well which is why i wanted the 01+ dash. However, i'm not sure mixing and matching black Fox parts and SN95 dark charcoal stuff would look too good. In the sunlight, the two colors are nothing alike. I could get a nice match if i use a 94-98 midnight black dash, but i hate the early Sn95 dash and consoles

Mustang5L5 · Sep 13, 2008

Found a little info on the Airbag deletes sold by UPR.

They are $90 on their site..which is rediculous. However, i noticed they have a Ford logo on them, so it made me think they were a Ford part.

I found it. Mexican cars apparently had airbag deletes, so Ford has a delete part

F67Z-10043B13-AA

The site i got it from shows it as $28 circa 2004.

But who knows if Ford still sells it or even stocks it.

Mustang5L5 · Sep 14, 2008

Seats are in, and I started working on the steering wheel.

I'll start another thread about the wheel and link it here

Mustang5L5 · Sep 14, 2008

Steering Wheel Thread

http://forums.stangnet.com/763027-sn95-steering-wheel-into-fox.html#post7637776

25thmustang · Sep 15, 2008

Is that an original black carpet? I have the ACC one in mine and like it. Although when me and my friend installed it somehow the passenger side wasnt lined up and theres a nasty gap where the carpet doesnt cover... Annoying, but without buying another carpet I cant do anything about it?

Also I find it funny how close the charcoal seats match the original fox black color. A bit lighter, but not too bad.

trbkrb · Sep 15, 2008

25thmustang said:
Is that an original black carpet? I have the ACC one in mine and like it. Although when me and my friend installed it somehow the passenger side wasnt lined up and theres a nasty gap where the carpet doesnt cover... Annoying, but without buying another carpet I cant do anything about it?

Also I find it funny how close the charcoal seats match the original fox black color. A bit lighter, but not too bad.

My ACC was the same, a gap right at the kick panel. I ended up reusing some of my original padding to raise the carpet level up a bit, and now it barely makes it to the kick panel.

Mustang5L5 · Sep 15, 2008

Yes, it's an original black carpet. I was going to change it when i first put the interior in....but impatient me didn't want to wait

It's not bad. I could prob take it out and just clean and shampoo the hell out of it and it would be fine. There aren't any burns or anything on it.

But then i like the look of brank new carpet.

25thmustang · Sep 15, 2008

Yes carpet works miracles in making the car feel better inside.

trbkrb thats exactly where mine was short. Maybe its the carpet and not the install? It annoys me seeing the white metal under there. I think I will try something to get it behind the kick panel.

Mustang5L5 · Sep 15, 2008

I might cut back on the interior stuff for now. I need to score another contact disk and plug as well as get an airbag or delete. When i get that stuff in, i'll update my steering wheel thread.

I also have a set of 85-86 GT halo headrests. Unsure if i should dye them dark charcoal or look into having them covered in leather.

Gonna focus on the car now. I think i'm gonna pull the rear end out. I have some things I want to do to it:

Swap 3.73's to either 3.55's or 3.27's
rebuild t-lok
New stainless brake lines
new bushings
POR-15
Install ABS rings on the SN95 axles
Figure out how to get seized diff fill plug out
Install SVO diff cover
Mount 94-95 soft line brackets to axles (right now they are kinda just floating)
Install FMS Aluminum driveshaft

I'd just rather do it on a workbench rather than on my back. Plus i can take my time and do it kinda like what Capri Debris did with his capri

25thmustang · Sep 16, 2008

Yeah thats a good idea, and exactly what I plan to do this winter... I just picked up axles, 31 spline diff, need to get a housing to weld up and paint, and then toss it together over the winter. Some shocks and struts and I should be in the same boat as you.

Mustang5L5 · Oct 12, 2008

Ok did some more work today. No pics but i basically started taking the rear end apart.

3 hours of work and i got a fair amount done. Removed the sway bar, quad shocks, main shocks , springs and broke loose all the control arms bolts to the housing. I have the car set up on jackstands and ready to take it out. I onlt didn't today because I was alone. Next weekend i'll have a buddy with me and he'll help me wrestle the rear out. For 20 years of new england weather, the bolts all broke relatively easy and came out. My car was never really driven in the snow, so it just has minor surface rust only.

I noticed my spring isolators were trashed. I'll need some new ones.

Quad shocks were also junk, so i tossed them out. I'll get new ones as well.

Steel driveshaft is coming out with it and getting trashed. I have an AL d/s so i don't need the steel unit anymore. I just want to take the yoke off so i can stuff it back in the trans to keep fluid in.

Stock control arms are coming out too. I really want to put an IRS in, but where the car is i don't have the ability to tackle such a project, so for the time being i'm putting the solid rear back in along with some new control arms, A/L d/s and resto'ed 8.8 with cobra disks.

I also did some more work with the steering wheel. I bolted it in and took measurements to see where to mount the 87=89 contact ring to the SN95 wheel so it would fit correctly.

SO next weekend i should have the rear totally out. Then i car start addressing the *light* surface rust issues under the back of my car and clean it up and apply some POR15.

I'll tackle the rear end mid-winter. I have a set of 3.27's but unsure if i want to put those in or look for a set of 355's. I'm not a big fan of 3.73's (what i have now) and 5-spd. I like having some taller gearing for the highway so i'm looking into 3.27's or 3.55's.

Mustang5L5 · Oct 12, 2008

I lied, i did take pics. Wheel not fully installed as i don't have the horn wiring hooked up yet, but this is how she looks. Airbag is a Ford escort airbag i paid $10 for. I want a pony bag, but they all go for $$$$. I'll just have to wait til i find one in a boneyard or something.

Ignore the grubbiness of the wheel. I tackled this AFTER working on my rear end, so my greasy hands made the wheel dirty.

Also, notice the ashtray console is darker? That's because it's painted. It's the only painted part of my interior because i can't find a black console with working ashtray. Notice how it DOESN;T match? Drives me nuts

1990Coupe · Oct 13, 2008

I actually really like that wheel/bag on there

You should have kept the stock black console and got the repair kit for the ashtray door. Thats what i just did for my project because finding a BLUE console is going to be near impossible!

25thmustang · Oct 13, 2008

Looks good so far. Once you get the console and the interior all cleaned up it should look great!

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