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nickyb · Jul 2, 2022

Every time I read about someone's stang they take great care of,replace parts with new ones and rarely drive them only to have stuff go wrong.
Well I just have to give thanks to God for being blessed everyday I drive my stang. Five more days makes 15 years that I have daily drove my stang.
Sure I replaced a lot of parts, but only once have I had to miss work and tow her home. I may not have all I want but I want all I have.

Rdub6 · Jul 2, 2022

Minor setback! Knock on wood, the big parts stay healthy.
My first ‘86 had hand crank windows….. never an issue. Lol

Rdub6 · Jul 9, 2022

New mirror from NPD came yesterday (Daniel Carpenter repro). Got that installed today. Now to figure out my window issue!

Rdub6 · Jul 9, 2022

And on the advice of @1hot87gt and @Mustang5L5 I got rid of the 3M Velcro, and screwed in my fire extinguisher for a more secure mount.

1hot87gt · Jul 11, 2022

Looks great and much safer. Good job.

Rdub6 · Jul 13, 2022

So I decided to take a look at my window motor today. Disconnected the motor and had power at connector while operating the switch.
Pulled the motor out, connected it straight to the battery and of course it works. Put it back on and all is good. I guess I’ll just order one so I have it, in case this happens again.
Looking back, I realized I never changed the driver side motor, it was the passenger side that I changed. Good thing I write things down! We’ll see how long this lasts again!!

TIGGER · Jul 13, 2022

The drivers side window on my Saleen would get stuck down every once in a while when I would run it straight down to the stop. I took it all apart like 3 times and could never find the problem. The last time it did it I took the door panel off and tapped the regulator and it went up. Not sure what the issue causing it to get stuck but after that I stopped running the window down In one shot. I stop almost till it is down and then I bump it slowly the rest of the way. Have not had an issue since.

Rdub6 · Jul 27, 2022

Took the car for a nice ride today. Really just been enjoying driving it lately!
I made a spare tire cover from some 1/4 mdf a while ago, but right now I have no spare. I hear the thing rattling constantly. Should I use some thicker material, or any suggestions on securing it? I had it velcro’d down before I did Kilmat, but I’m leary of attaching the Velcro back to the thin foil on the Kilmat. I feel like it will pull the foil off if I need to remove the cover. Maybe some 1/2” foam insulation around the perimeter of the board?
Long winded post for a real minor issue, I know! Lol

limp · Jul 27, 2022

Way back when I was working at the Auto Glass shop, we found that the armatures ( power window motors) would get flat spots on them in the up or down position and not work..... Pulling up or pushing down on the glass ( if you can get a hold of it) will sometimes move it enough for it to work, at least to get it up when it starts raining.......

General karthief · Jul 27, 2022

Get some door seal foam from lowesdepo, it has tape on one side and is about 1/2-3/4 or 1" wide, stick some on all four sides

Rdub6 · Jul 27, 2022

I’ll try that. It fit nice when I first did it, but I think the lack of the spare is causing it to “belly” and not fitting as well. Just an annoyance right now…… I’ll get it!

General karthief · Jul 27, 2022

Find some Styrofoam like they use for packaging a tv and carve it to fit between the board and the bottom of the tire well, hot glue one end to the board and some foam to the other.
the factory uses Styrofoam between the spare and cover on some vehicles.

1hot87gt · Jul 29, 2022

Rdub6. Had my car out too on Wednesday. Went to the cruise night at East Wind. Wife and daughter came along. Was a great night. Maybe I’ll see you there one of these Wednesdays. Message me if you plan on going to one.

Rdub6 · Aug 23, 2022

General karthief said:
Find some Styrofoam like they use for packaging a tv and carve it to fit between the board and the bottom of the tire well, hot glue one end to the board and some foam to the other.
the factory uses Styrofoam between the spare and cover on some vehicles.

Cleaning up in the garage tonight and I came across a roll of pipe insulation. This should do the trick on the spare tire cover to keep it quiet!

Rdub6 · Aug 23, 2022

And while I’m here, I’ll give a shout out to @1hot87gt ,who I met at a show this weekend. What a beautiful, clean car he has…… with tons of power to boot!
Was pretty cool to make a Stangnet connection!

General karthief · Aug 23, 2022

You may find that the cover will bend down into the tire well without support of some kind,

Rdub6 · Aug 23, 2022

General karthief said:
You may find that the cover will bend down into the tire well without support of some kind,

Yeah, it already had a belly to it. I flipped it before I added the foam. Ultimate goal is to have a usable spare in there.

1hot87gt · Aug 24, 2022

Thanks RDub6. It was nice meeting you at the show as well. Your car looks really really nice too. Clean and tasteful. It was really a great day. Look forward to doing it again soon.

Cheapskate207 · Aug 25, 2022

I added a 2x4 “post” down to the bottom of the spare tire well for support.

Strype · Sep 20, 2022

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nickyb

I gotta say i never painted my nuts, Never Ever

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

1hot87gt

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

TIGGER

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

limp

wrap a little cheese around it and its a done

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

1hot87gt

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

1hot87gt

Cheapskate207

The left one hangs a little lower

Strype

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