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Thanks Capri, good news I managed to get the tuner updated, however I am not sure if the upgrade it had (firmware) over rode the original tune or not so I may call them back today once im off work to inquire and get there help for correctly loading the tune they wrote for me, I am just happy its working, and I did start playing around with the various options it has!
well just got every thing settled, and the tune installed and now I am just enjoying the car, seems to be more responsive too!! also removed the bonnet prop thing so that cleaned up things much better!!! Now to just get the rest of the finances taken care of first then back to buying more go fast goodies for the 'Stang
well its time to update the thread again, just ordered (as of last night) a RAM mounting system for the car so I can have a convenient place to have my phone...(or any thing I want)
well got my universal RAM Mount today (yes it was hard waiting uuug) but now I just need to wait until thursday to have enough time to install it and all that fun stuff, then I will have a nice place to hold my phone when I need to use it for GPS!
well got my mount installed with out issue in the mustang, YAY, so now to begin planning the installation for the trucks mount which looks to me more adapted to the truck then some universal mounting system, which should make things simpler for the truck...
went to a car show today, had a bit of fun and got to show off the Stang, also let Cooper ride in the back seat to the show, and even got invited to join a local Mustang club when I was at the show
Well due to the supposed "Snowmageddon V2.0" that we were "supposed" to get (never did...) I didn't do any thing with the stang...(plug I also needed to drive the truck some to give it some love any ways) buuuuuuut I did pick this little gem up today so I just need to figure out the adapter situation for adapting it to the Mustang wheel shaft spline deal...(joy) so if anyone wants to help in this respect please do, as for the wheel cant wait to put it in and see how it looks
Well I got the adapter kit, so now all I need is time to install it and then the wheel will be in the stang figure at most 60 minutes tops book time for the install here...
well I attempted to get the old wheel off, and either Ford put a magic spell (or curse??) on it, or the Harmonic balancer puller is not able to do what it should which is pull the wheel off....the blasted screws keep coming out, and I am concerned I might strip the screws out!! UUUG defeated on round1!
well unofficially gave up the wheel as the steering shaft adapter isn't correct (oh well) but I will be getting something from AM to fix that but looks like I will have to get a whole different wheel, so who knows, it I can either swap steering colums/shafts, or just sell it, im thinking the latter, its simpler, it will fit any stang with the round "splined" shaft, mine looks to be a "D" shaped...
as for the interior I finally installed the radio my parents bought for me last birthday (as of time of this post), took a while to do, but I did it and I am very happy with the results, here is the ****, and every thing (aside from the mic I guess) pretty much looks close to OEM honestly, I love that I now can finally listen to my music USB drive and have all my music on the go may look into a sat nav unit down the road some day, but next on the list is to get one for the truck hehe...
Ok, I hear you guys, enough talk, on to the ****....I mean photos so here they are!
The end result
the start of the process
Hooking it up
Routing the microphone line (figured this would be simplest)
Well I know its been a bit of time, but decided to order some goodies this time from LMR as I have some up coming trans work to get done (uuug) due to the throwout bearing finally going the way of the dinos, so I decided to splurge as I finally got a full time job (after being a part timer) and a nice little pay bump, so I ordered a new shift kit, ****, bushings and gaskets from LMR, and should hopefully have them by this Thursday (in time for the holiday hehe) cant wait!
Seems like I'm also at a "gee what look do I want" cross roads now...as AM offers the 13+ tails, where LMR offers the same style as the newest (at time of post) mustang, the 2015+
so its a decision between the S550 style or the other style...however based on price I will most likely go with the S550 style as both are still lower cost then the ones on the AM site...(go figure )
Well while surfing on LMR today I discovered that the shifter I ordered last night (as of Nov-17-16) went on sale, which kinda irritated me but hey that's usually my luck anyways...so I called them up at LMR expecting a song and dance of "we can't help you you are screwed and should have waited" but nope, they asked for the order info and immeadiatly with out hesitation applied a credit in the form of a gift card (would have preferred my money back to my account but no big deal, just means Ill pick up other needed things) but I am quite happy that they actually cared enough to make the process so simple that I was off the phone with in 5 minutes of calling them! YAY!
now I just need to get my parts in and another pay cheque to get more toys....errr I mean parts to "fix" up Buddy.... pay day does not come fast enough...
well I got my goodies in today, yay, the shifter I can't wait to get installed, and same for the gasket, however the stainless steel bushings look like they may be the incorrect type/kind for my application so I will have to call LMR and see if I ordered the incorrect type or if there is a special set of steps to take or if they are for a different part of the transmission...I just hope it is a simple I mistaken the pictures for the part being bigger then it really is type thing....
Thanks, I can't wait to get it all installed, the shifter base looks like it got smudges on it a bit from the grease so I got to fix that, which to me isn't an issue, its the little metal piece that I got that (based on the rep I talked to before placing the order) said it would fit my trans, which it does not....and my gut was telling me that it was wrong from the start....go figure...so now I need to call them and get this sorted...YAY!!!
well I got the jitters and couldn't stand not interacting with buddy, so I gave him some much required attention, and installed a few goodies I picked up from late model restoration
In stalling the gasket, it was from Mustang Bob I think, along with a metal (brass?) fitting for the shifter pivot, should firm it up a lot better then the rubber bushing I had there...
well as I put the lower shift boot on, I decided to try and tackle another project that's been sitting looking me in the face, the clutch quadrant....figured its still in its packaging and I am over hauling the clutch and trans at this point in time, so I open it up count the washers and realize "lovely I am missing a washer, one of the thicker ones too" well I called AM figuring I will talk to them and see if I could order another one, with card in hand I called and talked to a lovely lass who asked for my phone number and put a request in for a hardware kit, so that should solve that, but sadly that project is on hold until it all arrives...UUUG, now to order and tackle the firewall adjuster bit...
I seriously think MMS hit me hard...the projects just snowballed....I swear I am not addicted.... so while AM seems to have a bit higher prices then the other site I use I am grateful for the American people who are quick to help!!
THANK YOU AMERICAN MUSSLE!!!! Props to all the hardworking people over there!
8/13/15, 05:41 AM
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pay day does not come fast enough...
, the clutch quadrant....figured its still in its packaging and I am over hauling the clutch and trans at this point in time, so I open it up count the washers and realize "lovely I am missing a washer, one of the thicker ones too" well I called AM figuring I will talk to them and see if I could order another one
so while AM seems to have a bit higher prices then the other site I use I am grateful for the American people who are quick to help!!
