Looking at the remaining boxes I think I got pretty far.
Projects I wanted to do
- Installed radiator, first had to sand and paint all the brackets for it and and condenser
- installed the special silicon hoses for the turbo water feed/return.
- installed the VSS, speedometer cable and reverse light harness
- install radiator hoses
- install 3G alternator, trigger wire and charge wires
- install Stinger 3" flange and downpipe
- Figure out the turn signal on the Passenger side
- fill the engine and prime
- install the power steering pump, cooler and all new lines
- refurbish the Marchal fog lights and get the installed
- change out the boots and springs on the COP for the 06 Mustang GT.
Results:
Radiator and hoses was easy once I got the brackets cleaned up and painted.
Silicon hoses was easy
VSS - not so much. Poor documentation led me to fighting for over an hour to get the wire that holds the speedometer cable into the VSS. (Hint for someone reading this, install the wire THEN PUSH the cable through it.)
Power Steering went fine. Needed to get more hose since the one I got was only to the cooler.
Alternator was a pain. Had to remove the bracket and grind it down again (I thought I did this years ago when I built the engine but I had to remove another 1/16" or so)
Then I found that the Green/Red trigger wire was hacked off the harness in its previous life and I couldn't reach the new harness. Had to take the battery out to get to the harness enough to get my hands in there to add a longer piece of wire. Ran out of time to get the power wires run.
Trial fit the downpipe. Looks great. Have a temporary band clamp to hold it to the flange for when I fire it up for the first time.
The passenger turn signal turned out to be a bad socket in the turn signal light in the dash. At least I learned about how to check grounds :)
Marchal cleanup went okay. Having some more wiring issues with it now. Will need a new switch since my is flaky and pretty rusty. More to come on this.
No oil or priming. No PS priming.
No work on the 06. (Did get my wife and teenage daughter to help clean out the attic!)
Not a lot to show, but getting much closer to running!
