What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. Angryeyes

    Angryeyes Member

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    Hell no! I dont believe in cookie cutters ;)
     
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  2. Angryeyes

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    I did just realize the mistaken plural though :( Today I finally got the head pulled right off. Engine inside isnt awful looking. Got it set aside. Im gonna bring it into the city when I go back to school and have the university machine shop do the hard parts for me :D

    I also got the hood off, half the strut tower braces (I cursed for a solid five minutes when i realized I needed a wrench for the back bolts) Un bolted the ... power distribution center (i dunno its real name) and laid it onto the engine, got the heater hose looped nicely. Ripped out a bit more in the front of the car for my intercooler, and got the last bits of trim off the car.

    Oh yeah and, ordered....

    a turbo :D
    a waste gate
    a blow off valve
    four flanges for the turbo (oil in/out + exhaust in/out)
    some black hood pins the flush mount kind not obnoxious ones
    and two breathers for my valve cover.

    Thats it for spending money for the month though :(
     
    Angryeyes, Dec 17, 2013
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  3. 7D2 Grabber

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    Picked up my rear shocks
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    Reglued my rear view mirror bracket... again.:49:
     
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  5. mav1970

    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    Very nice :thumbs2:
     
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    Finally got my auto dim/compass rearview mirror working. I ran the wires before installing the headliner couple year ago...today I spliced the wires to the connector and tie the other end to power and ground.
     
    rthomas771, Dec 18, 2013
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  7. Moneymaker 1

    Moneymaker 1 Green Street Beasts

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    Drove it to ship some parts, and went by a friends garage, he loved the Grabber and hired me to do graphics on his Dodge Super Bee.
     
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  8. 7D2 Grabber

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    Installed the rear shocks and shifter plate.
    [​IMG]
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  9. olerodder

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    Looks great, guess I've never seen shocks mounted with the rod portion down, looks kind of strange.
     
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  10. 7D2 Grabber

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    Yea looks weird but the varishocks can be run upside down.
     
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  11. rthomas771

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    Edelbrock IAS shocks are designed "upside down". I have a pair on front of my Falcon
     
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  12. olerodder

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    So, is it kind of hard to adjust the knob being up by the body pan?
     
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  13. olerodder

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    Ok guys, guess I've fallen behind in shock tech..............getting too old to keep up I guess.
     
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  14. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    :drive:...:chirp:

    still amazed at how cool the car stays with my new 2 row radiator. ran down the interstate at over 100 MPH and it didn't heat up enough to turn the E-fan on...185 T-stat...fan set to come on at 193.

    ...:cool:...
     
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  15. Azdubster

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    Got my sports mirrors today...$110. Small steps forward...

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