Lots of Mav projects coming up...

Yesterday I disassembled rear suspension and Mumford links. Painted that stuff along with the rear end housing and 3rd member once I welded tabs on the housing for the new flex lines. Also stripped out all the old rear brake lines so we could do all new. The calipers were hard plumbed previously and I want to get the main brake line out of the tunnel. Also got the paint freshened up on the rotors for both ends. My buddies Steve and Robby came over today. Super fun to hang out and work with these life long friends. Got everything finished under the hood, radiator back in and filled, new throttle cable installed. Got the right axle back in the 9" and the rear end hard brake lines fabbed. The tunnel patch fab is coming along. Still need to finish fitting the ends of the patch. Have some trimming to do on the tunnel itself and I'll be ready to get the patch welded in but gotta pull the trans first. Got the new rear bumper installed. We're gaining.

 

Just shows how common it is to buy a finished car, even one that seems nice (and yours is very nice) only to find the places where PO took shortcuts. Not a criticism, as you're doing it all right, just an observation. An old car project is never truly finished. Replacing those rear caliper lines is big, because hard lines WILL metal fatigue with time.

 

Agree. Given the fact that it wasn't running when we bought it we knew going in that there was likely some trouble. The level of the trouble has been considerably more than we bargained for but we've spend the last year working thru every system on the car. Hopefully we're just about done with the weirdness.

 

This feels like a big step forward. Nice to be able to complete something that I've never done before and quite honestly don't feel very qualified to do. Turned out pretty decent. Still need to seal the bottom and redo the bed liner. Unfortunately everything has been slowed down from being sick for the past month. Major sinus infection followed by the flu.

 

Brake lines and sound deadening were the Saturday themes. My best buddy Steve got the new brakes lines finished up and I did a mile or 2 of sound deadening.

 

Had such a great time rolling/brushing Herculiner on the bottom of the Maverick today.

 

After finishing up the bedliner I got the transmission, driveshaft, torque arm crossmember and front sway bar back in yesterday. My best buddy Steve got the brakes finished up today including the new cross drilled and slotted rotors. With that I declare the bottom of the car and the mechanical mods to be complete. I turned my attention to laying down the closed cell foam on the inside. Stuff does an amazing job but is a pain to work with.