9838stang's Money Pit Pony

[9838stang]

Last night I was driving home and I had a little CRX wanting to play around a little. So start out in 2nd gear at about 45-50, went to go grab for third and I snapped one of the bolts that hold the shift knob to the shifter. Ended up driving the whole way home playing with just the knob LOL

 

[Burninriverdiver]

Now that's slamming some gears! Might need to upgrade to grade 8 bolts

 

[Firefighter181]

..

 

[9838stang]

Now that's slamming some gears! Might need to upgrade to grade 8 bolts

What the shift? How did you manage that one!?

I think I'd drill them things out and grade 8 bolt them down.

Umm well lol

 

[Burninriverdiver]

Umm well lol

10.9 is a metric bolt, it's actually a lot weaker than grade 8. Here's a chart to explain the madness, if you broke a grade 8 bolt on a shifter handle I would bet a lot of money on you in a boxing ring!!

https://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/materials-and-grades/bolt-grade-chart.aspx

EDIT: I was wrong! I didn't read the conversion chart correctly, and if you do decide to start boxing let me know!

 

[9838stang]

10.9 is a metric bolt, it's actually a lot weaker than grade 8. Here's a chart to explain the madness, if you broke a grade 8 bolt on a shifter handle I would bet a lot of money on you in a boxing ring!!

https://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/materials-and-grades/bolt-grade-chart.aspx

EDIT: I was wrong! I didn't read the conversion chart correctly, and if you do decide to start boxing let me know!

Lol mmm interesting

 

[9838stang]

your car looks great! I'm wondering how you like the J&M control arms?

I love them the only complaint I have is the communication with the company. I was just looking to get another set of the 3 piece bushing just in case... And the dealer I bought them from nor the manufacturer has replied

 

[evilcw311]

I love them the only complaint I have is the communication with the company. I was just looking to get another set of the 3 piece bushing just in case... And the dealer I bought them from nor the manufacturer has replied

I have a set of their lowers for sale that look almost like new with the bushings still in great shape!!!!!!! ;-)

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[g36 monkey]

Welcome back lol

 

[9838stang]

I have a set of their lowers for sale that look almost like new with the bushings still in great shape!!!!!!! ;-)

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome back lol

Mine should be ok. My control arms are the cylindrical type with spherical bushings on the axle ends.

But thanks for the help!


And thanks for the welcome back!

 

[9838stang]

I've done quite I few things since the last time I was on here.... So I'm gonna try and go through chronological as best I can lol... Before I got married I hurried and had done my double DIN swap

 

[9838stang]

Next thing I had done was to make some more clearance for my tail pipes. Since I have the J&M control arms, they relocated the sway bar down and back further... I tried a couple other sway bars and they either were the same or lower. So I made my own holes on the sway bar... And the control arm to match

Holy balls spring steel sucks to drill

 

[Tony]

I bet you killed a few bits drilling that sh%t lol

 

[ttocs]

Next thing I had done was to make some more clearance for my tail pipes. Since I have the J&M control arms, they relocated the sway bar down and back further... I tried a couple other sway bars and they either were the same or lower. So I made my own holes on the sway bar... And the control arm to match

Holy balls spring steel sucks to drillView attachment 227 View attachment 228

I think I recently had the same problem. My sway bar was hitting my gas tank when I aired it out but after some thought i realized I needed to flip my lower control arms(just took them out and turned them 180 degrees).

 

[9838stang]

I think I recently had the same problem. My sway bar was hitting my gas tank when I aired it out but after some thought i realized I needed to flip my lower control arms(just took them out and turned them 180 degrees).

I bet you killed a few bits drilling that sh%t lol

I never thought about flipping the control arm....

And killed 3 Cobalt bits with carbid??? Tips and 2 cord drills....

 

[ttocs]

I never thought about flipping the control arm....

And killed 3 Cobalt bits with carbid??? Tips and 2 cord drills....

it was the last thought for me as well but I bet its the same for you. After looking at the instructions for mine there were none listed for which way they were supposed to be. I think I remember assuming that the side that had the manf name on it would go out so it could be seen, but if I had taken that one and put it on the other side it would have still had the manf name out. I just jacked it up, removed the two bolts to flip one and then held my bar up to see that yup that was what was needed. By doing this it moves the mounting points for the bar back toward the front about 2 maybe 3".

 

[9838stang]

7-29-17

My wife, fun to finally say lol, and I took some wedding shots

 

[9838stang]

My wife and I finally made the move end of August in 2017 and got a new garage for the mustang. It's a little crampt but it's a nice garage.

 

[9838stang]

Picked up some dirt cheap trickflow valve covers and my lovely wife bought me some nice looking floor mats for the mustang.

 

[g36 monkey]

Congrats on the marriage! We're planning on July of next year