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Message: <blockquote data-quote="95PGTTech" data-source="post: 747372" data-attributes="member: 9525">June 19Got to work on the car for a little over five hours Saturday, it made up for a hectic week of ordering parts and doing other things in my life (and working on my brother's car today, losing a day off).Drove the Mustang damn near empty.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0269.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Yanked the old coolant reservoir and that makeshift water pump-heater hose.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0270.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0271.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />If you get an aftermarket thermostat without a breather (bypass) hole - DRILL ONE! You'll regret not doing it later.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0272.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Reassembly went without issue - topped it off and had heat again.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0273.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0274.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I wish I could say the same about the d/s inner tie rod. I ended up having to drill out the drift pin since it wouldn't budge. Without a replacement drift pin, I red Loctite'd the new one in. I'm not worried, 99% of cars use Loctite and not a pin.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0275.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0276.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I needed to pull the rack to get to the back side to drill the pin both ways, so I installed that set of MM solid rack bushings that I had sitting around. Chop the stock rack bushing pins - I thought I saved them from the set but I guess not.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0281.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0282.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0280.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Glad I did it - bushings didn't look too bad in car and the rack didn't have any play with a pry bar but out of the car they looked pretty gnarly once they were out.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0283.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0284.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Fuel filter<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0285.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Did the new fuel pump without a hitch - this may be the only 94-98 Mustang on Earth without a rotted out fuel filler tube gasket. Good thing, because I didn't have one ordered. My friend Chris lent a hand.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0277.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0278.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0279.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Went to install the sway bar bushings (front) and found them to be too small diameter - not wanting to do work twice, I just pulled the bar and threw it in the trunk.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0286.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0287.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Not the greatest alignment I've ever done but pretty good for 12 minutes running out the door. I'd still like to do C/C plates and lowering springs. I may end up needing to do a steering shaft because the wheel has some play in it and uneasiness at speed - I'm hoping it may be due to the horrifically positive caster.<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0289.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Header panel arrived - only need a hood now!<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0290.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"New" tool box<img src="http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/cjr2003firefly2/1994%20Mustang/IMG_0288.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />No additional costs on this day leaves me at...Total Invested To Date:$2420.97</blockquote>