Sleazy's Garage
In this video, I'm using the maximum motorsports tool to remove the bushings, removing the seals, and attempting to remove the bearings from the 8.8" Ford rear axle. I also begin the process of removing the rust so that I can eventually spray it with a rust prohibitive coating.
I bought an aluminum girdle cover for the 8.8 Ford rear-axle differential from my 1989 Mustang GT that I'm rebuilding. After looking at it out of the box I saw a great place to put a custom etching to add some great customization and personalization to my foxbody restoration project.
Taking apart the 8.8" rear axle from my 1989 Mustang GT. All was going well until I hit a stuck differential center pin that turned out to be a broken bolt. It took forever to get it out but with a little help we were able to smash it out.
Installed some torque box reinforcement plates for the lower control arms. I realized I was missing the upper control arm plates so those will have to wait for another video. Once again, it was great having my father-in-law's help on this one! I'm going to have to take these back out to spray anti-rust and prep it for welding at some point but for now this is fine.
Another short video this week, I had an hour to spend removing wiring harnesses from the inside of the car. I removed the main body harness all the way back to the tail lights and freed up the hatch harness. Also removed the overhead harness that connects the dome and map light.
In this video, I drop the k-member from my 1989 Mustang GT and remove some other things. Short video today, one of my dogs is recovering from TPLO surgery so I haven't had much time to get in the garage.
In this video I fold up and rivet a piece of galvanized sheet metal into a box with a hinged lid. This is a huge failure because I wanted to leave some room for a switch and some external power access (and also because its a pile of really sharp garbage). It was a fun learning experience though and I got to use my sheet metal machine! Huge props to those who shape sheet metal for a living or whom'st are just really good at it.
In this video, I remove the front suspension from my 1989 Mustang GT. The intent is to replace it with a tubular K-member with coil overs, SN95 spindles (5 lug hubs), and better brakes.
Finishing up the removal of the Ford 8.8" 3.73 rear axle. I forgot how awful drum brakes are. The parking brake cable is annoying.
Part one of dropping the rear Ford 8.8 axle from my mustang. Uncovered some surprises! Something about jacking a car up onto four jack stands always slightly terrifies me.