I know Eric O says this a lot but living in MN it still amazes me when Ray can simply unscrew and pull out a wheel speed sensor. That has never happened to me.
It seems that Ray still has to deal with some Gulf Coast rust, nothing like what you guys have, but still a bit crusty just the same. Come to north Texas and look at some of our vehicles that were sold and lived here their whole life. We wear them out and rebuild them - sometimes several times, and they’re still rust free when we park them for the last time.
Painted walls, exposed steel girders stove-blacked and the floor looks like it had some sweeping compound on it recently. That shop is starting to look a lot better.
A brilliant episode and series. At my time of life I’m never going to take a ‘wrench’ (a spanner - I’m British! 😂) to a car, but I’ve learned so much! Without seeing your daughter in the ‘X-files’ scenes (hilarious!), I would still have known you are a family man. Who else would have used the term, “Silly Rabbit”, other than a man who has a little daughter? 🤭😆 Great entertainment, regardless of one’s involvement or indeed non-involvement, with mechanical stuff. Thank you, Ray and Lauren. This one of my favourite RU-vid channels - and as my mobility is no longer what I would wish - I watch quite few! Very wishes to you all.
I'm kind of amazed at how relatively easy this Mustang was to work on. The steering rack, sway bar bushings and links gave you so little trouble. Add to that the Ford engineers must've taken a day off when they did these cars - nothing obscured, ridiculously complex, yeah. amazes me how they can even look us in the face these days with their little games. On another point, those X-files sightings just slay me.
I'm imagining how back in 2003, the race oriented part of Ford still had a say in these cars. Like, put the annoying desk engineers on the damn fiesta, just keep 'em away from the muscle because someone might wanna race this in series that demand a certain amount of stock parts.
For anyone watching this.. do not leave the spring pressure held in by a sway bar link like that.. these Mustang springs are even higher tension than most others and that sway bar link can and very well will snap sending that spring flying out at you. Place a jack under the control arm and relieve the spring tension before doing ball joints on these..
Rainman Ray's Repairs.. Awesome video on the mustang. However I can help but notice the walls and the overall look of the shop looking so much better than it did. Nice work getting it to where it is now. I'm sure it was a lot of work. Well deserved brother.
I am a retired mechanic/machinist. In Australia for a period of time in mid 2000s we had a similar design on the front suspension of Fords where the lower ball joint is held in tension while car has wheels on the ground. I have seen what happens if the ball joint pulls out of the lower control arm - not pretty. The wheel immediately twists to sit at right angles to the car, jamming itself on the trailing edge of the front wheel opening - doesn't do much for the shape of the guard. Car comes to a screeching halt. At home I also have 2 lower ball joints off a Ford sedan where one ball joint is taller than the other - it had started to move upward because of wear and if not caught in time, owner would have found out the consequences the hard way. Lesson. Check the ball joints regularly on vehicles with that suspension design. Ford corrected the flaw in stub axle and lower control arm design in later vehicles so that the ball joint is always in compression.
I probably say it every time one of your kiddos makes an appearance in your videos, but I love seeing them hanging out in the shop. You're doing a great job. These times will stick with them their entire life.
Well done Ray, I really enjoyed the entire series of repairs on this Mustang and I'm looking forward to the next video. The shop looks great and very professional. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise 💯✌️
So awesome. Ray says his little alien is running around, and you hear a little “what?” In the background. No aliens respond in my house, just a few little rain clouds.
Last weekend I was helping my buddy get his new to him 65 Mustang (mustangs are a pandemic lately) roadworthy again. After cleaning it the oil pan I threw the brake clean and yelled "ANOTHER!!!"
Wow saw your daughter having fun on that kick scooter.... years from now she will remember having fun in her Dad's garage. But now wow, before you beep horn & back a vehicle out; now you must always check behind the vehicle for your children. You beep, well you can't see them behind you before backing up, & some children will not scream behind a vehicle when the horn beeps.
24:35 - when your adapter dropped to the ground and started rolling away, I half-expected to hear a scream of "loose puck" and then see the Florida Panthers NHL team scrambling to slap-shot it into goal! :D
Bought a Terminator Mustang 2 years ago... Surprisingly a lot of the parts I've replaced were original parts... These 4.6 Mustangs were built well. But good tender care goes a long ways. And the parts will last another 20 years. Just from my personal experience. Really enjoying the videos on the old mustangs. 😸
I like the way the wheel speed sensors go in, here in the uk they always seem to be buried ,and i see a young lady bringing her scooter in for service ,great job again thank for the video
The shop is looking sweet Ray and Family! The contrast from when I first started following you when you were working for somebody else to now is huge. The X-Files theme makes me chuckle every time. 😅
Good job. For those of us crawling around on the ground doing this, consider changing out the control arm bushings or purchase new arms with all the bits already installed.
I was surprised to see you go for a 12-point wrench at 3:35 to break those caliper bolts loose. I had been told that 6-point wrenches were preferred for applications where high torque was required and less likely to round off the bolt head. I am happy to see that things have returned to normal in the shop. Last week, when I watched you struggling with the reassembly of Caddy rear suspension (that Troy disassembled), I was beginning to worry about you.
one of my friends mom had that issue on her mustang. it was the spring inside the hose that connects to the gas tank. i took it out and it solved the problem.
While you're cleaning and painting, maybe clean and paint the concrete floor grey with yellow painted line's directing you to the lift's. A little cost but, dressing your shop up and a tax deduction. :)
I’m not sure, but I don’t think that would qualify for a tax deduction - he doesn’t own the building. I’m guessing the building owner is compensating him for these upgrades with reduced or complete rent trade off for upgrades/clean ups performed.
Amazing shop transformation since you moved in. The walls that have been painted make it look brighter in the shop. Thought you forgot the cotter pin on the driver side, but you must have placed it off camera.
If it's one little thing i've learned from watching your videos religiously, I should be using a wobbly rocket more often. I always thought of them as gimmicky? Unsafe? I dunno. I'm def going to try to use it more often!
They’re great as long as you get actual wobbly sockets or a wobbly ball joint type adapter to use your existing sockets with, but you should run from the cheap u joint looking flex joints, most especially if you’re using it with an impact gun.
Something very different between the two sides. Either different struts, or the wishbone is hung up on one side, because the pressure was in the opposite direction on the passenger side. You had to push the shock up to meet the holes in the knuckle, on the drivers side, but the wish bone needed a significant push up on the passenger side. Something not right, somewhere.
Another great series. One thing I noticed (you probably did it off camera or I missed it), you didn't put the cotter pin in the first ball joint. Aliens, hmm...
I love your videos so much, I learn alot from your videos, I just got hired at Toyota im currently a lube tech and 18 years old and at the T Ten program getting trained to be a line tech. I take alot of inspirations on the different methods you do to do repairs and the tools you use. your amazing
Love that slow motion shot. Another great video. 👍 Hello again from pa USA. This one reminds me of when I worked in a saab dealership. Saab story. 😆 🤣 😂. Became saab mechanic.I hated those vehicles. Left to go to independent shop, much better.
The strut bolts ARE bolts, as they pass thru plain holes and are retained by a nut. Those holding the caliper bracket are cap screws as they install into tapped holes.
Your shop is looking better every video. It’s really cleaning up nicely. It won’t be long until we won’t be able to tell if it’s yours or that of Car Care Nut.
I have 1999 GT, I just am so impressed with the ease of working on the front end of these cars. Why aren't all frontend design to be serviceable like this one.
Dammit Ray, you just made an @ss out all of us! 🤣🤣🤣 Never assume and NEVER comment out loud how well the job is going. Granted he rarely does the first, but still breaks the cardinal rule fairly regular. (Seriously man, every time you say that, everyone in the audience winces in unison, waiting for the inevitable fail...)
Had several f up the lower C-arm on install , I just went to swap lower arms , have coil spring clamps , no issues , Maybe throw in a pair of struts also .. up to customer ...
The tool at 7:121 is really great, I got the same and you can press in and out nearly everything, as long as you are able to make your own pressing tools (what I do on my lathe and my milling machines).
