Reconstruction has begun.

[Luva65wagon]

About a foot. For the most part they are close to the same.

[doghows]

Ok back on topic here, subwoofers are installed!! Man does she thump did you guys hear me over there?. My ears hurt. I'll post a pic later, but just did two small boxes in the back. I need to figure out what I want permanently so I can build something cool like Larry's.

[doghows]

Thump thump thump. Now to get creative.

[doghows]

Just got done installing the speedo I got from Patrick (thank you) and guess what..... Still only goes to 42 mph?? I guess it's time to check the gear in the transmission end of things? I did spin up the speedo on the bench and it pegged all the way up and came back down to zero. So either my cable is wired or the gear in the trans.. It has a blue gear now so I think I'll call my trany guy on Monday and see what options there are for an AOD.

[doghows]

Ok jacked the car up and disconnected the speedo cable. Hooked drill onto the speedo gear. Got 43 mph on the gauge. Removed the speed sensor, and ran drill to cable direct and still only 43 mph. Can a speedo cable muck up your readings?? With drill hooked directly to the back of the gauge it ran up to 100 mph? It seems really odd to me that I have a direct cable connection and it reads wrong?

[doghows]

Ok crisis resolved! Upon further investigation and having a friends eyes to help me out we found the issue.

Gauge is good, cable is good, speed sensor is good.

As you know we did a little customizing to this gauge setup. We added a high beam indicated light and used the two existing ones as a separate left and right turn indicators. As you know there are these little paper tubes that keep the light going to it designated spot in the glass. Well when we put in the high beam light the little paper tube was left too tall and would stop the speedo needle from traveling where it was suppose to. Five minutes and a pair of sisors later viola my speedo works. Now to find out how accurate it is.

[Luva65wagon]

OK... I'm a ID10T. Shoot.



Didn't have that problem with mine.

I'll reimburse you for part if my lifetime powder coating. Maybe only until I'm 65.

[doghows]

Let this be a lesson for everyone. Keep it simple stupid. Always look for the easiest solution first. I was ready to buy a new speedo cable, speed sensor etcetera all I needed was a trim.

[Luva65wagon]

But the dual turn signals are cool... And I could'a used and LED for high-beam. And here I thought I was keeping it simple.

[doghows]

It all good now. Let's see what else I can do now!

[Luva65wagon]

What keeps the cylinder in place now? Can't it just fall out now - not being wedged? I took more pictures than I posted, but this was a pretty obvious oversight on my part.

[doghows]

I trimmed it just enough to where it is !"pinned" between the speedo plate and the back of the housing. If you remember you actually notched the top to go around the speedo plate and the tube was round behind the plate. It probably doesn't show well in the picture, I should have taken an after shot.

[Luva65wagon]

My pics don't show that part of it. Memory of this is a blur. Just happy it's all gooder now.

[doghows]

Ok time for some upgrades to the delivery.
Who has the best most complete kit to convert to power front disc brakes?? I don't want to spend $1000-1500 but I'm not scared to get close to that lower number. What have you guys used and what works best. I don't have time to chase all over gathering stuff up just want one big box with all of it in there.
Thanks guys

Oh by the way I just picked up a 3:73 posi rear unit for the car. Now I need to stop it.

[Nathan289]

Steve,
Check craigslist. There is a guy selling a Dearborn kit new in boxes for $550.

If I lived closer I'd be all over it.

I think its a $800 kit. Uses your spindles and adds rotors and calipers kinda like the scarebird kit.

Otherwise I recommend Mustang Steve's caliper brackets.. its not a kit buy it uses off the shelf parts and gets you a huge 13" rotor and 4 piston calipers..