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Topic: Got questions about 69 Mustangs
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Hell_Fish
Journeyman Posts: 80
From: Austin, TX.
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-08-2002 10:27 AM
   
Hi, I just found this site and it looks great. I just bought my wife a 69 coupe about 2 months ago. Im trying to do some upgrade to the car. I added a Offy intake, 4bbl carb, and aluminum valve covers to the 302. It has manual disc brakes at all 4 corners. I helped strip a 74 or 75 Granada this weekend. I pulled all the disc brake stuff as well as the sway bar. Will the sway bar bolt up to the Mustang? I will be converting the car to disc brakes. I got the LCA, spindels, booster, prop valve, sway bar, brake pedal, and all the bolts and junk.
Is there anything I should be worried about? I noticed that the tranny is not shifting by itself(Its an Auto). It shifts fine if I do the shifting, but by itself it wont go into 2nd till about 60 mph. How can I thighten up the tranny shifter? Both this one and my old 67 fastback have a lot of play in them. Sorry about the long post.
Thanks! ------------------
Dustin C
56 F-100
Mech. for wifes 69 Mustang coupe
65 Plymouth Barracuda
70 Dodge Swinger
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70 Pony
Gearhead Posts: 1669
From: Glenmoore, PA, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 05-10-2002 05:37 AM
Dustin...I hope someone more knowledgeable answers your questions.....You don't know me, but I'm a dope...so take everything I say with a grain of salt...as far as suspension I don't know...as far as the C-4, my first guess is the vacuum modulator regulates the shifting on auto (Drive)...Some are adjustable. or yours may be shot. It works off a vacuum hose, I'd check your vacuum connections, hose leaks and cleaan up the modulator, b4 stripping the tranny for an adjustment.
As far as the shifter, the Haynes Book ( at any part store...easier to read than the Chilton Book)tells you how to tighten it up...but if you're not trying to keep the car "Stock"...I highly recommend a B&M megashifter...it works on a ratchet system, so when you shift manually, you just slam it from 1st to 2nd...2nd to third...and it stops right at the gear with no fear of overtravel and skipping a gear..it also works automatically in Drive..
If you don't get a reply from another member...re post with a "Pretty Please..." "Or Need help bad" post.
Good Luck.------------------
EDDIE D
Resto Mod '70 Sport Roof
Arrest Me Red
'02 GT, Torch Red
"If I knew I would have lived this long, I would have taken better care of myself !"
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 4414
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-10-2002 07:23 AM
The sway bar may. They work on a 67/8
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Hemikiller
Gearhead Posts: 124
From: Clinton, CT
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-10-2002 07:51 AM
For the disc brake swap, the master cylinder, brake booster and pedal assembly most likely will not work. I'd recommend getting a pedal from a 69 with power discs. You most likely will have to custom bend some of your lines to fit the car. Sway bar? I'm pretty sure they are the same shape. The modulator is most likely the problem. It's located above the pan on the passenger rear side of the trans. May have to remove the crossmember to replace, and make sure you have a drain pan. Check for vacuum at the valve, just pull the hose off with the engine running. The shifter is really sloppy, moves side to side, correct? The bushings are available from any Mustang resto parts supply house. Should take you less than an hour to install, and tightens that ashifter right up. Do this to both your cars, same bushings. [This message has been edited by Hemikiller (edited 05-10-2002).]
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