We had to hit the junkyard once again for more parts for a couple projects. One of them being the Scion, which has some serious suspension issues requiring some replacement parts from said junkyard. Since I had to get these parts, I decided to grab some other parts for the Truckstang project in order to help me get further along there.
On the Scion, which happened to be the same car we've stripped for all the repair parts we used so far, I had to pull the rear spindle/knuckles. These knuckles have a pressed in ball joint making up an integral part of the rear suspension. Along with this, there's a camber arm that connects the top of the spindle to the subframe. This arm is adjustable at that contact point and allows for the camber alignment of each spindle, for racing purposes, if so desired. Well the bushing on this camber arm on each spindle is worn out along with the pressed in ball joint. Both of these components are critical because if they break, the wheel goes left, or right, neither of which is desired. Since the pressed in ball joint isn't available anywhere locally or even domestically from what I can see so far, I decided to just grab a set of spindles from the junkyard car. The only other way to fix this problem would've involved having to buy an entire spindle new, with the ball joint, for $250, which isn't happening when I need two. I did find the replacement ball joint from a vendor located in Australia, so worse comes to worst, I'll have to get the ball joints from this source. Otherwise the plan will be to take the old spindles after swapping them out, press out the old ball joints and try to match them up to another ball joint available locally. The next order of business was getting parts for the Truckstang, which involved stripping a Ranger. I needed to get a couple brake lines for the front brakes since one of the lines was clogged with crap and possibly rusted inside. I also decided to complete the brake system on the Truckstang with a Ranger brake booster and master cylinder. I could get a replacement pair made specifically for the Mustang but rather than do this, I can use all Ranger parts and adapt them to the Truckstang. Besides, it would be easier to mate Ranger parts to Ranger parts versus trying to adapt the standard size Mustang brake parts to the metric Ranger parts. Along with the brake lines and master cylinder/booster, I also grabbed the steering intermediate link which couples the steering gearbox to the steering column shaft. I needed this obviously to hook up the Ranger steering box and adapt the steering shaft from the Mustang's old steering column to be able to hook up to the Ranger's intermediate link. With these parts, I should be able to complete the assembly of the Truckstang's brake system, along with the steering system. These two critical systems will put me far ahead of the curve on the fitting out of the Truckstang. Once the engine related components are in and the car's rewired, a driveshaft and fuel system will be the only two major items left to complete the car.
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