Thursday

[dufkis]

Doing a bit better now but i got to get some rest for the CA install.

[Tim Russell]

Thursday and I got the day off for the control arm install. :banana:

[Kristin]

hehe april fools day................heheheehehehehehehe :banana: :thewave: :rockon:

[Kirk]

Ryan,

Are you getting tuned this weekend by Jerry?
You have Dyno Pro's new address?

I am going by Sunday so he can pull my current file for future use.

[Kristin]

man those kiddies really wear ya out at the park!!!!!!!! but damna are they sleeping good!!!!!!!! :banana:

[Kirk]

It's not a bad day to get them outside for a while.

[Kristin]

omg they were everywhere today all 6 of them, i thought for sure there was gonna be a head injury or something........lol

[Kool Rock Steady]

Ryan,

Are you getting tuned this weekend by Jerry?
You have Dyno Pro's new address?

I am going by Sunday so he can pull my current file for future use.

www.dynoproauto.com

[Tim Russell]

Man it's nice out for working on the car. Much better than when its like 90 out. Just finished changing the shocks and taking a little test drive. Man it feels different. Went on a side road and did a little burnout :hehe: none of the massive wheel hop I used to get. Can't wait to get the lowers on. :cool:

[Kirk]

We take another step closer to the weekend!

Tim, What's the word on the spring isolators? Mine are due today... sorry.

Joel, How's the car running? I bet it feels good to be behind the wheel again.

[Tim Russell]

Mine are due tomorrow, did you see my stress vent yesterday. Since they didn't indicate shipped and I wasn't getting any email or VM response I ordered from Maximum Motorsports using 2nd day air shipping. I called the 800 number so I talked to a real human to make sure they were gonna be here Friday. StangSuspension had not even shipped them yet, I emailed to cancel and he was all "They're shipping today ???". Didn't want to be a jerk but with all the work stress and the knock sound from the rear I gotta do it this weekend and I needed to be sure to have the parts. Gonna cost me the same.

I'm not trashing StangSuspension however. I had talked to the guy on the phone last year (someone lost my shifter order) and he fixed it so I got it that weekend and sent a Steeda golf shirt :cool:

If I have a larger time window I'll order other stuff from him. Like I said he's cool just a bit overworked right now and he understood my stress. He's also a computer pro, nuff said :thud:

Cliff note: Ordered from another source for Friday delivery. Canceled first order. No problems with StangSuspension just had to be sure, guy at SS is cool. :D

[Kirk]

Good the hear you got it worked out.

My order acted the same way. Took a few days to show it was processed & shipped.

[Tim Russell]

BTW Friday night I'm going to take as much apart as I can. Wheels off, car on stands, shocks disconnected and getting the exahust out of the way. If anyone can drop by on Saturday for a hand that would be great. I think I got everything I need, 4 jack stands and 2 floor jacks. To help with bolt removal I'm going to get a slid hammer from the shop at work and if I can figure out how to grab the head of the bolt that ought to help. I have some heavy (6 gage) wire that might work if the hammer has a hook end attachment.

[Kirk]

I should be around. I will know for sure probably tomorrow night.

[Kirk]

Well the wife's day started out poorly.

Rock to the windshield on the way in to work. I will have to see how bad it is tonight.
She said no major cracks.

[Tim Russell]

Bummer, I hate it when that happens. Got behind a gravel truck this morning and I just slowed down and let some other vehicle in front of me. Hope the rest of her day goes better, I know sometimes when the day starts bad it just never seems to get better.

[Kirk]

Thanks, she has been having a real rotten week. SHe figured it was a sign of how the day was going to head. But so far so good.

Got my isolators! :D


Delivered on: Apr 8, 2004 1:21 P.M. :banana:

[Tim Russell]

So when are you doing your suspension? New parts :cool:

[Kirk]

Not sure. Gotta hook up with my buddy the mechanic.

We will do it at the shop, throw it up on the lift. :D

[Tim Russell]

I can't find my Mustang shop manual, the wife cleaned. I guess she didn't think it made a good coffee table book. LOL

I need the torque specs for the rear suspension bolts. I know that the sway bar should be around 35 - 40 from an install I read. Need the upper and lower control arm bolt torque specs. Gonna post over in suspension tech as well.

[Kirk]

Tim,

You need a copy of the Ford Maintenance CD.
It has it all. Talk to me about it next time you come by.

[Tim Russell]

If you'll be around this afternoon after 5 or so I'll probably come by to check out the siding.

[Kirk]

What an awesome day yesterday!

And the rest of the week looks great. 70*'s today & maybe 80* tomorrow.

Time to drop the top and turn up the Buffett. :cool:

[Kristin]

going to be at the cubbie game today!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shifter: im so freaking excited, i couldnt even sleep!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: maybe they'll win one for me, they did a damn good job yesterday :thewave:

[Tim Russell]

Thursday, 2 more days to go. Man I hate having a rental car, I mean the wife's Taurus isn't too bad 'cause it's got the 24 Valve V6 but the rental they gave me is gutless. I want my car back from those idiots.

:mad: I can't believe that the "tech" didn't put on the lower mount before trying to finish installing them. I looked at the sevice CD and the last step in removing a strut is to remove the lower mount. It then says installation is the reverse of removal. Idiot, he should have access to this info. :mad:

[Kirk]

When are you getting it back? Today?

Well enjoy today since the next three days are forecast for RAIN.

[Tim Russell]

I got it back and it feels good. I played with the settings a bit. I had a bad day at work so I'm just gonna veg tonight. :thud:

[Kirk]

well get ready. T-storms are on their way.

[Jesse James]

well get ready. T-storms are on their way.

Awesome!! I miss those believe it or not. Very rare to have a good T-storm out here, lightning and thunder, just plain old rain :eek:

[Kirk]

Crap!

Radar shows rain all day.

[Tim Russell]

Ah the day of the week post lives. :thumbs_up

Traffice always sucks when it rains :mad:

[Tim]

thursday, I skipped work. Too depressed to be there. Maybe I will use this time to find a job I might enjoy. DO those exist?

[Kirk]

They are rare.

[Kristin]

is it supposed to rain up at the grove tomorrow?.........i wanta go tomorrow nite!

[Tim Russell]

Looks like we missed all the rain, man they called that one wrong. Today looks nice for Chicagoland. :thumbs_up

[Kirk]

You speak too soon Tim.

It's raining now.

[Kristin]

it's sunny here in wheaton..........figures, i move 4 cars just to put my car in the garage so it doesnt get rained on, and it doesnt rain................u know damn well that car would probably have a tree on it if i left it outside!! :eek:

[Kirk]

Yep,

Radar shows it's only up North.

[Tim Russell]

You speak too soon Tim.

It's raining now.

I know, I looked out before I posted and it was dry. Then when I leave the house it's raining. Should dry out by mid morning according to the weather.

[Kirk]

Man,

This ruins my top down drive to work.

[Tim Russell]

Same $hit different week. Looks like rain for most of the day. At least after today it's supposed to be nice for a week. I hope it'll be nice on the 4th for my friends party. :D

[Kristin]

ah finally thursday........hopefully this day will go fast :burnout:

[Tim Russell]

Now the weather says just rain for this afternoon. I want to finish my outdoor project so no rain this evening please. Then I can relax this weekend.

I heard WI got hit with tornadios last night. Hope all the WI folks are ok and no one got major hail damage.

[MustangGirl13]

we got a new puppy last night! he is a scottie just like our old doggy Rusty. we have yet to pick a name for him though!

[Kirk]

Old Doggie?

What about Rusty? [Sorry if I am bringing up a bad subject]

[MustangGirl13]

we had to put him to sleep 2 months ago, he had cancer

[Kirk]

Sorry to hear that.
So when are ya going to post pics of the new pup?

[dufkis]

Ah just wokr up but nedd to work on car to get ready for racing

[Kirk]

Well......

Is this thing on?????

Woo hoo short week, tomorrow is Friday, and we are going to Jimmy Buffett Saturday.
We are making a weekend of it in Lake Geneva.

[Tim Russell]

I'm so dead, flight was late getting in and didn't get home till 11:30 :thud:

[Tim Russell]

Hello (echo) is there anyone out there :D

Last day of the week for me I hope. Can't wait till Saturday. :banana:

[Kirk]

Yep Saturday's gonna be fun.

[Ghost]

Last day of week for me again and Im sitting here waiting for the damn brown truck to drop off my autometer tach so I can leave for work :thud:

[Kirk]

It's been a long week with one more day to go.

Today was terrible meetings & conference calls all day.

[Ghost]

It's been a long week with one more day to go.

Today was terrible meetings & conference calls all day.
the brown truck showed up

but im at work now :thud:

[Kirk]

Timing is everything...... :D

[Tim Russell]

Back from Florida, was there on business for a few days. No more travel for a while I hope, I'm just worn out :thud:

[Kirk]

I was wondering where you were at.

I have a week from hell going here.

[Tim Russell]

I was working head down to get out of there so I wasn't web surfing. Glad to be home :thumbs_up