Grab a box mentality

A lot of people have offered some great advise on restoring my mustang and the order in which to do the rebuild.  Some of the advise I have incorporated, but I have also had to come up with my own survival plan.  I call it, "Grab a box mentality".  It's fairly simple, since I am so crowded for space and am sharing a garage - I grab a box and open it.  If what's inside is something I can put on the car, it goes on. If not, it goes back on the shelf and I grab another box. In this manner, I am trying to install as much on the car as possible to help free up some room! I am making good progress and managed to fit my hands into the opening in the doors to add peel and stick insulation. A simple ten minute job to install the door handle took a little longer, but I hope that the doors don't sound so hollow!

Spaghetti Westren

My Lovely Bride was recently chastising me for not updating my blog, she is a great lady and knows I enjoy working on the mustang when I can.  Recently in the garage I have been installing a completely new wiring harness. I do have the old one on a shelf, but it looks dangerous with all the cuts, splices and rust. In the process of installing the new harness, I am getting an education on reading wiring diagrams. Everything is plug and play and color coded right? Hmm... Thus far I have installed the rear tail lights, reverse lights and ran the harness back to the main. I have also installed the wiper assembly and plugged that in along with a few accessories like the headlight switch, ignition switch, etc.  I am also installing an original emergency flasher system. The bottom tray under the dash is maxed out on wires! I also installed the heater box and controls. While installing the hoses to the box, I added a couple of rubber grommets to get a good tight seal at the firewall. Be sure to use a lot of WD-40 as rubber to rubber contact does not allow the hoses to go through the grommets easily! I am maxing out my time under the dash by adding peel and stick insulation. For my next rabbit trick, I am going find a way to add the peel and stick to the inside of the doors as I hate the hollow sound when you shut them. Things are crowded, hectic and at times over whelming with all the parts, but I am having a lot of fun one or two hours a weekend. Good thing I don't have a deadline!