Recent content by Spence340

My E Brake was stuck and only moved a little bit. I pulled up and released it several times and it seemed to be freeing up a bit but then it snapped and now the handle is free but does nothing. It appears my rear brakes are now stuck like the E brake is on. Any suggestions? It's a 2006 GT with...

The other thing I am worried about is does the trunk need to be open to gain access to the back part of the top. This trunk in the yard is closed and locked with no key to be found.

Didn't get it off on the first try because my craftsman torque head broke off while I was trying to get one of the arms off. Looking at your picture though I noticed you took the whole bracket off which is held on by 13mm bolts so I will try that when I go back.

Thanks, I think I am going to give it a shot tomorrow at the yard. Drum Sargent this is not how your upholstery guy will do it, he will most likely replace just the canvas on the attached frame which takes some skill to do. I am just trying to save some money by taking the whole frame off with...

Has anyone removed a convertible top and frame from a junker? There is a like new top in a local yard near me on 2006 stang and I would think it would be just as easy to remove the whole thing frame and all instead of trying to get the canvas off. Any idea's or suggestions?

Can anyone direct me to a good source for a quick "get me by for now" convertible top fix. My 05 has 124,000 miles on it and the tan top is getting a little ragged but I'm not sure I want to put the money into it for a new top. It's not really leaking but it has a bunch of small rough spots...

Nice clear run through of the whole process, this will help a lot of folks who are doing this conversion.

Car has not been tuned up forever so I suppose I could start with plugs etc. It's funny you mention harmonic balancer failure as I was just thinking the other day that's what it feels like. How much of job would that be to replace on these cars and is there any way to tell if it is actually gone?

I will check those two ideas and I should mention the vibration is most noticeable at idle sitting in traffic or at a light.

Picked up a vibration a while ago and it seems to be getting worse. After searching the site I am thinking maybe the transmission mount might be gone or maybe the engine mounts. Can you see the that the mount is gone by jacking up the car and taking a look with a flashlight? My car has 110,000...

Consumer Reports has been rating Costco auto batteries as one of the best for years. 96 is the size for the Mustang I believe.

Man, this sounds confusing as hell. Just bought a 2005 convertible with 50K on it from the original owner. She claims there was never a key fob with the car and she only had one key for the car. I have some Ford fobs from junk yards is there anything I can do to program them or is it a trip to...

Yeah, I walked away from this one, some things did not add up and by searching the vin I found it had been on sale there since April. Something was wrong. Thanks for all the input.

OldMuscle, what was the glue that you actually used to achieve this result?

Looking at a 2008 Mustang that I saw on Craigslist and I was wondering if anyone here lives in Harrisburg and might be able to take a quick look at it for me. I really hate the idea of buying something I have never seen in the flesh.