Back at the shop...

Today was a long and tiring experience at Mr. Butler’s shop. My day began by removing the old, sagging door hinges from the car to replace with the new hinge pins. After carefully balancing each door off of the car and down onto a padded area on the floor, I proceeded to use an angle grinder to cut the worn out door pins off. I was successful after about 45 minutes worth of cutting. I had to be extra careful no to damage the door itself. After prepping the hinges with a fresh coat of paint, I placed them back on the doors with the new pins in place. The next objective was removing the old door weather stripping and replacing with a more durable rubber weather stripping so that moisture can not penetrate the cab. After doing so we needed to take a trip to town to pick up a few brass fittings to adapt our new brake lines to the calipers. Napa Auto Parts was able to help us in finding the right supplies needed to adapt the brake lines to the calipers. After returning back to the shop after a quick lunch break, we proceeded in installing the brake line fittings and bleeding the brakes. Using a hand held vacuum pump, we were able to pump fluid throughout the lines and give the mustang a little stopping power. The reason for bleeding brake lines is to make sure that there is no air bubbles in the fluid that can interrupt the flow of the fluid. Later on in the evening, Mr. Ed Butler generously offered his welding abilities to us to weld in our front battery rack.

A shot of the doors after unloading them from the bed of my truck. While fixing the hinges, I also removed all of the wiring that dealt with the speakers and any other electronics that weren't necessary.

A shot of the mustang after removing the wheels in order to perform surgery on the brakes.

The mass supply of parts and components needed to complete the week's chores.

A pic of the new pins before I put on the new rollers. Getting the pin that held the roller in out, was a workout. Alot of hammering and different length punches were used.

Prepping the hinges on the grinder for a new coat of paint.

Bare metal

First coat.

A pic of the new door jam weather seal.

This is how Mr. Butler persuaded the pistons on the rear brake calipers to go in.

Using a vise and c-clamp did the trick. We measured the distance needed for the rotor and pads to fit into the caliper at once. This helped us in knowing how far to push the piston in.

This is a shot of where the parking brake cable attaches to the arm.

Left side caliper on.

Mr. Butler attaching the line to the right caliper.

This is the new fittings that we picked up from Napa. Notice how they adapt our line to the new caliper.

A pic after we attached the line to the rear-end and calipers.

A picture of the parking brake cable hooked into the arm.

Right side completed.

Where the line attaches to the body for support under the car.

The new parking brake cable.

Unloading the batteries.

Mr. Butler modifying the brake line mount just to insure that no rubbing is allowed on the strut while turning.

Smoothing edges

Notice the better clearance.

A pan placed just incase of a spill while priming the brake lines with fluid.

Mr. Butler's father preparing to weld.

Steady hands and expertise.

Spotting on the bracket.

Running the bead.

Cleaning the weld.

Testing complete. We're ready for business!