I find the easiest way to to pull the screws and pull the instrument panel aft until I can easily get to the speedo cable. It's a lot easier than laying on your back.

I feel your pain man, getting old suck's. Used to slide right down there and fold up into all kinds of posistions.  The only way I can do it now is remove the seats, and it still hurts but I can move.  Was going to comment on how easy it is to remove the speedo cable, but my pedal support is out of the car. I work for a couple hours then retreat to my recliner.
L8tr

Tubo wrote:

.....Here I am at 67, just the thought of crawlin under the dash of a Mustang breaks my back.....

I just leap frogged you, last week, by one year, Tubo.  I am pretty trim but the ol' bod does not contort and reform like it used to. In the past (memory suffers some, as well) I may have detached the speedo cable by pulling the instrument cluster out, reaching behind it and unscrewing it.  It is just hard to remember those details from 1982.

I got a kick out of 57steve's declaration that at an advanced age he would "work for a couple hours then retreat to my recliner".  That is precisely my MO these days, whatever the project.  Sometimes, depending on the job, I cannot even do a 2 hour stretch without finding something else to do that uses a seperate set of muscles and brain power.

btw, 57steve, you ought to bring your car up to the Touchmark 8th annual car show next Saturday.  It is a real nice show that is just off 164th St, a mile north of SR14, in Vancouver.  They do a real nice free lunch and the show is free.  If you are interested pm me with your email and I will forward the email with the pdf flyer in it.  I've gone the last two years and will be there this time.
 

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Tubo wrote:

Here I am at 67, just the thought of crawlin under the dash of a Mustang breaks my back. How ever the idea of sharing a Mustang weekend with other folks is mighty attractive. Just goes to show what is fun fer one, aint No fun at all fer another.

Tubo
 

  You must be living the good Life Corky!   Never would of guessed your 67 or 57!

 

So....Howard is 78, Mr Tim is 75, and BB is gonna be 70 in Aug.  Anyone else with advanced Geezertude?  I have all the same complaints plus my back and hips seem to think they are pushing 120.  Butt (TS&T), I keep at it.  This week I managed to get three side winows installed and rough adjusted.  May get to the last one later today.  Just got to keep a bit of forward motion and it will get done. 

The back issue and contorting made me hire a guy to do the headliner.  I did the last one and it was okay but croutching inside the car to do one now is more than I can face.  As for the recliner...well, I can do about four or five hours, then it's inside to discuss the situation with my friend Jack. 

See ya all in Sept. I hope.

BB

I'm 74 and getting in the trunk to change the rear shocks is a thing of the past.  The back makes getting under the car very uncomfortable.  Under dash work is now out of the question too.  I'm just about the point where changing tires is it.

Fortunately, my ride is pretty much the way I want it, so only normal maintenance is required these days.  No projects in sight right now.  What that means is my car is on the road, not up on jack stands!  I'm almost at 600,000 miles!
 

Cool name, boomyal. I had to laugh (and it's not funny 😄) when I read, "To be able to get my arm up around the bottom of the dash, I have to lay on my back, over the threshold  and put the back of my head on the pedals.  Then I can hardly get back out of there." I know how this feels! I'll be back under there soon doing Mustang Steves clutch and brake pedal bearings. I'm not looking forward to it! I'll be 55 this year. Like most of us Mustangers is not the years, it's the miles that get us. 😀

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Bullet Bob wrote:

So....Howard is 78, Mr Tim is 75, and BB is gonna be 70 in Aug.  Anyone else with advanced Geezertude?  I have all the same complaints plus my back and hips seem to think they are pushing 120.  Butt (TS&T), I keep at it.  This week I managed to get three side winows installed and rough adjusted.  May get to the last one later today.  Just got to keep a bit of forward motion and it will get done. 

The back issue and contorting made me hire a guy to do the headliner.  I did the last one and it was okay but croutching inside the car to do one now is more than I can face.  As for the recliner...well, I can do about four or five hours, then it's inside to discuss the situation with my friend Jack. 

See ya all in Sept. I hope. . 

BB

 You need to head over to the local Tech College and Hire a young buck to get your Stang Back together BB.  At least you can supervise and it still can be done how you want it done.   Teach a young kid the ropes of working on a classic and put a little $ in his pocket.   Steve69 
 

I'm right with ya fellas. I'm 66 until next week. Almost ready to get the rebuilt 5.0 Cobra and 4R70W in the fb. My only goal is to make the BASH.

13james13 wrote:

......Cool name, boomyal. I had to laugh......

I'll have to see if I can load my GIF avatar to go along with the name.  Years ago I owned a gun store in Pasadena CA.  It was a nickname given to me by a long time friend.

Looking back, when I was 55, this stuff would have still been a breeze, but 13 years later.....

I contemplated doing MS's power brake pedal conversion.  All that you describe has kept me from going there.  I have a convertible that has a cross brace under the dash and factory A/C.  I'd be a cripple if I tried to pull my brake pedal assemble out from under the dash.  I guess I will just stick with the manual disc brakes which do not work too bad.
 

57steve wrote:

.......... I am going to need my reclyiner moved to the garage just to save time going back and forth just to try and keep up with you guys......

Yeah!  That is a cardinal idea!
 

Yeah BB it gets tougher every year to crawl under the car, I'm 76 and let me tell ya it only gets harder.
  After 10 years of doing MCA shows we have retired the 68 from those long haul drives that culminated  with a complete detailing of the car from where the rubber meets the road to the tip of the antenna.

 This past winter I completed an EPAS for the 68 but was too spent to install it, perhaps this winter I will try to summon up enough energy to get it done.  ( My wife's insistance for me to "modify" the kitchen instead of the car might have had something to do with "EPAS non install".