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    2/26/2024 6:49 PM  #1

    MS
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    MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    My brake project on the 65 was almost finished today. All I needed to do was bolt on the new tandem master cylinder. I absolutely could not get the bolt started on the driver side of the master cylinder. I went through several gyrations of removing the master cylinder to make sure the bolt would actually thread in the insert, as well as running a tap in the insert to be certain it was usable.  I finally wound up cross-threading the bolt slightly, so pulled the master cylinder again to retap it.
    Of course, I then managed to break the tap off in the hole.
    Next, removed instrument cluster, vent cable and parking brake handle. Undid the speedo cable, pulled the cluster out. Unbolted the brake pedal support under the dash, spent half an hour removing the pedal support.
    On the workbench, I removed the threaded insert with the broken tap in it and welded on a flanged nut for the master cylinder bolt attachment.
    All worn out from all that frustration, the reinstallation will be done tomorrow, hopefully without additional drama.

    A job that should have taken thirty seconds expanded to fill four or five hours, plus I have to figure out where all the instrument cluster wires go since I removed them all in my haste to remove the cluster.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    2/26/2024 8:09 PM  #2

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Sometimes you just need a brake!🤪

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    2/26/2024 8:24 PM  #3

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Rudi wrote:

    Sometimes you just need a brake!🤪

    Well, at least I know you have been reading the forum, Rudi

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
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    2/26/2024 8:37 PM  #4

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    "Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug".

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    2/26/2024 9:08 PM  #5

    Steve69
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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    I agree with Rudi!  Walk away and have a cold one!  Alway tomorrow!

     

    2/27/2024 8:03 AM  #7

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    I feel your pain.  Hope everything works out OK for you.

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    2/27/2024 9:14 AM  #8

    BobE
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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    MS - I guess many of us have been there, done that, I know I have. 
    Rudi - I got the 'brake' comment, good one. 

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    2/27/2024 8:53 PM  #9

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Ya see.....! 
    It takes 'stuff' like this ^^^^^ to make you think    "  GAWD...I just thought I was gett'in good at this stuff "!
    Very humbling experience indeed.
    Drink a Diet Pepsi.....go kick the cat....climb in the recliner and let cable TV wash over ya for a few hours !!!!
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    2/27/2024 9:39 PM  #10

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    I hate when that happens.

    70, ragtop 351W/416 stroker Edel Performer heads w pro flow 4, Comp roller 35-421-8. T5
     

    2/27/2024 9:44 PM  #11

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    It is all back together and we now have brakes!  My neighbor, who is slimmer and left-handed, volunteered to go under the dash to put the brake pedal pivot back together.  Now I have a brake pedal with a bushing not installed. Oh, well. It works for now, and will get redone when I redo the entire dash after stripping the car to bare bones. 

    Objective was met to have brakes working before my surgery.  Next is new gas tank and fill the tranny so hopefully it can move under its own power.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
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    3/01/2024 8:37 AM  #12

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Ive had my fair share of those kind of days.  This past Sunday, I swear I spent more time going in circles than I did getting anything done.

     

    3/01/2024 5:43 PM  #13

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    John Ha wrote:

    I feel your pain.  Hope everything works out OK for you.

    I would like that as a tin sign to hang in the garage

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    3/01/2024 11:06 PM  #14

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Rufus68 wrote:

    John Ha wrote:

    I feel your pain.  Hope everything works out OK for you.

    I would like that as a tin sign to hang in the garage

    https://tddesigns.shop/en-us/products/every-twenty-minute-job-is-one-broken-bolt-away-from-being-a-3-day-ordeal-20-minute-job-1-broken-bolt-tin-sign-metal-sign?srsltid=AfmBOopDQJM_oHBZjZc1zup41rLgsarA9029Jw8yWCpewp5mEZ25ntvGcGI


     

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    3/01/2024 11:09 PM  #15

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Here is link to one I think its aluminum though and also seen a few on ebay

     https://tddesigns.shop/en-us/products/every-twenty-minute-job-is-one-broken-bolt-away-from-being-a-3-day-ordeal-20-minute-job-1-broken-bolt-tin-sign-metal-sign?srsltid=AfmBOopDQJM_oHBZjZc1zup41rLgsarA9029Jw8yWCpewp5mEZ25ntvGcGI

    Its really me....I fixed my caps lock .
     

    3/02/2024 6:56 AM  #16

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    Rufus68 wrote:

    I would like that as a tin sign to hang in the garage

    I made it - it's 24"x17".  I took the pdf to my local office supply store and they printed it on their large format printer.  I bought a cheap frame and stuck it on the wall in the garage.  I have a couple others I did the same way.  I put the master files for all 3 of them (in .tiff and .pdf) on my Google Drive and you should be able to download them from there (let me know if that doesn't work).   :-)

    Last edited by John Ha (3/02/2024 9:20 AM)

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    3/03/2024 9:08 AM  #17

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    Re: MustangSteve’s LAW proven yet again

    In Steve's case, you can pretty much say that every third or fourth bolt will break.  He is trying to reinforce his reputation when it comes to tightening bolts.

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