Rear ends....

[shooter1201]

I just got my '98 Mustang back from a maintenance check up. The mechanic found fine metallic particles in the differential, which explains the slight 'roaring' I began hearing a few weeks ago. Silly me thought it was a bad U-joint. Fortunately(???) he says a replacement rearend won't be TOO expensive.

It's always something, huh?

BTW...sorry to disappoint all you guys...AND gals...that hoped this was a 'sex thread'.

[ 06-27-2002: Message edited by: shooter1201 ]

[CinaC]

Hey, Shooter -- I'm looking into getting a Mustang next summer. You've got a stick shift, right? How is the handling and visibility? I'm really looking forward to a 6-cyl engine over the 4-cyl I've got now. (And I'm keeping my Jeep, so I won't be "Crazy in a Ford").

[Piper]

Originally posted by shooter1201:
BTW...sorry to disappoint all you guys...AND gals...that hoped this was a 'sex thread'.

Doh!!!!!!!

[shooter1201]

Crazy...

I love the Ford V-6-equipped Mustang with a stick! The stick throw is SHORT and almost 'automatic'. The power:weight ratio is PERFECT for a car this size! The car is VERY responsive. Visability is excellent. My daughter has a 2001 Mustang and is only 4'11". She can see fine in her car.

If you get a chance to drive one, do it. You'll swear there's a 302 under the hood.

[CinaC]

Shooter, I'm already drooling!

UBB code hates me.

Okay, I tried to get this into one of those cute links (to the results of a Carmax search for Mustangs ...), but it didn't work (because UBB is the product of SATAN!)

I hate UBB. Thanks for trying, FLLawdog!

[ 06-27-2002: Message edited by: Crazy in a Jeep ]

[nickg]

QUOTE:
"BTW...sorry to disappoint all you guys...AND gals...that hoped this was a 'sex thread'.'

YEAH... i thought you were talking about my wife!!

[Joseph]

I thought you were talking about different rear ends too.

[Mike Tx]

Since it don't cost that much to fix it, I'd drive it 'til it quits. You'd be surprised how long it may last. That "metal shavings" isn't written in stone.

[shooter1201]

The 'roaring' is VERY distracting...and I'm trading/selling it in December, so....might as well fix it.

[Mike Tx]

Shooter, does the roaring go away in fourth gear?

[Don]

Aw just throw a little sawdust in the differential. You won't hear the roaring so loud then!

[shooter1201]

MikeTX...

The roaring starts...and continues...from around 25MPH and up. It does NOT cease in 4th OR 5th....

[Reagan]

Originally posted by Crazy in a Jeep:
(And I'm keeping my Jeep, so I won't be "Crazy in a Ford").

Isn't there like an Alan Jackson song that has a lyric that goes like "I'm crazy about a mercury" or something along the lines of it..

[CopInNY]

a mustang with a 6? agh! choke. gag. vomit. faint.



I think I hav e a Ford 8.8" rear and a Ford 9" rear lying around in the garage from my modified mustang days (back when I had an LX 5.0 used just to experiment with different bolt ons..heh)

if your car has either or, let me know, you can have it. just pay shipping, as i have no use for it. then just pay the guy to put it in.

[jarhead6073]

Originally posted by CopInNY:
a mustang with a 6? agh! choke. gag. vomit. faint.

That's what I was thinking too. I just dindn't want to bust his chops