I'm pretty new around here and posted previously about mods I plan to make to my '89 GT vert. The responses that I received from that previous post both to this newsgroup and that I received in e-mail were phenomenal! Thanks to everyone!
However, since then, a couple of more issues have come up in my restoration/rebuild process with this car that I could use the group's help on. I've searched in google for past posts, but didn't seem to get hits for much on these problems. There's a couple of them and I thought about putting them in different threads so people wouldn't have to read through too much drivel, but I figured I'd get beat up for bogging up the newsgroup.
So here goes:
I'm noticing on heavy accelerate/braking that my driver's electric seat "gives" a bit, as if it's loose. Without pulling up all of the carpeting to see if the floorpan is cracked, I was wondering if it could possibly be the seat itself getting loose, and if anyone knows if there are any tightening adjustments that can be done on the seat. Doing a search in google through past posts, someone posted that Ford sold a bracing kit that can be installed in tandem with subframes. Anyone have any particulars on this?
Also, my gas pedal is sticking in the no-gas position. Not a big deal, I usually have to give it a bit of a stomp to break it loose and then we're fine; but if the car is still for some time -- either parked or at a long light (i.e., I'm not punching on the gas) -- the peddle sticks again. Anyone have any history with this?
My driver side mirror is also cracked and a bottom chip missing. The mirror's hardware is fine and works well, I just need to buy a mirror to be glued back in. Everywhere I've checked, though, lists just the entire mirror assembly. Anyone know of a source for just the glass? I took it by a glass shop, but they wanted 50 bucks to do a template and custom cut, with the edge bevel effect -- that's half of what I'd pay for just getting the whole assembly! Ford doesn't sell just the glass...
Finally, I plan on going the Kenny Brown route to grace the handling of the car. But it seems like this '89 vert handles much worse on cornering than my old '86 hatch (both GT's). Is that a vert vs. hatch issue, or did something change in those years for handling? And, yeah, those bushings will go urethane as soon as I can swing it.
Right now, I'm typing this covered to my elbows in crud, exhausted from a weekend spent on the stang, and I'm grinning big! Man, I'm loving being back on a pony again. Thanks for all of your help, folks!