Busted Ball Joints! 2003 Ford Mustang 4.6 GT
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The X-files thing you do when your daughter appears in the frame makes me laugh every time. 🤣
How about some other tune? Was thinking Indiana Jones or something :-). Let it rain with tips to Rainman :-)
but this is an Alien ! Sooo,,, @@tobbex7372
Often just part of a body. Obviously alien. The truth is out there...
same I made it through the first one but the second quick one made me lol! :)
Some other tune will not fit the theme since he seems to refer to her as “his little alien”. Didn’t you hear her answer him when he said that?
Wow, it's amazing how nice the walls look. It sure made the shop look good
It appears to be much brighter in the corners, now that the walls are painted.
@@Yurindeep there’s 2 more lights in the video
The shop's looking almost new
I know Eric O says this a lot but living in MN it still amazes me when Ray can simply unscrew and pull out a wheel speed sensor. That has never happened to me.
It seems that Ray still has to deal with some Gulf Coast rust, nothing like what you guys have, but still a bit crusty just the same. Come to north Texas and look at some of our vehicles that were sold and lived here their whole life. We wear them out and rebuild them - sometimes several times, and they’re still rust free when we park them for the last time.
Someone else in love with Eric O... SMH
Samma i sverige, salt är jävulens påfund....
When you live in the rust belt. Things that should be easy aren't so easy. They might see a little surface rust. It's not like what we're used to.
Painted walls, exposed steel girders stove-blacked and the floor looks like it had some sweeping compound on it recently. That shop is starting to look a lot better.
Once they finish painting the walls, and replace the insulation on the ceiling, that place will look like new!
Just needs the floor painting workshop Grey .
The shop cleanup is looking great Ray.
For anyone watching this.. do not leave the spring pressure held in by a sway bar link like that.. these Mustang springs are even higher tension than most others and that sway bar link can and very well will snap sending that spring flying out at you. Place a jack under the control arm and relieve the spring tension before doing ball joints on these..
A brilliant episode and series.
At my time of life I’m never going to take a ‘wrench’ (a spanner - I’m British! 😂) to a car, but I’ve learned so much!
Without seeing your daughter in the ‘X-files’ scenes (hilarious!), I would still have known you are a family man. Who else would have used the term, “Silly Rabbit”, other than a man who has a little daughter? 🤭😆
Great entertainment, regardless of one’s involvement or indeed non-involvement, with mechanical stuff.
Thank you, Ray and Lauren. This one of my favourite CZcams channels - and as my mobility is no longer what I would wish - I watch quite few!
Very wishes to you all.
I'm kind of amazed at how relatively easy this Mustang was to work on. The steering rack, sway bar bushings and links gave you so little trouble. Add to that the Ford engineers must've taken a day off when they did these cars - nothing obscured, ridiculously complex, yeah. amazes me how they can even look us in the face these days with their little games. On another point, those X-files sightings just slay me.
I'm imagining how back in 2003, the race oriented part of Ford still had a say in these cars.
Like, put the annoying desk engineers on the damn fiesta, just keep 'em away from the muscle because someone might wanna race this in series that demand a certain amount of stock parts.
Starting to look like a professional shop. Good work, Lauren. 😉
finding those little symptoms for the vacuum/fueling system makes a whole new car, and I learned some things from watching you. Excellent work!
Rainman Ray's Repairs.. Awesome video on the mustang. However I can help but notice the walls and the overall look of the shop looking so much better than it did. Nice work getting it to where it is now. I'm sure it was a lot of work. Well deserved brother.
That thing is super clean for being 20 years old!
That's what happens when you don't live in the rust belt
@@momechtanwell even in rust belt we don't take of them.
Awesome that the wife unit shows us Team work! Together Everyone Achieves More.... TEAM..... Shes a diamond that should never ever be given away 😁
Wow saw your daughter having fun on that kick scooter.... years from now she will remember having fun in her Dad's garage. But now wow, before you beep horn & back a vehicle out; now you must always check behind the vehicle for your children. You beep, well you can't see them behind you before backing up, & some children will not scream behind a vehicle when the horn beeps.
Multiple Project Mustangs at the same time. Great series.
Ray you tickle the hell out of me when your daughter shows up and you play that music. I just love that so much, way too funny!!!!!!!!!
I am a retired mechanic/machinist. In Australia for a period of time in mid 2000s we had a similar design on the front suspension of Fords where the lower ball joint is held in tension while car has wheels on the ground. I have seen what happens if the ball joint pulls out of the lower control arm - not pretty. The wheel immediately twists to sit at right angles to the car, jamming itself on the trailing edge of the front wheel opening - doesn't do much for the shape of the guard. Car comes to a screeching halt. At home I also have 2 lower ball joints off a Ford sedan where one ball joint is taller than the other - it had started to move upward because of wear and if not caught in time, owner would have found out the consequences the hard way. Lesson. Check the ball joints regularly on vehicles with that suspension design. Ford corrected the flaw in stub axle and lower control arm design in later vehicles so that the ball joint is always in compression.
While you're cleaning and painting, maybe clean and paint the concrete floor grey with yellow painted line's directing you to the lift's. A little cost but, dressing your shop up and a tax deduction. :)
A nice epoxy coating will make cleaning easy and be resistant to "gravity"
I’m not sure, but I don’t think that would qualify for a tax deduction - he doesn’t own the building. I’m guessing the building owner is compensating him for these upgrades with reduced or complete rent trade off for upgrades/clean ups performed.
Why the yellow painted lines, it's not like he can't find the lifts
@@johnt.848
He might as well install those inclement weather landing strobes they use during foggy weather at airports in the floor. 😂😂
@@johnt.848 Just to dress it up and make it proffessional.:)
Good day Ray. Rocket Surgeon 🚀👨🏻⚕️needed on that Mustang suspension system.
Having graduated the accredited Ethan Allen School of Mechanictry from the couchI must say today’s you were smooth as silk.🛋️😂
Last weekend I was helping my buddy get his new to him 65 Mustang (mustangs are a pandemic lately) roadworthy again. After cleaning it the oil pan I threw the brake clean and yelled "ANOTHER!!!"
24:35 - when your adapter dropped to the ground and started rolling away, I half-expected to hear a scream of "loose puck" and then see the Florida Panthers NHL team scrambling to slap-shot it into goal! :D
I probably say it every time one of your kiddos makes an appearance in your videos, but I love seeing them hanging out in the shop. You're doing a great job. These times will stick with them their entire life.
The shop is looking sweet Ray and Family! The contrast from when I first started following you when you were working for somebody else to now is huge.
The X-Files theme makes me chuckle every time. 😅
Well done Ray, I really enjoyed the entire series of repairs on this Mustang and I'm looking forward to the next video.
The shop looks great and very professional. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise 💯✌️
I like the long videos! really appreciate all your hard work making these.I know it’s a lot of work!
No winter salt on the roads in Hawaii. Bolts come right off with no rust in the way. We are blessed near the Equator.
don't forget your temp Guage in the center vent
Another great series. One thing I noticed (you probably did it off camera or I missed it), you didn't put the cotter pin in the first ball joint. Aliens, hmm...
The shop is coming along great man! 👍 You definitely are the epitome of "if you love your job you never work a day in your life"
Ray.. Loving the series with the black and red Mustang
Love the fresh white walls of the shop
Like Tino, that sway bushing is “right around the corner”!
Nice diagnosis of the fuel rail sensor other shop probably wouldn’t find it. Have a good day Ray
Ray seems more cheerful than usual today, which is good.
Look at the shop….its al clean. Plus we have had a couple of “cooler” days in a row.
Shop looks great Ray! Nothing like a clean & organized workshop to increase efficiency and productivity!
Would be great to paint the floor a nice gray colour.
good bread and butter $ last few days' jobs reining in Mustangs.
He usually hides his anger in the Bathroom...slamming and breaking toilet seats😏🐰 🎉
The x files theme for your daughter always gives me a chuckle, Another great video as always. 😎
Opening the vid w/ some oldskool freestyle, Miami style!!
If only I was a mechanic where you live. I have never had the opportunity to do links like those without using heat😂😂😂
If it's one little thing i've learned from watching your videos religiously, I should be using a wobbly rocket more often. I always thought of them as gimmicky? Unsafe? I dunno. I'm def going to try to use it more often!
I use wobbly sockets for everything. Best sockets ever.
I need some
They’re great as long as you get actual wobbly sockets or a wobbly ball joint type adapter to use your existing sockets with, but you should run from the cheap u joint looking flex joints, most especially if you’re using it with an impact gun.
Wobbly bit rocket is more of a Elon Musk thing🚀
So awesome. Ray says his little alien is running around, and you hear a little “what?” In the background. No aliens respond in my house, just a few little rain clouds.
I like the way the wheel speed sensors go in, here in the uk they always seem to be buried ,and i see a young lady bringing her scooter in for service ,great job again thank for the video
I was surprised to see you go for a 12-point wrench at 3:35 to break those caliper bolts loose. I had been told that 6-point wrenches were preferred for applications where high torque was required and less likely to round off the bolt head.
I am happy to see that things have returned to normal in the shop. Last week, when I watched you struggling with the reassembly of Caddy rear suspension (that Troy disassembled), I was beginning to worry about you.
With limited rotation room a 12pt is betterer ;)
The problem was that the wrench was against the caliper, not that the bolt was unusually tight.
@Starchface I saw that too. Ray didn't see it because he makes sure we all see before he can. 😅
Fantastic Ray fun with the fird!!!😊
Use astro glide on the rubber parts for ease of inserting rubber thingies
Such a nice feeling you are concerned for our safety in every video. I hate we get in the way and get smacked sometimes but it happens🤣.
now, if ONLY he can cure his dropsies...never seen a mech drop so many things..bolts, nuts, parts, lights, tools...u name it, he's dropped it
Bought a Terminator Mustang 2 years ago... Surprisingly a lot of the parts I've replaced were original parts... These 4.6 Mustangs were built well. But good tender care goes a long ways. And the parts will last another 20 years. Just from my personal experience. Really enjoying the videos on the old mustangs. 😸
Did you install the cotter pin on the drivers side tie rod? The shop sure looks good!
He reused the old ones😂again on both sides.
Wonder how much it is to the air tire pressure checked ...minus the scan tool ...
@@DonsJunkmail-vg1wt usually done when the wheel alignment is done
Don't forget both cotter pins. You're like me I do a reverse inspection on my repair to make sure I didn't leave any 10mm behind🤣😂🤣🤣 and other tools. I make sure cotter pins are bent around the crown nut instead of over the top of the bolt like I've seen in many cases
We was trying to scream at the phone RAY YOU FORGOT YOUR ADAPTER LOL😂😂😂😂
I have the same fuel fill issue on my 2000 Mustang, so I will be eagerly waiting for the next video.
Love that slow motion shot. Another great video. 👍 Hello again from pa USA. This one reminds me of when I worked in a saab dealership. Saab story. 😆 🤣 😂. Became saab mechanic.I hated those vehicles. Left to go to independent shop, much better.
Great video as always 47:49 @Rainman Ray's Repairs
On days when I’m feeling ultra nostalgic I add in an occasional “do de do de do…” as I watch your videos. 😂 Ah, the good old days!
Shop looks amazing, I have a theory the under toolbox lighting is to prevent alligators lurking unseen.
one of my friends mom had that issue on her mustang. it was the spring inside the hose that connects to the gas tank. i took it out and it solved the problem.
A Old Mechanic told me years ago, son do not go to other wheel until the one you are working on is totally complete, you are bound to forget something like a carter pin...
Eric O said that. You're not slick.
@Gizmetti I was taught that before Eric was even born
Why the shot at the poster?
Cotter pin, perhaps?
Amazing shop transformation since you moved in. The walls that have been painted make it look brighter in the shop.
Thought you forgot the cotter pin on the driver side, but you must have placed it off camera.
Good job. For those of us crawling around on the ground doing this, consider changing out the control arm bushings or purchase new arms with all the bits already installed.
The shop is looking awesome,very customer confidence inspiring! Good job !
Something very different between the two sides. Either different struts, or the wishbone is hung up on one side, because the pressure was in the opposite direction on the passenger side. You had to push the shock up to meet the holes in the knuckle, on the drivers side, but the wish bone needed a significant push up on the passenger side. Something not right, somewhere.
I was going to say the same thing. Pressures are not the same side to side.
I missed a few videos and all of a sudden the shop walls got painted.. Looks brighter in there now.
Well I can eat breakfast after all....Ray posted a video!
Awesome Mustang video Ray. As always. It's a happy Tuesday in Australia to you and wife unit :-)
That Florida anthem in the background while taking off the brake caliper 💯💯
The strut bolts ARE bolts, as they pass thru plain holes and are retained by a nut.
Those holding the caliper bracket are cap screws as they install into tapped holes.
hope we get a video dedicated to that last clean-up/cleaning
Hang a large bathroom mirror up on the wall in frt of the garage door
Kinda up high. You can use it to look at the car your pulling out in. Kids behind you or cars in the way backing out, big help on the far left bay. We had one in the shop I worked at with a 7x7 door I could pull a humvee in and out of the shop with 1" on both sides
Yes humvee it was a mitilary vehicle we had to keep in the shop it belonged to the recruiting center
They wanted a sound system in it.
That was just a window on the wall to do window tint on.
I love the exfiles bit, always takes me back. I did enjoy the extended series of the mustang nice work Ray 🤘🤘
It is amazing how clean your shop is at the beginning of the day. A lesson I am still working to put in practice.
Another great video Ray. I wish I knew a mechanic like you. Keep up the excellent work!
T-Shirt Idea!! No Short Cuts Today! Rainman Ray! In some light colors for us AZ desert dwellers : )
5:18 don't forget to put something under the A arm.
It was good to see Toby wearing his red sneakers and not his cowboy boots! 😂
Ray, that silicone spray works in both directions makes those bushings come off just as easy as they go on. 😊
Ray no matter how many times I hear the sound effects when you clean greasy yuck off it's funny 🤣
I see you were sporting new safety specks... nice.
Ray, don't forget your thermo meter in the center vent...
Shop is looking great Ray.
Man, I just did this on an Acura RSX. What a pita. Wasn't as easy as this.
Very enjoyable and the shop is looking great!!
Shock or Coil Spring is probably weak on the first side which is why it came out easier then the second side
25:00 @Rainman Ray's Repairs
I have 1999 GT, I just am so impressed with the ease of working on the front end of these cars. Why aren't all frontend design to be serviceable like this one.
Exactly what I was thinking! I have a 1998 Jaguar XK8 and working on it requires the skills of a gynecologist!😅
Forgot that brace on the bottom last one you had to hammer off
Shop is looking a lot better
Your shop is looking better every video. It’s really cleaning up nicely. It won’t be long until we won’t be able to tell if it’s yours or that of Car Care Nut.
When you get back to the shop, put the other nut on the last wheel speed sensor bracket. Love your work and your little X.
I also. Wondered about both speed sensor brackets having only one nut…? Maybe this is the way it should be…?
Shop looks nice and clean. Great job
The shop walls are looking great, as is the floor. Are you going to do a shop update soon?
I love your videos so much, I learn alot from your videos, I just got hired at Toyota im currently a lube tech and 18 years old and at the T Ten program getting trained to be a line tech. I take alot of inspirations on the different methods you do to do repairs and the tools you use. your amazing
always love the xfiles reference
I always line up my cotter key hole , before installing the spindle or tie rods
Everything in the shop is looking great Ray.
Especially enjoy the X-Files interludes...
Oh no it’s are 51….
Any chance to poke the bear I see 🤣
Love ya work shop looks great 👍👍
It just amazes me to watch you crank out a job in an hour that would be a weekend project for me.
thankyou Ray,very interesting content,the shops looking good to,,,👍👍
Love watching you fix stuff at 06:30 😀
Donr foret your Ball joint Press Plate on bottom of the Ball Joint 23:37 @Rainman Ray's Repairs
When I did bushings I put Vaseline in it so it slid on easy probably didn't need it but it made life easier and I did one on a 54 Desoto that would not go on without it
Good morning Ray
The tool at 7:121 is really great, I got the same and you can press in and out nearly everything, as long as you are able to make your own pressing tools (what I do on my lathe and my milling machines).