| July 5th, 1996 | Took delivery of my new 1996 mustang GT. |
| Dates unknown -
Warranty Fixes |
Had a noise when revving up the engine. They replaced the alternator.
Lost power steering and brakes. They replaced a leaky rack and pinion. CD player died, lost amp in front speakers. They replaced the CD player. 7/98 Intake manifold cracked. The replaced the manifold (TSB on it). 9/98 Odometer making noise. They replaced the odometer. |
| Dates Unknown -
Repaints |
1/97 Magnetic ski rack slipped while tying down skis. Put several scratches
in roof.
~4/97 Had roof repainted. They left a dimple so I made them repaint it again. ~10/98 Paint on C pillar was scratched in a weird circular pattern. They said it looked like it had been hit by an egg. ~3/99 Had C pillar repainted. They left a dimple again! It took 2 more repaints for them to get it right. They also put a scratch in my fender during the repaint, but they wouldn't do anything about it but put touch up paint on it. I WILL NEVER GO TO WALT SWEENY FORD AGAIN! |
| Dates Unknown -
Accidents |
~5/97 Hit in rear end by a lady putting a few small scratches in black
part of bumper. I touched it up and it looks ok.
3/7/98 Hit in rear in parking lot by a car with no parking brakes. Beat the shit out of her car, but mustang was undamaged. See Accident Page ~6/98 A kid rear ended me on a wet road. There was no damage, so I let it go. ~5/99 Was stopped at a red light and they guy in front of me rolled backward into me. Turned out he had a prescription drug problem and I had to go to court to testify against him. I got very minor scratches from it. |
| Dates Unknown -
Upgrades |
~7/98 - Rewired fog light switch so they can be turned on anytime.
~9/98 - Installed K&N air filter and removed air intake silencer 5/20/99 - Installed Steeda Tri-ax short throw shifter and FMS Leather Shift Knob. (see pics) 6/5/99 - Painted brake calipers red. (see pics) 9/6/99 - Replaced fog light switch bulbs. (see pics) |
| April, 1999 | Replaced all 4 tires with Pirrelli P7000 Super Sport 245/45ZR17 tires. |
| January 1, 2000 | Changed the oil - ~43500 miles |
| April 29, 2000 | Changed the oil - 47643 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 5w30 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| June 2000 | Some unknown object was bouncing across the highway and caught the front edge of my hood doing some damage. Got an estimate for around $300, but I'm going to wait till fall to fix it. Stock hood is figerglass so it's not going to rust or anything if I wait. |
| Aug 27, 2000 | Changed the oil - ~51500 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 5w30 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| Oct 29, 2000 | Changed the oil - ????? miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w30 - Motorcraft 820s filter | --
| Nov 23, 2000 | Installed Cobra clear headlights and clear corner lights |
| Nov 24, 2000 | Had a front wheel alignment done. They said one side was towed in bad. Probably from when the dealer repalced the tie rod end. |
| Jan 6, 2001 | Changed the oil - 58005 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w30 - Motorcraft 820s filter
Changed the fuel filter Re-aimed the new headlights. They were pointed too high. |
| March 14, 2001 | Rotated tires - 61200 miles. Tires are almost to wear indicators with 28,000 miles on them.
Found nails in 2 of my tires which would explain my slow leaks. Ordered tire pressure monitoring system. |
| June 5, 2001 | Changed the oil - 64258 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter-- |
| Aug 15, 2001 | Changed the oil - 67827 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| Sept 15, 2001 | New tires - 69000 miles - Pirrelli's were almost bald. Took the car in to get the tires
balanced because of a vibration. Turned out I had a big chunk missing from one of the front
tires. I bought 4 new Kelly Charger HP Plus tires. I decided to try H rated tires for a change
to try to get some more life out of them. So far the only thing I notice is that they sqeal more.
Tread depth - 11/32" in middle, 5/16" on edge |
| Dec 4, 2001 | Did the brakes on front and back - 70995 miles - Replaced all pads. Back sides of front rotor were worn funny so I replaced both rotors. Broke a lug on the left rear wheel trying to take if off because the tire shop cross threaded the lug nut! |
| Dec 8, 2001 | Changed the oil - 71107 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter
Replaced broken wheel lug. |
| Feb 4,2002 | Slid on some ice while making a left turn smaked into the curb. Put a huge crack in the wheel. |
| Feb 6,2002 | Relaced all 4 wheels with wheels from the 2001 Mustang Bullitt (new wheels) |
| March 21, 2002 | Changed the oil - 75900 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| April, 2002 | Replaced the rear rotors |
| June 30, 2002 | Rotated tires - 78700 miles
Fixed squeal from one of the rear brakes |
| July 11, 2002 | Replaced Battery - 79111 miles |
| Aug 12, 2002 | Changed the oil - 79907 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| September 20, 2002 | Replaced rear brake pads (again) to get rid of brake squeal. |
| Nov 30, 2002 | Changed the oil - 82900 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| Dec 5, 2002 | Balanced and rotated tires 82980 |
| March 1, 2003 | Changed the oil - 86596 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| July 23, 2003 | Changed the oil - 89733 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| ???, 2004 | Changed the oil - ????? miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| Nov 29, 2004 | Changed the oil - 97529 miles - 6 quarts of Valvoline 10w40 - Motorcraft 820s filter |
| Future Plans:
Mac cat-back exhaust system underdrive pulleys 70mm throttle body white faced guages |
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