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Old 10-25-2009, 09:24 PM
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one of the most important tools i keep in my box is a .5" cube neodymium magnet. put it in the finger of your mechanic glove and feel around until you hear "click" then pull out the offending part. helped me find several engine mount bolts that tumbled into the subframe of my daily.
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Old 10-26-2009, 08:40 AM
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don't do it with a latex or other rubber glove, it will tear right through.
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Old 10-27-2009, 12:32 PM
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Bolt-in roll bar fail (or maybe win, it did punch the floor pan real well):



Amazingly, no one injured. More of the series: http://jalopnik.com/5390934/mustang-...yline=true&s=x
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Old 10-27-2009, 12:56 PM
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Bolt-in roll bar fail (or maybe win, it did punch the floor pan real well):



Amazingly, no one injured. More of the series: http://jalopnik.com/5390934/mustang-...yline=true&s=x
The driver must have been really short to walk away from that.
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:28 PM
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Not as bad. I rebuilt/regreased the steering rack on the SC. After bolting up the rack and the rest of the suspension, I found a single needle bearing (from the rack) sitting on the garage floor. Had to take it all apart, again.
Yeah but what time was it? haha

that was classic!
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Old 10-27-2009, 09:19 PM
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Why is that guy sticking out of my windshield FAIL
http://fe8.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com..._in_windshield
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Old 10-28-2009, 12:12 AM
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Why is that guy sticking out of my windshield FAIL
http://fe8.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com..._in_windshield
That guy was a LOT luckier than the homeless man who died slowly in that lady's windshield in Virginia...
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Bolt-in roll bar fail (or maybe win, it did punch the floor pan real well):



Amazingly, no one injured. More of the series: http://jalopnik.com/5390934/mustang-...yline=true&s=x
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At least he deployed his air jacks...
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poor tires. he got the ford hiv all over them
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