Pulled engine, pull K member.
Slowed down by rust. I had to come to a fulls stop and repair the mounting point for the K member.
I used the ferrules from the steering rack to reinforce the bolt holes in the box I made.
Bolts for a arms were rusted in the ferrules, but with persuasion were liberated. Installed the K member, a arms, coil overs, caster/camber plates. Also a small correction UPR sells a QA1 kit. When they sent me the kit I think they sent me the correct arms for the application: MU3ESA for 79-93 with 94-04 spindles as indicated in the directions and no where else. UPR was very helpful and understood the direction I was going. The ball joints bolt right up. Also, not in the directions were the fact that I had to get the mustang 5.0 convertible engine mounts and grind of the locating pins. Another thing is that there are two slots. From what I have read the forward slot is the Factory position.
Another snag. I mounted up the rack with offset bushings. It seems there is very little room for the lines and the mount nut. There also may be a clearance issue with the shaft. I will work with that later. I am also in need of a bumpsteer kit.
Started work on the engine.
Some bits of information that were not specifically noted (As noted earlier I have not done much performance Ford). The oil pump is in the same location on the ford explorer motor, which is in the front. The pickup tube extends from the front, to the back and down. This may be a intuitive to some, but my searches it was not implicit. The conversion from the aluminum to the stamped steel also requires shorter, non necked bolts.
Installed Melling 68hv High volume pump and 68s4 pickup tube. Installed double hump oil pan.
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