79 cobra build

[2nd chance cobra]

. Along ways to go but actually sitting on the rear axle and the front almost back together...with the garage door open. I'm coming for you brock!

[2nd chance cobra]

Front springs are a JOB. so I made this and busted out my trusty 5/8 all thread. Easy peasy

[Davedacarpainter]

Brother, that is some progress there. Good Job.

[2nd chance cobra]

Thanks Dave! Now I'm just racing to get "done" meaning I can drive it safely and reliably. I'll sort out other stuff over the summer. Notice I didn't say comfortably... in due time. The ponys are growing on me and they will have to due until the right wheel comes up. I will need to get tires though for sure

[deathbypsi]

Maximum Motorsports sells a cheap tool made for installing front springs. Best tool Ive ever bought.

[2nd chance cobra]

It may be, but mm isn't laying in a bucket for free in the corner of my garage. I saw the tool, but I am skeptical it would have worked for me with stock springs. Probably works like a champ on lowering springs. By the way I got brake lines done up today and modified my stock 79 fox shaft to match the sn rack. It only works cause of my splined steering shaft. It wasn't without its complications either.

[84StangSVT]

. I'm coming for you brock!

Thanks Dave! Now I'm just racing to get "done" meaning I can drive it safely and reliably. I'll sort out other stuff over the summer. Notice I didn't say comfortably... in due time. The ponys are growing on me and they will have to due until the right wheel comes up. I will need to get tires though for sure

Looks like we are both drag racing to see who can get out of the garage first. Forget the 1/4 mile.....we just need to make it 2 1/2' out the door under our own power to win the race.

I'm a bit ahead of you and at least facing the right direction....



I am curious about that homemade spring tool and how it works. I still have to do the front springs on mine. My GT will probably look like a gasser on its first trip out the garage door since I have the lowering springs in the back but not the front.

[2nd chance cobra]

It is just a piece of 1 inch square I had laying around, that I cut notches in to go inside the spring with my 5/8 all thread. through the hole in the a arm. If you use lowering Springs the mm tool may be easier.

[84StangSVT]

It is just a piece of 1 inch square I had laying around, that I cut notches in to go inside the spring with my 5/8 all thread. through the hole in the a arm. If you use lowering Springs the mm tool may be easier.

I believe the lowering spring install will be fairly simple as they considerably shorter than the stock springs.
I am looking for a "safer" way to remove the old springs. BOIIINNNG is not a sound I like to hear in the garage.

BTW....it looks like you could benefit from some steel toed shoes while working in the garage. Either that or some nail polish remover....

[2nd chance cobra]

When you lower the a arm completely down you can stick a pry bar in and BOING the spring out. there isn't much boing. My 3yr old daughter requires painting my toes about once a week. That's a dad award right there

[84StangSVT]

I hear ya. If I had a daughter, it would probably be the same thing. Ain't nothing wrong with that one bit.

[2nd chance cobra]

cart before the horse a bit but I got a screaming deal on these.

[JTurbo]

Looks sweet.

[Davedacarpainter]

I like them. The cart before the horse thingy helps me to maintain during all of the little crap. Nice.

[tORMENtOR]

Nice work and the wheels look great.

[forgotn]

I tried all the tools I could find to do the front springs on my 79 PC. In the end, I did them backwards by undoing the A/arm bols and using a jack. It wasn't fun but I got them in and didn't lose any body parts.

[jjltthomas]

Anyone got the 2 piece circuit 79 cluster. My sons in his 79 cobra is mangled beyond repair.


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[84StangSVT]

Wheels look good on there Shane.

[2nd chance cobra]

Trying to install e brake cables. Our good friends at Rock auto sent me a right and left for a 94, what I asked for. The left had all the sheathing cracked and falling off coming out of the Wagner box. Shipped me out a new one with no trouble. Installed the left. fit good goes into the caliper fishes around to the cable bracket from the 94 and fits into it no problem. Right side cable, different story. Different part number??!! I don't know why. But this particular cable is the same length, fits into the caliper and routs upto the bracket fine, but this is where the trouble begins. Different end on the cable, and the 3 prong burr on the end isn't even close to fitting the bracket. Boxed wrong as I suggest, or my one and only 94 was built different than all the others as suggested by R.A.? I thought ford only had 1 p.n. for both sides. Any ideas? Do I order another right and gamble it's correct? Or do I order another left which would work fine since they are the same length?

[ZephyrEFI]

LMR sells Fox "rear disc swap" cables. That might be the difference. Either way, I'll I'll bet they'd know.

Project is looking great!

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[Fastlane]

For Coil Springs, I use this https://www.amazon.com/OTC-7045B-Fro.../dp/B000GTJ5I8
Its a big tool and is not the easiest tool to use, but it compresses the springs and I don't worry much about it coming apart and launching the coil spring though the wall. Its not cheap, but its a copy of the original Ford coil Spring Compressor, and made by a company that makes quality tools. I have used it at least 10 times in the last several years, so its already paid for itself.

[2nd chance cobra]

Another idiosyncrasy of 79 is the clutch pull, no ratchet... what now. Insert opinion here. Remember all my upgrade stuff comes from a 94

[83gt351w]

For the e brake cables, (Cobra upgrade) I ordered the cables through lmr. Zero modifying to the e brake handle.

[2nd chance cobra]

Also I have surpassed the memory storage that I was given, and cannot remember where the spring attaches to the clutch pedal and the bracket. I don't even see the witness marks

[wraithracing]

Another idiosyncrasy of 79 is the clutch pull, no ratchet... what now. Insert opinion here. Remember all my upgrade stuff comes from a 94

I am not 100% on this, but I believe you can swap the pedal and quadrant from the SN95 and put it into your pedal housing of the 79. I have not tried it personally, but I believe that's an option. I personally have several 82-93 pedal assemblies so I just swapped in the later model into my 79 PC. Obviously if you have a pedal assembly from the 82-93 you can just swap that in too.

I do highly recommend installing the MM clutch quadrant, firewall adjuster, and clutch cable kit. Well worth the money and SOOOO Much better than the OEM plastic crap.