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Old 01-16-2020, 02:55 PM   #65
87handmedown
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Re: Operation Rescue, 2004 Mach 1

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Originally Posted by j rick kirby View Post
Tell me about replacing the door pins and bushings. Is it a hard job? My doors no longer will stay open if on the slightest incline. The little stops 1/2 way thru the door sweep area no longer work. I assume that's the bushings. Is that correct?
No, I mis-typed what I was replacing. I'm correcting the door sag that is caused when the hinge bushings wear out; these guys.
https://lmr.com/item/LRS-BP7SN/Musta...pair-Kit-94-04

What you're talking about is the door hinge check roller, like this guy
https://www.cjponyparts.com/door-hin...1982/p/HW2858/

You may have to buy the whole lower hinge assembly though. My quick google search didn't immediately pull up a check roller bushing and pin kit for our 03/04 Mach 1's.

As far as difficulty goes, no. It's not difficult in the sense of requiring a lot of knowledge or special tools. It is, however, very tedious. You have to open the door, grind off the top of the stock pins with a dremel, pound them out with a hammer and punch (all while supporting a heavy awkward door), knock the old bushings out, install new bushings, line the door back up, drop the new pins in, and touch up any paint you messed up.

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Originally Posted by Big Ron View Post
There are several videos on youtube to show you how to remove car emblems. I have not done it myself but basically use a hair dryer to heat up the adhesive and then use fishing line or dental floss to cut thru the adhesive. Then you can use goo-gone or wax to remove the rest of the adhesive. I would buy new emblems as replacements and they will have tape on the back of them for sticking them on the fender. I don't know of the emblems will have two holes behind them for alignment or not.





Big Ron
Perfect. That's what I'll do and report back.
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