DIY Brake Job

So the rear pads were making a terrible metal on metal grinding sound.  Apparently Mustangs don't have the wear warning on the pads so you have to keep an eye on them.  I spoke to the dealer and they quoted a "worst case" scenario of brakes and rotors for $500 per axle.  I thought that was nuts so I decided to give it a try myself. 

I have done pad changes in the past but only on old muscle car drum brakes.  Never tried discs.  But it turns out to be stupid simple.  You do need to rent a tool to compress the brake but as long as you buy the pads from the same part store they don't charge you at all for the rental.

As you can see below the pad was worn clear down to the clip.  The change was super easy.  Taking it to the dealer would have been a huge waste of money so glad I did it myself.

Snow Stang

It seems that spring will never arrive for us car guys.  Here we are in May and the flakes are still flying.  Luckily I put my new brakes on the day before or I'd been freezing my ass off while working on it.

Tail Light Trouble

Watch "Broken tail light" on YouTube

I'm having trouble with the tail lights on my 2007 Mustang GT. As the video shows one bulb doesn't work sometimes.

At first I thought the sequential light kit was the problem but I replaced the sequential wiring harness with the stick one and had the same issue with the same bulb.

I then checked the fuses (all the 30s) and found them to be fine.

Got any ideas?

New Barracuda?

I listened to an interview with the head of Dodge's SRT group who said the idea of a Barracuda has been tossed around but was well of in the future. Today I was in a doctors office reading the April edition of Car and Driver and I see the SRT Barracuda listed as a possible addition to their 2015 line up. Below is the concept drawing in classic Plum Crazy purple.

Tee hee

i-V-TEC DOHC

Thank You Aston Martin

I can't believe this is a real ad for Aston Martin pre-owned vehicles. I saved it right off a facebook sponsored ad link. Let us all stare.

Android Blogger App

I'm trying to use this android blogger app and I'm finding it frustrating. For instance if I add this picture of the cool van in the parking lot at work, I can't seem to resize it to fit my blog. Lame!