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It's starting to look like I will most likely be using the services of somewhere like The Wheel Exchange and swapping my 18" OEM wheels for a set they have chromed. You can't send them the OEM style of wheel I have on my 2016 GT and get a different style back from them. That's no big deal since...

I went to this today as per usual. There sure are a lot of nice cars lurking around this area (NE Wisconsin). 2025 Les Stumpf Ford Father's Day Annual Car Show Hopefully you can see the pictures of some of the cars that were at this year's show. It was a bit busy so some pictures have some...

Barring any new calamities with this ongoing project car, I think next up is either going to be chrome wheels like I've always wanted, or to do the digital dash swap. I can't afford to do either one of them at the moment but I can at least start the research and planning. Being somewhat of an...

Oliver had a great time this morning meeting a lot of distant relatives at a local Father's Day Ford car show. It had everything from a GT40, an old GT350, GT500s, SuperSnakes, Falcons, plus some really oddball stuff.

Three of us parked outside the car show grounds. It was the annual Les Stumpf Ford Fathers Day car show in Appleton, WI. Lots of great Mustangs, Falcons some really old cars, (40s and 50s, some even older than that), a GT40, a few Super Snakes, GT500s, Shelbys, etc.

Howdy, from just west of Appleton, WI.

If anyone is in the NE Wisconsin area, don't forget about the Les Stumpf Ford car show on Father's Day. Lots of great Fords take part, but there have also been a lot of sweet non-Fords there too every time I've attended.

I ended up replacing the compressor, condenser/drier, expansion valve and all four AC lines with OEM parts. Flushing the evaporator was no big deal using my air compressor and the spray can of flush I picked up at Napa. The hardest step, for me at least, was installing the new line that goes...

First we have my yellow 2016 GT called Crisis, short for Midlife Crisis as per my oldest daughter. Then we have the wonderful red 2016 GT called Oliver, named after Richard Hammond's Botswana adventure on Top Gear. Although there's usually a bit of cussing before he's called Oliver.

Good news this morning getting the AC system recharged. There are no leaks, the grinding noise is gone and the AC is nice and cold. All the tools are put away and the floor has been swept and vacuumed. Now to give my hands and forearms a bit of time to heal all the little cuts and bruises from...

I was able to finish up installing the new AC lines and getting everything put back together. I won't know if the install was successful until I get the system recharged tomorrow morning. And the battery heat shield has the full complement of bolts and the motor mount bolt is snugged up...

After an extended break yesterday to watch Monaco qualifying and the MotoGP sprint race I had recorded, I headed back out to the scene of the crime. After a few tries getting the compressor up and held where it needed to go, I was finally able to get the three stud bolts in place and tightened...

I'm not having a very enjoyable time with this AC project. Right now I am stuck trying to install the new condenser output line that goes from the bottom of the condenser to the expansion valve on the firewall. It probably doesn't help that the Motorcraft hose (YF37774) I just got from RockAuto...

Oh, I just had a horrible thought that the loose motor mount bolt was not the right one, that it was actually too long, and that by me tightening it, it just went right through the wall of the block. It would certainly be on-brand for this car from "Mint" Auto Sales in Orlando, Florida.

I removed the front right tire and wheel lining both to a) hopefully get more angles at the various things I was trying to reach and b) retrieve the 3/8" extension that fell down the opening behind the front fender. D'oh. I was then finally able to loosen the three bolts holding the compressor...

I am off until Wednesday so I figured this would be a good opportunity to tackle the AC repairs. Yesterday I had the refrigerant professionally removed so I am good to go. All the main parts had arrived by yesterday and the rest arrived today. Plus I received 8 Vevor magnetic socket trays to...

Agreed, I do a lot of that. I think I just need to convince myself I can do an adequate job flushing the evaporator since the other stuff will all be new. I just ordered all the parts to do the full replacement. Should be a fun project. No guts, no glory.

I can't decide if I should just replace the compressor and leave everything else as-is since apparently the metal bits ares external only, or bite the bullet and also replace the condenser, drier, 9 year old AC hoses and valve at the same time. If I do the former, I will probably just have the...

The compressor on my 2016 GT started making a bit of a noise last fall, just a subtle rattle/infrequent scraping sound but still blew cold air. I figured I didn't want to deal with it then when I knew I would not be driving it much over the winter. So, it's no longer winter and the noise is...

Benny, I will be a very happy man if that turns out to be the case. It seems like every time I get to the last item or two on Oliver's (this 2016 GT) to-do list, he says not-so-fast partner. I'm down to this AC problem, resolving the P1450 once and for all, and replacing the cracked driver side...