PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

I have a blown drivers door speaker in the Mustang, one of these days I will get around to replacing it too.

 

Yours is almost 30 years old and stock though...

 

No those are aftermarket.

 

I only paid like $86 for my speakers, so buying new ones isn't the issue; Problem is that I'm not good at wiring speakers and my neighbor Ryan would have to install them...

On top of that, it is an absolute BITCH to remove the door panels! However, if the speaker does need to be replaced, I'm gonna replace all of them and install that door panel from the totaled junkyard Tacoma that I cleaned up!

 

All 6 of my speakers are aftermarket, the door panel is not to bad to remove but can be a bit tricky to put back on, have had them off several times over the years.

 

And I just don't feel like taking the truck apart anymore this year! The noise comes and goes, and it hasn't gotten to the point where it drives me crazy yet...

 

@shakerhood

Also, you may remember that the blower motor (commonly referred to as "squirrel cage") was making noise; My mechanic tracked down a replacement for eighty bucks (versus like $240 from the dealer) and replaced it without charging labor. The result is that the heat and A/C seem to work better (the vents blow somewhat harder), but the damn thing still makes noise...

 

Fully understand brother, I have a list of projects longer than I care to think so tearing into more is not really desirable.

 

The A/C works, the heat works, the stereo works, and I've got no warning lights, plus I just had the brakes done and the inspection stickers are good through October...

I'm happy!

 

I remember looking up prices for you on Rockauto, sucks that its making noise again though.

 

Most of the time, the stereo drowns out the noise from the blower motor!

 

The rear diff howls in my truck under certain conditions but I usually have my radio up to so it rarely is noticeable.

 

My hood seems to bounce a bit at highway speeds on windy days; I have no idea what causes this, but it is starting to annoy me!

 

These newer vehicles have glued on panels and if it starts to fail on the hood it will flutter like that.

 

What you mean glued? It's bolted to the hoot joist thingies...

Can it be re-glued?

 

In years past the hood bracing was spot welded to the hood, most newer vehicles get a couple blobs of glue, if it does go bad and separate it can be reglued.

 

Where exactly is it glued? How hard is this to do?

 

If you open the hood and look at the bracing you will see those blobs of glue and if the hood skin is actually separating.

 

I'm spoiled just merely knowing about the amount of quality that goes into a pre-2004 Rolls-Royce!

 

Right its nice knowing how something was assembled.