Impossible Job! (Mechanic Should Have DECLINED) Ford Mustang 4.6 GT!

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@user-eb4zi5hu1t Ай бұрын

What you went through today reminded me of an old engineer once told me. By the time I finish building the fence I will know enough to start building the fence.

@wesleypulkka7447 Ай бұрын

Glad it's you and not me! You deserve mega kudos for pursuing this install!

@crosstolerance Ай бұрын

Yeah...I would never be able to do what Ray did.

@SunofYork Ай бұрын

@@crosstolerance I would die of despair part way through.. especially in Florida

@iwagsz Ай бұрын

Pulling the engine for header installs is usually the easier play. Good luck!

@jamram9924 Ай бұрын

Saves the fingers/hands.

@taxidude Ай бұрын

He'd still have problems with disconnecting the cats I think.

@stevophillips4121 Ай бұрын

Having worked at a Ford dealer for a few years, as a heavy line tech. Engines my specialty, I'd have yanked out the engine faster and easier in my experiences lol.....Dropped many a Windstar van subframes with engine/trans to do the recalled head gasket repairs WAYYY easy. Retired so no mo' headaches lol, except my own car here in Asia lol

@jamram9924 Ай бұрын

@@stevophillips4121 Have you seen those Toyota Hilux trucks in your area? There's a following here about getting Toyota to import them to compete with the Ford Maverick truck.

@jbell987 Ай бұрын

I always the love directions for installing headers. Remove manifold bolts. Remove manifold. Install headers. Replace bolts. 3 days later….

@TouchofDepth Ай бұрын

LMAO so true, its never straight forward

@MichaelWysocki-ks5xt Ай бұрын

Knew a guy when I was a teen that was from a ‘ Mercury ‘ family ( his uncle had Mercury dealership ) he had a pretty cool Comet Caliente with 289 and he wanted to put headers on it. He special ordered headers to fit and then took about a week to get them in. He then proceeded to run them open for about a week. After a time he sold the Comet and got a 350 Chevy Nova with 4 speed which he was amazed at it was twice as powerful as his Comet. We were the neighborhood Chevy guys and he stopped by one day to ask us about putting headers on the Nova. We told him to go to the local well known speed shop and they should have them IN THE STORE. He didn’t believe us and then asked how long it should take and we told him a couple hours. He was like “ get outta town ! “ As I remember he had headers on the Nova the next day.

@richarddouchkov9453 Ай бұрын

Wow, many layers to that onion

@imagseer Ай бұрын

Very brave Ray. That's the "must'nt touch" end of the exhaust system!

@marksternall4680 Ай бұрын

Maybe Ray should have advised the customer against such a stupid upgrade.

@tobbex7372 Ай бұрын

Well, You are not a coward, that's for sure. Huge job, every mech says no. Ray: Hold my beer!

@Jay.Kellett Ай бұрын

The difficult Ray does right away, the impossible takes him a little longer.

@pennybeacham6461 Ай бұрын

THAT CAR GOES BY THE NAME OF SALLY,SHE'S CERTAINLY FEMALE AND STUBORN AS A MULE.😂😂

@taxidude Ай бұрын

Fools rush in..... ;)

@marcellinden7305 Ай бұрын

These are the kind of onions that make weaker more inexperienced men cry, and make masters like yourself say "now here is a fun challenge"...

@1verstapp Ай бұрын

♫i'm just a mech who caint say no...♫ you should learn to say no, Ray.

@MrJunkman1982 Ай бұрын

Its great content tho!

@craigcraigster4999 Ай бұрын

The number of global KZfaq views probably made it worth it in the long run. 💲

@forgetfulme1719 Ай бұрын

he thinks of $$ reward at the end.

@peterparsons7141 Ай бұрын

..or at least try to rationalize the work with the customer! My mechanic often provides advice that has been really helpful over the years.

@forgetfulme1719 Ай бұрын

@@peterparsons7141 tell customer needs to drop engine to make it louder, $2K.

@robertsilva5041 Ай бұрын

As soon as I heard shorty headers, I knew the nightmare has started 😂😂😂

@tihzho Ай бұрын

Whoa...after all this pray the headers are the right ones to fit.

@traceyelliot8571 Ай бұрын

aaaarchg dont say that lol

@MikeL-FL Ай бұрын

They aren’t. Shorties are a waste. Should have done long tubes.

@Mark-zz9rt Ай бұрын

Ray your level of patience is remarkable, keep up the great work 👍

@theGADGETSplaylist Ай бұрын

same engine on my 2002 F150 and needed new exh manifolds...I'm a cheap fu@k and usually do my own work but took it to a scrapyard mechanic that thrives on this... was $300 labor for right side and $350 labor for left side with EGR tube...I supplied the parts he earned it!

@therandomchannel2022 Ай бұрын

When you started lowering that subframe i was like NOOOOO, the engine is bolted to it! 😂

@tomford5149 Ай бұрын

Wow, sometimes life just plain sucks, good luck getting those springs back in.

@AJGreen-cn8kk Ай бұрын

That job's hard enough with two hands, Ray does it while holding a camera for us. Wish I could give this more than one like!

@mikeboring2172 Ай бұрын

"Always one more thing that holds you up," and in my experience, it's usually the LAST thing.

@pyro323 Ай бұрын

"You gotta be cognisent when you're being wreckless!" -Rainman Ray 2024

@tomwall3561 Ай бұрын

You are definitely the safest sketchy mechanic on KZfaq!! Yes sir, no shade tree mechanic here! Keep up the great work.

@grahamcockerill2406 Ай бұрын

I'd be addressing the rust instead of putting headers on even the sump had rust. Aussie Graham.

@Bears58 Ай бұрын

The red jack rolling by its self was funny Ray

@jamesmoore7106 Ай бұрын

Sometimes you just amaze me Ray I wish I had half the drive you have

@ED-ti5tc Ай бұрын

I see the shorts video last night. This is absolutely insane to have to do this much for an upgrade. I hope the benefits is worth it.

@dennislink7957 Ай бұрын

I had a 1964 Triumph Spitfire and lost the kill bolt while driving on the freeway, the road turned right and the car kept going straight! Luckily there was a very large grass medium between lanes and I was able to stop. I figured out what was going on and then spent the next 400 miles with downward pressure on the steering wheel to keep the steering shaft engaged with the rack and piñon. Got to my destination and 10 cents for a new bolt and nut and I was ready for the return trip.

@wallace3953 Ай бұрын

Ray.....You really have nerves of steel, and you make procedures that would virtually stop most techs look Easy. Be carefulling, but you will get it done. wow!

@kevinyancey958 Ай бұрын

If I had a dollar for every job I should have declined....I wouldn't have needed to work on anything! I've hung many an engine to change transmissions, rear crank seals, headers, rack and pinions, etc because the subframe was in the way. We do what we must, to either get a new customer, keep an old customer, or to just make payroll for the week. Book time is based on a clean, rust free vehicle and a mechanic with specialized training on that specific vehicle. You grab a fresh graduate out of ITT and throw them on a 40 year old Saab 900 and tell them to replace the clutch, and they will take 2 days to get the job done. Put me on the job and it will be done in an hour, with a half hour lunch break in the middle. Oil pan gasket on that 900? No problem! Leave the trans in the car and split the two. I've done it. Wait! Where's the parking brake located? On the FRONT wheels? And it's its own caliper? That's weird! That's Saab. The ignition switch is in the center console, between the seats? That's odd. Saab, again. Oh, the front of the engine is the back, too! Need to change the belts? You'll find them between the firewall and the engine. That's why the clutch is so easy. It's at the front of the car, the trans directly under, serving as the oil pan. You depress the clutch pedal, shim the pressure plate, remove the pilot shaft, unbolt the pressure plate and pull the disc and pressure plate out. You can pull the flywheel and resurface it, if needed, and reassemble. Here's a tip: the shift linkage is often short of full engagement for the reverse gear, leading to it popping out of gear. Adjust it before it rips the teeth of the edge of the gear. Not that anyone has a 900 anymore. 😅

@wenghiskhan3084 Ай бұрын

Seinfeld had a Saab, 900S. No turbo.

@squiggyg.8415 Ай бұрын

Ray coulda been an astronaut 😎

@SWATT101 Ай бұрын

I think it was only click bait...payed by the hour...no? lol

@CrimeVid Ай бұрын

Well, amongst my immediate friends I can tell you where three of them are !

@hba1copqr699 Ай бұрын

You're Right 😊

@rudavega1 5 күн бұрын

Ray, I have a 1999 Mustang gt with 6000 original miles on it. Same colors as this one. It sat inside for the first 20 plus years of its life. I did the same exact install on mine last year. Did it almost the same way as you. You really don't have to remove the springs, They are pretty much captured there. I also left the rack in the car. Just popped it off of the k-frame, left the lines connected. Took me a weekend of 5-6 hour days. Oh by the way It was done on my back with the car on 4 jackstands. No fancy lift in the home shop. I am so glad that with only 6000 mi almost every bolt was clean and shiny so they came right out. If my bolts wee rusty like these it would have sucked much more. Once I came to the realization that the k-frame had to come out, it really wasn't that hard of a job.. Keep the great videos coming...

@thomassibalski958 Ай бұрын

Imagine all this for a little more noise. Bless you my son.

@justonperez9779 Ай бұрын

The customer was probably better off removing the resonators/mufflers for more noise lol. My 98 Cobra is completely straight-piped. Was going to do longtubes but decided to change my mind on that for this exact reason in the video 🤣

@Friskyorphan Ай бұрын

Especially these trash ass BBKs lol

@MonkeyJedi99 Ай бұрын

@@justonperez9779 When I was a young'un the "it" install was Thrush brand louder exhaust parts. This in the way back, before the 1980's.

@reinbeers5322 Ай бұрын

Might be doing it for slightly more power too.

@xanthious22 Ай бұрын

GETS 10 MORE HP TOO...

@christsogaugetrains Ай бұрын

Watching Ray struggles makes my day. He will learn in time redoing the idea lol hope you change starter while you were in there

@CraigGrant-sh3in Ай бұрын

You have to watch out doing these custom jobs. You get it done and the customer tells hi as buddies it cost $XXXX to have headers put on his car and the next thing you know , Ray over charges for all his work. They don't know the work involved in doing the job because all they know is their buddy did it on a totally different car for a $100. There was a body shop here that was the best lacquer paint guy around. He was famous for doing hand rubbed laquer paint jobs on antique cars. This was back in the 1960s and 70s. Word got around that it cost over $3000 to get a paint job. That's almost $18000 in today's money. He lost regular customers because people thought it was going to bankrupt them to get their regular car fixed or touched up. He ended up no longer doing antique cars.

@Beretta96Dan Ай бұрын

Ray, you amaze me on the jobs you undertake on your channel. The customer should not have any bitchin' to do when it comes to the cost of this header job! Keep up the excellent work!

@javierosorio5169 Ай бұрын

Your patience inspires me.

@andrewcoil5544 Ай бұрын

This is like doing a heart transplant when it's not really necessary. Wow! Great effort Ray!

@charliebullio463 Ай бұрын

Wow,that's crazy. I hope it sounds the way he wants.

@StrangerInAStrange Ай бұрын

I hope the sound he wants was worth the cost! 🤑

@craigcraigster4999 Ай бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing -- what if it has an unbearable drone at highway speed, is he going to ask Ray to put things back to stock, or better yet, install a different brand of headers? 😐

@AndyFletcherX31 Ай бұрын

So after removing the existing manifolds, drilling out the broken studs etc. we have the immortal phrase 'Reassembly is a reversal of dismantling' (Haynes). All very easy LOL.

@tomdixon1213 Ай бұрын

I salute the Rainman for his courage on a daunting job such as this one.

@jmrandom194 8 күн бұрын

I have a 98 Cobra and do my own work. You just convinced me that I do not want to replace the exhaust manifolds with headers!!!

@Slugg-O Ай бұрын

The god news is that swapping the manifolds looks easy now that you have the car dismantled. The bad news is it probably needs 6 more hours of work before it's rolling again. Seriously, Ray has the patience of a saint and the discipline of Ghandi. I wouldn't have done the job, but if I had, I promise the video would not be fit for posting even on the dark web.

@fredcroad331 Ай бұрын

You'll get er done. We have faith in ya.

@alabamared2568 Ай бұрын

Ahhhhh those NUTZ and bolts are nothing you wanna see rough..go back to an early video from ray when a dodge dealership brought over a charger with the lug nuts on 3 different bolt studs were on Soo tight ray had to drill them out.. I still don't know how those were put on that wheel that was a great video ray this is too have a great week y'all!!!!

@frankbiz Ай бұрын

You are a very brave individual. There's nothing you won't tackle. You work very hard and do a great job that many won't attempt, I hope your customers appreciate that.

@ginog5037 Ай бұрын

Ray I hope you're going to Disney World with the family after this job😊

@rickydonahue1586 Ай бұрын

You have the patience of a saint sir! This video would have been nothing but beeps if I was doing it and I try hard not to cuss. I did my son's Cobra (same car basically) and I spent a lot of time cussing unfortunately. Can't wait to see part 2.👍👍

@codyhilton1750 Ай бұрын

I hope the owner will be happy with his new sound due to parts and especially labor.

@ekim2003 Ай бұрын

Man, you got guts! Wow!

@rickallen9382 Ай бұрын

I hope this job was quoted by the hour. That transmission jack saved the day.

@ahoytheremate1954 Ай бұрын

Ray I am a disabled carer in Aussie and i have shown them you vids mate you deserve a you tube tic for disabled ppl thank you Ray and my wife Felicity who follows Lauren thanks

@Ruan850_ Ай бұрын

I have to admit that it wasn't just Ray who was nervous about the engine hanging over him, I was too...

@BobbyFranco Ай бұрын

Hell of a lot of work for the headers - hope it is all worth it!

@davidturk6170 Ай бұрын

If I were going to do the job, I would have called some performance and/or exhaust shops to see if they had performed a similar service. If they had, ask them how did they do it.

@tonyktx44 Ай бұрын

Over half a million subscribers. Not bad RayRay !

@golf25radioman Ай бұрын

What a pain! I've installed headers in my day, and yes they were difficult. But that Mustang is a bear. You continue to impress me, Ray, in your tackling any job no matter the difficulty. I'm looking forward to episode/video two (and three?). Thanks again for another great one!

@bruceb4349 Ай бұрын

Apparently you didn't hear me shouting " The engine! Ray ! Don't drop the subframe yet ! Hang the engine!! " I was so relieved when, being the professional you are, you realized that the engine was coming down with the subframe before the fuel line snapped and the wiring harnesses sparked. Good job. Your videos give me anxiety sometimes, I tell ya..

@tinkerscorner54 Ай бұрын

I think we must have been harmonizing that phrase as he started lowering that transmission jack. I think my blood pressure went WAY up thinking about that engine rolling over and down.

@lamatrisefontain98 Ай бұрын

Ray, I like the way it sounded before, put everything back 😊

@davidparsons5513 Ай бұрын

Murphy was an optimist.

@emmettturner9452 Ай бұрын

Put it on a T-Shirt.

@luke19631963 Ай бұрын

I like the way that pony sounds as you were backing it in. Nice duel exhaust sound and not obnoxious loud.

@emmettturner9452 Ай бұрын

*dual A duel is a fight.

@patrickchavez3848 Ай бұрын

@@emmettturner9452maybe they meant it that way, as in the exhaust is fighting each other to get out the car. I'm not saying that's what they meant, but maybe.

@emmettturner9452 Ай бұрын

@@patrickchavez3848 Perhaps. :)

@TheMechanicalKoopa Ай бұрын

always a good idea to double check anything else at that point being that the car is disassembled that far. still amazed at how patient of a mechanic Ray is when it comes to situations like this! you got this Ray!

@jimmah3185 Ай бұрын

Oh my God Ray.. what a job. This is a "Sod's law" job. Sod claimed that Murphy was an optimist 😊

@patrickdiehl6813 Ай бұрын

That Pony is fighting all the way.

@bobliening5783 Ай бұрын

Can’t wait for day 6 on this job. You go, man. :)

@Bears58 Ай бұрын

Ray adding more support to that engine kind of dangling was a relief . Scary but I applaud your safety

@zeprin Ай бұрын

Murphy was an Optimist!!!!!

@Bobbie-KaPanzies Ай бұрын

That is a long an arduous mechanical concerto Ray. You never get frustrated, nasty or throw wrenches. I love your work ethic and attitude.

@uraniumpenetrator3844 Ай бұрын

This Mustang self identifies as a Struggle Bus. At least this isn't a driveway project.

@mrajinj661 Ай бұрын

Hello ray, I don't understand why you don't keep a torch setup around. If you heat can be your best friend in 90% of the projects.

@Torsee Ай бұрын

4:06 Wow! The first real intake tube upgrade. COLD air from the fender! 👍👍

@siamanspaps Ай бұрын

Honestly yes! Rest is usually just actually "hot air intake from the engine with worse filtration than OEM filter"

@jonmack5359 Ай бұрын

cold fender air running thru a thin uninsulated metal pipe to the engine, how cold will it be with underhood temps in the hundreds of degrees?

@craigcraigster4999 Ай бұрын

@@jonmack5359I live in Palm Springs -- what's this "cold air" thing you speak of? 😂

@Torsee Ай бұрын

@@jonmack5359 Sitting not very. Moving it will be.

@markchastant5853 Ай бұрын

“You have to be cognizant when you’re being reckless”. New t-shirt?

@goodtimejohnny8972 Ай бұрын

When Ray gets on the computer software and sees 6 hours to replace both sides he'll probably just roll the computer outside to the junk pile and start a different billing method.😂

@robertbuchalski6629 Ай бұрын

Yeah what's the labor 2 grand 😄

@eddymahon1503 Ай бұрын

😂😂yup

@Volusia1 Ай бұрын

The problem I’ve experienced on, specifically the mustang, is they have nuts tack welded to the inside of the frame tube. It seems every time you have just a little rust on the bolt the nut weld breaks and you’re SOL!! Only repair is to using a hole saw, hold the nut, remove the bolt slightly then use the bolt to hold nut in position and weld the nut back in, then tack your hole back up. Pain in the arse!

@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808 Ай бұрын

When you do it the hard way you learn way more about it for the next time

@forgetfulme1719 Ай бұрын

that is why it becomes easier.

@matthewmcmaster2731 Ай бұрын

I was yelling at the screen the whole time he was starting to unbolt that subframe. For a minute I couldn't help but picture a Ray pancake under that mustang. 😱

@hughsavage2136 Ай бұрын

You are a hero Ray. Great problem solving!😊

@trufix72 Ай бұрын

I must say is having headers on it worth it. Great job so far Ray.

@reloadingdontshoot1 Ай бұрын

He doesn't do just repairs now, he does aftermarket install! Rainman Ray does it all. Now you just need to add tuning and you're a one-stop shop!

@IR-nq4qv Ай бұрын

There's No Such Thing As A Free Piano... A friend of a friend's wife was given a free piano... I was called to assess and help out after several failed attempts. The piano was on the 3rd floor of a 100 year ish older home that was renovated several times, meaning walls , doors were moved, big bedrooms were divided into two smaller ones etc... Long story short..... The piano had to be dismantled in order to get it down two flights of stairs and out of the home, by the time it was moved, reassembled, repairs made and the piano retuned..., it set the guy back a lot more than he anticipated.., he wasn't a happy camper after the ordeal. I think I would have been happy with the sound of that Mustang as it sat, God bless your willingness to persevere and cast iron stomach Ray..

@wolfgangweber9924 Ай бұрын

You know the difference between a piano and a match? Give up? A piano burn longer.

@michaelfallis2953 Ай бұрын

I've got a "free" piano sitting in my living room left by a friend who was housesitting and died while I was away. Cost more than the piano is worth to get it removed, so it just sits.

@IR-nq4qv Ай бұрын

@@wolfgangweber9924 similar to the difference between an onion and a set of bagpipes... Nobody cries when you chop up the bagpipes..

@jasonkarov Ай бұрын

Worth it for a Steinway, Bechstein, but not for 98% of the rest

@bionicman6969 Ай бұрын

Got stuck having to move a large piano on a renovation job in a similar situation. It was awful but got it down and set back back up without a scratch, then comes along a meathead helper with a tool hanging off his pocket and scratched it, a tiny scratch but that fussy woman immediately noticed it and flipped her lid. She made my life a living hell over it and after several failed attempts to repair it was just going to eat it and buy her a new piano but found this artist guy who blended it perfectly and made that demon woman happy, he was expensive but well worth it. Yeah I'll never ever touch a piano again.

@geordiegixxer Ай бұрын

What an utter pain. Just had to remove the subframe on the better halfs car (without a lift) it's been a bit of a trial 😬

@leebornaman5508 Ай бұрын

Most certainly will have to " re-powder my shorts. Jeese what a job. Onward bold solder. Excellent vid yet again.

@alanm.4298 Ай бұрын

"The rust it is strong, on this one it is." - Yoda

@lvlndco Ай бұрын

😵‍💫😵😮 I guess Ford never intended those headers being replaced. Maybe replace the oil pan since some of the rust stops look pretty deep.

@gcrauwels941 Ай бұрын

The proverbial 'Can of Worms'.

@ericplatt6884 Ай бұрын

Subscribed today. Found your channel again after a break. Man o man, you are brave and competent. Patient and persistent indeed. Kudos for this job. I’m hooked…

@bobby9195 Ай бұрын

Happy Monday 😮

@trevorward85043 Ай бұрын

For the love of Gawd, please use a set of outside spring compressors to put those springs back in. I learned the hard way, with a particular rear-motor Pontiac car while changing the lower control arms, that it's MUCH safer to have those on there when working with springs. Not nice when it flies out at you with force. Great videos, I look forward to them daily :)

@alancarroll7764 Ай бұрын

Billy Joel’s song Pressure comes to mind here!

@ronsloan7662 Ай бұрын

Hey Ray, what a complicated header install. The car is in nice shape so I can see why he's spending the $ on it. Im looking forward to part 2. Cheers!

@chrissavage5966 Ай бұрын

Hey Ray, you really need to get over your aversion to spring compressors. Properly used, they are a fantastic aid. Minimise stress on bushes, minimise risk of 'unscheduled spring tension liberation'.

@waltergraves3273 Ай бұрын

I have found many things on the newer Mustangs require me to drop the subframe. Well, theoretically you can remove the EPAS without dropping the subframe on the base model, but good luck getting the mounting bolts out. The three bolts are lock-tighted in, you can’t get an impact wrench in there, there is only about 12-13 inches of lever arm room and no way to get a cheater bar on it and only about 15 degrees of lever room. You can fight it for hours or drop the subframe in about 45 minutes so you can get an impact wrench in.

@WilliamLaakkonen Ай бұрын

Hindsight is always 20-20. If nothing else, I learned I don't want to own a late nineties Rustang. Thanks Ray!

@kevinhenson6969 Ай бұрын

Just wait until them headers start leaking and you have to do it all over again, sorry Ray

@LaOwlett Ай бұрын

I can't tell you how many times I've done something the hard way, only to discover the easier way when it's already too late. 🤣

@jthonn Ай бұрын

Wow, better you than me. What a job, it will be nice when it's done. Good work

@greasee.monkey7224 Ай бұрын

Oyyyy!! I have done several of these and they are no fun. Plus , I live in Detroit, so everything is rusted in place. If you want a fluid free option, you can disconnect the tie rods, unbolt the rack and strap it out of the way toward the front. Just a option, either way, looking forward to the rest. Good luck Ray!👍👍

@jaroslawkanski7180 Ай бұрын

Ray, how many labor hours were compressed into this 44 min video? Respect!

@TimfromAlabama Ай бұрын

Yeah, I caught the issues you had on this from another video, I believe it was yesterday. A cousin of mine on his, I think 94, 95, or 96 like that went to a local shop friend to have the a/c discharged, went and put it in his little shop, removed the hood, unhooked everything, and lifted the engine up and replaced his with long tubes. It took over 2 days from start to finish, but when he had it done it sounded awesome. His had the 5.0 and he changed out the cam, rocker arms, and a few other things at the same time. He said he got over 150hp more out of it...not sure of that but he kept it for a whole 6 months before he traded it in for a 69 Camaro and dropped a 400 he was building into it and drag raced it for a few years. Anyway, I don't envy you on those Musty stanks....lol. Cheers,.