The 3-link rear suspension is pretty much done. I still need to torque everything down, but I'm pretty sure everything is together the right way. This was probably one of the more physically challenging parts of the build due to the weight of the rear axle and other components.
Getting that axle with the brake assembly attached through the left triangular area of the 3-link frame was no easy task. I used two jacks, one wife and whole bunch of grunting and groaning before it was finally positioned in the correct location. Sorry, I know it's a "busy" photo and it's hard to make out exactly what you're looking at. The Factory Five manual is absolutely awful when it comes to explaining how to put everything together. I find most of my answers to my questions on the www.ffrog.com message board. Almost every question has been asked and answered many times and can be reviewed by searching the message archives.
Yesterday I got to work on the steering assembly. Everything went together without too many issues. I discovered that Factory Five failed to provide a needed bolt that is suppose to attach the lower steering shaft to the steering rack. I called them today and they said they would put the needed hardware in the mail to me. That's fine with me since I'm certainly in no hurry.
After putting the steering wheel on the upper shaft I was suddenly overcome with the incredible urge to throw a seat in the car and see how it felt to sit in the car and steer it. Okay, okay, I may have made a "vroom, vroom" noise once or twice.. It felt pretty good!
So I guess that it's for this blog entry. I expect that in the coming days I will finish up putting the proper torque on the rear suspension bolts and then start working on the gas tank. I'll be using the gas tank from the Mustang donor car, which is in serious need of a good cleaning and painting. See ya!
