Getting the Mustang Ready for Summer vacation

The car makes a great winter project, but with the prospect of good weather, I don't want to spend time indoors in the shop.  I also want my shop space back for working on motorcycles and property maintenance equipment.  So I have made a push to get a couple of projects done on the car and then I will put it away for the summer.  There is also a sort of deadline to get things done, as next Sunday Carolyn and I are leaving for a 19-day trip to Ireland and the Isle Of Man.  My daughter and her SO Jon are going also.  The big draw with the Isle Of Man is, of course, the famous TT motorcycle race. 

After a run of really nice weather, it has turned rainy and so I have been working on the car.  The main things I wanted to get done is the rear disk brakes and the instrument cluster.  The brakes were a bit tricky since I had to cut the stock brake line across the axle and make new flare end fittings because the disk brakes use flex lines at the calipers.  Nevertheless, I got it done, and this is how it looks:

Next, I tackled the instrument cluster.  In my last post about the car I was installing the under dash wiring and converting the ammeter to a voltmeter.  Now I have connected the instrument cluster to the under dash wiring and also installed the speedometer cable to the back of the speedometer, the backup light switch to the backup lights wiring, and the brake light switch to the brake pedal. 

The wires under the duct tape are for the backup light switch.  This switch is activated by the transmission under the driveline tunnel. 

This last photo reminds me that I also put in a new ignition switch and light switch and new bezels for the lights and wiper switches.  Oh, and I also put in the engine bay wiring harness for the gauges and starter solenoid.  Guess I have been pretty bush since the last post.