Ford Mustang II 8.8 Rear Axle Swap Install Steps 15-21 - Mustang Illustrated 1990

This is page 33 from the December 1990 issue of Mustang Illustrated magazine, documenting the final steps of a rear axle swap installing a Ford 8.8-inch rear axle under a Ford Mustang II. The page contains numbered photo captions 15 through 21 covering: installing a new breather vent (Toyota part # 90930-03031, about $5.00); fabricating a new brake line clamp hold-down by welding ¼-inch bolts to the axle since the original four-link bracket was cut off; replacing factory spring pad retaining pins with Grade-8 Dorman 5/16-inch pins (clamping the leaf springs first for safety); pressing out old shock absorber pin bushings and installing new ones from Boughn's kit; removing the Mustang II's removable shock brackets to install new Monroe Gas-Matic shocks (p/n 5889); and finally sliding the 8.8 axle under the car. Body text notes that Boughn and assistant Tony Noto completed the whole installation in five hours, with remaining tasks being driveshaft fabrication and brake line hookup, adjustment, and bleeding. A full-height outline diagram labeled "3/16" Steel" provides a template shape, presumably for a fabricated bracket used in the swap.