Redline American Muscle

Redline American Muscle WE SPECIALISE IN AMERICAN CARS & PICKUPS.CARRYING OUT SERVICING / UPGRADES & MODIFICATIONS / FAULT F Ford Mustang repair and upgrade specialist.

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Had Terrys Cadillac Escalade on the ramp to get some of the jobs done it’s in for. We stripped out some of the engine ba...
11/09/2026

Had Terrys Cadillac Escalade on the ramp to get some of the jobs done it’s in for. We stripped out some of the engine bay to remove the coolant rad as it was cracked and leaking coolant in a few places we removed the fan unit drained what was left of the coolant which wasn’t a lot then removed all the coolant pipes and the oil cooler lines got the old rad out and the new one in place the refitted all parts in reverse order then filled the cooling system with new antifreeze and De-ironised water then stripped out all the coil packs and various pipework and wiring for access to the valve covers as these needed to be removed as they’ve been leaking oil all down the engine so got them off and washed the covers off and fitted a good quality gasket then refitted them back in place and again fitted all the other components back in place. I’ll update you on this one when we get it back on the ramp next

Had Nick in today with his Mustang for a service we stripped down the rear brakes and cleaned them up got some antiseize...
11/09/2026

Had Nick in today with his Mustang for a service we stripped down the rear brakes and cleaned them up got some antiseize compound on slider plates and reassembled the brakes then checked all the rear end over checking bushes and bearings are all ok also checked the diff oil that’s all nice and clean and to the right level then stripped down the front brakes to make sure they were all moving free and that the 3 retaining pins were not seized as most of these we see come in have never seen any grease or antiseize as a lot of garages seem to lazy to get a brush and apply some but on this occasion it was nice to see the previous garage that looked after this car for Nick had done it, we cleaned everything up and reapplied some more antiseize and got the brakes back together then checked all the steering and suspension on the front and that was all fine then we drained the oil and removed old filter, primed the new filter and got that fitted and filled the engine with new oil, topped up screen wash checked brake fluid that was good checked antifreeze, washed and blew out the K&N air filter and replaced the pollen filter fitted a new set of spark plugs greased all the seat runners and hinges latches and catches, pumped up all tyre pressures to the correct spec, done a light check and diagnostic scan and back with Nick to put some more miles on

Had Charlie’s car recovered in as not starting so plugged in to see what it was showing up and it showed fueling issues ...
11/09/2026

Had Charlie’s car recovered in as not starting so plugged in to see what it was showing up and it showed fueling issues and as we had only just fitted a new fuel pump unit that Charlie had supplied us himself I thought I’d start there and give Charlie his due he didn’t go cheap because he didn’t want problems but this pump module was a headache from the start with the sender unit having to be changed but this time the pump pressure blew the pipe off because the manufacturer hadn’t fitted a retaining clip on the pipe so I’ve now put a clip on and fitted the pump back in the tank and it now lives again. The build quality these days is appalling. But I’m glad we got Charlie back on the road for the weekend

Had Donald in with his recently purchased S197 mustang for a service and check over it’s a nice clean car and been well ...
09/09/2026

Had Donald in with his recently purchased S197 mustang for a service and check over it’s a nice clean car and been well looked after in the past we checked the brake fluid that was showing it needs changing so raised the rear end and removed the wheels stripped the brakes down and cleaned them all up applied antiseize to the pad slider plates and the hub checked the caliper slider pins and greased up they were all moving nicely then flushed the brake fluid and bled the rear brakes refitted the wheels then stripped the fronts down and found one side had a new caliper fitted fairly recently and that one was all working fine just cleaned up the pads and applied antiseize compound to slider plates then the other side had a seized lower pin so removed the caliper carrier and had to get the blow lamp on it along with some release spray and after some perseverance got it moving and eventually out, cleaned the pin up and the hole it sits in applied some silicone grease to the pin fitted the rubber boot back on then the pin and it’s now moving nicely, got the front brakes flushed through and bled them up refitted the wheels and torqued up the nuts, checked all steering and suspension joints and found the rear lower control arm bushes are hanging out and need replacing and found slight play in o/s/f lower balljoint , checked all bearings the carried out an oil and filter change checked plugs blew out air filter and advised customer to have it changed along with the pollen filter and fuel filter, greased all the usual seat runners and hinges latches and catches, checked the bulkhead drains as no one ever checks them and they block up as these ones had and the bulkhead was full of water so got that drained, the customer also reported that every time he used the washers it left a white residue all over the windscreen and on the bonnet around the washer jets so I removed the pump and drained out the screenwash but god knows what was in there but it wasn’t screenwash so gave it a clean out and refilled with new screenwash. Then plugged in the diagnostics and code read it and had a fault showing up with the offside rear indicator and when doing a light check we found it wasn’t working so removed the light cluster and found that when it had been out at some point they had caught the live wire and cut through it and caused a short we soldered it back together and heat shrunk it tested light again still not working so removed the bulb and checked it that was working fine then tested we had earth which we did so then started to trace the wiring back and found where it had shorted out it had burnt the live cable for the indicator that much it had now out cover to it and it was like it all the way to the front of the car so had to strip the loom back from front to rear removing the rear seat and quarter panel also remove sill trim and kick panel the trace the burnt wire all the way through and cut it out and run a new wire got the loom all taped up again and fitted back in place soldered the front end back in and tested light and it’s still not working but it was late by then so that needs to be checked further back to see what other issue it has caused but I’ll update you on this later

Had Charlie’s mustang in for a new fuel pump to be fitted that he supplied us, we stripped out the rear seat for access ...
09/09/2026

Had Charlie’s mustang in for a new fuel pump to be fitted that he supplied us, we stripped out the rear seat for access to top of tank got the old pump removed and fitted the new pump and found it wouldn’t line up with the notches where it locates in top of tank so removed it again and fount the manufacturer hadn’t done the locating plate properly it was sitting more to one side so had to sort that out to start with then fitted back in place and connected all the pipes and wiring tested the car was starting ok then it flashed up on the dash that the sender had a fault so removed it all again and stood the new one and old one side by side and as you can see where there stood on the desk the sender float on the original would sit to the bottom of the tank but the new sender is about 50mm off the bottom so it would of read empty when there would of still been best part of 1/4 of a tank of fuel so we then had to fit the original fuel sender to the new pump and wire it in it now works fine and back with Charlie

Had Clint’s mustang in for a service, H-pipe, new upgraded disks & pads all round plus a set of rear calipers and sort o...
07/09/2026

Had Clint’s mustang in for a service, H-pipe, new upgraded disks & pads all round plus a set of rear calipers and sort out the passenger window as it had stopped working, so got to work stripping down the rear brakes removing the brake cables disconnecting the flexi hoses removing the calipers and carriers and pads and disks then cleaned up the hubs to make sure the new disks sit nice and flat then fitted the pedders disks and pads applying ceramic grease to pad slider plates and antiseize to hub, checked caliper slider pins were greased and moving smoothly then fitted new calipers and flushed brake fluid and bled rear brakes. Checked all rear suspension and bearings and took slack out of parking brake cable, checked propshaft then raised front of car to do front brakes and had problems with the front caliper pins seized in the calipers where people don’t fit them with antiseize compound and make sure there holes are nice and clean before they hammer them back in😩so we sprayed the pins with release spray and left it to soak in a bit but the still wasn’t having it it was trying to bend the pins so warmed them up and sprayed them again and manage to get them moving and eventually got the out and cleaned up then run a file and wire brush through the holes and brushed some antiseize in all of them and on the pins after we cleaned all them up, then removed calipers and old disks, as you can see they weren’t in great shape. then cleaned up the hub and caliper got some ceramic grease put on the pad slider plates and fitted the new disks in place refitted the calipers and new pads fitted all the pins , checked all the bearings and front suspension and steering for play fitted all the wheels and torqued the nuts to spec then freed off the exhaust clamps on the front section of the centre box and cut the rear pipes and done away with the centre box and fitted a steeda H-pipe, again we applied antiseize compound to all bolts so they undo in the future if needed. Got the oil drained and removed old filter got the new filter primed and fitted also new magnetic sump plug fitted then filled engine with new oil, checked other fluid levels & topped up antifreeze, filled screen wash checked around engine fitted new pollen filter as the old one looked like it had been in there from new, topped up tyre pressures had to lower the rear pressures as they were to high and the fronts to low, greased all seat runners door hinges and catches hood hinges etc reset the service light and carried out a diagnostic scan then onto the passenger door as the window wasn’t working so stripped it down checked the feeds to wiring they were all good but run a separate power supply to motor but still nothing as the motor was jammed where it’s got wet and rusted but managed to get it working for and advised Clint it’ll probably need a new motor, reassembled the door and took for a road test to bed the brakes in and make sure they are all safe and now back with Clint

Had Lee’s Chrysler SRT back on the ramp for new front disks and pads and new rear pads got all the old stuff stripped ou...
07/09/2026

Had Lee’s Chrysler SRT back on the ramp for new front disks and pads and new rear pads got all the old stuff stripped out and got everything cleaned up & applied antiseize compound to various areas got all the new disks and pads fitted then refitted the wheels and torqued wheel nuts to spec also noticed one of the rear bulbs had fell out of its socket and was laying in the light cluster so stripped the light cluster out and fitted the bulb back in place, just needs a wheel alignment carried out now

Had Keith’s gorgeous thunderbird in for an oil service and safety check as he’s recently brought the car, it’s been waxe...
03/09/2026

Had Keith’s gorgeous thunderbird in for an oil service and safety check as he’s recently brought the car, it’s been waxed all over the underside which has kept the bodywork in great condition, we checked the brake fluid before raising it and found that was off the scale so drained it and cleaned the pot out as it was full of sludge then filled with new fluid then raised car and removed all wheels for access to brakes, got the rear brakes cleaned up and applied a leading edge on the shoes and adjusted the shoes then refitted the drums and flushed the rear brake fluid and bled the brakes then checked front brakes and found it had a new caliper on the O/S and all the pads were good so flushed fluid in front brakes then took some slack out of N/S front wheel bearing checked all steering and suspension joints for play and found the upper balljoints don’t have play but the rubbers aren’t in great shape we greased all the grease ni***es up and wiped off any excess just need to get some upper joints in and get them replaced, also found whilst doing rear brakes that the axle breather pipe was snapped off and the pipe was sitting to one side so removed the broken bits and trimmed the end of the pipe and refitted it to stop and water getting in the axle, checked the diff oil level and recommended an oil change on that, checked the transmission fluid and that’s nice and clean just needed topping up a little, carried out an oil and filter change also replaced the fuel filter, checked the air filter that needs replacing so got to order a new one in. Carried out an antifreeze check and that needs replacing as reading low, tyres are all great , greased all hinges latches and catches, got a light check done then took for a road test and I’ve got to say it’s like driving your sofa up the road it’s so comfortable and everything responds straight away , you quiet often find that a little bit of slack in joints here and there makes some of these older cars a little slow to respond on steering movements etc but this car drives like new, lovely car Keith👍

Had Dans very clean Trans am in today for a brake fluid flush as it’s off the scale on the tester, sucked out the old fl...
02/09/2026

Had Dans very clean Trans am in today for a brake fluid flush as it’s off the scale on the tester, sucked out the old fluid from the cylinder and as you can see it had a lot of sludge in the bottom so got that all cleaned out and filled with new fluid then removed the rear wheels and discovered the half shaft seal is leaking into the N/S brake drum and soaking it all with diff oil so got them washed out and cleaned up then flushed the brake fluid through and bled the rear brakes then moved on to the fronts where we found the bleed ni***es seized in the calipers but after some perseverance we got them freed off without them breaking off, managed to flush & bleed the N/S but the O/S isn’t allowing fluid through so removed the bleed ni**le and checked it was clear and the hole in top of the caliper was clear but still no fluid so suspect the flexi hose has collapsed so need to sort that out, also found the diff pinion seal and tail shaft seal are both leaking and need sorting before they lead to further problems. Both valve covers are leaking and the header gasket is blowing so need to sort that to as soon as the parts arrive

Had Robs Mustang in for some new sway bar links, all done, love a nice simple job for a change
02/09/2026

Had Robs Mustang in for some new sway bar links, all done, love a nice simple job for a change

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