Is removing your front shock absorbers as simple as my Haynes manual says?
It says remove the upper mounting bracket attaching nuts. Raise the front of the car and put jack stands under the lower arms. Then remove the two shock absorber lower attaching nuts and insulators. Then reverse the steps to put the new ones in place. Is it really that simple or are there any hidden surprises I need to watch out for?

And I ordered the KYB Gas-A-Just shocks like everybody suggested, they should be here in a couple days.

I couldn't believe it on my new 67 it looks like it has the original 40 year old shocks, the passenger side blew the first time I drove it.

 

Yeah that's it. Aside from any stuck bolts thats all it takes to change the front shocks.

Well they left off that you need to remove the wheel...

 

I would jack the car up, but leave the tire touching the ground. When I took mine off the first time I did exactly what you described, and the shock was (unbeknownst to me) actually holding the tire off the ground while I was unbolting the bottom bolts. Once I popped the last one off, there was a loud CLANG#$!@^%and the tire dropped the rest of the way to the ground.

Lesson of the day: be careful around coil springs, heh.

 

Yeah coil springs kind of scare me sometimes with all that stored up energy. But I think putting jack stands under the control arms will prevent that from happen.

 

Do they come with bushings or would one need to purchase those seperately?

Edit: Nevermind

 

I had the same question at first too. I called JEGS and yes they do.

 

Change one side at a time. Put the front end on stands, and once you unbolt the upper two bolts,use your jack to jack up the lower arm. That will take all the tension off of the shock. Then unbolt the bottom and pull the shock out. Very simple.

 

exactly what bluovalguy said

 

While your down there replacing the shocks why not replace the front suspenion?
http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCa...ension/psr.htm

 

I'm not looking to do something that extensive right now. I'm just looking to fix what is broken. When I put it up for winter I plan on doing a whole suspensioin conversion to coil overs.