- Joined
- Jun 14, 2019
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- 552
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- Location
- Coachella Valley (Palm Springs)
- My Car
- 1973 Convertible, 351 4v CJ, C6, Mach 1 Decor options, power: steering, brakes and windows, a/c, Rally Pac gauges, Deluxe interior.
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(In a big "d'oh!" moment, I finally realized the benefit of keeping project related questions and answers in a single thread, rather than post each question. This starts that thread.)
Brief backstory: purchased in June '19, '73 351C Q code (3F03Q). I live in the desert; it gets really hot here and my workshop is the carport so the summer work was minimal, mostly making my "when I can work on it..." plans. Sent the p/s pump out for rebuild (old one leaked), ordered new radiator (old one leaked), alternator (upgrade from 55a to 70a) and water pump (when I had a '71 in '76, it went out at about 77k; this car seems to have 134k and the original pump so I'm trying to get ahead of/before the problem).
Had a major stumble with some bolts that broke during removal; ended up sending the engine to a machine shop (done in a week). 4 months later, I got my p/s pump back so it's time to start rebuilding under the hood.
Brief backstory: purchased in June '19, '73 351C Q code (3F03Q). I live in the desert; it gets really hot here and my workshop is the carport so the summer work was minimal, mostly making my "when I can work on it..." plans. Sent the p/s pump out for rebuild (old one leaked), ordered new radiator (old one leaked), alternator (upgrade from 55a to 70a) and water pump (when I had a '71 in '76, it went out at about 77k; this car seems to have 134k and the original pump so I'm trying to get ahead of/before the problem).
Had a major stumble with some bolts that broke during removal; ended up sending the engine to a machine shop (done in a week). 4 months later, I got my p/s pump back so it's time to start rebuilding under the hood.