Recent content by afeng79

Alright guys, I can confirm I purchased the GAUGE sender at autozone instead of the LIGHT sender! How do I know? Because they look vastly different and when I told the parts counter at Autozone what I needed I was thinking in terms of the 71 Thunderbird instrument cluster since that's what the...

Yea I might opt for getting a gauge installed inside the car. I can't believe they didn't provide a gauge for something so important on the base non-Mach1 models. BTW, is it really only 5 psi minimum? That seems low but I've seen that number floating around other BBF forums. I've been told that...

Well I am anxious to get home after work and put a gauge to it. It's been bugging me all day. I think when I went to autozone for that new sending unit I opted for the one without gauges. But who knows. Anyways I think harbor freight has an oil pressure gauge for $24.99. What pressure should I...

Hey all, I got around to get the 429 TJ motor in my 72 running. Everything is hooked up and no visible leaks anywhere after running for about 3 minutes at idle with occasional revs. I get in the car to turn it off and notice the oil light on the instrument panel is lit up. I quickly shut off the...

So I ended up putting the cam gear and chain back on and installed the cam bolt tight but not torqued down. I then put a screwdriver into one of the cam gear holes and used the block around the distributor as leverage so that when I turned the crank bolt, the screwdriver was holding the cam gear...

I might end up trying each of these tactics tomorrow depending on what tools I'll have available. The problem is that everything is stripped down to the timing gears and so I can line up the marks and when I go to loosen the crank bolt to get the sprocket off, the crank gets turned a bit and...

I'm replacing the timing chain and gears on the motor and while the job is pretty easy and straight forward, I need some advice on getting around an obstacle. Long story short, how do I remove the crankshaft bolt (harmonic balancer bolt) without turning the crankshaft? I need to slide the crank...

I should have the C4 crossmember laying around as well after doing my trans swap. Might be extremely oily though :)

For anyone else wondering about zinc additive levels in oil, this is a pretty good read: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/10/18/tech-101-zinc-in-oil-and-its-effects-on-older-engines/ I have never bought zinc additive but now consider doing it. Bottom line is that stuff helps with...

Well that's just the problem. I had never planned to but you can tell a lot about an engine's health from taking off the top end and front end and I didn't like what I saw. It was supposedly a running engine according to the guy I got it from but I'm now skeptical about that after seeing it all...

Awesome advice for a novice like myself. I don't think I can justify going with a timing cover for that much. Found one on Jegs for $90 so I'll give that one a shot. Here's the timing set I'm leaning towards: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/cca-3122 I'll look at my budget and see if I can...

What timing cover did you use for your 460 build? Is it stock or aftermarket? I'm looking for an aftermarket with a solid quality and fit. Any suggestions based off what you have?

Thanks TommyK. Good insight into all the questions I have. So since this is only one step up from stock I really won't get the horsepower gains that are typical from getting a performance cam? My goal is to have a semi-hot street cruiser so a cam with a range from idle to 3000 would probably be...

Hey all, long story short, I removed my water pump from the used 429 motor sitting in the car because it was leaking from the weep hole on the bottom when I went to fill her up with fluid. Took the water pump off and found this: When I took off the pump I broke one of the bolts going from...

I'm so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.