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The prior owner of our 73 Mach 1 installed an oem (off a wrecked car) 71Mach 1 flip-lid cap on ours. It looks and works great. Seems to me I heard to install a 71 flip-lid was a PITA. Perhaps for the non-oem units out there. In any event, I HATE the twist off cap on our 73 Convertible, even...

Hello from Western Upstate New York! We hav e 2 11973 Mustangs, and love them both. Sorry to hear a newly rebuilt rngine ran into issue so soon. My guess is an oil galley that was cleaned out was supposed to be plugged at one endm aand wasn't. A bummer no matter the cause. I hope the...

We have a Park8 (files attached). We have limited headroom in the garage where it is located. But we can put out 73 Mustangs, or 69 GT500, or 2020 GT500 up high enough to allow us to park our 97 Hinda Del Sol under it with about 3/4" clearance. That is after letting the raised ramp settle on...

I annotated your photo of the cooler. This looks very much like a transmission oil cooler, which I have installed many of in SoCal - and have one on our 73 Mach 1 with its swapped in AOD. They are a good thing to have. The annotation on the attached photo has a "speech bubble" suggesting you...

huh, "messy engine compartment." Looks pretty nice as it is, other than the one battery terminal lug being discconnected from its post <g>, heh heh... Seriously, it looks nice. Factory A/C, nice to have. We added Classic Air A/C to both of ourr 1973 Mustangs. Works well, no regrets.

I don;t have any new trick for you to try with the arrangement you are dealing with. But, I do have a suggestion for other belt driven items (alternator, power steering, aftermarket air conditioning compressors, etc.) that may be of help. For many years, when I had to toghten the belt for...

I am happy to help where I think I have something to add... We are all this together, after all.

This is likely the biggest reason I enjoy our hobby so much. Any time I work on one of our vintage pony cars, tinker with on, or drive one I am 19 again - and have not a care in the world. Eventually things catch up with me, but I am still quite pleased with how well things are going for me...

Well, the 1965 - 1972 and 1973 - 1979 Ford Parts Catalogs were not as helpful as they normally are. Using the base part # for the Cougar Trunk Torsion Bars, I did a search in both catalogs. The 65 - 72 catalog showed Part #s only for 1971 Mustangs, nothing for 1973. The 73-79 catalog showed...

I had no doubt you wouls resolve that issue. Many thanks for reporting back what you found. I will be extra caqutious with my future dash removals - which I hope will be very few indeed. I've paid my dues time and again. I am hoping to be able to enjoy our pony cars with minimal grief for my...

I forgot to mention, when you do find a torsion rod you may want to purchase a tool to install and/or remove it. You can jury rig something easily enough, but this tool (from WCCC) works nicely: https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/trunktool2.html?sessionthemeid=26

I purchased a 2nd torsion rod for our 73 Mach 1 after I installed a wing spoiler. WCCC has them, used of course. Be forewarned, the torsion rod for a Cougar does not fit the Mustang application, despite being the same year. Go ahead, ask how I know this. I found out after the fact that the...

I was "in competition" with a really sharp, and fairly experienced fellow student at the school I learned auto repair from (Los Angeles Pierce College). He worked as a part time tech at a local Texaco station, and he was really good with his diagnostic approach. We were friends, although with...

Back then, in the late 70s, we did not have that issue <g>... For current times I would suggest using USB outlets to charge a phone, as opposed to 12 volt outlets, but then comes the concern for where to mount the USB outlets. For me, it was easy. For both of our 73Mustangs the originalbuild...

The suggestion to check the circuit breaker is a good one, assuming you have no voltage to the switch. But, there is another item (or two) you should look at. I had a car come in with a no brake light situation. He had taken the car to several other shops, but even with new bulbs and a new...

I had a customer at our Ford dealership back in the late 70s who wanted me to rig a kill switch, using all current equipment in his new 79 Bronco. I asked if he smoked, or any of his family or friends, Nope, Okay then, I just ran a wire from the Negative Terminal for the Primary Ignition...

You've got this, although you may not yet realize it. The fuel gauge circuitry is one of the easier electrical systems despite current coming from the Instrument Voltage Regulator, and then traveling through the sending unit.

It was when I was rereading this post from its inception that I paused long enough to recognize how much differently our AOD swap in place of the original C4 in our 73 Mach 1 could have gone. In our case the original 302 2v engine was replaced by the prior owner with a 351W built for moderate...

If you check for pulsating voltage to the fuel sending unit at the the fuel tank sending unit (Circuit #29, Yellow wire with White Stripe) you will see if voltage from the Instrument Voltage regulator - through the fuel gauge - is getting back there or not. If I recall correctly you ought to be...

Perhaps the attached photos and YouTube links below will be helpful re: seeing how those Fuel Evaporative Control System carbon canisters are connected. The only significant difference between 1971-1972, and 1973, Fuel Evaporative Systems is the 1973 Carbon Canister is taller than the canisters...