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WOW, sounds like the engine was a pain for sure. On the broken drill bit in the hole. If you find a mold shop that has and EDM, Electrical Discharge Machine, they can burn the broken drill and bolt out for sure. Not cheap but does not matter if hard or not will burn it out. They actually tossed...

That is amazing that they still have them. Has different size threads for the fill valve compared to R-134, it is smaller. Hope it works.

Just to stir you thoughts. Remember to cut you a piece of wood to put on top of the frame rail to keep the upper control arm from dropping all the way down when you lift the front of the car. If you do not will crush the upper rubber bushing on the shock. The full pressure of the spring crushes...

Moving along great. I think they sort of blew you off on the frame rails having lots of variation. We stamped sub frames for Ford on several different vehicles. You do not get but a few thousandths of variation due to the parts coming from a hard die not fabricated. The bolts you mentioned are...

Just a thought. Did the old cars not have a limiting cable to stop the drop? I would think that you might need some kind of rubber cushion in there to prevent it banging every time it goes to full travel? Maybe a piece of old tire or thick conveyor belt just so not steel to steel. I had my 73...

I always hated putting any stripes on. I would have had the garage door shut to prevent any breeze from blowing them around after I pulled the backing off and I always used soapy water. Sucks you got one backwards. On the lower part you are talking about the tape the goes between body color and...

See you are using R-12 in the AC system. Did you go through and replace all the O-rings and clean the system? If not the new refrigerant will just leak out. I doubt you will find a charging hose for a can of R-12 I have a couple but very old. I switched my systems over to Duracool R12a, which...

Just saw your post on working on your Vert. One of the best panel replacement shops in the U.S. is near Atlanta. They have done work for members that worked out great. Be very specific of what you want and how you want it put in writing so there is no gray areas. All they do is panel replacement...

Chris a couple of questions. Looking at your picture of the brake bleeder hooked to your front caliper I think you have the caliper on the wrong side. The bleed valve should always be at the highest point on any disc brake set up. There will be air in the system for sure no way to get that...

I have posted several times. Here are pics of a NOS set of speakers. If you find the old speaker frames they can replace the cones done all the time. I just bought two doors last week that had door speakers and Power Windows difficult harness to find for sure.

Ford and the repo people always do that. They do not care if you have to do extra work. When Ford went to service for the rear quarters they were all 73 with the extra holes in them also. Lots of people do not notice and get paint on and then have to weld them up.

Interesting that you could get out without moving the dash rearward. It is only like 8 bolts to do that. I tell people I will do a heater core for half what shop quote is for labor. They are crazy expensive to get replaced.

Not so much a horror story but they did try to swap parts with me. I was building a flathead V-8 and had a crank that was in great shape and never been ground so .010" grind was all that was needed. I have installed the bearings and measured them and had written down the diameters to grind each...

A ZZ disc in the player in the garage right now.

On the wobble. Check to see that your nut is not bottoming out on the threads on the spindle. You might try putting an extra washer on the outside just to make sure it is not bottomed out and giving you a wrong torque reading. Maybe spindle threads not long enough. You might try swapping sides...

I had seen this before also. The only thing that I find different is that when I remove the factory applied seam sealer and sound deadening there is no primer under it. They said primer then sealer but I have never seen that on any of my cars.

I have never seen yellow seals in any of my engines even the one I bought new. I am betting someone changed them in the past to prevent them from getting into the pan. When I was a teenager I made the tools to change the seals on a Y block without pulling the heads. Later made one for 289 -...

Looks like I answered my question. There is a video on youtube showing how to change the shift seal. Here is link if anyone is also looking. Not difficult just have to pull the pan and the valve body out.

With Covid my 1973 vert just sat in the shop. I had couple guys come to look at parts last week so I got them to help me push it over to the lift. When we moved it big puddle of automatic transmission fluid on the floor. The last time I drove it looked like I had a coolant leak at one of the...

A question for you. Does your leaf springs still have the clamps around them to hold them together? If not you need them to help with spring wrap up. Back when money was tight we use to take another main leaf spring and cut the eye off the front and cut the back off just back where the axle...