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Whether it's a "Hallelujah!" or a "Very interesting...", changed out the oil and filter (from Pennzoil 10w30 to Valvoline VR1 20w50) and on first start running at cold idle: 78-80 lbs of pressure! Way up from 42-45. Next will be a test drive to normal operating temperature. An aside: first...

@Don C and @71ProjectJunk -- Your optimism that it might not be the near worst case scenario gives me hope, thanks. I am very limited by what I can accomplish just working in my driveway. If only I had a lift ;) @71ProjectJunk and @Hemikiller -- in other posts a change of oil has been...

Finally got to putting in a mechanical oil pressure gauge. Getting that sender out would have benefitted from a 1" shorter wrench, for sure, but tediously, got it out. Got the new mechanical gauge installed and just ran the hose out the back of the hood and into the interior via driver's...

I had mine rebuilt by a small shop in Texas and the one they returned to me was not the one I sent them. The hose connection was incorrect and I hadn't changed the hoses, so I knew it was the wrong pump. They'd done a nice job powdercoating the pump and stick, but it still didn't fit. Sent it...

Thanks, Don -- that was the 2nd possibility in the thread I couldn't find again: main bearings.

I've never opened the engine so I can't tell you anything about the connecting rods... as far as I know, at 137k miles, all the internals are original. Your idea about a different oil is easy enough/low cost enough to check out, but while yes, I'm in the desert, we've only flirted once with 90...

Referencing the factory gauge, after the car is at operating temperature, at a prolonged idle (~800 rpm) the oil pressure slowly, slowly drops until it is below the "L", well out of normal range. Ramping up the idle to about 1100 rpm brings it back to the normal, as does regular driving. But it...

I’m a little stuck trying to figure out what next on my ‘73 Q code ‘vert, with some things still undone, and a majority of what I expect is needed being beyond my personal capabilities (welding, paint, etc). Plus there are things I’m sure I’m not even considering for the long term — after all...

See... that's what I'm thinking. Stay tuned to see how this turns out. Given my EGR has been disabled, the dual modulator isn't the issue.

'73 3514V convertible, C6, roughly 137k miles. I took her in for a transmission rebuild because of a major slip between 2 and 3 and reverse slips to engage. When I picked it up he told me this transmission takes a dual modulator but his supplier only had a single modulator in stock so that was...

Ordered the 4350 gasket. For $7, it won't be a terrible mistake if it doesn't work out..

A pic of the manifold would be great. I think I'll continue to look for the one closest to the WCCC version even though the WCCC version doesn't say how thick So that's why open bore won't work. Ok. .

Thankya, thankya, thankya. I kept expecting there to be another raw-ended wire for this to connect to so I never really examined the one I have. And upon examination of "the lump", I see now what to do.

I've never heard of these folks, but here's a generic, inexpensive, in-stock, phenolic open bore model: https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Trans-Dapt-2180-Phenolic-Open-Carburetor-Spacer-1-2-Inch,46004.html

Saw the one on WCCC, also -- very disappointing it was out of stock! But in this one for the 4350 series, why didn't you look at the 4300D? In the 4300 series shown on that site, the openings for secondaries are slightly larger than primaries, but in the 4350 series the secondaries are...

If you scroll up to Hemikiller's photo, are you saying there is only one wire running along the brace and the underhood light plugs into that? (his empty plug would be connected to the one wire you see) That wire does run to the solenoid. One of the plastic lumps looks as if it could take a...

Outstanding! Thanks

Turns out a spacer is harder to find than one would think, but I did locate likely candidates at Classic (was California Mustang). Nothing at NPD, CJP, Ohio or Kentucky or Virginia Mustang nor Ecklers. Here are two, one ported, one open center; which is the right answer? And now I'm...

Does a carb spacer go by any other names? lol... Exactly zero carb or carburetor spacers at NPD. Gaskets galore. Took a gander at CJPony: guess they're big on Edelbrock; nothing for the Motorcraft/Holley 4300D. Mr Gasket at CJPony offers a 1" generic ("Fits Square Bore Edelbrock, Carter and...

Those are good for understanding mercury switches and how to install and route the light, but go no further than up to where you plug it in. I have the convenience group. I have the lamp. I have both sides of the bullet plug, I just need to find where it goes. There might be something in the...