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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.

Just as an update to this post. I called NAPA and they told me they do fabricate hydraulic hoses to any specification you give them. I headed down to the local NAPA and took the stock hose and saginaw PS pump with me. They were able to take off the metal end up to the connection to the rubber...

Wow thanks. I didn't know NAPA did that but I'll check with them.

Does anyone know the correct adapter I need to hook up a GM style saginaw pump to the stock power steering pressure hose? I have tried 3/8 NPT to 3/8 NPT and that apparently is not the correct size. After researching for a while I found the mustang pressure hose fitting is 16mm? Has anyone done...

That's a story to tell to the grandkids. I too was in a similar situation with budget and as you said, the military makes it hard to have a project car (we all know they don't move cars for us in CONUS). I'm glad she's getting restored. I have a few places in El Paso for bodywork I might be able...

Can I chime in and ask if all 71-73's came with a rear sway bar? My 72 does not have one with its 8 inch. Does this mean all unibodies came with the places to mount one then?