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Hi all, finally I made some progress with my engine. Last week we pulled it out and had a look inside. As I read lots of horror stories, I was expecting to see a worst case scenrio inside, since I really had not much luck yet with my car... But in general I was surprised in a almost positive...

Thanks! Assumed that would be the ratio. Actually the whole car was jacked up, so both wheel where free. But only the one I was turning moved.

Checked the ratio. 1 rotation of the wheel turns the yoke 1.5 times

Also time to look forward... my thoughts and questions about the engine rebuild: -> http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-engine-rebuild-after-broken-timing-chain

Any hint how i can find that out? Not to my knowledge so far - when I got it also the intake manifold was stock and a smaller Holley 500 carb was installed. But I'll see once we take the heads off any recommendation on parts?

Hi all, since I have the confirmation of a broken timing chain (as well a damaged harmonic balancer) I started to think about a rebuild of my engine once I pulled it completely out of the car over the upcoming winter. -> http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-engine-timing-chain-is-broken Car...

Hi piper62, Actually the shop was right. The the chain is broken and the balancer got damaged as well. I've posted pics from the weekend when we opened the engine. Maybe the points got dmaged afterwards when I tried to start the engine a couple of times... Thanks Andreas

If you mean the crank shaft? Yes it was turning.

so, finally we had the chance to take a first look at the engine. And in fact, the timing chain is broken. :( will pull the engine out of the car in a couple of weeks and then looking further what happened to the pistons and valves. Thought about replacing the cylinder heads with Edelbrock...

It doesn't spin, that's how they started to conclude the chain is broken once they replaced the damaged point set and wondered why it's not starting.. But I don't know if they pulled the distributor to check e.g if the distributor itself broke...

Hi all, Thanks a lot for the great comments and hints. Will let you know what's wrong once we have time to look at the car in a couple of weeks. Will check the distributor and compression first... Thanks Andreas

Last weekend my engine went off after I was starting to go for a ride with my Mustang and was just about to leave my town. It sounded like backfire, but the engine went off and did not start again. Sound was normal when I turned the key, just the ignition seemed to be missing. First finding...

Wonder why the seller just inserted the car at mobile.de for 24.900 EUR ? http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=226402765

I would be surprised if it's a real Mach 1 in proper shape. The price is at the lowest end of Mach 1 price scale in Germany. Usually they vary between 20 and 30k... Andreas

At the end I still had to pay for it ;) It has a 351C 2V - I bought an Edelbrock performer intake manifold as well as the 600 carburetor with manual choke to replace the orig manifold with 500 Holley earlier this year when I was in then US. You can buy most items here in DE as well, but due to...

Nice. Your car looks great!

The originals are pretty common to find. What color do you need and for the Mach 1? Hi David, Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, I'm ooking for a black A pillar molding on passenger side for a 73 Mach 1 Sportsroof Andreas

Oh sorry, forgot to mention. The Mach 1 and I live in the are of Munich in Germany The Mustang came from Florida. A friend bought it last year there and spend some time over the winter to get it up and running for me.

Any one bought those yet? Product review at CJ Pony are not promising... Need a passenger side A pillar molding, but want to spend 190$ only if they are not wasted... Andreas

Hi all, Finally I got my Mach 1 to his new home in Germany. Over the last months most "challenges" have been solved it is up and running now. Some topics still to be fixed... Fortunately during my last business trips to the US I've been able to buy some parts required to fix and /or improve...