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Hi there, I am trying to take out my center bezel (with the radio and heater control in) I have taken out all the screws I can see but still cant get the darn bezel out, it seems as if it is hooking on the dash pad? Anybody have a suggestion? Thanks for now. I am painting my interior bezel...

Hi there again! Any thoughts why when I start my 351C when it is hot, there is a ticking noise sounds like it is from lifters for about 3-5 seconds until everything quiets down? It doesnt do it cold, only when hot,

I have nice Ford racing valve covers on my 351 C. after my rebuild, here is my latest query. On the passenger side rear valve cover there is a plastic elbow that was on the original valve covers I took off, so I plumbed that to my breather. Now on the front drivers side, there is a nice Ford...

Hello all; My 1973 Vert was painted prior to my buying it. I think it is a great looking color. albeit not original, I like it anyway! It is areddish brown metallic with what looks to be lots of clear coat. The problem is it is all orange peely and just doesnt look so good. I want to get it...

Hi there, does anybody else have issues with very dim interior guage lights? I can barely tell the lights are on. Thanks for the help!

Hi there, I am running my electronic HEI 14 degrees before TDC on my 73 351 C. Where does everyone else run there timing at? 14 seems to be where it likes to run. Will it do any damage to engine running at 14? I THINK it is supposed to be at 10?

Hello again, so my 351 C was working like a top after taking it to garage and having timing set and carb set up. Now only one week later it is back to back firing through the carb, which I guess is technically not a backfire, but I still call it that due to the hair loss on one side of my head...

Hi, can anybody tell me what the large black wire that runs with the engine harness on the passenger side engine is? It is a larger black wire with little green or yellow dashes on the outside (sorry I am a wee bit colour blind) This is part of the engine harness that has the sender wires in it...

Hi there once again, I was all fired up to start my engine today after a minor top end rebuild, (cam,lifters, edelbrock intake, 4 bbl Holley, Headers, and nice 351 valve covers)! Today I was ready to fire up the 351, and had my wife ready to video.... however the engine had other plans as it did...

Hi there, I have a 1973 351 C which I have added an Edelbrock aluminum manifold. My problem is, now that I have the correct gaskets, there seems to be a hole in each head that the gaskets dont cover. I seem to recall reading threads about this but I cant recall when or where! Does anybody have...

Hi there, on my 1973 351, I had this little square box maybe, 1'long and .5" wide with two small bolt coming from the front. There was a lug which attached this to the battery cable side of the solenoid. From this box was a large black wire which goes back toward firewall. Basically I twisted...

Hi there, I installed and torqued the Rocker arm bolts in my 73 351 C. I did this when each cylinder was at TDC with the lifters being both at their lowest point. 15 of the 16 pushrods feel reasonably tight with no up and down movement or sideways. They sit right in the center of the rocker arm...

Hi there, another issue I would like help with. I am wiring my engine (1973 351 C 2V) I am wondering if anybody could help where the plugs go on the pigtail harness, I think it is called, I tried using the diagram in the data section but I truly find that too complicated! I know three round ends...

Hi there again guys, I am putting the 1973 351 c back together and have ran into another snag! I am unsure of where the wires go on the back of the alternator. I looked at the electrical plan on the data tab but, I truly dont understand the 73 wiring schematic. I have big black wire with yellow...

Hello there, I ordered a set of intake gaskets for my new aluminum Edelbrock manifold, (351 C) however the store sent me a pair of exhaust gaskets:huh: anyway, I really want to be able to start the car this weekend, can I make a set of gaskets from gasket sheet stock? If so is there a proper...

Hi there again. Today I installed the new cam and lifters in my 1973 351 Cleveland, I bought from Summit..... I naturally had to undo the nuts on the springs that hold the push rods in so I could remove them and change lifters. The time has come now to retighten springs, hence my problem, how...

Hi there, I took the engine out of my 73 vert to clean and paint the engine bay. I decided since the heater hoses were well.... old.... I would replace them when I reinstall engine. To my surprise the old ones were probably original since they were Motorcraft. I felt bad having to change from...

Hi there, any suggestions on where to put speakers in the rear of my 73 convertible? Maybe there is nowhere, please let me know as well if that is the case! Thanks again.

Hello all, 1973 351 Cleveland here, I am doing a few mods to my engine and decided to do away with points. I bought a new HEI with the coil inside the cap. Now.... what do I have to do as in the way of mods to install this. Somewhere I read there is an in-line fuse or convertor that has to come...

Hi there, did anyone ever change their convertible top, if so, is it as hard as I am led to believe? Thanks