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The P.O. of my 73 mustang convertible did some interior "updates" that I'd like to finish. They recovered the seats from avocado to black, and replaced the door cards with black ones as well. However, they just took the original seat back panels, and passenger quarter panels, and painted them...

I would love to get some more details on how you guys solved this issue. I also have a 73 convertible, and like others, the CJ Pony Parts installation video does not apply / will not work for these cars. Even if I were to bend the plate to fit the curve of the door well, the bolt isn't long...

Thanks guys, you were 100% right.  I've disconnected the rod for now and am going to give the guy who installed the exhaust from the manifolds back a call tomorrow.  I think he should be able to modify the bar while it's in getting the pipes connected.  Thanks for the help

Sorry, I should have included that.  It's a 302 and I believe the C4 transmission.  Here's a photo of what I was trying to describe

Hey everyone, I had an exhaust leak on my stock manifolds, so decided to install headers.  I installed the patriot clipster headers and now the transmission will not shift out of park.  I had to cut off the front of the passenger side exhaust to get the header to fit, but I left the drivers...

Don -- I can't thank you enough for your help during this.  I was able to get everything wired up, and the car is running a lot better. I ended up using the pink/red w/ green wire to trigger a 12v relay with an in-line 20amp, connected to the positive side of the starter solenoid.  I then split...

quick follow up: I tested the 2 wires on the passenger side manifold.  The uncovered spade gives a little north of 12v when the ignition is on (did not test crank).  The other has no voltage, so I'm assuming that's the negative.

I'm really sorry that I'm so confused about this.  Here's what I have going on: The 4 wires on the driver's side of the manifold are all unhooked.  I believe two of those were hooked to the HEI, but of course I'm an idiot and didn't take a photo.  I imagine one of those is the output of the...

Do you think it's possible that the resistor has already been bypassed when the HEI was installed?  Is there a way I can test with a mutimeter?  Should the existing wire running to the s terminal of the solenoid drop to 6v when cranking but be at 12v when the key is only in the run position?

Ok, I'm in the final stretch.  I bit the bullet and bought a pre-made wiring harness.  I've worked out that I don't need the yellow wire from the coil since I don't have an aftermarket tach.  I also understand that the white wire goes to the s side of the solenoid.  What I don't know is where...

Don, you've been invaluable during this process, and I really appreciate it. Here's an update:  Distributor is in, and using your advice, I've figured out where I will mount the coil, and i'm going to order a new mounting bracket for that.  However, in my excitement, I failed to realize that I...

My dudes, I got the parts in from Rock Auto, and have the distributor in and the duraspark control module mounted near the battery, but I have no idea where to mount the coil.  I was able to find my original coil bracket, and tried mounting it in the original location on top of the intake on...

Man, thanks so much for your help.  So I need to order the Cardone 842899 Distributor Standard Motor Products LX203 Control Module and I'll need a coil, since mine is long gone.  Something like this? STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS FD476 finally, is it really worth spending the $125 on the...

After reading the threads you linked, and doing some more research, i'm guessing I'll need to either source a duraspark distributor / control module from a junkyard, or order those directly through ford.  Seems like there are several coils that are compatible.  I'll probably want to replace my...

So I'm fairly confident that this distributor is dying.  I decided to again test spark to each cylinder, and 2 and 4 are not getting spark consistently (I didn't test the other side).  2 would spark 5-6 times when first starting up, and then would no longer spark.  4 would spark for a few...

Ok, great to know.  I was only going off of reviews from the CJ Pony Parts site.  I'll do some research on the duraspark upgrade.  that sounds pretty interesting

I'll finally have some time this weekend to look at this.  I've borrowed a timing light, so I should be able to at least make sure the timing is right (gonna need to watch some videos!) I don't have the original distributor any longer, so if I were to go the pertronix II route, I'd need to buy...

Regardless if the HEI is the issue or not, it's something that I'd probably like to replace at some point.  Do you have a recommendation on what to replace it with?

These are the plugs from 1 & 2, but I don't remember any of the additional plugs looking much different than these. I can pull 8 again tonight to be sure: I'm SW of Adel Fabrice - I'm still planning on digging into the carb once I have a chance to watch a little youtube so I have...

Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I haven't had time to dive into the carb yet, so no updates there.  I did re-gap the plugs to .050, and the car seems to idle better when cold. Here are a couple of videos I was able to take.  I can re-take them if they aren't helpful Here is right after I...