What did you do to your car today?

[70cobrascj]

The tail light bezels are a pain but worth doing in the end. Nice job.

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It was tedious but definitely worth it.
Thanks

 

[Steve McMahan]

This


Man, I’m tired.

 

[tpj71mach]

Your taillights look great! I am looking forward to seeing your car in color.

 

[70cobrascj]

This
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Man, I’m tired.

Looking good

 

[73 mach 1 1962]

Picked up a Junk Yard 8.8 rear and Cut off the Spring Perchs. Going to Start on Welding soon.

 

[70cobrascj]

Threw this POS new never used pump in the garbage. Finally installed a fuel pressure gauge on the carb inlet hose. Replaced in line fuel filter with a new Summit one that mounts directly on the fuel line of the carb.
Ran Earl’s vapor guard hose with the proper clamps don’t want to get called out for using worm clamps, which I’m am not impressed with. You can’t put much of an arch in it without it kinking it.
When I first installed the nice expensive liquid filled Holley fuel gauge my pressure was only reading like 3.5-4 lbs.
after installing the new filter and hoses which just led to a head ache running the new hose which sent me looking to install that pos pump. Since that pump was no good I had to come up with a new fitting for the standard pump already on the engine.
That lead me to order new fittings, new standard pump and new fittings.
Back to using a different fitting on the pump so I didn’t have to put a loop in the vapor guard hose.
After installing all that and running the engine my fuel pressure was now 5.5-6 lbs.
So this all brings up the old question with fuel pumps for our beloved Clevelands.
Why is there not any really good options for these great motors?
My first Carter pump only lasted a couple weeks so I went to a Delphi one which has been working fine for about a year now.
My motor made 525 tq and 527 hp and it never seemed to me to ever run out of fuel. Granted I have never laid into it full throttle for long periods of time.
I really don’t like to outlet on these standard replacement pumps.
A standard pipe thread outlet would be nice but I do understand it is made to except the original steel line to carb.
I have considered using a replacement steel line and cut it off and flare it and run a hose the carb.
What are you all using?

 

[Cleveland Crush]

Found this fuel pump it is pricey but might be the only real decent replacement. Need more pics to see the outlet.
Might be a cheaper vendor out there in the Marine world.
Not real sure about the McRobb one it seems confusing with all the different set ups.
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https://skidim.com/mechanical-fuel-pump-ford-351-302/

Just fyi, this is NOT a Cleveland pump.

 

[70cobrascj]

Just fyi, this is NOT a Cleveland pump.

Yesh my bad when I first looked at it it looked like it had the correct bolt mounting orientation.
I deleted it.
Sorry about that Ugg

 

[Flatback72]

Took my car to a car show, my yellow '72 is in the background of these pics. Every year the factory that I worked for for 39 years straight and retired from 2 years ago (Thales, in Bendigo, Australia) puts on an employee and ex-employee end-of-year car show that is not open to the public.
In the second photo the vehicle at the front is a Hawkei military vehicle made by the factory, heavily modified and lowered into a V8 street machine.
The other two vehicles are the Australian Army’s promotional "Team Army" project vehicles - an Australian Ford LTD from the 1970's (also shown doing the burn-out) and a Mercedes G-Wagen.
For a few seconds the thought entered my mind that the LTD might possibly careen out of control and take out my close proximity car , but thankfully the army dude in the LTD knew exactly what he was doing

 

[70cobrascj]

Nice warm sunny day here in middle Tennessee so had to go for a quick rip.

 

[Flatback72]

Fitted a replacement newly painted endura bumper and bumper bracket to my car.

My original endura bumper had received a whack on the front of it at some stage which had flattened it across the front, meaning the leading edge at the middle of the bumper was pushed back about an inch away from standard, and the deformation had cause the bumper ends to stick out on each side of the car about 1/2 inch, plus a small buckle midway on one side which was obvious when looking at the car from the front. It had been repainted when the previous owner painted the car but had since gained quite a bunch of paint cracks.

A few years ago I managed to find a secondhand bumper in good basic condition on ebay located in Melbourne (Australia) just a 2 hour drive away from where I live - and considering the rarity of a secondhand endura bumper then finding a decent one all the way over here in Australia where 71-73 Mustangs were never sold was kind of a minor miracle. The owner had imported the bumper into Australia about 30 years ago when the bumper on his own Mustang had received damage which he didn't think was repairable, but in the months it took the replacement bumper to freight to him he had found someone who was able to repair his original damaged one. He had long since sold his Mustang so after many years later he put his unused replacement bumper on ebay. I got it for AUD $500 (equivalent to USD $313 at today's exchange rate), a bargain!

After sitting with my local painter for quite some time, he finally got around to finishing it on the day before Christmas. He used a flex-additive to all coats to ensure durability. After looking at my old ratty bumper for so many years, seeing the freshly painted bumper shining like a stunning jewel in the centre of his workshop was something to behold. He had also painted a couple of new door hinges for me at the same time and even supplied me with a little jar of touch-up paint. When it came to payment he said "what do you reckon, $500 ??" and I said "nah mate, that's too cheap" and gave him AUD $600 (equivalent to USD $375) instead, a little extra Christmas cheer for him doing such a great job!

Just fitted it all up; what a great feeling it is to have the front of my car looking like it should again after all of the years I've owned it! Before and after pics below.

Old cracked and bent bumper:


Replacement bumper test fit:


Reinforcement of bumper hidden rear inner edge (I glued small sections of 1.25" PVC pipe with paintable Sika 227 body sealer so as to stiffen up the soft thin rear bumper edge to prevent accidental paint cracking during any future handling / mishandling):


Replacement newly painted bumper installed:

 

[Sheriff41]

Fitted a replacement newly painted endura bumper and bumper bracket to my car.

My original endura bumper had received a whack on the front of it at some stage which had flattened it across the front, meaning the leading edge at the middle of the bumper was pushed back about an inch away from standard, and the deformation had cause the bumper ends to stick out on each side of the car about 1/2 inch, plus a small buckle midway on one side which was obvious when looking at the car from the front. It had been repainted when the previous owner painted the car but had since gained quite a bunch of paint cracks.

A few years ago I managed to find a secondhand bumper in good basic condition on ebay located in Melbourne (Australia) just a 2 hour drive away from where I live - and considering the rarity of a secondhand endura bumper then finding a decent one all the way over here in Australia where 71-73 Mustangs were never sold was kind of a minor miracle. The owner had imported the bumper into Australia about 30 years ago when the bumper on his own Mustang had received damage which he didn't think was repairable, but in the months it took the replacement bumper to freight to him he had found someone who was able to repair his original damaged one. He had long since sold his Mustang so after many years later he put his unused replacement bumper on ebay. I got it for AUD $500 (equivalent to USD $313 at today's exchange rate), a bargain!

After sitting with my local painter for quite some time, he finally got around to finishing it on the day before Christmas. He used a flex-additive to all coats to ensure durability. After looking at my old ratty bumper for so many years, seeing the freshly painted bumper shining like a stunning jewel in the centre of his workshop was something to behold. He had also painted a couple of new door hinges for me at the same time and even supplied me with a little jar of touch-up paint. When it came to payment he said "what do you reckon, $500 ??" and I said "nah mate, that's too cheap" and gave him AUD $600 (equivalent to USD $375) instead, a little extra Christmas cheer for him doing such a great job!

Just fitted it all up; what a great feeling it is to have the front of my car looking like it should again after all of the years I've owned it! Before and after pics below.

Old cracked and bent bumper:


Replacement bumper test fit:


Reinforcement of bumper hidden rear inner edge (I glued small sections of 1.25" PVC pipe with paintable Sika 227 body sealer so as to stiffen up the soft thin rear bumper edge to prevent accidental paint cracking during any future handling / mishandling):


Replacement newly painted bumper installed:
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That looks great, Brett! It's always rewarding to fix those things that annoy us on our cars.