Just watched that movie last night and only saw the green small bumpered one at 42 mins in when he is on the motorcycle.
Well just got the bad news from the shop. It seems that #1 cylinder is only running 70lbs of pressure and it is blowing through the rings....
So, swapped out the radiators between the 71' and the 75'. Trans cooler lines weren't quite the same but adapted to it. Had to cut the trans...
Unfortunately not a Comet to be seen in that field of Mav's...sorry.
Was trying to get my old demo derby car out of the backyard earlier today and decided to use the 75' Mav to pull it out. Using a chain through...
Thinking am gonna get it and give it to my 14yr old son to work on...his car, he buys parts and does the work.
Traded my 23' car trailer to the guy I bought my black mav from and he called today offering me a complete 70 mav as a parts car so, the question...
damn right it all adds up quick. Have spent almost as much in new parts as I did for the car to start with. Spent 450 for the car and somewhere...
Am looking at the fact that I have replaced almost everything under the hood with new parts, why not just go ahead and replace the carb too? lol....
The mrs says 2 are enough at the moment. Wanna start a Maverick ranch and eventually I may convince her to let it happen.
Ok, New alternator and fuel pump installed. Gapped the points to .25 which the book calls for. Verified that the new pump is pumping fuel by...
Weeee, changed out the points and condenser today and threw some gas down the carb and she started...didn't run though...thnx for the tips. Next...
Will try points and condenser next...looked at them yesterday, the condenser looks brand new but the points look like they may be no good
No electronic ignition, it's a 70' not a 75'..the 75' is the green beast which is the wifes. On the hood latch area it does have a sticker which...
The new coil is marked + and - vs the original which was marked battery and distributor. I did hook them up on the new coil exactly as they were...
It does have points and condenser which I didn't get to changing out yet. The fuel pump is currently not hooked up but did dump gas down the...
Ok, I got the black beast home the other day and went out yesterday and today and bought a whole bunch of new ignition parts for her..put them...
Well, was told by another mav'er that putting the opening towards the window will work better on the fuel milage and performance. Besides, why be...
The wife calls her 4dr 75' "The Green Beast" cuz when we bought it it was in need of some serious work. Come to find out 2yrs after we bought it...
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