What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. jtown77

    jtown77 Member

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    Put most of the engine back together....

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  2. m in sc

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    got around to installing the relays for the halogens, was real meticulous with the install and it took hours but got some other stuff cleaned up too while i was in there.
     
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  3. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    I ordered new sending units for my gauges, a new gauge bracket that holds 4 gauges and a digital clock that matches my gauges... Then I took the car out and ripped though some gears on the longest drive since the rebuild, the car ran and shifted great... Went out to visit Jim (coutangman) and looked at his stable of fords and checked out his latest project...
     
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  4. jg09

    jg09 Jon G.

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    I suppose that's one way to look at it :rofl:

    Unfortunately, I don't think the exhaust system liked being backfired through. I was driving home from work when my car suddenly got obnoxiously loud. Got home and took a look and found this. This was shot through the steel wheel looking at the muffler. The highlighted part of the pic is the inlet where the pipe connecting to it just completely rusted off. :cry:

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  5. MaverickDan

    MaverickDan I wanna go fast!!!

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    Plumbed a new fuel system, wired a megasquirt ecu, and got it started, cause my ecu for the powerjection died on Saturday.
     
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  6. jtown77

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    Installed the new fuel tank, sending unit, and filler neck.
     
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  7. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Tim, David, Jeff and I went to Summit yesterday. David, Tim and I picked up a few things for our cars. we went to lunch before Summit and while at lunch we met some crazy lady (other than the waitress) she was out there also...:coco:

    ...A.L.T.W.H.B.A...
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Tim helped me install a...600 Edelbrock carb. and my stock Grabber hood on Patches.
    ...:Handshake...Tim
     
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    A couple weeks ago I swapped my classic white knob with period correct black knob. :D
     
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    I found out the hard way that both sides of the cowl and the windshield gasket leak like sieves in the Green GT when I used it for shelter when a thunderstorm came up quicker than I could get inside because of my injured lower back acting up. :cry:

    Oh well, I was planning on cutting all the spot welds loose from the cowl and getting rid of the rust prone hats anyway. Now I'll just have to keep it covered when it's outside to minimize water damage until I can get it done.

    -Scott H.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    washed the windshield getting ready for a test run tomorrow of my hood swap. may run by the dyno and do a pull and see if anything was gained/lost with swapping the hoods...:drive:...:chirp:
     
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  12. M.A.V.

    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    Which dyno would that be? It appears Coupe is out of business.
     
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    The other day took a trip with my girlfriend to look at a '75 maverick for sale. I liked the car and surprisingly she did too haha (she's more for 50's cars) might pick the car up next week
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    :hmmm:...Tim was planning on him dynoing Collins new motor. guess I will have to check out the tuner on Gray Hwy...:bouncy:
     
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  15. Crusader

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    Sanded the passenger rear quarter panel and scraped off some old weatherstripping gunk and caulking.
     
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