What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

I figured those out today while installing my new turn signal switch. Kinda tricky at first.....

 

That is BAD_ _ _!!!!!!!!

 

I did this to a friend's Maverick on Monday. Lots of fun!!

 

touched up some minor essentials and tested some of it's new boundries after the successful 5.0L T-5 Swap... Burn just a little rubber on some random streets... then cruised comfortabled scared of the beast i had created...

 

Cool. Be careful, these little cars get sideways real quick.

 

Finally got motivated. Removed a broken bolt in the block. Chased the threads. pulled the WP and radiator. Will be changing all hoses and belts. Lots of rust in side and I always run a 50/50 mix of coolant. Any suggestions on what to do about the rust?

 

do you use...distilled water? that's what's recommended for...alum. heads/rads. i use it in all my motors...you can get it almost anywhere...

...Frank...:Handshake

 

Mine is a stock 250 with stock type brass radiator. The start of the problem was the heater outlet pipe from the water pump rusted through (thin steel). In taking the pump off, one of the bolts was bottomed out in the bolt hole. It was rusted and jammed in place. It broke just below the bolt head. When taking the rad off I noticed chunks of rust have also clogged the rad cooling tubes, but the inside brass was not coated with rust. I had chemically flushed the system two years ago and gotten most of the rust out of the system. The car sits a lot. Maybe 2000 miles in the last 7 years. I will try some additives to prevent rust. The T-stat housing is also eaten up, but it is aluminum.

 

Where did you find that switch? Took me a week to locate one!

 

I had to do the same recently.
http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=76923
I followed the advice in post #20 and used 1 qt of vc-9...has work well so far. I also replaced all hoses, t-stat/housing, and water pump.

 

My hagerty insurance got approved!

 

Howd you do that without a garage to keep the car in? does a gate to the yard count? I tried to get approval on a car i would keep in my sideyard behind an rv gate and they said no.

 

It was a used switch.

 

I DROVE IT!! like, many times today. as in I actually used it for transportation! you dont get it, i have had this car for 2 full years and i have put more miles on it today than i have in the past if you add them all up!! this thing is sure fun.


then I washed it.

 

theres a 20x40 garage here also just for storage purpouses