Make sure alignment is good, belt is tight, and that belt is not too worn. A newer belt can have a deeper V that fits better than a older belt....
Nope not Jim here. Jim looked my car over before he painted his. His has a bit more red in it. Mine is very close to the factory Burnt Orange.
Your oil pressure looks pretty typical. Pretty much like mine. Old timers have told me a rule of thumb is you need a min of 10lbs for every...
Sorry I cannot make this one. I have not been on in some time. I attend many car shows/cruises over the summer maybe we can organize a Maverick...
Run a Regulator. They are cheap enough and its added insurance. I was in your situation except with a mechanical pump. Finally got a gauge and...
Congrats A couple years ago after a head swap, cam, and new headers I drove mine 18 miles with open headers to my favorite exhaust shop. I was...
Another orange. Painted very close to the factory color which was burnt orange.
Good luck!!! Hopefully you will have it on the road in the next week or 2.:tup:
I have always been a little scared to manually downshift to second when suddenly giving it full throttle or even under light load. I always...
For some reason mine had two. One under front seat and one behind back of rear seat. The springs pretty well tore up the front one but the rear...
I am not sure about this but I don't think all overhead cammed cars have roller points of contact? With a overhead cam verses a old stlye cam I...
If your running an flat tappet style hydrulic cam you might want to read the article in June's edition of HOT ROD about how they are reformulating...
I have the same situation as shaunh82 but reverse sides. I know the drivers side on mine was replaced in the mid 80s. When I put a fender cover...
Aren't where the rear leaf springs attach toward the front under the back seat torque boxes? Maybe there are front and rear torque boxes??:huh:
I have converted a couple systems. Use Ester Oil for the 134 Conversion. Flush the entire system making sure you simply drain the compressor very...
I went thru the same dilema when tried to do a disk conversion. I could not figure out where the clip went. To go with the description above from...
Definately was not considered a sports car. Maybe the with the right options might have been considered a muscle car back then but not by most....
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