What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. x72COMETx

    x72COMETx Member

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    Drove it for the first time in two years and now off to get exhaust tomorrow
     
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    Made a new wire harness for the engine bay. Not stock, but it will look much cleaner. Only the wires I need and just down down the passenger side this time.

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    I like that hair cut SCS, been thinking about wires inside the fenders
     
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    I like that idea a lot! I have my dash off and fenders off, a great time to find a hidden route outside the engine bay. No need to penetrate the firewall. I think that there are only 3-4 wires I need to run into the main upper engine bay. Waterproof the wires under the fender with silicone tape and put in a plastic flex conduit. I'll let you know if I do this.
     
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    Moneymaker 1 Green Street Beasts

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    Pulled an aluminum driveshaft yesterday, not bad for $20.00, it came out of a Ford Aerostar, I had to have one shortened anyhow so why not go with aluminum.
     
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    Inside the fenders...inside bent and polished tubing was my thinking...could always bend it then cut a wire channel into the tube for access to a single wire...
     
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    RMiller My name is Rick

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    I dropped the gas tank that has about 1/4 tank of nasty gas, filled in the trim holes and antenna hole on the passenger side fender and removed a few leafs to sit the back down and see where I want the ride height. Being I will either go torque arm or a link type rear that was just an experiment but once it was off the stands I really like where it sits. Once the suspension becomes the project of the week I'll be ordering a set of drop spindles for sure!

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    Got my Grabber spoiler primed and ready to install.:bananaman:
     
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    Ordered new Cragars and steering parts.
     
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    Got a little closer to getting the right tune on the engine, tried another Holley carb I had, went to open the carb up to clean it and it was cleaner than the one I was running, I bought it used a few months ago, waiting on Monday!
     
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    It's official, I'm routing my main wire harness outside the engine bay. Much left to do, but you get the idea from the picture below. I'll have to rework some of the harness I made yesterday, but I'm used to rework. Thanks for the idea JoeB, just in time!

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    got the top vent cowl off ( donor car) , now on to the lower part.. 20150215_121832.jpg 20150215_121854.jpg
     
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    Took my, "new to me" Grabber hood over to the body shop for blasting and repair.
     
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