You know, of course, that when you open a can of worms you can go fishin' if you don't want to deal with them right away - sorta the "fish or cut bait" deal ...

Some people use heater hose that they've split lengthwise. 

Steve69 wrote:

I pulled the top of the carburetor and floats.  I left the fuel line connected on the top.  Had to move the top a 45 angle to disconnect the choke lever.  Installed the new jets.  All straight forward.

I moved the car around a bit and fuel lever appears to be above the glass circle.   

I wonder if, when you removed the top of the carb with the fuel line attached and tilted it to disconnect the choke lever, the floats moved from their normal pivot points and are now jammed so they can't move.  Did you check to make sure the floats moved up and down freely before you put the top of the carb back on?  

Bolted to Floor wrote:

Gotta love the smell of new paint. Will ya make weekly visits to check the progress?

Hope to

Nos681 wrote:

I suppose your workbench is gone too?😁

No, that's still here but buried.  I'm refreshing the sealer on the garage floor while I have the space to move all my stuff around

Bullet Bob wrote:

Hope it turns out great, and in a timely fashion.  Nightmist is the original color of the Heap, beautiful color.  Bring it to the bash in September so we can all lean against it...LOL.
 

Thanks Bob.  Don't know about the bash but I'll post pix when I get it back.

BobE wrote:

Just wondering, if I can ask, what does it cost to paint a complete car in Mitchell, SD?
 

He told me it would be around $15k, maybe less.  I'm lucky that it spent most of its life in Texas and doesn't have all the rust it would have if it had been up here for most of its life.  EDIT TO ADD:  There are 3 shops in the general area that do classic cars.  I've seen the work of 2 of them and the third has a great reputation but is about 50 miles away.  The fellow in town (I've seen his work and it's excellent) didn't want to do it because he was afraid it would need a lot of rust repair, which I could not persuade him otherwise.  The shop I'm using is about 20 miles away and has done a number of classics in the area.  I've seen his work too and it's also top-notch.

It's been 25 years since it was painted and, while it still looks good, it has a few little dents, creases and chips from garage wars and driving.  I also have the used and unpainted stock hood on it and wanted to get that matched, as well as getting rid of the LeMans stripes.

I thought seriously about painting it myself but after seeing the price of paint, decided that it was too expensive an experiment to fail, especially given my innate talent for messing up on applying finishes to things.

It'll be the same fake Nightmist Blue color (GM Indigo Blue metalic).  The shop owner said it'd be a month or two to get it done.

I'm looking forward to getting it back, only now I'll have to start cleaning all the bugs off after I've driven it, and won't be able to use it as a temporary storage shelf when it's in the garage.  Oh well.

I've had really good luck with the remanufactured CARDONE units.  I've run them on 3 different engines and they've always been very reliable.  I normally got mine from O'Reilly's but I'm not sure they sell them any longer.  Rock Auto does though.

BTW, I think CARDONE sells a line of new distributors as well.  Some have reported issues with those (cap fitment is the most frequent one I've seen) so my recommendation is to get a remanufactured one, not a new one.

Raymond_B wrote:

Yeah it's there, but all the pics have been resized down really small. Not sure it's even usable.
 

Oh boy!  I'd not realized that.  Sorry about the bum fish

Didn't someone have a "how to" posted a while back showing how to build the Shelby-style traction bars?
 

Is it possible to create an "off-topic" posting area/forum?  I'm finding it difficult to wade through all the non-Mustang/humor/silly photo posts to find the Mustang information/problem/solutions posts for which this forum was originally created.

Not bashing anyone, just asking a question.

Cheers,

John

moon4964 wrote:

My 1964 Falcon uses the brake light switch operated by brake fluid pressure not the mechanical pedal-mounted type.
 

Wondering if you ever got this figured out .... just curious.

Mid-50's Caddy tail fins on what appears to be an early 50's shoebox Ford tudor?  It's different.  Have to admire the workmanship - look at the top chop

I don't watch football so I don't know who Taylor Swift is, but he sounds really fast.