Picked this up on Facebook market place for $50.00, new never used

My son used my mustang as his wedding get away car

A rebuilt AOD with shift kit and install kit I spent $1000.00 here in Austin

This was the kit I used. you don't always have to cut the drive shaft... I didn't have to as my trans was a short shaft out of a truck.
https://www.transmissioncenter.com/shop/1965-to-1973-mustang-aod-conversion-kit/




 

Nice!!!
 

Chaplin wrote:

Nice work!

Can you post some pics when you fab the heater lines? I’d like to do the same, but am not sure the best way to go about it and make the various connections.

Will do,
 

Alessandro wrote:

Hi , really nice clean engine ! Nice job !
Please can you tell me the size of your AC belt ? Is wider than the other as seems to me .

This is the question that mechanic asked me today when i filled up for first time :
" Why are you using a 10 mm belt instead of 12 mm as supposed to be from v groove in compressor.?"
I didnt know , and nothing was cleared on istruction kit for ac

I need to know how width should be . Thanks !

Well, you should ask this in a post I'm not real sure as I have a aftermarket crank pulley and all the groves are all the same size.  I do think that on a stock pulley that the a/c grove is bigger as in that you would need the bigger 12mm v-belt.
 

Well thanks for all the input its all greats stuff,  I'm leaning to staying with the flex fan.
I have an over sized Aluminum radiator so cooling has not been a problem and if anything it has a hard time keeping heat.  I'm putting A/C on and I'm thinking more about the air through the condenser at idle if the clutch fan is not seeing to much heat it will not lock in (for lack of a better term) and spin the fan harder at Idle making good air flow over the A/C condenser when needed. I did a test with out the fan shroud (just because I had it off) with the flex fan and it pulls good air through the A/C condenser.  It will not only hold a paper on it will suck paper on from 3" away from the condenser.  I will do the same test with a clutch fan to see if it still pull good air at an Idle. I can live with any of the draw backs of a flex fan if it will help keep my A/C working better in the summer.
 

Guys at this time I have a flex fan and I"m looking at clutch fan as an option.  I have a 20" alum radiator with no cooling problems at this time.

What are you guys in Texas or living in hot places the use and why?  Just pros and cons

I know its hard to think about this now, Being winter and all

rhutt wrote:

Nice job! I have two questions that are not evident in your photos. First, what do you have planned for a tensioner on the AC compressor? Lastly, In one picture, you show the heater hose cut and plugged. Does this installation require that you abandon the heater or will the hose clear the compressor?

The heater is just cut off because I'm making two 1/2" SS hard line tubes to run over the intake instead of black rubber hose.  The tensioner will be coming off the front of the water pump pushing up and out on the A/C pump with adjustment just like the alternator adjuster bracket.  I want to do something some what custom with the bracket because I want to mill off the top mounts off of the A/C pump for a cleaner look.
 

I took my stang to bare metal with 80grit and epoxy primed, body filler finished sand 180 and then high build 2K primer for blocking with 180.  I did finish blocking with 320

could be timing at idle, Not enough BTDC timing can make the motor heat up at Idle.  Do you have vacuum can on that MSD dist?