I've had the same set of Craftsman sockets and wrenches for 30 years. I bought ah second set to replace some lost peices shorty there after. I've only had 1 ratchet break, and that was because as ah kid, I had ah habit of using it as ah hammer. I don't know if the other brands offer this but , I bought ah set of 6 point wrenches about 15 years ago and I love em. I find myself grabbing the 6 points first and the 12 points only if the bolt is in ah tight spot. The 6 points just fit the bolt head tighter and are much less likely to strip the head. However from my expereince Craftsman power tools are crap! Impact wrench, weed wacher, cordless drills, jigsaw, all junk, and after some research I found that most of them are just relabled China crap.  FYI ,( Kmart and Summit racing), now sell Craftsman tools. I'm not sure of there return/replacment policies. Kmart mite be hard to find ah non-mouth breather these day's, who know's what ah hand tool is, much less the fact that your supposed to be able to exchange it? But it's worth ah try I guess if you feel like taking the time to retrain there staff for them ...

Okay I'll chime in......( #1) I think the blue it beatiful just the way it is....(#2) The vinyl top theme wouldn't match the cragar wheels, and the car would need whitewalls and hubcaps.... (#3) I think vinyl tops are a corny attempt at making a coupe LOOK like a convertible.... (#4) Vinyl tops have sent more cars to the crusher do to rotted out roofs then hurricane Katrina.... (#5) Resale value! Most people would pass on buying a Mustang with a vinyl top, thus it would be harder to sell and the price would be lower.

Steve69 wrote:

Lil' Hoss wrote:

First thing I would do is get ahold of a cooling system tester, fill the radiator with coolant and then pressurize the radiator, you may get some idea how bad the leak is and where it is coming from. 

Good Idea Duane!    O'reilly's you can use one for free.  Just put in on the Credit Card and Bring it back in 48 hours.  They'll credit your card back.   That should point you in the right direction instead of Guessing.   Steve69
X3!! It could just end up being the intake leaking into 1 cyclinder. Ask me how I know

 

HA! I guess I should have seen that one cuming. Well sort of, I have to join ah union so I don't get screwed. Or is it the other way around??

Reminds me of Gary and Adams carhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Bj-7b0rC4

Ladies and gentlemen next on the block is the Barbie pimp mobile

Every shim I've ever seen had ah bread tie holding ah few of them together through that hole. Thats all it's for is to tie them together, and or hold them all in place while your fiddling with the upper control arm bolts.

This of course is ah great idea to remake classic cars, especially the mustang with it's past and presant popularity. But they'll never fly at that price! In fact who in there right mind would pay that for ah mildly resto modded mustang! Not when you can buy ah new shelby , corvette Z06, Viper, jaguar, aston martin, porsche, ferrari, and the list goes on, for that price! I am curios as to how there titling these things? Especially in FL, it may not be the craziest state to get ah car titled in but not buy much. I would assume there calling them "Kit cars".

Here's one I found on ebay with free shipping..............http://www.ebay.com/itm/RADIATOR-FOR-FORD-FITS-VAN-E-150-E-250-ECONOLINE-4-2-4-6-V6-6CYL-V8-8CYL-/271465688754?fits=Make%3AFord%7CModel%3AE-150

I like the split bumper, looks like the sail panel vent has had some work as well. where did you find this pic? Is there one of the front?

Well then it looks like you may have some sort of valve issue. One or more of your valves may not be closing all the way. I'd start by doing a compression test to see if you can narrow it down to one, or more cylinders. Then if you have ones that read low I'd check the valve lash to see if somone just over tightened the rockers. If not I'd pull those rockers, and smack the top of the valves with ah rubber mallet to see if one or more are sticking.

MustangSteve wrote:

Derek wrote:

Your hooked up in the wrong spot! ..

 

Derek, he said he was hooked to manifold vacuum, exactly like your Holley video said to do.
Gaba, does it run well?  If you had not put the gauge on it, would you think it was running well?

I would think a 50 mile test of gas mileage, with the known inaccuracies of the Mustang gas gauges, would NOT be a good indicator of what mileage you are getting, especially if you are on the lower end of the gas gauge scale.   If you fill the tank full, you might get 200 miles on 1/4 tank.   Run a tankfull through. And again, if it is running well, put the gauge back in the toolbox.

I cannot remember... Did you adjust the valves on this engine?

Use this article. It has 15 scenarios where it shows what the gauge reads and tells you why.  CLick each of the 15 boxes.
http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/186.cfm


 

The best place to take your readings is from the carb base plate. If you pull from further down stream , such as the manifold, your getting more turbulant air. And just ah sample of air /fuel from only ah couple runners. If you pull from the base, your reading ALL the air fuel mix. Or as they say "straight from the horese's mouth"