The 65 - build date 30 Nov 64. The 68 build date 15 July 68. Happy Birthday to my ponies!

I can see what you are saying MS, and also that cgomate's situation has the AC compressor in the way. That bracket of yours would definitely add stability to the installation. Guess I'm lucky that mine hasn't failed yet.

So, I was over at my wife's nephew's place looking at some  B-17 cockpit windows he has and I noticed an engine block and parts in a corner. (The parts had been owned by his late father who passed away two years ago) There appears to be almost a complete engine with new parts in boxes. The block has been tanked and is clean, and appears to have been bored. There is a set of new pistons, two new heads, new cam shaft, main caps, an older style timing cover with a tall tube for adding oil, an oil pump pickup, but I couldn't find a crank or rods, lifters, pushrods, bearings, etc. They may be somewhere there, but I'll have to look deeper in his garage. I am pretty sure that it is a 289 as the date code on the block is 3L5 and the casting number is C4OE-6015C - which is interesting because the 289 in my 65 is 3L19 and C4OE-6015C, which is the engine he installed in my 65 when he did the restoration.

My question is this: What might he ask as an asking price to sell it? As it is, and also what it might be if I find all the rest? Thanks in advance.
 

I consider them all to just be a big scam money grab by those companies. Most OEM warranty periods are long enough to cover most anything that will go wrong, and if you properly maintain your car, you should have many years of trouble free service from it.
Those that fall for those extended warranty gimmicks are usually not very knowledgeable about vehicles and their maintenance, so they think that a warranty like that will protect them from costly repairs. Guess what - most newer vehicles are pretty reliable and those who buy the warranty will more than likely never use it - thus their money paid to the warranty companies is pure profit. As P.T. Barnum is credited with saying - "There's a sucker born every minute." And W.C. Fields is famous for his line - "Never give a sucker an even break." Don't buy into those "extended warranties". JMHO
 

I just finished rebuilding my Holley 4160 (450 cfm) on my 65 vert. It was stalling when going into turns occasionally and it had an off idle stumble. The choke was working fine, but it had those issues. I found some debris in the chamber that the power valve screwed into, but not much else internally. I did find that it had only six screws holding the throttle plate on instead of eight. The middle two were missing. After blowing everything clean, replacing all the seals and gaskets, I installed a new power valve. My old one was an 8.5 and the new one in the kit was a 6.5. I had adjusted the float chamber levels earlier, so when I replaced the float valves I had measured them with a feeler gauge. I set them to those settings, adjusted the idle mixture screws out 1 1/2 turns and set the automatic choke at the required setting of one mark toward lean. It had been on four, so the choke was a bit weak. I actually still have the choke stove setup.  It started and ran pretty well, and the stalling and off idle stumble are gone. Tomorrow I'm gonna hook up a vacuum gauge and fine tune the idle screws, and hopefully it will be good to go for a long while yet.

 Great news BILLY! I second getting that Mustang back on the road!

Just texted MS and he said that he is doing great and feeling pain free and is looking forward to a being able to walk again without pain. He said that everything went well and he is already walking the hallways at the hospital pushing his IV station with the drugs that are helping, but he doesn't feel drugged. He sent a picture - he looks great.

True74yamaha wrote:

MS wrote:

Found a new brand of beer, did you?

 
What type Brand of beer do you Fancy?

I want to come down to Texas at some point to see the sights plus eat! I want to try the steak challenge. The only item I think right now id have trouble eating is the baked potato.

As I recall while playing pool at the MS homestead in Ovilla a few years back, Lone Star seemed to be the beer of choice.....unless it has now taken a back seat to another.
 

6sally6 wrote:

Interesting linkage fer shore !! (multi-adjustable) I would expect NO LESS from you Bullet !
6sal6

Mike - that is my linkage setup on my 68 - I screwed up my posting making it look like BB's. I call it my Frankenstang linkage. I cobbed together a few shift  parts from different models and - it works.
 

Bullet Bob wrote:

LIke TKO, I did my first auto-box (an AOD) in early the early 00"s and was amazed at the relative simplicity.  Just keep in mind that cleanliness is WAY more important (in transmissions) than Godliness, follow the instructions, and they are pretty easy to rebuild.  I even made my own clutch spring compressors and other tools which a couple of other guys on here have used.
Two years ago I rebuilt a 4R70W and stuffed in in the Heap to replace the AOD.  Other issues convinced me to go back to the AOD but a month ago I re-swapped to the 4R with a Bauman controller and am very happy. 
Will post a pic of my "stock" 66 shifter set up for the 4R70W if I can figure out how to make pix post again.
I would be very interested in seeing those pictures of your stock shifter mod to use on the 4R70W. I couldn't get my 68 shifter to work so I used a modified 1998 Mustang shifter with a 2002 Mustang shifter cable and bracket. It would be nice to have a stock looking shifter again. (It isn't pretty, but it works fine)

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TKOPerformance wrote:

As a kid I remember even guys I considered pretty mechanically inclined who regarded automatics as if they had alien technology in them straight from the Roswell crash site.  I started thinking, there are huge, national chains of transmission shops where guys who definitely don't have black site security clearance rebuilt these things day in and day out.  It can't be that bad.  In the early 2000's I cracked my first one open to do more than install a shift kit.  Decidedly underwhelming.  All the trickery was in the valve body.  The rest was a couple sets of wet clutches like a motorcycle, a couple sets of planetary gears, some pistons, springs, seals, a band like an old go kart brake, and bearings/bushings.  Modern transmissions don't even really have much of a valve body; they rely on solenoids to do the shifting.  They just have more of the other stuff.  I've successfully rebuilt a couple autos with only one special tool I had to buy and one other I made.  Its neat to know how they work, but IMO if you can rebuild an engine you can rebuild an auto. 

I agree. I rebuilt the C4 that I ran in my 68 behind the 351W for about 15 years. I then rebuilt and installed the 4R70W that is behind it today. Luckily I haven't had any problems with either transmission. With the proper rebuild manual, proper rebuild kit, and tools (thanks for the loan of the holding fixture and a couple of special tools Bullet Bob!) it wasn't all that hard to do. Just take your time, keep everything clean and you can do it. Wiring in the electronic control box and throttle position sensor on the carburetor was more challenging that the insides of the gearbox.

  Wow - you've really been productive with that car since I last saw it in September. Nice job! Just takes time and money and parts and tools and a great shop and the knowledge and experience to get it done. Now just have to complete the repairs on your back and heal up, and you'll be right "back" at it!

Did you bench bleed the master cylinder?