coolant loss in a '96 pony

[herrbreit]

update on the horse head gasket was blown on driver side looks like one of the gaskets had been replaced and not both b4 ,i figure the moron went cheap and didnt have the heads looked at or milled my machinist milled em .0012 and said the were fine jus a bit out and i shud be good to go , cost me 50 bux ,, im still not unhappy after i get it back together all i have left is chasing down a tranny fluid leak im hopin its the coolant lines and not the front main sux to drop the tranny for a 4$ part but i wanna change the filter and fluid anyways wish me luck ill post some pics soon as its road worthy peace out doods

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[herrbreit]

on a side note my uncle got the wiring on my '72 hashed out and it starts and runs

droped a '74 302 into it from an LTD and the harnesses were different

its gonna need alot more work but i think ima keep her and fix her

he's already had 5 buyers askin

im tempted to take the money and look for a 49 chevy truck since thats what i want anyways

anyways thx for all the good love folks ill keep ya posted

[98ga00]

had the same problem with my car had to replace the intake gaskets and when i took the lower intake off the holes in the intake were the coolant goes through was cloged up with some yellow snot lookin stuff

[herrbreit]

well as we work our way along my adventure


i got it all back together : had the heads mill'd .oo12 and got a .oo20 soft copper shim

coolant is staying where it belongs

has a tap which i figure is a rocker needing a lil more than factory torque

rough idle i chased down to the camshaft sensor


pulled the old one off and with new part in hand couldnt help but notice it was missing the center plastic assbly area where the magnet is located and the top of the shaft where the the sensor circles around wasnt remotely close to half moon shaped

tried to straighten it but to no avail dont want to buy another sensor

the magnet had fallen out when it got hot and melted the plastic housing and rode the rim of the c shaped top of the sensor assembly and bent it all to hell before settling jus inside the c

clearance on the new sensor is quite small so i think im stuck replacing the housing least everything else is ok so far

any ideas on where to order/purchase a replacement housing unit

oh yeah the good news is i have to nearly perform rocket surgery to align everything b4 i remove and replace the damned thing

gods i hate fixing stuff idiots break b4 i buy it

thx in advance for any input doods and doodettes


on a side note anyone in SW Oklahoma interested in a '72 mach 1 fixer upper lemme know

[herrbreit]

update im almost there

thing runs well jus not quite right and no overheatin.... i am a god ...lolll rough idle usually a vac leak ?????????

lil help please

[herrbreit]

narrowed my rough idle down to a clogged injector

in the grand scheme of things its an easy fix after the headgaskets

almost done go me :P