Working on the car
08-07-2009, 09:00 AM
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OP, you dont have a lug wrench in your trunk to change the tires with incase of a flat??? And as for tranny fluid, ive heard that you wanna go with GM's synchromesh tranny fluid as its the best out there. Smoothest shifting and such. And it is mercon 3 i believe as well which is what we need. So make sure you got mercon 3 tranny fluid before you put it in.
08-07-2009, 09:03 AM
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08-07-2009, 01:01 PM
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OP, you dont have a lug wrench in your trunk to change the tires with incase of a flat??? And as for tranny fluid, ive heard that you wanna go with GM's synchromesh tranny fluid as its the best out there. Smoothest shifting and such. And it is mercon 3 i believe as well which is what we need. So make sure you got mercon 3 tranny fluid before you put it in.
I would love to get a set of PI heads, just not in the budget right now unless they are el cheapo.
08-07-2009, 10:54 PM
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Finally completed the task at hand. After 6 hours of changing spark plugs, fuel filter, transmission fluid and painting the calipers I am done. What a DAY!
Everything is going smoothly. Painted the calipers no problem. Look awesome. Next is draining the transmission fluid. Check too easy. Next replace fuel filter. Done. Drop the car change plugs, remove shifter boot for access to tranny fill plug. Plugs changed. Check. Fill tranny with RP. Check. Go to pull out of the bay. ERROR!!! FUEL LEAK!!!!!!!
My heart sunk. Every time I try to be nice to my car she craps on me. PITA. But I love her. Connection from fuel inlet and to filter leaking like crazy. Look at the pan I had under the filter when it was changed and see a plastic piece with an o-ring. Okay no biggie. Wrong. Long story short no matter what I did it kept leaking. Go to Autozone for a new o-ring. Cost me $.02 that's right $.02. Go back put it in and wala. No more leak. She runs like a champ now. And the calipers look good.
Be careful when pulling the lines off the filter something might fall out. And not the easiest thing to figure out how to put together again. Why does Ford put a plastic ring, o-ring and another plastic ring in the line? I have no idea. But she is done.
i will take pics tomorrow and post pics of the brakes. Dark and time to drink a bunch of cold ones. LONG DAY!
Everything is going smoothly. Painted the calipers no problem. Look awesome. Next is draining the transmission fluid. Check too easy. Next replace fuel filter. Done. Drop the car change plugs, remove shifter boot for access to tranny fill plug. Plugs changed. Check. Fill tranny with RP. Check. Go to pull out of the bay. ERROR!!! FUEL LEAK!!!!!!!
My heart sunk. Every time I try to be nice to my car she craps on me. PITA. But I love her. Connection from fuel inlet and to filter leaking like crazy. Look at the pan I had under the filter when it was changed and see a plastic piece with an o-ring. Okay no biggie. Wrong. Long story short no matter what I did it kept leaking. Go to Autozone for a new o-ring. Cost me $.02 that's right $.02. Go back put it in and wala. No more leak. She runs like a champ now. And the calipers look good.
Be careful when pulling the lines off the filter something might fall out. And not the easiest thing to figure out how to put together again. Why does Ford put a plastic ring, o-ring and another plastic ring in the line? I have no idea. But she is done.
i will take pics tomorrow and post pics of the brakes. Dark and time to drink a bunch of cold ones. LONG DAY!
08-07-2009, 11:10 PM
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Finally completed the task at hand. After 6 hours of changing spark plugs, fuel filter, transmission fluid and painting the calipers I am done. What a DAY!
Everything is going smoothly. Painted the calipers no problem. Look awesome. Next is draining the transmission fluid. Check too easy. Next replace fuel filter. Done. Drop the car change plugs, remove shifter boot for access to tranny fill plug. Plugs changed. Check. Fill tranny with RP. Check. Go to pull out of the bay. ERROR!!! FUEL LEAK!!!!!!!
My heart sunk. Every time I try to be nice to my car she craps on me. PITA. But I love her. Connection from fuel inlet and to filter leaking like crazy. Look at the pan I had under the filter when it was changed and see a plastic piece with an o-ring. Okay no biggie. Wrong. Long story short no matter what I did it kept leaking. Go to Autozone for a new o-ring. Cost me $.02 that's right $.02. Go back put it in and wala. No more leak. She runs like a champ now. And the calipers look good.
Be careful when pulling the lines off the filter something might fall out. And not the easiest thing to figure out how to put together again. Why does Ford put a plastic ring, o-ring and another plastic ring in the line? I have no idea. But she is done.
i will take pics tomorrow and post pics of the brakes. Dark and time to drink a bunch of cold ones. LONG DAY!
Everything is going smoothly. Painted the calipers no problem. Look awesome. Next is draining the transmission fluid. Check too easy. Next replace fuel filter. Done. Drop the car change plugs, remove shifter boot for access to tranny fill plug. Plugs changed. Check. Fill tranny with RP. Check. Go to pull out of the bay. ERROR!!! FUEL LEAK!!!!!!!
My heart sunk. Every time I try to be nice to my car she craps on me. PITA. But I love her. Connection from fuel inlet and to filter leaking like crazy. Look at the pan I had under the filter when it was changed and see a plastic piece with an o-ring. Okay no biggie. Wrong. Long story short no matter what I did it kept leaking. Go to Autozone for a new o-ring. Cost me $.02 that's right $.02. Go back put it in and wala. No more leak. She runs like a champ now. And the calipers look good.
Be careful when pulling the lines off the filter something might fall out. And not the easiest thing to figure out how to put together again. Why does Ford put a plastic ring, o-ring and another plastic ring in the line? I have no idea. But she is done.
i will take pics tomorrow and post pics of the brakes. Dark and time to drink a bunch of cold ones. LONG DAY!
08-07-2009, 11:48 PM
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Too much to list. I have so many things that I want to do, but money doesn;t grow on the trees I have here. But at the place I do my work at they have a separate body shop. All you have to do is prep your own car, buy paint and a guy paints it for free. So I think that may be next on the list. There is some sun fading and dents that need to be fixed. Then onto to the go fast parts. I hate having an ugly looking car.
I did all that work today on one leg too. Man my good foot hurts and is stressed out.
I did all that work today on one leg too. Man my good foot hurts and is stressed out.
08-08-2009, 12:00 AM
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Too much to list. I have so many things that I want to do, but money doesn;t grow on the trees I have here. But at the place I do my work at they have a separate body shop. All you have to do is prep your own car, buy paint and a guy paints it for free. So I think that may be next on the list. There is some sun fading and dents that need to be fixed. Then onto to the go fast parts. I hate having an ugly looking car.
I did all that work today on one leg too. Man my good foot hurts and is stressed out.
I did all that work today on one leg too. Man my good foot hurts and is stressed out.
On a side note..... the wife is out of town.... go pick up some girls with your roadster!
08-08-2009, 12:32 AM
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Hahaha lol its kinda hard with a broke foot. Should have never ran from the cops. Tried to climb a fence and my foot got stuck in top of it and snap my three middle bones in my right foot.
So I just had to go and drive the car again and made sure she was good to go. She sure was smokin out the tailpipes. Didn't smell like anything just white smoke cool night I guess and burning off some crap from new plugs and some tranny fluid on the exhaust.
So I just had to go and drive the car again and made sure she was good to go. She sure was smokin out the tailpipes. Didn't smell like anything just white smoke cool night I guess and burning off some crap from new plugs and some tranny fluid on the exhaust.