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WOW Im lost! On this k code Convertible!

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Old Oct 16, 2011 | 05:59 AM
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where do i look for the hatchet wieght?
It's between the front of the crank, and the lower timing gear.



is it bolted to the balancer?
No, it's sandwiched, and stays in place via a roll pin in the lower gear.

maybe we dont have a k code crank?
Everybody had a K code crank, kind-of. The K code used a production crank, specially selected for higher nodularity and strength. There's supposed to be a mark from a Brinell hardness tester on them, but I've never seen the mark.

Here's an article on building the 289 High Performance:
http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techar...e/viewall.html
Even if you're not doing the upgrades (I've never seen the need for the expensive machining for the 1-pc seal, and their choice of carb spacer gaskets was poor) it's a very good, well illustrated piece.

One thing they don't mention is the 289 (and 302) exhaust ports suck. Big time. Here's an article on fixing that problem. Inexpensive, and well worth a weekend in the garage.
289/302 Cylinder Head Port Matching

1. The flasher can up above the driver seat is for turn signals.
It secures in a clip on the front of the LH fresh air vent, between the firewall and vent. If you didn't know it was there, you'd never find it.



2. The flasher can near the heater is for 4 way flashers? (This car doesn’t have any that I’m aware of)
You have e flashers now. The 66 harness did that for you. The odd plug you're looking at is almost certainly the e flasher plug. You'll need a switch. Lucky for you, they are reproduced now. Coupla years ago, you'd have had to pay over $100 for one. I keep forgetting the later style harness, the one reproduced, was integral. Early 66 had add-on e flasher, and no such plug.



3. You said yes to the connector...it does connect to the heater even though I don’t have any place to connect it to. Can I cut a hole and install the resistor? Is that where this connector goes to? I have a new heater resistor and the tabs are not the same as that connector.
The heater plug IIRC has a triple and one single connector.



4. One of those 3 way connectors is for accessory? So this means un switched 12 volts supply right? Or does it turn off with ignition? Would it be ok to connect fog lights to this? It does come with a 30 amp breaker so I’m concerned about to much current for that circuit. The stupid instruction simply say to find a 12 unswitched power supply…..
Accessory by definition is switched with the ignition key.

That is definitely NOT where you connect the fogs. The foglight connection was taped to the harness near the wiper motor. It's a heavy gray wire with a black stripe, unique that it ends with an eye terminal, not a plug. If your harness lacks this, that's OK, the fog light wiring harness comes with this pigtail. Ford spliced the gray wire to the heavy power feed in the main harness. The kit wire connects to it with a Scotchlock, supplied with the kit. That's essentially what Ford did, although their connector was moulded. There is an automatic circuit breaker in the kit, Ford screwed (or clipped, the guys on the line figured out the clip was quicker than drilling a hole) to the right side of the pedal support.



You should get the under-dash harness if you are adding fog lights. The correct harness is plug-in, and as per OEM has a jumper for the taillights, which come on when to turn on the fog lights.



Now I’m on to the rally Pac gauges….as you can see he got to those wires as well…….
That's pretty typical. Scavengers, and thieves, usually cut the Pac wires. Which is really sad, because they were plugged in. All they really had to do was pull on it, and they'd unplug, intact.

I would like to repair these to original. With original type connectors.
No problem. These are so commonly hacked that shops such as Glazier/Nolan carry repair kits. You'll end up with two inline splices (on the tach wires), but they'll be hidden in the harness tape. I prefer to solder the wires, and cover the repair with shrinktube. Never use electrical tape, use harness tape. If you've made this mistake in the past, you already know why, the gooey mess that results is unforgettable.



You'll also need the under-dash harness. Scavengers leave this in the junkyard, later they can't connect to the car and have to start cutting.



Does anybody know which wires go to where?
Sure- The factory service manual illustrates the routing of the wires, pictorially. But the schematic, above, is pretty clear.

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Old Oct 16, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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thank you.........

i went through all the info you gave me.................
Old Oct 18, 2011 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 2+2GT
Well, at least some of it is a K code. The heads are, although the polylocks aren't stock.

It is impossible to install the double-roller chain on the K code. Either your bottom end isn't K code, or somebody threw away the hatchet weight, causing an imbalance.

Your harmonic balancer isn't original, it's a C8ZE service replacement. Nice part, though. An excellent OEM repro of the correct part is available.


I'm still wondering about that timing chain. If your engine was after Change Level 7, the iron pump and later cover are fine, but the missing hatchet weight bothers me. No K code engine was ever built without it.
I found this number on the engine block..

Old Nov 16, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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I'm putting this all back together.

I have all the Rally Pac wiring repaired.

Where does the Tack Signal wire connect to?Should i run a wire to the negative side of the coil?
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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I believe i found it!
A pink wire that is completely covered in a black cloth type sheath.There is no wire connected to the negative side of the coil so the factory Rally Tach must get it's signal somewhere else.
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