62 shortbed project
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me too, but those Perelli P-zeros are expensive!!
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I made the trip to the alignment shop and she's all straight. Then we jumped on the highway for a little romp, and that's where things went south. A couple of loud backfires and a stall. I coasted to the shoulder thinking I ran out of gas, until I found there was no spark. Turns out the drive gear fell off the bottom of the distributor, and disintegrated the rotor. The distributor was pulled, gear re-installed and a new cap and rotor put on. Timing re-set and its back up and running. Now I just have to figure out the rear bumper and tailgate situation. The original tailgate is in bad shape and I might just use it as decoration in the garage. I'm thinking of making one out of wood to match the bed. It rides so nice with the new front end and power steering. I have to tweak the exhaust because its hitting the transmission crossmember.
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Very nice work on a very nice build. Good job!
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Do you have a high volume oil pump in the engine? I've seen time and time again where they cause distributor gear problems, just like you described.
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Yes it is a ford racing high volume unit. The stock pump didn't fit with the rear sump oil pan.MeZapU wrote:Do you have a high volume oil pump in the engine? I've seen time and time again where they cause distributor gear problems, just like you described.
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Well it turns out that I probably didn't have the distributor hold down tightened enough, and it rotated out of position. I also forgot to tighten the header flange bolts because the down pipes fell off!!!
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The Truck turned out great!
I may have missed it but, what was the fix for the header to oil pan clearance problem?
Randall
I may have missed it but, what was the fix for the header to oil pan clearance problem?
Randall
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What distributor did you use?
Does it have a bottom section that "snaps" onto the main distributor shaft? There are a few universal distributors out there with this little stub attachment at the bottom end to make one distributor fit several engines with different stubs used.
There is no way a normal distributor could have the gear "fall off" without it breaking the gear in half first.
SPark
Does it have a bottom section that "snaps" onto the main distributor shaft? There are a few universal distributors out there with this little stub attachment at the bottom end to make one distributor fit several engines with different stubs used.
There is no way a normal distributor could have the gear "fall off" without it breaking the gear in half first.
SPark
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thank you. I wound up attacking it with a cutoff wheel and welding it up. If I get motivated this winter, I'll drop the pan, drill a new hole and put the dipstick tube in.scbolt wrote:The Truck turned out great!
I may have missed it but, what was the fix for the header to oil pan clearance problem?
Randall
It is a Summit ready to run unit. The shear pin sheared off!!LM14 wrote:What distributor did you use?
Does it have a bottom section that "snaps" onto the main distributor shaft? There are a few universal distributors out there with this little stub attachment at the bottom end to make one distributor fit several engines with different stubs used.
There is no way a normal distributor could have the gear "fall off" without it breaking the gear in half first.
SPark
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Brought the driveshaft in today to get rebuilt. Turns out the Mustang II front end brought my engine up a few inches, so I need a longer driveshaft. Also, I melted the trans cable because it was resting on the exhaust.....more trial and error. The good news is that it is running great!! The carb needed a little tweaking. it idles so smoothly. I have the timing set at 12* BTDC. It is staying between 180 and 190 degrees, on a 90 plus degree day no less. Also, it seems the ceramic coating I got on the headers is holding up nicely. no change in color and I put a couple hundred miles on already.
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Picking up the new driveshaft soon!! I'll be back on the road tonight!
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I need a new project. I'm bored. I think I want to do a Slick/crown vic build.
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That is why I always have at least 4 going at all times! (not always car/truck related)marcfridge wrote:I need a new project. I'm bored. I think I want to do a Slick/crown vic build.
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Where did you get your steps from?marcfridge wrote:I finally installed the steps onto the bed
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They came with the truckwwhite wrote:Where did you get your steps from?marcfridge wrote:I finally installed the steps onto the bed