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I miscommunicated in my original post. I should've said that I'm not putting a V8 in my '61 Ranchero, and I'm not going for speed. I learned some...
* The main question is: Is there any problem with using vice grips to connect each wire to its post? Also, I'm thinking I'll put a piece of...
How did you arrive at the conclusion that the early Falcon upper ball joints tended to fail?
Wow. Thank you very much, John.
Thanks for that, John. The weekend's over, so I'm back at it. I checked for spark on one plug and it sparked, so I believe that means that at...
Do you, or does anyone else, have a similar Moog catalog page (control arms) for the early Mustang?
Wow, that black with reddish(?) interior looks great.
RE most of #24-28: I'm glad you posted that. Some of that will come in handy when I get to the point that I am actually working on and looking...
Maybe one or a few people can chime in and help with this. The only way I see a dongle and app could "fry" the ECU is if it somehow provided...
1961 Ranchero (that appears to have been made before 10-15-61). If I want to, I could get spindles from a late-'61 and up, then I could keep the...
It has three-bolt UBJs.
What identifiers are we looking for?
RockAuto has two lower control arms for 1961 (Dorman 526683 and 520395), both for what looks like a Ford P/N (OEM/Interchange Numbers: C4DZ3078A),...
2. I've done that before. I'm trying to keep as much of the stock stuff as possible. 3. Lower arms are available on RockAuto. 4. Huh? 5. Agreed....
I've seen it typed somewhere before that the early Falcon six-cylinder suspension is too spindly for V8s. Old wives' tale? Those 144s don't seem...
I tried that real quicklike with the runner, and I couldn't hear anything. The manual makes it seem that the fuel pump doesn't run till the...
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The moment I saw it I knew it must stand for "Uncle Bob and Aunt Betty."
I got an inexpensive ELM327 OBD2 Bluetooth adapter, downloaded a "Car Scanner" app, had it in the port with the ignition "ON," and while I was...
I'm leaning toward the problem being the fuel pump, and I'm working on testing it and probably some other fuel system stuff. I got the bed off...
Thanks for posting this. I might upgrade to those tools, soon.
Should I try leakdown testing before taking the head off? I've never done any. I think AutoZone has a loaner kit.
I'm thinking I should take the head off to get the spark plug out. What does some of the HAMB experience think? I might delete these pictures,...
Another issue is getting the starter out of my Chevy S10 with a 2.2 L. The wiring connections are hard to get to and the starter won't drop down...
The looming medium-sized question is and has been: Do I try to diagnose it before I take it apart? A related question is: Do I try getting that...
Yes, it is. But I've got some good stuff from this thread. Thanks for the offer of help. Maybe my next comment will explain things.
Do what you need to do. I try to love everyone, too. Thanks for the help. Thanks for the forthright comment- I appreciate it. Those aren't 14...
Shadetree status summary: Has had an EVAP code for a long while. Swapped in new injectors. #1 spark plug still stuck. Compression #2 and #3...
I poured a little nail polish remover and ATF mixture in the offending spark plug tube, last night. The spark plug is a few inches down the tube,...
All of this reply is for my situation: I looked into miniVCI and Techstream. I figured it's too big of a hurdle for me, at this point. The...
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