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If that's at the back of the intake, that's where the draft tube would be attached on an FE (or on some later cars, it would be hooked to engine...
Ugh, and you can only hope that the collar to hold it in place is pointed in the right direction. Whoever built the 390 in my T-Bird installed the...
I was at a car show with my dad, looking at a '49 Buick Roadmaster sedan. Dad's helped me remove and install the 263 in my '53 Special, so I was...
Be careful if you buy the Victor Reinz; I have a set in my attic and they are just reboxed Felpros.
A few things you may want to consider: 1. It never hurts to pull out the mixture screws and shoot some carb cleaner in through the idle passages....
My '63 Riviera was stored in a damp situation for a long time. I had to do a lot of cleaning and even soldering to fix bad connections and...
That's too bad, but a floor isn't too big a deal to fix. The back window kind of stinks because you'll have to blend in some paint. Great car...
God, that car is clean. Look at that firewall!
I recently had a pinion seal go out on the 8" in my M-car. I pulled the whole pinion assembly (keep track of the orientation of the pinion so you...
I feel your pain! My '63 T-Bird 390 has almost the same leak as yours. I didn't build the engine, but I did remove the intake a couple weeks ago...
1958 was the first year.
I use that adapter, as well. After a while, you can kind of sense what the AF numbers are going to be based on the car's driveability, and the...
I had a dead miss in my T-Bird's 390 that turned out to be the brake booster; the bellows had ripped, causing a huge vacuum leak on that cylinder....
I'd be worried about what ELSE is wrong with it! You might want to get some pin drills and make sure nobody hogged out any passages for "more...
Yep, these guys have steered you right. My '53 Special is slow, but more like 0-60 in 15 seconds slow.
I have an Innovate that I use to get the carb right, and then it goes back in the box. Long ago, I bought a tailpipe adapter with a long cord so I...
You may want to check the hub size on your brakes/axles and compare it to the new wheels. I've never looked into it carefully because my '63 still...
It's cheesy, but I've had good luck for years with a Mr. Gasket "Gasket Stack." It has something like three gaskets with aluminum plates in...
That's frustrating. We all hate doing a job twice.
Ha ha...I was checking the gasket orientation, too. I made that mistake on a 289 when I was 17 and I got to do the job over again. The internet...
I have three - I hope the Skylark isn't too new as a '65. The Riviera's a '63 and the Special is a '53, the last of the straight eights. Although...
I could! Of course, a few of the addresses belonged to my parents and grandparents. Unfortunately, the Riviera lived a thousand miles away in the...
My '63 Riviera was owned by the same extended family since new (until I bought it in 2022), so I got the original title and a bunch of other stuff...
Here's another vote for Rusty - he rebuilt the speedometer for my '63 Thunderbird and did a great job.
I'd drive it before rejetting it. I stuck my wideband on my '63 Thunderbird with a 4100 and stock jets, and it was close to perfect. I wouldn't...
Ha ha - It could also be parked! A Dynaflow doesn't need to be running to leak. :)
If you remove the inspection plate on the Dynaflow, you'll notice that there are a lot of small bolts on the torque converter. Go through and make...
I had this problem just about 25 years ago when I was a kid working on an OT 289. Ford changed the timing cover around March 15, 1965, and they...
I have a '63 Thunderbird, and it's definitely the cast iron Cruise-O-Matic. Like the early C4, it has a green dot gear selector, but it's not a...
Stretching it out carefully should help. I had the same problem on my '65 Skylark's AFB - the pump wasn't working with the engine running for...
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