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Appreciate your words of sympathy and all of the advice you’ve offered. This car had consistently been my daily driver prior to painting it and...
Unfortunately I’m at a point in this 6 month struggle I need to throw in the towel. My patience and wallet have reached the end. If anyone wants a...
I actually had a different bellhousing installed when I first did this swap and later swapped to my original bellhousing in the hopes to cure the...
Excellent advice everyone! The trans builder took the transmission apart today and measured runout on the lathe. The rear support bearing measured...
I thought I’d share an update. I pulled the trans today and measured the concentricity of the bellhousing to the crank. It was .017” out of...
This is some excellent insight! I hadn’t heard of the “W” configuration being used before. I’ll take a look at this tonight and see if that’s...
Good thought. I was thinking I’ll get it back up on ramps and get a video. Maybe do one of those slow motion ones to see if I can observe...
This car was hit on the nose. I had to take it to a frame shop and have the subframe pulled back straight. The floor is pretty crumpled and I had...
Interesting! Did you notice these vibrations only at high speeds? I certainly could carry a few hose clamps to see if it helps. We did check the...
Here is a picture of the latest yoke. This was in excellent shape when installed it and this is about 50 miles. I can catch my fingernails on the...
When tossing into neutral or pushing in the clutch at 70+, the vibration doesn’t change.
I used the stock bellhousing that came behind the little 6, I didn’t index it or change dowel pins. I was planning to do that here soon when I...
I’m on my 3rd driveshaft. I’ve had 3 different local shops build them. First two were 52” eye to eye leaving about 1” exposed slip yoke and the...
Hey all, About 6 months ago I finally bit the bullet and swapped a T5 into my driver ‘60 Falcon. I used the Modern Driveline 8.5” adapter, Ranger...
I realize I'm the only one replying to this thread at this point, but I figured I'd share this info because it is not common knowledge. The new...
Here is a picture showing the stock 144/170/200 dizzy next to a 200 duraspark II dizzy. Notice the shaft difference in size. I plan to either turn...
Here's a picture of my '60. Swapped the grille out for a '61, threw on some new white walls and rebuilt the carb. Still needs some work but its...
Reviving an old thread. Did anyone end up running the DSII distributor in the 144 with the 200 oil pump? Is the cam gear for the 200 the same as...
Thanks! I also own a 1960 Falcon.
Hi all! I'm trying to source some automotive painters in the Pacific Northwest to paint my '78 Bronco. I'm not looking for an elaborate paint...
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