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    Headers & Torque Converters......

    I went with a TCI 2500 converter 8 years ago and have had zero problems with it. On the headers, which heads do you have? I have a set of Dart heads and the Hookers didn't fit. I traced a template of one of the ports and went down to my local speed shop. I returned the Hookers and asked him...
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    Video of building my Mustang Twice!!!

    Why am I suddenly feeling the urge to go out and work on my car? Awesome video!!!!!!!!!!!
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    AC in place of PS pump?

    I'm runnin' my '68 347 without P/S and no A/C. Have been for years. The belt goes around the main, water pump and alternator. I don't know about adding A/C, though. I stripped that out about 12 years ago because it wasn't working and it always got in my way. Be sure that when you put in...
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    289/302 heads.

    I could be wrong, because I honestly don't remember for sure, but when I was junkyard-hopping for a set of heads I could use, the later ones had some sort of smog inlet or something. It wasn't that they wouldn't mate to the block, but that there was essentially a hole in the head that needed to...
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    289/302 heads.

    Yeah, it depends what the heads are out of/what year they are. If you just wanna get the car running, that's a whole other ball of wax, too. I mean, after toasting a motor, I cleaned the rust off an old shortblock and went to the junkyard to get heads out of anything 302 just to get back on...
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    Power steering hose configuration.

    In the Common Leaks for Power Steering thread, Stanger 53 did an awesome description of how they go on. Go check it out.
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    Common leaks for power steering

    Just remember leaking fluid is way better than leaking vacuum... You can see the fluid, so you know where you gotta fix it! Whenever I worked on my car in the carport and needed to bleed the brakes, there was always some unsuspecting guy walking around whom I'd lure with the classic and then...
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    67 Quarter Window ?

    If you're talking about those round little plastic bits with the metal clips, yeah, you can get 'em. Call up any Mustang shop and explain what you need. I've replaced all of mine.
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    Common leaks for power steering

    As was earlier said, you might have to order them, but in most cases, I went to (pep boys, autozone, kragen) and got them without any trouble. That was about 7 years ago, so things might've changed. As for the order... You'll see as you're taking them off. If you don't put them back on in the...
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    Ignition Problems...Help

    Is it possible that either the coil or distributor that you swapped in were bad, too? Definitely go through Mallory's troubleshooting. It's pretty straight forward. I don't know how adjusting the valves could cause a no-start problem. Is there a chance your coil wire has a break in it? Or...
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    Common leaks for power steering

    I doubt you wrecked your power steering pump unless it was already worn to begin with. Once upon a time, it took about a month of driving without fluid to wreck my pump. I just didn't have the time, money or inclination to fix it. The car has had manual steering ever since. Mostly, it lost fluid...
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    Post them pics!!!!!!

    Here's me and my two '68s: There's still plenty to be done on both... Fastback engine compartment. I've had this car since 1993 and I'm always changing/fixing/upgrading something. And my convertible...
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    Gauges

    I can't say I know for sure what to check other than the wires themselves. When my coolant temperature gauge started reading only zero, I was ready to check the gauge and the sensor separately, but it turned out that the wire had snapped at the sensor. Therefore, I put a new connector on, hooked...
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    engine noise

    Then, yeah, it might be a leaking header gasket. Or even a collector gasket. Or wait, you said it was at the motor. Did tightening the header bolts make the sound change at all? If the sound changed, it's definitely the gasket. If that didn't change it, it still might be the gasket or something...
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    engine noise

    Thanks tylerrocks for chiming in, too. You added some great stuff I hadn't even thought about. Another way to tell where the noise is coming from is simply listening to whether it's once per revolution or twice. Without hearing the quality of the noise, I can't be certain it's top end...
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    engine noise

    You can, but you'll get oil everywhere and not be able to see anything. I know there's a way of stopping the oil, but I've never done it, so I don't know how. My various valve troubles have all been painfully obvious by either the rattling sound or pulling off the valve cover and finding a...
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    engine noise

    6FIVE_STANG, sounds like you have what I described...a lifter or two that take awhile to fill up with oil. I honestly don't know if just replacing the lifters will cure this. It might also be an oiling problem. In my case, it wasn't an oiling problem and replacing the lifters, etc. solved it...
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    engine noise

    I may or may not be able to help, but I do have a few questions first... When you "gun it" it starts to die... "it" meaning the engine or "it" meaning the noise goes away? (I didn't want to assume) Is the sound there when you start it up? Does it fade as the engine warms up? Once upon a...
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    i need a job

    I'm in Santa Clarita, too. There's a bunch of hotrod shops around here as well as further south. I'd start asking around those places if they need help. Sometimes they've got more cars than they can handle and can use an extra wrench.
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    Anyone ever paint their master cylinder

    I think it'd look good. Just don't spill/splash/drip any brake fluid. It works remarkably similarly to paint stripper.