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  1. 72grande

    The pig can dance

    I've been doing autocrosses since I was in highschool. And while I've driven fully prepped cars at thses things, I can honestly say I had the most fun I've ever had at the one I went to today. 1972 ford mustang, free. Mismatched used tires, $50. Running as fast as some yuppies in thier BMW's...
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    71-73 wheel help

    I cant seem to find any info about what size wheels/tires will fit on the 71-73's. My grande needs tires soon, and rather than just do the economical thing and shoe on some new 205-70-14's, I want to put on some new wheels and wider tires. Diamiter is easy enough to figure out, but what is...
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    Wow, its like a new engine

    And it didnt cost me a cent, just a little time. On saturday I went through every vacuum hose in the engine comaprtment. I found a few that were hooked up incorectly, and a few others that were cracking. Fixed those problems, but the car didnt run any better, In fact it ran worse. But...
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    Carbon canister

    I'm trying to reduve engine camprtment cluter.Do I need/want the carbon canister hooked up? If not what do I do witht he vent tube form the tank? Leave it open, put a filter on it or cap it off?
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    replacing steering box

    Well, replacing the pitman arm seals fixed my powersteering leak, for about 4 days. Its back in full force. Clearly I screwed somthing up, and rather than beat myself up over the 14 bucks I wasted, I'm just going to replace the whole damn box. My chiltons has just about zero information on...
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    PS leak, like a sieve

    My power steering has devolped a very serious leak. The leak is comming from the steering box, and near as I can tell its comming out at the pitman arm. Questions: Can I just replace the seals/rebuild it myself? What does a whole new box go for? Does anyone make an upgraded...
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    I'm back

    As if anyone noticed my absence, but I'm back in the old mustang game. Moved the old grande from its storage place up near San Fransisco down to where I now live in San Diego. Its much worse for its storage, as way long (frustrating) story short its spent most of he past two years outside...
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    big body 460 swap

    I want to go down to the junkyard, pull out a 1987-97 7.5L's fuellie 460 and swap in place of my 351c. FEW questions: 1. Is it a direct swap? I dont need to notch my towers or anything like that do I? 429's came stock, which is basicly a destroked 460 so I think I'm in the clear. Can someone...
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    National Anthom of Patland

    With the Grande broke, motocycle broke, and probe barely running with the help of ducktape, I have found the new national anthom of Patland. Lord, Mr. Ford by Jerry Reed. My feeling exactly these days. And for thsoe who wonder, Patland is just to the east of Poland, often refered to as its...