Posts by iowa_old

restoration is complete on

my son's engine bay

here is how it looks

i learned a lot for when it

comes time to do the K car

iowa

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thanks Z

i had a local mechanic put a new one in

as he has a lift

he found that the gas outlet nipple

on the sender unit was not soddered completely!!

a faulty part from NPD!!

will return it today

fortunately, i had a spare for the K car

and my son is back on the road again!!

thanks for all your help

iowa

it turns out

that it was probably overflow

out of the radiator.

our rubber tube only extends

down to the upper level of the frame

and we had filled the radiator to the cap!

it doesn't leak now

iowa

is there any good tips on how to do this?

i searched and did not find a thread on this topic

iowa

my apologies on using this photo

and regards to the source of it,

it is a very nice one indeed!!

it shows 3 springs used on the mechanical set up!!!!

(need the shocked expression here)

this seems like it would put a lot of pressure

on the clutch pedal?

we have only one spring that goes from the

clutch release lever to a forward point.

it is a very strong spring (too strong)

as it takes a strong leg to push clutch down.

in this picture

it looks like a little spring from the lever

to the Bell H

and then a bigger spring from the lower Z bar to the frame

(where?)

iowa

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here is the Shop Manual picture again.

it isn't very clear

just where the clutch lever sping attaches?

does anyone have a good picture?

thanks

iowa

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here is a pretty good link on VMF

for Hydraulic Clutch's

iowa

http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/vintage-mustan…tch-set-up.html

in reference to the spring

that attaches to the clutch release lever

and hooks on to something in the forward area,

i see from the diagram above

that it attaches through a hole in the frame?

does anyone have a picture that

shows exactly where this hole is

or can describe where it is at?

thanks

iowa

well, it's not a hipo

so will just get a new one

for about $45!

iowa

speaking of leaks

we saw the tell-tale

pool of antifreeze in the inner pulley!

man....the pump was only out for a few months

and the seal must have dried out

any chance of it stopping on it's own

or is replacement always necessary?

iowa

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thanks fred

why do they angle up?

did the next piece of exhaust

back to the muffler

compensate for this angle?

iowa

i thot i had bought the hipo H pipe

from NPD as we had put hipo exh manifolds

on my son's car

i remember we had to pull the driver's

side into place and it didn't fit perfect

here is a picture

iowa

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when we installed the H pipe

the rear-ward ends are tilted up

at an angle

is this normal?

or are the ends at the exh manifolds

fitting wrong?

thanks

iowa

will know to avoid the chrome parts!

but planned on using the original anyway

good news: patrick's did not leak!!

we are good to go!!

iowa

we just discovered that ours leaked too!

i had filled up with antifreeze

and here it came dripping out the bottom bolt hole also!!

we took it off

cleaned the surfaces (some pitting)

used the straight edge check

new gasket and liberal black silicone

and let dry overnight

will see today if it leaks

hopefully not as we don't want to replace

the aluminum 'edelbrock' intake manifold'

will let you know what happens

iowa

these gaskets show a lot of width

when i tighten down the bolts

of the outer flat part

i can still see most of it when tightened

is this okay?

also, does anyone have a detailed picture of

how the carb side of the throttle linkage looks

the repro throttle rod simply has a 'L' elbow

which goes through the carb throttle plate

but what holds it from coming out?

thanks

iowa

sorry

another dumb Q

for some reason

i have two different types of gaskets

that go between the hipo exhaust manifolds

and the 'H' pipes

see picture below

one is wider than the other

which would be correct for a hipo?

thanks

iowa

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very interesting

should be finishing up on patrick's car

in the next few days

THEN

back to what i need to be working and posting on....

my K Kar!!

iowa

there was no easy way to get this

new clutch release lever (fork) spring in place

i almost gave up

and then after slipping a screwdriver off

this spring while lifting up on it

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thanks fred

i had called Bruce at 'Modern Driveline'

and he also said the same thing

i read the entire section

in the shop manual

and it wasn't there!

iowa