I use that oven/freezer technique on my VW engines all the time. In my current situation, the timing cover is on the engine, the engine is in the car and the car is in the garage - with the dip stick tube from another engine. I got done what needed to get done, I just raised the 'flag'.
Jim
Fred,
I don't know. It was a couple of years back. They could very well have been on a card and I removed them for storage. They look good with a rubber protective cap over the bottom end that looks like it was used for hanging.
Jim
I found a microfiche reader for $10, some assembly and repairs required.
The dip stick tube on my 'K' Mustang looked a bit beat up so I decided to replace it. I bought two new ones several years back (I have more than one Mustang) and put them on the shelf. The replacement tubes would not fit. The diameter of the old tube is 0.371in, the diameter of both new tubes is 0.381in and the tube wall thickness is 0.025in. Stretching the tube end smaller or removing 0.005in of wall are not pratical. I pulled another 'not in pristine state' tube from a spare old engine that was assembled a month later than my 'K' engine and found it has a diameter of 0.371in. Not wanting to drill a larger hole in the timing cover, I used the one from the spare engine. I got the two new ones from National Parts Depot. Just a 'flag'.
Jim
They are bare cast aluminum. I lightly bead blast mine and spray it clear satin. The only other application I find for this spacer is a 1968 Mustang 289/302 with extra cooling. This is from the Ford Car Parts book covering 1965 to 1972.
Jim
Read what Pertronix recomends.
Jim
I got to say, what a dumb question. Figure it out - value or pleasure. That's your life.
Jim
I've shipped stuff to Europe via USPS and it ain't cheap. Try http://ircalc.usps.gov/ and put in the destination you want. Just for reference, a 50 pound package was $202 to Australia the slow way. Also be prepared for some paperwork.
Jim
Ford engineering p/n C5OA-12760-A cross references to Ford service p/n C5OZ-17260-A which is the correct replacement for 64-66 Mustangs V8 engines with 4 speed manual transmissions. The casing should be 64 15/16 inches long.
Jim
Good analysis.
Jim
Fred,
Thanks. I'll let them know the 'how'. It's the 'old dog' teaching the 'new dog' 'new tricks'.
Jim
Odd looking carb too.
Jim
Fred,
I was at my local Ford dealer today (waranty work on my Van) and asked about the part number cross reference books and micro-fiche you listed. The parts guys said that they were not familiar those numbers and that they were not in the Ford system. Comments?
Jim
Bingo.
AMK Products - http://www.amkproducts.com/ - has the 1/4-20 X 5/8 pan head screw (a package of 6 for $3) under Ford p/n 50527-S and their own stock number of B-12543. Cut it down to size and you're in. There is a $30 minimum for orders.
Jim
The finish is phosphate and oil (-S2).
Jim
The choke cable bracket screw looks like the four that hold the rubber manual transmission shifter linkage cover to the body except for the 5/8 inch length. For an example of a pan head screw, remove one of the six that hold the instrument cluster to the dash.
Jim
None. No 1965 'K' Mustang came with an automatic tranmission or power steering from the factory as a regular production car.
Jim
The good news is that the hardware for the choke cable bracket to the dash is all the same for 64 thru 67 HP Mustangs - a 1/4-20 X 1/2 Pan head screw with a Phillips drive, and a 1/4-20 nut with a 5/8 flange that's serrated on the base and is .264 inch thick. The bad news is that the screw is exclusive to the HP choke bracket. The nut is used in a few other places (67 headlight buckets). AMK has a 5/8 inch long and a 3/4 inch long screw that will work if cut to 1/2 inch length.
Jim
Do like the pros do: get a cardboard box big enough to hold the transmission; put a block of foam at the bottom of the box to hold the transmission up; place TWO large plastic bags around the transmission in a 'clamshell' fashions; place the transmission in the box and fill EAcH SIDE OF THE CLAMSHELL with spray foam so when the recipient cuts open the box, the transmission can be removed. Think about it, and make it work.
Jim
Quote from CharlesTurnerNeat old car! I'd like to have that spare tire!
I got one with my 'K' Fastback on an original Style Steel Wheel. Why doesn't Coker reproduce those, the ones without the 'ribs'?
Jim
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The only part I don't like is that you never know when it will shift, as in RPM. Other than that, the 'Bow Tie' crowd pretty much are in awe.
Jim
True, usually you can count on a shift (hard) at tire breaking RPM as long as you keep your foot down. To make it shift when you want, just ease up on the gas a little and it will shift pretty much when you want it to. That's been my experience in a GT350H.
This 'ease up on the gas a little' thing - what a strange concept. I'm refering to when I don't ease up, it shifts at different RPMs, all very high (gee I like that sound). It could be due to different temperatures or some other external reason. It is different than a manual transmission that you can control the shifting points.
Jim
