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    Barnett,  any idea why it would have gone bad?  Used lots of assembly lube, used zinc oil and added a quote of what Crane Cams recommends.  

    But I did have low oil pressure early on due to the wrong pickup tube.  When they say Small Block Ford they don't mean 351.  Found out the hard way.  Not sure if that was it.  But could have been.

    thanks.  Pull the intake next.  

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    Another update on this one.  I think its a wiped lobe.  Pulling the rocker arm I rotated the engine.  The push rod moved 0.118".  But there is a wear pattern on the push rod all the way around, but below where I just measured.  The wear pattern is about 0.48" which is close to right.  The fact that its lower down and I can compress the lifter easily.  Could the lifter be stuck up higher in its bore so I'm not really getting movement?

    I'll have to pull the intake and see if I can measure the cam lift through the lifter bore (unless the lifter is stuck in there).

    Any suggestions appreciated.

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    Question add to this topic.  

    The front window bracket has the fastener with the flat plate on the back as seen in the picture above.  It has a clinch nut on it.

    I know its there for adjustment but when I tighten mine down it still have fore aft movement.  Is this supposed to lock in place for the adjustment?  I dont have the capture washer.  Is that part of the stack up that will then help clamp it in place?

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    Thanks for the suggestions.  I can check the cam lob by taking the rocker off and seeing what movement I get.  Last time I had the valve cover off I could compress the lifter by hand.  Which tells me there is no oil in it.  Oil would squirt out or I couldnt push it down.   I'll have to take the intake off and pull the lifter.

    Hope thats all it is. Wiped cam would be a bit more work.  But hey thats what we have these cars for.  

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    Well an new update to this one.  I now believe that lifter is not pumping up.  Engine runs pretty well but feels like a miss.  

    I checked the exhaust temps using and infrared gun.  This cylinder is 100 deg cooler than the others.    Its #1.  Timing light works on this cylinder so I'm getting spark.  The plug was wet with what looks like fuel.  

    Starting the car, I get around 130 deg on the header compared to 230 on the other headers.   Have not tried a compression tester yet.  But if the intake is not opening that wont tell much.  

    Any suggestions on fixing a single lifter?  Have not pulled it out yet.  

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    The plastic package tray is from CJPony parts.  It has two speaker risers molded in.  I installed a set of Panasonic speakers.

    I could not find the bar nor the plastic corners.  Fortunately I found them here.  Some of the guys on line had extra parts that I purchased.  

    Not sure why no one makes them.  Although most restored cars have the fold down seat.  

    Glad the pic helped.

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    Yes I have a non fold down Mach 1.    And the tray shown at the top is upside down.  

    When you fit in the tray play with its placement and the hockey sticks that are the trim edges.  To get them to fit well it takes some finesse.  I hand fit all the pieces before I put the screws in the package tray.  Mine needed new holes to mount it in the back.  Not sue where the fit was off.

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    There is a trim metal U shaped bar that goes across the top of the back seat and covers the leading edge of the tray.  The tray screws into the top of the seat.  I think this picture shows you have that right.  Then the U shaped bar goes on top of that.  There are plastic trim corners at each end.  I couldnt find them in any of the catalogues but some one on  here had an extra set.

    I'll try to take a couple of pictures of the corners and post them here.

    I bought a plastic trim cover for the rear tray.  It gets shingled by the metal trim piece also.  The speakers mount in the plastic trim cover.

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    On 6/5/2019 at 9:59 PM, ralt962 said:

    I was searching for this exact fix.  Thanks RPM for pointing toward WCCC.  They always have good videos.

    here is the link.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PQw_J52CU0

    I'm going to give this a try.

    I did purchase just the mirror glass and followed the video from WCCC.  I has worked our great.  I was able to significantly tighten up the loose mirror.  We'll see how it works over time but this was a well done suggestion and did save me a few dollars.  For $17 to buy the mirror this was a great idea.

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    I've gotten the message about the Caution sticker.  Add that to the tool box.

    Looking to place the Maintenance Sticker

    Jack instructions

    Tie down instructions,  says License plate area?  Was that really used in this location?

    Ford Motor Company Certification sticker

    Emissions control sticker

     

    Had not used the other site before so I've just registered.  

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    Found it.  A vacuum port on the manifold under the carb had split.  Couldnt see it.  Put on a vacuum gauge and found I was very low.  Went back to that cap that I had trouble with and found the split.  New cap and clamp.  Up to 16 lbs.  Now it runs and idles.  Its driveable again.  Now I need a bit of tunning in the carb.  I have the two screws on the sides set at  1 1/2 turns right now.  

    But I will check the carb gasket.  It came with the carb.  Holley 650.  Likely cheap paper.

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    It ran pretty well.  Still a tic or two in there.  Not sure what this was about.

    The really rough idle was due to a vacuum line popped off.  Drove about 10 miles ran ok.  Still  better but still rough idle.  The lifter I dont think is the issue.  I have either more vacuum leaks or the carb is not set well enough.  Going work with timing and check for more vacuum issues next.  

    Appreciate the suggestions. 

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    Crane Cam Lifter with Comp cam roller rockers.  I was going back through to make sure the rockers were set to the 1/2 turn.  Thats when I found the one that is not pumped up.

    I've readjusted all of them.  Going to try running it again today.  It doesn't seem reasonable that only 1 lifter would not pump up when the others have unless something else is wrong.

     

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    I finally had my car on the road last weekend after 6 years.  Last year I did get to run the engine at about 2200 rpm for 20 min. to break in the cam.  All new cam, lifters, rockers heads ect.

    Running it last weekend it did pretty well.  Good power, but driven easy.  

    Today it would start easily but run very rough.  Could not idle.  Running about 1500 rpm still running rough.

    Went to make sure the roller rockers were still set right, I found one lifter that was not pumped up on #1 intake.  All the rest were the same.

    Not sure if this is my run rough issue or timing or vacuum leak.  

    My question, do you think the lifter will pump back up?  Not sure why it would go from running ok to being as rough as it is.

     

     

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