BobW70Mach1

I know this is an old thread, but wow! So much great info. I just installed a blinker switch cam and now I have issues with my brake lights. I am a electrical wiring illiterate, but one glance at Mach 1 Drivers schematic and it was obvious that I wired the cam incorrectly. So easy to understand. Thank you.

Same here. Kind of funny how this site pretty much died right after I joined it. I was on torinocobra.com for years and it pretty much died just like this one. VMF is very active, but I worry it will eventually die also. It has a handful of prolific posters who are super knowledgeable. Great administrators. I worry when they go away VMF will die off.

I do the same. I set traps throughout the garage. Also inside the cars on the floor on a pad so I can see it as I walk by. The mice are kind of seasonal. They usually appear in the spring or fall. They usually seem to arrive in groups of two or three. If I see I have caught a mouse in one trap, I go and check all the others and usually I will find another.

I saw your pictures and just ordered a set myself. Thank you for the PSA. I have always been disappointed in every set of carpet mats I have bought. These look nice in your car. https://www.ebay.com/itm/134916462214?_nkw=mach+1+floor+mats&itmmeta=01J7EBN007MN66P4HMF2EG50AE&hash=item1f69a5d686:g:5QsAAOSwWVZlu~Eg&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnBWHB9EDpykXUN0s9HVlLbdv8CS%2Bu7JYFCmECejuTbXq4QLqZ2lKNsaakoTvtfTZw5Z60b4sttYkUFuGwf3jUn6rQCfFFPDQX68TRiS1OL9qB4sA3MfYX3LGRRoFlWBG0gMGVhGrArSHGo%2Fi3MKYnwyp3vxPWpJRxlNsapB4x%2FG9tBzwxy34jimvNhkhVKbn8BUk2vEGUC35aD1iXTc%2BaXJzFRQxlQSFvMUsz45sac5WnSLoJiTMqA14baUCIkOoro8F1gwVFP7ZCmAJTBh3UB%2FqFkbpYIvAzS5dW3ZvZ0lQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6CA1Mu7ZA

Best to use the dip stick and tube that came with the transmission or an aftermarket AOD dipstick and tube. You might have to use a tube bender to get it in the right spot. Prior owner had a C-6 dipstick in it and I had all kinds of trouble with getting my fluid level correct before buying the aftermarket one. This is the one I ordered. I had to bend it a little and modify the bolt flange to make it fit my 69 428 Mach 1. You might try one of those that are flexible and mount to the firewall if you do not want to go to all that trouble. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009Q7A6VQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

I just got the engine back from the engine builder. #1 cylinder had to be re-sleeved. The rest of the components were still good. Luckily the re-sleeving did not affect the other cylinders. They cleaned up the heads and intake and put it back together. I even had them break in the engine for me. So a few thousand dollars later I am ready to put it back into the car and get it running for the very first time. If I put some effort into it, I could get it on the road by summer. I need to polish those valve covers, too.

My original 69 trunk lid did not have the cut out. My aftermarket lid did.

I assume you have already removed the shifter handle?

It is hard to tell from the picture. Is the driver side rocker molding there? I really need one. There is one screw in the rear and a nut to remove inside the wheel well in the front of the molding. The rest pops off.

Not sure we are talking about the same thing. But, when I installed vintage air in my Torino I had to calibrate the levers. For the blower, first in the off position, then the full on position. I fount the blower would turn on when I turned my car on. I solved this by positioning the lever to slightly on, or low at the beginning of the calibration instead of all the way off. That way, after calibration, when I positioned the lever in the complete off position it was theoretically in the negative off position. This solved it.

Pertronix points needs 12 volts. They sell this simple kit to bypass the resistor wire without having to cut the wire. I would also make sure you have the Robert Shaw 180-333 thermostat. 99% of Cleveland problems are because people are using a Windsor thermostat. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004OXT3X4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So sorry that happened to you. You must have wanted to cry when that happened. I also recently started my car from the solenoid while working on a non start issue. Same thing happened. Luckily, I did not get hurt and was able to stop the car before it crashed. I dove into the passenger side and threw the gear shifter in park (luckily, passenger door was open at the time). Just some bruises, but I could have killed my self and maybe killed someone else also. A lesson to all of us to use blocks and put the parking brake on when starting the car from solenoid. I’m not sure it was in reverse at the time. I think it was in park and popped into reverse once it started.

I just skimmed through the web page. What a great resource! Thank you for posting it. I have save it for future reference.

Yes. The engine is definitely coming out. I used an endoscope to look in the spark plug holes and I see rust particles so I am not hopeful. I am going to take it to my engine guy and see what he says. I'm hoping some of it can be saved or at least not a full blown rebuild.