Guillaume69 150 Report post Posted June 21, 2016 Hey Christian, Just in case it helps, I found a couple pics of my set-up. Will you be at Davy's this week-end, working on your car? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider69 16 Report post Posted June 21, 2016 Hi Guillaume For sure I will be there saturday morning Glad to see you, you're welcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider69 16 Report post Posted June 26, 2016 The story continues. Dowel is still at the same place but we could rework a little bit the sprocket in order to make it thinner. And it works, the eccentric is now in place and fit to the dowel. And the engine is looking really nice Before : After : Shift kit has been delivered, the gearbox will be ready to be installed next week I hope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rsmach1 71 Report post Posted June 29, 2016 Looking good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider69 16 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Thanks Transmission kit is installed and every thing is OK Water pump is installed When installing the damper we faced a new strange issue The damper was touching the pump, we had to plane a little bit the pump. It seems that the new damper was bigger than the old one. After some hours, pump and damper are installed. Oil pan installed as well, more and more the engine looks very nice, I'm very excited to hear the sound and drive the car. Thanks to Guillaume, well known here as Guillaume69, I know now that my mustang is matching number. We found the VIN engraved on the engine :-) Next steps for next week, intake manifold, carburators, engine back under the hood and .... Hope now we will not face new surprises. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Oh, there will always be new surprises :) It's looking nice, congrats on the fix and progress! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rsmach1 71 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Oh, there will always be new surprises :) It's looking nice, congrats on the fix and progress! Ain't that the truth lol. You'll get there, and it is looking good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guillaume69 150 Report post Posted July 4, 2016 Well that was a nice surprise for sure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider69 16 Report post Posted July 5, 2016 One step ahead. Hope everything is finished for next week. Engine should be in place this week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider69 16 Report post Posted August 30, 2016 H​i, I'm back after some vacations and bad surprises around my rebuild adventure . We faced a lot of bad experiences I will post shortly here. The engine was totally finished and ready to be back under the hood. The gearbox was ready as well Every thing was finished and the car was ready for a first test drive. After some few miles smoke came out from the gearbox!!! A needle bearing in the gearbox was completely damaged and we had to start again with the gearbox. It was some weeks ago and the holyday period was close. We could not achieve the car before the vacations. We ordered the new parts and every one was aware about what he had to do and when. Planed was that the car should be finished when I'm back from my vacations. Things do not always go as planned... I stayed in contact with the mechanics during my vacations and every thing seems going well. ​When I came back I decided to go immediately to the garage. ​On the way, I got a call from the mechanics, 'the car doesn't start...' The Pertronix ignition melted and I had to find one quicly. Fortunately, I could find one and we could replace the Pertronix. But the car still doesn't want start! We saw that the coil had exploded, pic here under I could borrow an other coil and return back home with the car. At home I could never restart the car. Diagnose was an ignition issue and I ordered a new at Summit and a new coil to replace the old one. I could only find a coil with 3 ohms resistance instead of 1.5. Pertronix document mentions 1.5 Ohms at least, this should be OK. I got Coil and ignition today, tomorrow I will be on the work. Hoping this is the last thing I have to do in order to drive my car again. By the way if someone can tell me how I can control that when I switch off the ignition it's really switched off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider69 16 Report post Posted August 31, 2016 I got today the answer from Pertronix, Coil with 3 ohms resistance is not made for 8cyl, the coil can run out of power over 4000rpm. I will return this one and I found a 1,5ohm fortunately. I replaced the switch ignition and ignition lock, now the engine start and stops well. How can I control that contact is really switched off when I turn the key back? Hope I can drive my pont this weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
