newstang 388 Report post Posted July 6, 2018 So its official, my yellow mach1 with 4.6 cobra has bad rings. So picked up another one this time taking out the t45 and putting in a 4r75w auto so the wife can drive it to from work. I bought the US shift control and while im at it putting in a new vintage air unit. Ill post pics as i rip ou the old stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sixt9stang 36 Report post Posted July 15, 2018 Makes me want to just buy a used engine so that I can drive my car instead of waiting to acquire all the parts to build my 302. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 3:10 PM, sixt9stang said: Makes me want to just buy a used engine so that I can drive my car instead of waiting to acquire all the parts to build my 302. sometimes its a good idea., at least you can drive it till you have to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 Decided to strip and repaint the engine compartment. the paint was peeling off from a brake fluid leak. so much for engine swap/ also installing the vintage air unit to clean everything up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 Nice! Looks like a busy shop. When you first posted, I was gonna get on you and let you know they sell rings for the 4.6, so you didn't have to buy another motor :) But anytime you have a wife who wants to be involved and drive the Mustang, I fully understand. You are blessed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted July 17, 2018 Try silicone brake fluid next time, that;s all we use. It won't eat the paint. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 If switching to silicone, I'd assume you'd need to flush the lines, no? What's the protocol Rich? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 12 hours ago, mustangstofear said: Try silicone brake fluid next time, that;s all we use. It won't eat the paint. great advice, I didn't know anything else was available. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 quick 2 stage, not even sanding it down, leaving it shiny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 Dang, quick work. You don't mess around! Before switching to silicone, I'd read this article: 9 hours ago, newstang said: great advice, I didn't know anything else was available. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigmal 225 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 30 minutes ago, RPM said: Dang, quick work. You don't mess around! Before switching to silicone, I'd read this article: What article??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 yea, had to speed it up. going im going for knee surgery in the morning and don't know what condition ill be in to bend in and out to paint. So did a pretty quick job that's good enough for the engine compartment. Now the difficult thing is to get the engine in there without scarring it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 18, 2018 2 hours ago, RPM said: Dang, quick work. You don't mess around! Before switching to silicone, I'd read this article: I did a search on silicone dot5 and everything I read about it tells me to stick with dot4 1 RPM reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 20, 2018 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 28, 2018 Got the vintage air unit in, some of the plumbing done, most of the front end and the Automatic shifter from a Lincoln Mark VIII. Test fit the console and I'm surprised it actually fits pretty well in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 30, 2018 Today, the engine is back in, had to squeeze it in because of that MMR deep sump oil pan. 2 RPM and Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAC390 327 Report post Posted July 30, 2018 Nice work there, how are your knuckles lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted July 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, MAC390 said: Nice work there, how are your knuckles lol. Ha, as you guessed it, I have a gash on one of my right knuckles :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted August 1, 2018 Made a tranny mount Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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barnett468 418 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 Is that your garage at your house? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barnett468 418 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 there are some high perf brake fluids that will give you a slightly firmer pedal feel than dot 4 and hve a higher boiling point if that's what you are looking for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 20 hours ago, barnett468 said: Is that your garage at your house? thats my fab shop, its an industrial condo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newstang 388 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, newstang said: thats my fab shop, its an industrial condo 2 bigmal and Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barnett468 418 Report post Posted August 5, 2018 2 hours ago, newstang said: thats my fab shop, its an industrial condo ok, i'm jealous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
