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Originally Posted by kscoyote  You may want to convert to an electronic ignition.
-Oh replace ALL your weatherstripping and seals.
Old cars don't like to sit around. you can't let the seals go bad, or you're going to start running to all kinds of gremlins. -& not from AMC. |
- Mustang IIs after 1974 already have electronic ignition KS...
Other than that little trivia tidbit???
Extremely sound advice. When I buy an older car I usually go ahead and do the valve cover, oil pan, and timing cover gaskets (and the chain and gears while I'm in there!) and rear and front seals right off the bat just to try and head off those very issues (also gives me a good look at the condition of the inside of the engine).
Another big thing is not to get an older car hot... old head gaskets simply won't hold up to it. I've got to do the head gaskets in the Chevy soon because it got hot about two months ago (wire came loose for the cooling fans in the drive-thru at the bank, hit 260 degrees before I realized what had happened, got her cooled off, but now I have the tiniest bit of steam out of each tailpipe (and only for about five minutes after startup) The truck's a '75, and the engine came out of a '76, so that's a 31 year old pair of head gaskets in there (originals, I bought the engine from the original owner that had it) I think they did a pretty good job, would probably still be going if I hadn't got the truck hot... oh well, time for some nice Vortec heads while I'm at it!!!
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1976 Ford Mustang II Ghia: 302 with a 600cfm Edelbrock carb, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake, Dynomax Blackjack headers, 2.5" exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44s. RJS 11-gallon fuel cell, C4
tranny, chrome 16" pony wheels, fuzzy dice, brown vinyl half-top, and painted in the tackiest color ever (harvest gold, that's why I call it "The Goldenrod").
Also have a 2003 Dodge Ram (lightly modded daily driver/tow rig/office/dining room/home away from home/workshop... I call it "The Big Blue Dawg".)
