27 November 2019 - mod - Headlight door hinges - corrosion control

Yesterday, started cleaning up, removing rust from a set of head light door hinges.  Today, I continued with using Krudd kutter rust converter/remover and its worked pretty well so far.  Couple more days of using the rust remover and I should be able to paint the pieces.

11 November 2019 - MSD 8479 - mechanical advance stop

Replaced the default blue mechanical advance stop(blue) with a black one.

Replacing that mechanical stop requires removing the distributor from the engine, removing cap and rotor.  Then the mechanical stop location is more accessible.  That whole process takes about 30 minutes.

10 November 2019 - 8479 advance springs

Two light silver springs were installed.

Removed both light silver springs and replaced them with two light blue springs.

The mechanical stop is blue, going to change that to black.

8 November 2019 - Spark Plug change-out cont'd

Finished replacing the plugs for cylinders 5 - 8.  Seems like a couple of cylinders have bad rings!?!?

 

7 November 2019 - Spark Plug change-out

Started to replace the spark plugs today.  Started with the passenger side of the engine( plugs 1 - 4).

The plugs that are installed are NGK TR5s.  I decided to go with E3 plugs and see how that works.  So I bought 8 from Amazon.  Part numbers are good and I did get 8.  But one of the plugs has a poorly welded ground terminal.  It was so bad that two of the three attachment points have spatter and welding material sticking out of the metal.

So I went down to Advanced Auto and bought a few just in case more have material defects.

I was only able to replace plugs 1 thru 4 today.

6 November 2019 - E3 Spark plugs

Received the E3 spark plugs today.  To be installed tomorrow.

I bought E3.53 plugs which have a factory gap of .040.

I used to have a a set of E3.54 plugs which have a factory gap of .040.

 

31 Octoboer 2019 - LED upgrades

Replaced the back up lamps with LEDs

Also replaced the front turn signal/running lights with LEDs

Carb float check

27 October 2019 - tachometer Super Sun Tach II

Finally re-installed the tach.  I apparently left the wires in the dash and tucked out of the way.  I only had to run a wire from the MSD 6 tach terminal to the dash/tach.  The wires from the tach had to be re-terminated and connected.  So it was pretty quick/easy process.

26 October 2019 - baby moon hubcaps

Decided to see what baby moon hubcaps really look like on the car.  I do like the look.

Here, the white letters not completely cleaned

The white letters have been completely cleaned.  This hubcap turned out to be about 1/32" too small, as a result of the tight fit, nickel plating literally bubbled

20 October 2019 - Fuel line - cont'd

 Did a test drive for about 15 minutes at highway and city traffic speeds, no leaks or issues.


Did an engine start/run cycle a couple of times to check for leaks.  So far everything is good.  Need to go for a couple test drives to thoroughly check the new installations.

19 October 2019 - Baby Moon hub caps and stuff

I liked the look of the baby moon hub caps I saw on a 68 cougar, so I thought I'd order a set for my car.


Mr Gasket Baby Moon Hub Caps Most GM and Ford w/14" or 15" Stock Wheels
Part Number: 720-4580

Here is a -6an male to -6an male 90 degree fitting.  This will be used if the -6an male to -6an male union does not work

 

19 October 2019 - fuel line

Replaced the fuel line from the carb to fuel pressure regulator.  I had a two sections of an6 female end hoses connected to a fuel filter, that ran from the carb inlet to the fuel pressure outlet.  That layout didnt allow the installation of a 14" air cleaner assembly, I could only install smalller odd shaped filters.


Heres what the fuel line/air filter setup looked like before replacing the fuel pressure regulator to carb fuel line...whats not shown is the fuel filter that is hidden from view by the distributor...

Here you can see the fuel filter..

Heres what the setup looks like after re-arranging the -6an hoses...this was done so that a 14" air cleaner assembly could be installed...

The  black hard line at the carb has a -6an female connector. The blue fitting is a -6an male to -6an male straight union/adapter.

The blue -6an to -6an adapter connects the -6an hose with -6an female ends to the fuel pressure regulator