6 Dec 2020 - spark plug check

 Checked the plugs on 6 Dec 2020.

13 Dec 2020 - Edelbrock 1405 changes

Current Setup

Main jets:

120-404

rods:

7352

springs:

pink 7" hg

Secondary jets:

120-401

10 Dec 2020 - edelbrock 1405 changes

Today I changed the primary jets, rods and secondary jets to 8% rich.  The plugs looked too lean when at 4%.

Current changes

Main jets:

120-404

rods:

7352

springs:

pink 7" hg

Secondary jets:

120-398

Previous settings:

Main jets:

120-400

Rods:

68-42

Springs:

orange 5" hg

Secondary jets:

392

Installed the vacuume gauge and checked at idle

2 Dec 2020 - headlight grille mod

Installed passenger and driver side hardware. So now the headlight grille doors should be very secure.

29 Nov - headlight door grille mod

I finally painted the mounting hardware.  The hardware will be installed after a couple of days of drying/curing.

25 Nov 2020 - Headlight door grille mod

 Today I made driver side and passenger side brackets for the headlight door grilles. The brackets allow for easier adjustment/removal/installation of the modified headlight door grilles.

Tomorrow I will disassemble the mods and paint the pieces.

 

 

I initially made this bracket out of 1" aluminum angle bracket.  After looking over the aluminum bracket I decided to make the brackets out of 1" steel angle iron.

 

 

passenger side grille door bracket and hardware

passenger side grille door bracket and hardware

passenger side grille door bracket and hardware

passenger side grille door bracket and hardware

passenger side grille door bracket and hardware

driver side grille door bracket and hardwae

driver side grille door bracket and hardware

driver side grille door bracket and hardware

driver side grille door bracket and hardware

driver side grille door bracket and hardware

21 Nov 2020 - headlight door/grille mod

Night test drive was good, beams are more centered and lower.  These headlights are now more downward pointing than what the Challenger headlights are showing.  Considering raising the beams up a bit and check again tomorrow at night

 Installed the left and right side headlight grilles.  I didn't install the headlight doors in case I need to make a few more headlamp adjustments.

On the driver side I made a bracket to connect the headlight grille to the radiator support 

19 Nov 2020 - headlight upgrade/replacement

I installed the outer hi/lo beam headlamps lenses both sides, and adjusted/aligned each.

18 Nov 2020 - headlight upgrade/replacement

Today I received two IPCW CWC-7003 5-3/4 headlamp lenses.  These are to replace the outer left and right headlights.

12 Nov 2020 - Headlight upgrade/replacement

Today I received two 5.75 H4 conversion lenses.  

These lenses fit the

H5006 lens alignment pattern of the Hi/Lo beam headlight holder. 

There are three alignment tabs on the headlight housing.  This particular housing fits the H5006 alignment pattern.  And with minor adjustments to those alignment tabs they will fit in the -H5006 headlight holder of the mercury cougar.

14 Nov 2020 - WTH

Driving at night yesterday, the driver side low beam headlight randomly flickered.  I checked the connections and they were tight.  Also checked voltages at the LED headlamp and they are good.  Decided to swap the driver side LED headlights from inner position to outer position.  During the removal of the driver side hi/lo bucket I noticed that the paint is peeling.  I checked all of that before installation of this headlamp and it  looked good.  So now I went a head and stripped the paint to bare metal and painted two coats of semi flat black.  Its 4 pm now so by lunch tomorrow I should be able to finish swapping headlights.  I went ahead and swapped the LED headlamps between lenses.  Tomorrow I just need to install the buckets and test the setup.