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Article in Mustang Monthly Feb 90 Here is an old one in MM Feb 90. But its my car.

Well. first off the piston your talking about is the "pull off" and it pulls the choke open not closed. That doesnt mean it isnt interfering but just so you know. You should be able to close the choke by winding up your choke spring,,,that is to turn it in the "rich" direction. That will bring...

Two notorious terrorists were nabbed today at the border between the US and Canada at the Blaine crossing. They both claimed to be US citizens but their muslim status was confirmed when one was heard referring to her vehicle as the "great Satan". The pair known as Amy and Rob were thought...

Sounds like hot start problems related to heat soak. When you run the car up to temperature then let it soak for awhile some engines are prone to percolate the fuel out of the carb float bowls. It may take awhile for the float bowls to fill, thats why you have to turn it over so much. Isolating...

Well Amy and I worked on the power steering and exhaust,,, put the new power steering pump in and bingo it works fine now,,,you can turn it with one finger even at idle. So Amy was happy with that. I pulled the exhaust manifold on the drivers side and the gasket was black but not burned thru...

I was pretty sure Rob had patented the "flexible return and mobile inertial stabilization system" also know as FRAMISS. Lot of money in that,,,,, looking good for his retirement.

Well take heart Amy, if you were a guy you would probably have said ,,,"Well I fixed the problem with a new solenoid ,,,yeah bad solenoid" he he he ,,,,,,, honesty is a good quality Amy. Even if its embarrasing,,,,,,,,lol.

Yeah I think the AOD top ratio is a .67 or .7 depending on year/model which is just slightly higher then the .63 of the T-5 that I am running. Must be some difference in tire sizes because I have a 3.8 rear gear and I dont think I am running that much rpm , but then I seldom do 80 and my speedo...

Wow rob , good for you. I can just see your white shark booming along the freeway with a contingent of WSP troopers following ,,,,lol. What a great hobby,,,so many nice people. You need an overdrive for that beast, get you down in decibels if nothing else.

Yeah , we did replace the donut on that drivers side hoping that was it but it wasnt. So then Rob and I took a power steering fluid bath under satan. In the end she succumbed to us but that power steering valve was a bugger to get in and replace. We have a few more tricks to make that girl...

Thats really a shame , I liked the Haneline stuff and I was gonna order from them too some time in the future here. I guess I wont now. Let us know how it comes out. Wow you give nice christmas presents , can I get on your list?

Yeah I like it too, no leaking cowl, no power steering problems, might be a bit of a horse to back up but its cool.

Its not all that unusual for a carb to percolate its fuel out especially when its hot or the engine has been run hard. The first signs you see of this are usually hot start problems. Additionally the 4300 will leak fuel from near the front air horn. New gaskets will solve the leak. As for...

Ohh I see she has been renamed now huh ,,,,,,Well the car was a little retarded then ,,so to speak and has passed that phase thanks to Rob. Looks like your on the show circuit now Amy.

Yeah Rob is right on. for those of you that like a good correct timing write-up look at http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2000/03/timing/index.shtml That article is correct and very good and easy to understand. If you read articles like I do in these magazines you will find incorrect...

Well dont forget that the blinker(flasher) itself draws some current. How much depends on the flasher but essentially it is a piece of spring steel heating up and pulling the switch away from the signal light. So the battery has to heat up that piece of steel. The fact that all these things are...

Wow ,,, nice cars Rob. You notice none of them have collector car plates so they drive them and pay regular insurance on them too. Does the insurance company really know about these cars ,,,,lol ? Dang and a wife that enjoys it too,,, I am so jealous. What a hot rodders,,,hot rodder.

Both,,,neither one affects the timing

What the new Pertronix ll does is change the dwell angle. Most factory systems do this also. The dwell angle is the angle that the distributor shaft moves during which the points are open. This is when the coil field collapses and fires thru the cap and to the plugs. As rpm gets higher that...

I have always stuck with the factory plugs and a .032 gap. The early factory system was plenty spark for a stock or modified engine with the proviso that it probably went away around 5500 rpm,,,, maybe a little higher but not much. When we started leaning out the engines in the early 70's we...