Claude puts his car back together. Reply #30 – September 19, 2018, 08:57:08 PM Chuck's wife didn't have the baby.Chuck went down to the shop, created the junior outta some steel stock, using a CNC machine LOL.Congrats again!.. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #31 – September 20, 2018, 11:33:05 AM Quote from: Chuck W;467186Well, to be fair, the wife was the one who had the baby. I just helped get things rolling. He just turned 1 a couple weeks ago.I guess a better choice of words would have been "obtained a baby." Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #32 – September 22, 2018, 04:51:44 PM Well I found some time to roll the car back outside and power wash the engine compartment again. I pulled the headlight harness out and all the a/c components as well as all the misc brackets. I started sanding and priming with some red oxide primer I had. I still need to go and purchase some white paint. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #33 – September 22, 2018, 04:54:52 PM Quote from: vinnietbird;467064I run the Ebay 3 row aluminum radiator. No issues at all, very sturdy. I use a Taurus electric fan on it. I fabbed aluminum brackets as I hate those stupid zip tie things. When I wired the fan, I installed a plug, that way, when I want to pull the radiator, I simply unplug the fan, unbolt the radiator, and pull it out as an assembly. Nice work so far pulling the motor and I'm sure glad you are showing the old Cat some love. I'm installing an N41 cam in my engine next week and a different intake, then selling off my Ed Curtis cam and Trick Flow R. We'll see how the new stuff works out.Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll purchase one of the combo's that has the aluminum shroud and fans. Now I need to decide if I want two fans or one big one. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #34 – September 22, 2018, 04:55:46 PM Quote from: JeremyB;467183I also has a wife and kid! (And a white fox that hasn't run in years!)So many new things to learn about old friends! I need to get your number as well! Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #35 – September 22, 2018, 06:10:59 PM Quote from: CougarSE;467219Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll purchase one of the combo's that has the aluminum shroud and fans. Now I need to decide if I want two fans or one big one.On a previous car, I used the large single fan, and was able to mount the 5.0 coolant reservoir right to the shroud next to the fan. I wish I had pictures now. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #36 – September 22, 2018, 06:39:16 PM Quote from: Tbird232ci;467224On a previous car, I used the large single fan, and was able to mount the 5.0 coolant reservoir right to the shroud next to the fan. I wish I had pictures now.My current stock reservoir is in good shape forward of the core support. I don't want to do too many things that don't look stock. I like the cleaned up stock engine bay look with appropriate upgrades. The car is Maf converted already using an A9L with a 70mm F2vf setup mounted to a stock mustang bracket connected to the stock air cleaner minus silencer, it looks stockish. I am torn with painting the aluminum black to make it disappear to match the stock look, However this project is already behind what my goals were time wise. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #37 – September 23, 2018, 12:44:43 AM Quote from: CougarSE;467225My current stock reservoir is in good shape forward of the core support. I don't want to do too many things that don't look stock. I like the cleaned up stock engine bay look with appropriate upgrades. The car is Maf converted already using an A9L with a 70mm F2vf setup mounted to a stock mustang bracket connected to the stock air cleaner minus silencer, it looks stockish. I am torn with painting the aluminum black to make it disappear to match the stock look, However this project is already behind what my goals were time wise.I forgot about the coolant reservoir being forward of the core support. I've only owned one 5.0 car and I only had it for about 2 months before I got rear-ended. I also like blending in modifications. I don't want to aim for the stock look, but I really dislike parts sticking out. A big aluminum radiator would stick out like crazy. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #38 – September 24, 2018, 04:53:21 PM While you're in there change the sway bar bushings. They are factory. I can tell as the plastic cages that hold the bolts in place on the assembly line are still on your car....Edit: Also don't lose rubber insulation that goes on either side of the radiator. It helps to force all the incoming air through the radiator. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #39 – September 24, 2018, 06:11:46 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;467255While you're in there change the sway bar bushings. They are factory. I can tell as the plastic cages that hold the bolts in place on the assembly line are still on your car....Edit: Also don't lose rubber insulation that goes on either side of the radiator. It helps to force all the incoming air through the radiator.I have plans for the suspension coming down the road, I’ll put all that off until I have the two post lift setup in the shop when I move.I have all of the plastic and other material from the radiator area set aside for reinstall. Goes along with my desire for it to look factory. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #40 – September 26, 2018, 11:24:39 PM I'm glad you kept the plastic. It actually helps.I mean a lift would be great for the sway bar bushings. I did the ones on mine using jack stands. Not so fun. But a lot easier than changing the rear control arms using jack stands. That wasn't fun. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #41 – September 27, 2018, 08:25:03 PM Had a moment to further tear the engine down. Still not sure if I want to tear it further down than this, I could be happy with painting the block grey and just taping the timing cover off and shooting it again. The intake I could happy with just wire brushing it. My plans don't include this engine beyond the next couple years however If I could find a good price on a cam I would tear down for that. The engine has an early 5.0 HO cam in it now so no lope. The first of the new parts showed up. I ordered this off ebay, the pictures all showed no low oil level sensor hole but its there. The current engine oil pan does not have the sensor in it but I do still have the original engine down at the farm, I'll probably grab the sensor from it this weekend. A new one is $100! Hopefully the short piece of wire harness is there as its not in the car. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #42 – September 27, 2018, 11:55:43 PM My car had that low oil sensor. When the engine was rebuilt I even got an oil pan like you have so the sensor could be put back in. About a year later the sensor started leaking from the center of the body. Found out a new one was stupid expensive. So I took the old one to a local auto parts store and found a drain plug with the same threads. Screwed that plug in and pulled the harness for the sensor and threw it out. No more leaks and cost me ~$3. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #43 – September 28, 2018, 08:21:03 AM I checked the eBay add again and it showed a plug in this hole, I’ll check the box when I get home maybe it’s in the bottom. Quote Selected
Claude puts his car back together. Reply #44 – September 28, 2018, 12:10:21 PM How much you guys pay for your pans? I need to get a new one, mine leaks. Quote Selected
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