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RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/21/2005 5:16:56 PM    tylerdru   Posts: 1841 Joined: 8/18/2005 Status: offline On your first repair you usually learn something. You learned to be more careful. I learned to be much more organized When i replaced my water pump. i wasnt paying attention to the bolts. They were differrent sizes! < Message edited by tylerdru -- 9/21/2005 5:17:23 PM > (in reply to uwti) Post #: 41

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/21/2005 9:59:50 PM    valley firearms Posts: 1956 Joined: 9/4/2005 From: Wasilla, Alaska Status: offline This is like a mini series where they leave you hanging until the next show. I CAN'T WAIT I hope all turns out well. It is nice to see a husband and wife working together on a project like this. I think you had better do it this time. _____________________________ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2981459 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtHM5ynRjQ (in reply to tylerdru) Post #: 42

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/21/2005 10:13:20 PM    6mustang6 Posts: 3594 Joined: 7/12/2004 Status: offline Yeah, That stinks. Pulling off the timing chain cover and gears is not a pretty job, or easy. _____________________________ 2000 GT Mustang Convertible 1966 Mustang coupe- all original, soon to be 4v swap. 1967 Mustang Conv- Freshly restored. (in reply to valley firearms) Post #: 43

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/22/2005 11:42:03 AM    newownerof72 Posts: 79 Joined: 9/1/2005 Status: offline Pulling off the timing chain and all that other stuff takes so long we aren't even going to tackle it until Sunday. I did get my dash back together, though. (in reply to 6mustang6) Post #: 44

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/22/2005 12:38:18 PM    Soaring Posts: 17565 Joined: 10/29/2004 Status: offline What did you replace on the dash? Anything electrical? Or just the dash pad? (in reply to newownerof72) Post #: 45

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 1:08:47 PM    newownerof72 Posts: 79 Joined: 9/1/2005 Status: offline We actually didn't replace anything in the dash, we were looking for a way to wire the tach, but decided against that route. We checked the timing chain and set it on 6 BTDC and it is still popping. We are beginning to think that the pointer has been bent or broken and we can't find a pic of one. Does anyone have one? Christine is still losing power. We opened the carb to 2 and 1/4 turns and that made it worse, so we think that the pointer is wrong and making the mark off by a couple. We are going to try backing it down to the 4 hash mark and see if that helps. She runs, she just doesn't sound very good. Sounds like she's sick... (in reply to Soaring) Post #: 46

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 1:25:00 PM    Soaring Posts: 17565 Joined: 10/29/2004 Status: offline Timing it by ear may be your best bet since the the pointer on the chain cover is obviously bent out of whack. (in reply to newownerof72) Post #: 47

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 1:28:26 PM    newownerof72 Posts: 79 Joined: 9/1/2005 Status: offline Thanks Soaring. I am going to upload some pics from campus in a lil while so everyone can see her. I figured it's about time. lol I will let you know what happens after we work on her tonight. (in reply to Soaring) Post #: 48

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 1:31:02 PM    jrrhd73must Posts: 508 Joined: 5/4/2005 From: Georgia Status: offline Sounds like you all are getting it. I usually use a timing light then time it by ear, and then drive it and tweak it. (in reply to newownerof72) Post #: 49

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 1:32:47 PM    tylerdru   Posts: 1841 Joined: 8/18/2005 Status: offline does anyone have a picture of where you point the timing light? (in reply to tylerdru) Post #: 50

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 3:40:45 PM    jrrhd73must Posts: 508 Joined: 5/4/2005 From: Georgia Status: offline If you look at the front of the engine, the wheel below the wheel that the fan is connected to. You will see a little pointer and numbers etched on the wheel. (in reply to tylerdru) Post #: 51

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 5:14:51 PM    6mustang6 Posts: 3594 Joined: 7/12/2004 Status: offline The pointer can't get bent. It's aluminum, it would snap off, before bending. _____________________________ 2000 GT Mustang Convertible 1966 Mustang coupe- all original, soon to be 4v swap. 1967 Mustang Conv- Freshly restored. (in reply to newownerof72) Post #: 52

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 6:21:44 PM    newownerof72 Posts: 79 Joined: 9/1/2005 Status: offline Looks like that's what happened, then, because there is no distinguished pointer on there. _____________________________ 1972 Ford Mustang Grande,302, 2barrel,3spd 2000 Ford F-150 One son, three daughters, 2 dogs, 1 cat (in reply to 6mustang6) Post #: 53

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/26/2005 7:25:15 PM    6mustang6 Posts: 3594 Joined: 7/12/2004 Status: offline it should be on the driver side, by the harmonic balancer. It protrudes off of the timing chain cover. You should have seen it when you removed it. _____________________________ 2000 GT Mustang Convertible 1966 Mustang coupe- all original, soon to be 4v swap. 1967 Mustang Conv- Freshly restored. (in reply to newownerof72) Post #: 54

RE: My poor Christine, please help - 9/29/2005 11:30:07 AM    newownerof72 Posts: 79 Joined: 9/1/2005 Status: offline It's not there. Latest news... Someone told us that putting platinum plugs in her may have caused her to misfire because we don't have an electronic ignition. After resetting the timing chain, the points and changing the plugs BACK to the original, she still hesitates a little. While acccelerating you can feel her hesitate... when you reach top speed she levels out but you can "feel" that it is not at top power. What now? please help me..... _____________________________ 1972 Ford Mustang Grande,302, 2barrel,3spd 2000 Ford F-150 One son, three daughters, 2 dogs, 1 cat (in reply to 6mustang6) Post #: 55

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