Recent content by LKT1967

My head is stuck in Ford Land. 3.31 is a fairly common 4x4 truck ratio for the 8.8

Episode 2. Spent a fair portion of yesterday working on the "Net". First up, adjusting valve lash. Easy peasy... unless someone flippin glued both faces of a composite cover gasket to the covers and heads. It literally took twice as long to clean up that mess than it did to set the valves...

I saw that when I looked up the cross ref in the oreilly catalog system. I'll get back to it eventually.. maybe. My fix will serve until I get back around to needing adjustable illumination.

Update 1.2 Gage cluster reinstalled. Minor hiccup with no cluster lights. Experience saves the day and I discovered the issue by testing before final install. Tip... it's very easy to pull the headlight switch without the cluster installed. Sure enough the rheostat winding was buggered up...

Update 1. "Error 404: Traction Not Found" I succeeded in getting the tails and turns fitted with LED lighting... OMG it can be seen! Along the way I finally replaced the high beams with Halogens... yes, the Nasty Net' was still sporting old school pre halogen sealed beams, functional even...

For an explanation of the thread title, please read my introduction post. The car is a 66 Coronet 500. Originally a 318 auto, it's been powered by a refreshed 71 440 HP since 94. Edelbrock heads, unknown cam although I believe it's one of the mild direct connection hydraulics. Fuel comes...

TY for the sentiments but no way, no how will I ever forget my Fords and Audis. There's a long list of reasons I'm firmly in those two camps. ;) The Coronet has exactly one reason I wanted it. Last spring when I suspected my friend may not have much longer I went on a crusade to make it run...

As of Thursday afternoon I became the new owner of a 1966 Coronet 500. I like the car but I'm a Ford and Audi fan. So why did I buy this car? For the past 32 years it belonged to a friend I've known since the early 80's. A man who over the past 10 years may as well have been my brother. I used...