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Hope your feeling better! And the sway-bar looks great. Great Job.

Thanks, I felt much better today and was able to get a lot more done. I finished the underhood wiring and installed the cooling fan and bled the brakes. For some reason one of the back calipers is not getting fluid; I'll have to figure that out. Even still, it's got a good solid pedal. The stock wheels wouldnt fit over the disc brakes so I pulled a set of steel wheels off of a Crown Vic last time I was at the boneyard. I've got a set of full wheel Plymouth hubcaps, i'll just use those and get some fresh rubber. I didnt like the rearward angle on the shifter so I cut it and welded it back together to be more upright. Im real close to a road test; just need to get a driveshaft made and put an exhaust system together. A couple of bummer notes; my cool old tach doesnt work and Im having a fuel gauge issue. I've got a new VDO 0-90 ohm gauge and a 0-90 ohm sending unit. I dumped about 3 or 4 gallons of gas in the tank and I read 34 ohms on my meter going from the sending unit to ground. I checked it up at the gauge and I read the same from the sensor terminal to ground. But when I turn the ignition on, the gauge goes past full. Any ideas???

Looks great, Falcon! Did you check the sender before you installed it? The first one I got for my pickup was FUBAR right out of the box! Good ground from the tank to the frame???

I was going to say check the ground also... other than that.. test the sender somehow.

Yeah falcon I have been watching the bone yard and C. L. for some early mid 80's C V wheels from a squad 15 X 7 solid and no holes . .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Yeah falcon I have been watching the bone yard and C. L. for some early mid 80's C V wheels from a squad 15 X 7 solid and no holes . .

That's pretty much what these are, Bobby. They came off of an 02 CV Police car. It looks like my sending unit on the fuel gauge is bad; I ran the gauge through the tests in the book and it shows good. I got all my lights wired and working and swaped out the tach for new one. Now that its working I can do the cam break in as soon as I get some exhaust on. I've got everything to build the exhaust, just going with basic 2 1/2 inch duals with Summit glass packs and pipes out the rear.

Very nice work! It's taking shape quite nicely!

Thanks! I hope to have exhaust on this weekend.

It's looking really good!

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It's definitely getting there, Mike. Lots done this weekend; I got the lead pipes and mufflers on and did the cam break in. Other than a leaky water neck on the intake it went smooth; ran for 20 minutes, vital signs all looked good and cooling fan came on at the right temp. I got the water neck fixed and finished some small wiring issues like tail lights, dome lights, instrument lights, and wipers. Im going to get a driveshaft made up this week and should be able to do a short road test down the block by next weekend.

Congrats on the light up!!!!! All I got to do all weekend is sanding, sanding, sanding......then some more sanding.........

Well, I was really hoping for a test cruise this weekend but it looks like my slave cylinder for the clutch is bad. I've got a new one on the way; in the meantime I finished up the exhaust and got the driveshaft installed. It sounds really good; so close to driving!

progress is progress.. it is coming together should be fun to drive

nice exhaust work falcon

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This is one of those "stressful" times... so close to going down and out the driveway under power... a million thoughts go through your head about all the things that could happen..

Here's hoping your first ride goes smooth and relatively quiet and free of any problem(s).