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Finally finished up (for now) the radio work. Sadly, I don't think this radio will last the year due to the unreliability. It definitely needs a rebuild to some extent to make it work well. I do want...

The diesel stuff should have enough ZDDP to keep a flat tappet happy. The SBC guy I knows runs nothing but Chevron Delo SynBlend 10W-30 in his stuff. I've used Shell Rotella 15W-40 in a '56 Chevy 283...

That engine looks mean. Should look great once its in the car!

I've never ground/modified the brackets on any of the cars I've done installs on.

You shouldn't need to swap the bracket, plus the Mustang has it on the wrong side of the engine. The 3G and 6G alternators will go right into our brackets with essentially no fuss. I've heard some...

My '87 had a loping/hunting idle when it was cold and in gear after I installed E7 heads, HO intake, and HO throttle body that was paired with a LoPo camshaft and ECU. Seemed the extra air flow...

I’ve snatched the liner out of a ‘90-‘91 twice now. It’s fairly straight forward, and there’s no need to remove the fender. Essentially there’s some bolts towards the radiator support, all the...

I never found the 85 MPH units to be particularly accurate, whether cable or electrically driven. I've used both between my cars, and the error margin increased past 55 MPH it seemed. Using the...

Nick is the one who introduced me to that little extra.

So the $5 radio has spawned a series of minor interior repairs I've been putting off. Firstly, I ordered replacement speakers to standardize my lineup. Gone are the cheapie Dual brand front door...

I actually do have the full set of hubcaps for the car, they're just in trunk at the moment. I popped them off for the time being since 1.) the valve stems are too short to clear the hole in the...

Finally had some time to start addressing what the body is going need in terms of repair. My minor rust inspection comment a while back was quite wrong. Nothing structurally has rotted, doors and...

Goes right on, no mods needed.

No vinyl roof by the looks of it either. Odd question if you recall: Did it have a air deflector on the lower radiator support?

I've met some odd option Boxes in the yard, but they've been few and...

So I'll hold off on disassembling this radio until I can get my hands onto a spare unit (probably an Electronic w/Tape) since this one does work, if not perfectly currently.

I did get it fitted...

Definitely a bit tone mismatched on the seats. I’ve got Lincoln seats in my ‘87, but they’re closer to the proper interior color, but I also have the same mismatch on the bottom cushion for the rear...

Okay, I wasn't sure if I didn't setup my input wires right, which is why I was considering maybe there was signal bleed from where the wire pairs leave their shields. I guess I can always just tune...

So I grabbed a spare speaker and hooked it up to the LF +\- inputs. The radio does work, but it’s not particularly healthy. Moving the volume knob cause the sound to get tinny or drop out until you...

Hrm, well without having tried to wire it to a speaker output, I don't know if it plays and just has a dead display, so I might test that. I'd really like to make this thing go simply because its...

I added a ground wire where the bracket attaches to the case on that nut. I'll probably need to clean that surface real good since it looks meh.

I used your wiring setup:
on the power connector...

Little update: I tried wiring up the power to the radio... and nothing besides illumination. I used the adapter connector from the other radio and just spliced it on, so I had 12v constant, 12v...

sigh

I had been under the dash the other day and noticed a radio connector chilling out near the ash tray, and I kept thinking, "Nah, it's gotta be the one being used for the radio power".
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From what I’ve read, all the small sixes have the cast intake with the head, but one could have the old intake milled off so the head could accept a traditional bolt-on intake. If everything works...

Thread revival! I work at the speed of slow.


Belonged to the guy who's property we originally stored the car on. Truck was totally rotten from sitting, it was parted out, but did spend time at...

eBay Audio Jack

They make different variations, but I haven’t found many that are very substantial looking, but I assume if it works properly, and if you want to hide it, appearance doesn’t matter...