Down and dirty


Things that turn

I did some maintenance work on the carburetor, distributor, fixed a bunch of cables and moved the fuse box. Not much work went into the engine (yet).

Carburetor

d The way the carburetor looked when I got the 'stang.
d After opening it, it was clear that a cleaning is due.
d My two barrels.
d Choke assembly.
d Cleaned and reassembled.
d Cleaned and reassembled..
d Cleaned and reassembled.
d Re-installed.

Distributor

d Cleaned the distributor assembly. I also replaced the vacuum advance unit and the points of course. I will switch to point-less ignition soon.
d I also got new spark plugs, new plug wires, distributor cap and rotor.

Engine

d Besides an oil change and adjusting the valve play, I did not do much with the engine so far.

Electrical

d The original fuse box was in bad shape. Some wires were almost blank and the contacts were rusted. It is positioned pretty badly, especially if you have a leaking cowl.
d I decided to install a new fuse box with flat fuses and move it to the engine compartment at the same time.
d The new fuse box installed at the engine firewall, passenger side. Next to it is my main switch.