Newbe
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Forum Name: The Welcome Mat
Forum Description: New members, please post here and introduce yourselves
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Topic: Newbe
Posted By: Jedi
Subject: Newbe
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 1:08PM
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Hi Forum Members, My name is Jim and I hail from British Columbia, Canada Currently working on a 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429CJ Hope to gain some members knowledge on these cars Cheers Jim
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 1:47PM
welcome jim! post some pics when you get upgraded 
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 1:55PM
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Welcome aboard Jim! I have upgraded you so you have full privileges and can post pictures. We'd love to see that Cyclone it sounds great. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 5:36PM
| Welcome. Yes pics. |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 5:46PM
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I tried several times but no luck Jim
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 6:43PM
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did you view "how to post pics"? view the tutorial video i did there... thats for uploading from a computer but from a phone is similar ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 6:58PM
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Tried a few times with no luck, I did read through again Jim
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Posted By: kychevyguy
Date Posted: 12-February-2020 at 11:55PM
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Welcome to the forum. ------------- JT, USAF Ret./Architect 1971 Ford F100 "Lizzy" 1971 Cougar XR7 "Kitty" 1984 Chevy Silverado "Sylvia" 2009 Smart Fortwo Cabrio "Lil Dude" 2015 Volvo XC60 R-Design "Sven" |
Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 5:00AM
If you leave this box in reply, it won't work. Also, turn off screen rotation if on a droid phone.
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Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 5:25AM
| Thanks, but I don’t have that little box |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 5:28AM
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I’m getting a preview picture, but still can’t post Jim
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Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 6:37AM
| Below the oreview are you clicking OK? Once you do that then you should be able to post reply. It took me a while to figure it out. |
Posted By: JackC
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 12:26PM
| Welcome Jim! |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 3:34PM
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if you're seeing it but it don't post you must be missing a step??? ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 13-February-2020 at 3:41PM
I agree, maybe something to do with size |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 14-February-2020 at 9:56AM
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You uploaded the photo fine, I added it to your post. Nice Cyclone! Try watching the tutorial video we have in the how to post photos thread. If you see the preview of the photo, all you should have to do is click ok and it should post in the text box.
------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 14-February-2020 at 1:28PM
| Definitely nice. |
Posted By: Steve M.
Date Posted: 15-February-2020 at 12:43AM
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Very nice. Not too many left. ------------- Steve M. |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 16-February-2020 at 9:49AM
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Hi Forum Members, just came back on the site and see that my picture finally posted. Story on the car is it belongs to my Uncle from Vancouver, he bought the car brand new but it hasn’t been driven since 1989. I told him if he wanted I would come down from where I live pick the car up and bring it home. I’ve been puttering away on it for a couple of months and hopefully I might have it running this week. Cheers Jim
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Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 16-February-2020 at 10:27AM
| Make sure it manually turns over. That is a long time for exposed cylinder walls to be sitting without protection. Cracking a piston would suck. |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 16-February-2020 at 10:31AM
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I’ve had the heads off and rebuilt, the engine turns over quite nicely, I also installed new timing chain and gears For sure I’ll have my fingers crossed
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Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 16-February-2020 at 3:46PM
| Excellent. Keep on keepin on. |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 20-February-2020 at 4:39PM
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Udate I got the 429 CJ running today, started right up but wouldn’t idle down, I think a little adjustment on the carburetor will help, sounded great and had good oil pressure. I’ve got a small coolant leak on the water pump, hopefully not a real big fix, I dread the thoughts of having to pull the timing chain cover to fix this problem as the water pump is bolted to it. Overall quite happy with my progress for a car that hasn’t run in thirty years Jim
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Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 20-February-2020 at 5:00PM
| Why would you have to pull the timing chain cobec? |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 20-February-2020 at 5:29PM
| Apparently the aluminum timing chain covers can get corrosion on them and the water pump bolts to the cover. Hence the coolant leak is actually caused by the timing chain cover and not the water pump itself |
Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 21-February-2020 at 12:08AM
| Makes sense. Fingers crossed for ya. |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 21-February-2020 at 11:17AM
if you try to tighten or loosen the bolts and it don't feel right stop! sometimes the long bolts through the aluminum cover rust and corrode if any are you can heat the bolt up and burn out some corrosion so you don't snap a bolt off 
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 21-February-2020 at 1:51PM
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Hi There, I got some things sorted out today, engine runs good with no coolant leaks, super throttle response. It’s currently idling at about 1000 RPM, part of the problem is I have the timing set at about 20 BFTDC. Tomorrow I’ll bring the timing back to 10 degrees and check the PCV, hopefully I can get the idle down to about 700 RPM Starting to get excited about getting this old Cyclone out for a drive, hopefully in the next week or so Cheers Jim
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Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 28-February-2020 at 1:16PM
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Update, I took the Cyclone out for a shakedown cruise today, it ran pretty well with no issues, well except for one. It’s pretty loud though, I’ve ordered a new set of Proflow mufflers for it, should be here next week, right now it has an old set of burned out mufflers with no tailpipes. I guess the one small issue is the horn doesn’t work, it has one of those horn rings that you squeeze with your thumbs on the inside edge of the wheel itself. That can be a next winter project, maybe someone can chime in if they know anything about this type of horn button. Cheers Jim
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Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 29-February-2020 at 1:59AM
| Most likely the horn itself is the problem. Check the fuse then unplug the wire from the horn and hook it to a test light. |
Posted By: handsofstone
Date Posted: 29-February-2020 at 2:00AM
| Is the steering wheel cracked? |
Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 29-February-2020 at 4:23AM
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Will do, just having coffee, I’ll check that out when I get home Thanks Jim
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Posted By: Jedi
Date Posted: 01-March-2020 at 8:54AM
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The wheel does have some separation where the spoke joins the wheel, I suspect it probably doesn’t work. I have no power at the horns, didn’t check fuses, the horns don’t work as well. I ran power to the horns from the battery, with no results. I’ll worry about another time. Jim
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