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Went to Spring Fling on Saturday and actually found some parts I needed. Well, I bought the ECU as a spare, but only noticed later it's a 5-pin. Came with the plug/ wiring, which is not bad to have as a spare as well. The A/C bracket supposedly only works with power steering and a shorty Sanden...

I started on prepping a better deck lid for paint, but I didn't take photos of that yet. Last night I started refinishing the letters though. In this photo the chrome looks a lot worse than it actually is. First time using an eyedropper instead of spraying or brushing. Not bad, cleaned the...

So that cut I did on the transmission oil pan was apparently too much and it was leaking from there. So I can't really recommend that pan for an early, cable shifted A904. Anyways, I got the neutral safety switch out and the gasket had barely any rubber left on it. Instead there was more bathtub...

No, and I'm not sure if there's a spacer for the cable shifted A904s with the "2-hole" filters.

I worked on quite a few things on the Barracuda. This was one of my favorites - only one of the three bulbs in the gauge cluster was working, which meant you couldn't really read any of the gauges. I took the cluster out, cleaned everything and changed the (LED) bulbs, but that only fixed the...

The transmission was still leaking, so I got this newer style of pan and gasket: I don't think I need the extra capacity, I just wanted a pan that's not 60 years old and bent. The drain plug is a big plus too. Transmission Pan Gasket Unfortunately on a cable shifted early A904 it...

Thanks! I tried that, but in the upper hole it wouldn't start and in the lower hole it didn't really make much difference. I ended up using some carb cleaner and then adjusted idle, timing and idle mixture and the stumble is gone. Also adjusted the choke and fast idle and now it starts really well.

So now that the car is running great, I immediately disassembled the interior to put in some sound deadener. After I pulled the carpet I discovered some surface rust and suddenly this became a much larger project. I wirewheeled the floor, which appears to be relatively thin (but no holes), so...

It's been a while. I think since my last post I replaced the intake gasket twice, but finally I'm getting somewhere. I've actually been driving the car quite a bit. There was a coolant leak at the intake and it's possible that that came from the heat crossover block-off plates that I made, but I...

I realized how much this thread is also a diary for the car and I can go back and see when I did what. I took no photos today, but got a few things done. One of the rear shocks had a regular washer against the rubber and not a cup washer. I bought a kit with nuts a while ago, so I put them on...

One more thing I noticed that could explain my startup oil pressure issue: I was using a Wix 51515 and before that a STP S8A and after some research I found out that the 51515 doesn't have a standpipe. Don't know about the STP. Both have a anti-drainback valve, which I thought was the same as...

It was a Lunati Micro-Trol lifter and that's what I ordered to replace it. No, I didn't clean them. They're made in USA and someone here on FABO recommended them. They have these snap rings instead of a wire. I bought some cheap Harbor Freight snap ring pliers, but those are too flimsy to get...

Merry Christmas and thanks for all your help! Aside from the valve train noise the engine runs pretty good, so I hope it's gonna be that bad. I marked the dipstick in mid-October, so since then it should have been close to ok, maybe a touch overfull. Who knows how long the previous owner drove...

So I measured my dipstick and compared it to some correct dimensions I found here on FABO. I'm a visual person and I use CAD for work on a daily basis, so here you go. Roughly, when my dipstick showed full, it was really at the bottom of the safe area. 1/2" off, which equals a quart. My new...

Sooooooooooooo... Long story short: I took off the intake AGAIN... Here's why: I finished cleaning up the valve tips, put it all back together and fired her up. Same, if not worse clacking. Oil pressure took longer than before to build up. At some point I had not been super confident on the...

One side of valves smoothed. Tried files, but in the end 150 grit sandpaper worked much better. Cleaned it up with 600 grit. Also smoothed the new rockers (left before, right after): I won't have a lot of time tomorrow, but I hope I can get the other side done and install the rockers...

So I cleaned and inspected the old and the "new" rocker arms and shafts. The old shaft had some heavy wear around the oil holes: A lot of the old rockers had this pointy raised spot on the surface that contacts the shaft: I wonder if that caused the damage by the oil holes, but a few...

Yes, I went and got the rockers! Thank you for the tip! The shafts are nice and clean. Interestingly all of the rockers have different markings -at least the ones in the top row come in pairs (same number LT/RT). I will clean them all up and take the best ones of both sets to make one nice and...

I will also double check if the bad lifters coincide with the worn rockers.

So I think the rockers are in the right place, they are just a mix of different manufacturers. As far as I can tell the rockers have some wear - I just can't tell if that's enough to cause the tick?! And how do you clean up the tips of the valves? 800 sandpaper and taping everything off, so no...

So, off with the heads and new valves and rockers? I'm not super opposed to do that, but if the problem still persists, I'd be super frustrated. I have these '67 273 closed chamber heads (920) that will need some work and everything new, but I think they would be great on this engine.

Also looked at the rockers. Notches are both on the left here. As far as I figured out, you want to go LT RT LT RT LT RT, correct? This appears to be a mixed set?! All the ones marked RT were on the passenger side and all the ones market LT were on the drivers side. And then there are some that...

Took the rocker arms off again. There was oil on them, so getting oil there should not be an issue. The orientation was correct. Noticed a little nick on one of the rockers and there's definitely some wear on top of the valve stems. How bad is that? Also pulled two of the lifters out of their...

@junkyardhero : what's the gauge say PSI wise on a cold start? > goes up to 60 pretty quickly (pretty much like the video on top of the page) did you ever fix that exhaust leak? > nope, but the tick is worse now, so I doubt the exhaust leak got worse i'm sure that we've discussed it and...

Well, so there was still some ticking on cold start. I had checked the pushrods and they weren't super obviously bent, but rolling them on a piece of glass you could hear some wobbling. First I deemed them to probably be ok, but ended up getting stock replacements that I installed today. And now...

I think @mygasser was possibly worried about cutting myself on the sharp edges sticking out?! I might still modify it, but I've had a heater hose blow in this car on the way from L.A. to San Francisco once and now I know that they don't like sharp edges... The bracket is supposed to help the...

It's all back together and I fired her up tonight. There's still some ticking, but that could be an exhaust leak. I had changed the outer bolts to studs while the coolant was drained and didn't change the gasket. There also seems to be some noise coming from the fan belt. I might just take the...

I did go in there with a borescope. It's all clean now, but I wasted so much time with that. Currently just waiting for another 90 degree for the heater hose and I still need to re-connect the throttle and kickdown cables. And the fuel line. Probably something else. I'm an independent contractor...

This was probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done... :BangHead: I set down the intake on the block and forgot to take out the paper towels that I put in there to cover the lifter valley. I remembered once I had started putting the bolts in. I was able to get the first one out through...

So I guess this is a collapsed lifter?! Just using a pushrod (which I guess is magnetic) and not pushing down, but pulling up: I had a few like that of the old ones. Heat crossover blocked off. I heard metal from a beer can will burn through, so I used the bottom of a coffee can that...