1985 CV - A Canadian 2bbl 302

[DerekTheGreat]

Coughcough3GSWAPcoughcough

[SeanP]

Coughcough3GSWAPcoughcough

Dammit! Now I have something else I need to add to my list... and I thought my days of screwing with the wiring were long over

In all seriousness though, wont adjusting my idle up a bit take care of some of this? I realize it's a Band-Aid solution of course, but in theory...

[DerekTheGreat]

Well, yeah but where is it at? I have some really old analog thing that my buddy was going to throw away that I use for that sort of thing. If it's running where Ford says it should then well, it's 3G time! That or just go junk yarding or to the parts store for boring stock parts. I'm not sure if 1985 is 1G or 2G but the conversion details are there in the sticky. If my incompetent ass can do it, you can too!

Edit: Could be that all the connections are nasty. With every heap we get we go through and clean all the connections under the hood up. If you've got those crummy $3 battery terminals those gotta go.

[SeanP]

Well, yeah but where is it at? I have some really old analog thing that my buddy was going to throw away that I use for that sort of thing. If it's running where Ford says it should then well, it's 3G time! That or just go junk yarding or to the parts store for boring stock parts. I'm not sure if 1985 is 1G or 2G but the conversion details are there in the sticky. If my incompetent ass can do it, you can too!

Edit: Could be that all the connections are nasty. With every heap we get we go through and clean all the connections under the hood up. If you've got those crummy $3 battery terminals those gotta go.

My Battery terminals are covered in a nice layer of corrosion... probably could use a cleaning now that you mention it. All of the connections to my alternator have been cleaned, same with the connections where the battery cable connects to all those other cables on the passenger side wheel well (some of the wiring has been replaced too!). My regulator is brand new, as well as a brand new connector which I spliced in (admittedly I crimped it in... I'll solder it in one day). So I think I have my connectors covered once I clean the battery terminals.

I'll do that and report back. Gonna poke around under the hood sometime this week.

I'm not 100% sure where my idle is to be honest... it sounds pretty good, but I'm not a tachometer so I could be off...

[SeanP]

I've posted new pics in the POTM poll.

Here's a couple of my favs:

[DerekTheGreat]

Fix those black eyes! LoL. makes me miss my '85.

[SeanP]

Fix those black eyes! LoL. makes me miss my '85.

Haha, I know, right?

[Hearsesrock427]

Oh man, I love that sunset shot. Looks like something you'd see in a still image or a commercial. URGH! Stop making me want to buy a pre '88 LTD CV..... there's a black one with red stripes less than 15 minutes from here. It's an incomplete 351W swap. Could probably just buy as a roller for chump change and swap in Exploder 302 + Jmodded 4R70W.

[DerekTheGreat]

Never buy someone else's project/hobby my friend.

[Hearsesrock427]

Never buy someone else's project/hobby my friend.

Yeah.... it's more of a last-ditch project option than anything else. There's a bunch of other and better cars to look at first.

[SeanP]

Oh man, I love that sunset shot. Looks like something you'd see in a still image or a commercial.

Haha, thanks. I just like it because it gives it a slight backlighting so you can't see the rusty spots.

In a little over a week my uncle is going to give me some tips on how to go about fixing the rust spots. He's a former licensed body mechanic. His skills are so good they should have been included as a line in Napoleon Dynamite.

[DerekTheGreat]

"Your mom goes to college..."

"Girls only like guys with good skills!"

[SeanP]

The old girl's going away for the winter today, so I took her on my commute to work. I'll get a good 1.5 hours of driving time today. Too bad it's windy as hell and spitting down drizzle.

Parenthetically, my co-worker drives a 1991 MGM when there's no snow. I took some buddy shots of the two parked next to each other.



Over the winter I'll clean up some of the trim, maybe do some of that body work and save up $$$ for a new exhaust.

[DerekTheGreat]

Fix those black eyes while you're at it!

[SeanP]

Yes yes. Got it.