Mustang5l5's Progress Thread - Archived Progress thread '08-'20.

[Mustang5L5]

So two more years of not driving his car? lol.

Yeah definitely not. I'm thinking partial wire tuck, replace cruddy brake lines and vac hoses, clean up and/or reloom existing wire, and give it a respray just to make it look nice. Pretty much a quick resto.

Filling holes and shaving the bay is not in the cards. I would like the car to at least move on it's own power in 2020. It's not a show car...but i just needed to freshen things up.

Just a reminder as to what I started with.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Another tool arrived today for the next step.

I like how this one seals the dist hole. I can leave it in place and circulate some oil once in a while while the engine sits

 

[Mustang5L5]

My dist is currently in pieces. Trying to decide my plan for that. SO having something to block the hole is a bonus, but wasn't my intention for buying that particular tool. It was the cheapest on Amazon prime




Here's my plan for the next couple weeks. Let me know if this does or doesn't make sense.

1. Set lifter preload and lock everything down
2. Dump some oil in the pan, prime the system and check pressure and that all 16 lifters are sending oil up properly
3. Get everything nice and lubed and bolt the stock valve covers on to keep everything clean
4. work on test fitting the upper manifold (hardware, gaskets, brackets, paint, etc)

At that point, the main engine is done. I bought a stand from Stumpy's Fab works that will allow me to set the engine down on the ground and bolt the trans on https://www.stumpysfabworks.com/

Only two major items left to buy are below. These can be purchased at any time since they can be installed later.

• Valve covers (I think I know what style i'm going to)
• Headers (or wrap my current headers)

At that point my plan is:

1. Install new rear main seal and sleeve on crank
2. Reinstall flywheel, clutch, pressure plate. New ARP hardware
3. clean/paint bellhousing and reinstall
4. check bellhousing index (because It easy to check at this point)
5. install starter
6. Install transmission

Goes without saying that everything above will be cleaned/painted as needed. my 5-spd conversion really only has about 1-1.5k miles on it since install. Flywheel and clutch look to be in great shape so they will be going back in.

And then i'm done. Engine/trans will get shoved in the corner as one unit until ready to be put in. Seems like an easy list, but trying not to rush so that i don't make any stupid mistakes not that there is much to do involving measuring and checking specs....already done most of that.

ANd then it's on to working on the engine bay, fixing my frame rails, painting the bay, and installing the k-member. As much as i had fun doing the engine, i wouldn't mind changing gears and working on the car.

And, reinstalling the A/C with R-12 is also on the agenda.

At this rate, I hope the car is driving by the fall

 

[Mustang5L5]

Did some stuff tonight.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Pass side valve cover doesn’t fit. Not even close with the baffle removed.

So I ordered my valve covers. Should be here next week along with fresh gaskets.

Also measured and ordered some hardware for bolting the intake on as well as the other brackets and such.

Priming the engine after setting preload was no big deal. All 16 valves began to ooze oil after 10-15 seconds. I had one valve with a very strong stream. Reset preload on that one and the second time it was more in line with the other 15. Interesting.

I’ll wait til engine is in car to bolt on all the brackets. They need to come off anyway. Next up is to put engine down and work on RMS/flywheel/clutch/bellhousing and bolt trans on

 

[BlakeusMaximus]

Pass side valve cover doesn’t fit. Not even close with the baffle removed.

So I ordered my valve covers. Should be here next week along with fresh gaskets.

Also measured and ordered some hardware for bolting the intake on as well as the other brackets and such.

Priming the engine after setting preload was no big deal. All 16 valves began to ooze oil after 10-15 seconds. I had one valve with a very strong stream. Reset preload on that one and the second time it was more in line with the other 15. Interesting.

I’ll wait til engine is in car to bolt on all the brackets. They need to come off anyway. Next up is to put engine down and work on RMS/flywheel/clutch/bellhousing and bolt trans on

What valve covers did you decide on?

 

[a91what]

Are you married to the distributor? willing to do coil packs?

 

[stanglx2002]

Are you willing to update the Bolt Reference Thread with the ARP bolt part numbers from McMaster for the rest of us? I am refreshing my engine for the red mustang, and will be replacing some of the hardware as well.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Are you married to the distributor? willing to do coil packs?

I was all hung ho on going DIS, but I ended up changing my mind. Sold off all my EDIS and coil packs on eBay. Going to stay simple.

Still going MS but sticking with tfi.

 

[a91what]

NOT edis... with your skills and available tools we can turn the distributor onto a dual sync very easily using the pip that is already in it.. or very cleanly with a 94-95 unit. Then coil packs of your choice with a built in igniter... there are some very good VW coils that will do the job or even do individual cnp with ls coils. just saying options are there

 

[Mustang5L5]

oh I had the LSx coil packs and some VW units as well. Ended up liquidating them all. Maybe I’ll change my mind but for now I just want to stick with the dist.

 

[sd331]

no oil separator between the pcv and intake?

 

[90sickfox]

I still have my EDIS stuff. Might come in handy in the future.

 

[Mustang5L5]

no oil separator between the pcv and intake?

Haven’t gotten to it yet...that’s way down the road when engine is going back in

 

[Mustang5L5]

What valve covers did you decide on?

You’ll have to wait and see.

Here’s a hint. Nothing crZy or unexpected

 

[Mustang5L5]

Are you willing to update the Bolt Reference Thread with the ARP bolt part numbers from McMaster for the rest of us? I am refreshing my engine for the red mustang, and will be replacing some of the hardware as well.

I can try. Problem is my invoices are all jumbled up so I don’t know what bolts went where. Since they are installed I can’t remove to measure.

I’ll givr it a shot though

 

[Mustang5L5]

THis is about that time of year I post about it being -5 out and 24” of snow on the ground.

Not today. No snow anywhere, sunny and 70

 

[95BlueStallion]

It’s 70 in MA?

 

[02 281 GT]

THis is about that time of year I post about it being -5 out and 24” of snow on the ground.

Not today. No snow anywhere, sunny and 70

It snowed in Texas yesterday. Maybe 2” tops, but still.

 

[Mustang5L5]

It’s 70 in MA?

Yup. Yesterday and today.

Supposed to drop to 29 tonight and be high of 35 tomorrow