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  1. stanger53

    Best solvent for parts washer?

    Painters usually refer to a "cheap" laquer thinner for cleaning their paint guns, not for mixing with paint. This is mineral spirits. I buy mine at Lowes in 5gal cans for about $30-$33. It evaporates cleanly, until you get it heavily contaminated. The flash point isn't too high on it, just be...
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    Best solvent for parts washer?

    Check to see what kind of solvent your parts washer is designed for. Some are made to use a water/soap/degreaser fluid and using a petroleum solvent may cause a problem with the pump. Brake Kleen is too "hot" for a parts washer, and will evaporate too quickly. Some types of brake cleaner are...
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    Power Disk as Touchy as Power Drum

    Is your car a 1967, or maybe has had the booster replaced with a 1967 unit? Ford had a problem with the power boosters on the 1967 Mustang, about them being really sensitive. They had a recall, called a "campaign" back then, on these. When I worked at a dealership they still had about a...
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    ?power steering from a 68 on to a 69

    No difference. Starting with the 1967 Mustang, the steering linkages in each year are the same whether the car is 6-cylinder or V8, big block or small block.
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    67 Fastback PS to MS

    The PS pitman arm just has a tapered hole on one end to go onto the ball stud of the control valve. The MS pitman arm has a tapered swivel stud on it like a tie rod, that fits into a tapered hole in the end of the MS centerlink. Completely different hookups, so you will have to change the...
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    ?power steering from a 68 on to a 69

    Except for some of the engine brackets being different from the 302 to the 351, it will work. The centerlink, where the idler arm connects, is straight on the 67/68 and dips a little bit on the 69. Other than that, they are the same and will interchange because the geometry only varies this...
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    69' Mustang power steering swap??

    The 1967-1969 Mustang and Cougar use the same power linkage system, regardless of engine size. There us a slight difference in a crook of the idler arm end of the centerlink between 1967-1968 and the 1969, but it doesn't affect anything. There will be a difference in the pressure hose between...
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    Car Security- Inline Check Valve

    The best idea is not to use the LineLok to keep the brakes on while you have the car parked, but to fix it so it actuates the first time the thief uses the brakes when he is stealing it. That way, the first time the thief stops the car at the street or in traffic, the brakes don't release...
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    '68 Power steering problems

    Although it is hard to diagnose over the internet, it sounds like a typical control valve problem. It is still strange that you would have the same problem with so many different valves, but maybe there was a bad run of them built. I hope you get a good one. If the last new valve doesn't work...
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    '68 Power steering problems

    Well, I think your problem is the new repro control valve. I have seen this problem with the new valves before, although it is usually the Flaming River valves than the SSBC valves. They are built too tight and the valves inside do not move smoothly like they should. The SSBC valves also had a...
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    '68 Power steering problems

    When you are turning the wheels, the system shutters and shakes, but doesn't move by itself, right? That wouldn't be the crossed hoses problem. When I have heard about this before it was always a control valve problem, but it is hard to believe that three different valves all cause the same...
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    '68 Power steering problems

    Did you replace all those items in an attempt to fix the shaking problem, or did the shaking develope sometime during all this?
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    cylinder head question

    From what I remember in my Ford parts department days, the 351 PI engine was basically a stock passenger car engine except it came with a hotter camshaft. I don't remember the specs on it, but it had higher lift than the standard 351W can, but the timing events were fairly close to stock so the...
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    1968 control valve removal question

    The ball stud fits into the pitman arm with a tapered fit. Loosening the nut doesn't loosen the stud from the arm. You will need a puller to pop the stud out of the arm. Do not use a pickle fork. This will usually pull the ball stud out of the sleeve and bushing it sets in. You may be...
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    Hot Rod radiator and fan combo

    I went to an electric fan/shroud combination, but more for clearance for a blower drive than anything else. I fabricated my own system using a stock fan shroud as the fan mounting piece and went from there. Much cheaper, too. http://www.stangerssite.com/fan_1.html
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    power steering cylinder

    This should help http://www.stangerssite.com/PC_IDchart.html
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    Steering issues

    The steering box is the usual suspect if the rest of the linkage is new and/or tight.
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    Steering issues

    The ball stud sits in a pair of cupped seats under spring tension, so it will twist in those seats, but not freely or by hand. Not unless it is worn badly or something is wrong. You could put a nut on the ball stud and turn it with a wrench, but you shouldn't be able to turn it by hand.
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    Eliminating Power Steering

    If your 1966 Mustang has V8 steering linkage on it, all you need to change is the centerlink. The idler arm and pitman arm are the same between manual and power steering.
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    6 cyl or 8 cyl steering components.

    I guess you are talking about a 1965/1966 model Mustang???? The stress cracks wouldn't be caused by installing a V8 engine. The frame and body are the same between 6 and 8, so something else caused that problem. If the inner tie rods bolt to the pitman arm and idler arm, it is a 6cyl...
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