Progress Thread Pete is checking out these valve covers

nickyb · Dec 21, 2020

nickyb said:
Did you try and bleed the air out with one of those no spill funnels? I got one on Amazon last year,I believe it's a lisle.you just book up the adapters and funnel till system and let her rip,when the tstat opens nothing spills.

Get this pete.

Potomus Pete · Dec 22, 2020

nickyb said:
Get this pete.

Just ordered it. Be here tomorrow from Amazon . Looks good and will go in my closet full of special car crap.

nickyb · Dec 22, 2020

When that closet becomes a garage you know you've made it. I know it's a pain in the as s when the gauges are telling you somethings wrong when it isn't , but you got this.

Potomus Pete · Dec 23, 2020

Amazon sent the funnel set next day. Seals tight and works good for sixteen bucks. I believe its fixed it took lots of fooling around I dont know whats going on. Never had this much air in the system. Florida sunrise at six thirty am on my way to Ft. Myers

nickyb · Dec 23, 2020

Well I'm glad I told you twice.Pete that's the same one I got , it gets the air out for sure.

Potomus Pete · Dec 24, 2020

Next issue at hand is more salt and pepper shaker problems. Before I cleaned them if you touched them a certain way the car would just shut off. Well, now when I get in to start it occasionally wont go, and after reading they can cause wandering idle. I am going to delete them with extra wire and solder. Its not my specialty at all. I have never soldered in my life, but all kinds of things on this car would have been impossible years ago.

General karthief · Dec 24, 2020

Think about replacing them with something like a weatherpack connector. I would want a way of disconnecting the harness.
Just my thoughts

Rdub6 · Dec 24, 2020

I agree with the General. If you ever need to pull the motor, you'll have to take wire cutters to them again, and resolder it all!

General karthief · Dec 24, 2020

Well you wouldn't have too but it sure does make life easier, you would have to zip tie the whole thing outta the way, that would be a pain.

General karthief · Dec 24, 2020

https://connectorexperts.com/images/F200343938.jpg

It's kinda pricey but it's just an example.

HemiRick · Dec 24, 2020

Rdub6 said:
I agree with the General. If you ever need to pull the motor, you'll have to take wire cutters to them again, and resolder it all!

Not true at all they can just flip up on the cowl....I just had mine apart and did this very thing w the wires

Potomus Pete · Dec 24, 2020

I did see a 15 wire connector on the web. I doubt I will be pulling the engine any time soon. Its way beyond my level of expertise. But never say never. It does make sense to hard wire them. First I am going to get rid of the re call set and just make one set. Two sets of shakers is twice as much chance of problems. Maybe the re call ones are the problem. They seem more flimsey than original. I trust in HemiRick of coarse with the hardwire idea. Actually I was reading a Ford online magazine and they strongly recommended it.

Rdub6 · Dec 24, 2020

HemiRick said:
Not true at all they can just flip up on the cowl....I just had mine apart and did this very thing w the wires

True........didn’t thinking of removing the entire harness and doing that.
My short term patience would just cut the wires.... lol

Potomus Pete · Dec 24, 2020

Just went out to get my wife a few things and see how this car runs- It runs smooth and fast. Still shows hot although it doesnt seem hot. No smells or pinging it stays at the same temp and never goes above where it is on the gauge. I replaced both temp gauges but this one was the culprit of the change. Just put about ten miles on it havnt done that in a few months. Merry Christmas to all pretty soon off to my bi-yearly church visit.

HemiRick · Dec 24, 2020

Sounds like you need a $15 infrared temp gun. Great for diagnosing heat related problems.
https://www.amazon.com/Thermometer-...&sprefix=infared+heat+gun,aps,178&sr=8-21/URL

Steel1 · Dec 24, 2020

Well for that price I just ordered one .. lol

Cheapskate207 · Dec 24, 2020

You might want to look into getting a auxiliary coolant temp gauge. The stock one notoriously sucks.

why’d you switch the temp sender to begin with? If the old one is good you could reinstall it and see what it reads.

Potomus Pete · Dec 24, 2020

The old one broke in two. Just fell apart ; I took it off by mistake long stupid story. I may get one if its one wire and not that expensive

General karthief · Dec 24, 2020

Yo, Pete, I'm confused (should not surprise anyone here), you talk about the reading on your temp gauge after you changed a broken temp sensor, you show a pic of the ect sensor, it has two wires and is mounted to the heater tubes, it communicates with the computer not the temp gauge. The temp sender communicates with the gauge and has one wire.
Which one did you change?

General karthief · Dec 24, 2020

Oh and BTW, if you have the extension on the ten pin connectors I would take it out and try the single black and white connectors first.
Now the idea of eliminating them altogether is a good idea, I'm just say'n I would put a connector in there, that's just me.

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