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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Chasing an oil leak (or leaks)

A couple of weeks ago I installed a new oil pan hoping that it was the old multiple piece cork oil pan gasket that was causing the small oil puddles on the garage floor.  I should have known better.  It looks like that is not the issue (I hope) and there is something else going on that I have to chase down.  There is still a leak and I started to notice some clutch chatter so I need to figure this out pretty quickly before I am fixing a clutch (if not more).  Ugh.  There are all kinds of things that can cause this from intake gaskets to valve cover gaskets to oil pan gaskets to rear main oil seals (which I hope it is not).  I need to get this diagnosed.  If anyone has any thoughts feel free to say something in the comments.

The bellhousing is covered in oil as well as the transmission, but this could be cause of several things

Oil is collecting on the intake next to the valve covers on the drivers side

There is all kinds of oil over the fuel pump

The rear of the intake looks dirty, but not all that wet with standing oil.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Shotgun!

It's finally done, I re-upholstered my front seats:

All done and ready to go


I pulled the seats originally back in March when I started the stereo install.  There was a pretty nasty tear in the passenger side seats, so I got some new foam and upholstery from TMI.  CJ Pony Parts had a sale back in February, so I got them then.  Well March came, and April too, and I never found time to start the seats, so I put them back in the car because the weather was starting to get nice and I needed to drive the car.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Cobra Oil Pan Install

I took off work on Friday to do some work on the car.  Since my semester ended at school, I wanted to catch up on some of the winter spring projects that I haven't gotten to yet.  First order was installing the Cobra T Oil Pan I picked up from Tony D. Branda from my hometown of Altoona, PA.  I also picked up a new FelPro one-piece oil pan gasket that everyone raves about.  The pins that come with the gasket hold the gasket and the pan on the engine so you can bolt it in.

New 7.5q Oil Pan (stock image)

I followed the instructions from this Mustang Monthly article which made it look easy, but I had a hard time with this one.  The old oil pan was a deep from sump pan and I had to remove the brace, loosen the pitman arm, and remove the starter to get the old pan out.  Since the old pan was a deep sump, I needed to get a new Melling oil pickup from O'Reilly's to fit the new oil pan.