What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. allen nicely

    allen nicely Member

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    I have a 71&74 maverick
    actually i am getting ready to pull the engine out of the little gray mav and put in the new 200 six i bought last week and i need to know how to do the valve adjustments on it, such as which timing marks to be on for which valves and torque specs would be a great help
     
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  2. TrotMaverick

    TrotMaverick Tyler Trotter

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    On my way to pull off my air cleaner and get it all sanded and prepped to paint...woo!
     
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  3. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    my bad...the part i thought was wrong was right...:slap:

    now I have 2 right parts...:thumbs2:

    one installed today and one installing tomorrow...:yup:
     
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  4. rthomas771

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    1. Crank the engine until the TDC mark on the crankshaft damper is aligned with timing pointer on the cylinder front cover.
    2. Scribe a mark on the damper at this point.
    3. Scribe two more marks on the damper, each equally spaced from the first mark.
    4. With the engine on TDC of the compression stroke (mark A aligned with the pointer), back off the rocker arm adjusting nut until there is end-play in the pushrod. Tighten the adjusting nut until all clearance is removed, then tighten the adjusting nut one additional turn. To determine when all clearance is removed from the rocker arm, turn the pushrod with the fingers. When the pushrod can no longer be turned, all clearance has been removed.
    5. Repeat this procedure for each valve, turning the crankshaft 1/3 turn to the next mark each time and following the engine firing order of 1-5-3-6-2-4.
     
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  5. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Jeff came down and gave me a hand with my car. he let me drive his car on the way back from lunch...:drive:

    (after he had wrecked it on the way to lunch)...:yup:
     
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  6. mojo

    mojo "Everett"- Senior Citizen Supporting Member

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    What do u mean "wrecked it on the way"?

    I did nothing to the car. I worked on cleaning and organizing of the cars resting place "the garage".
     
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  7. rthomas771

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    I didn't have a wreck...Bambi did. I had the right of way. I pay highway taxes and can drive on what ever side of the road I want to and I can clean out ditches without a permit too!! :D http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=81234
     
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  8. Jsarnold

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    Its ALIVE!!

    Fired the 347 today. Just for a few minutes, but it sounds MEAN! Idle isn't as smooth as I wanted. May have to put a higher stall converter in it. Still need to take it back to the builder for a distributor swap. The Pertronix distributor that was ordered with the engine had a high RPM miss. Brought the engine home with a borrowed Mallory distributor. When the replacement Pertronix is in, the car will go back to Charlotte for the swap and final tune. I'm hoping he can smooth the idle some with the timing curve. Any hope for that?

    Would have fired it yesterday but there was a coolant leak at the thermostat housing due to a misfit gasket. Replaced that gasket this morning, fired it briefly, then took the wife to see "Moneyball". Very good movie.

    Tomorrow I'll top off the fluids and check for leaks. If no leaks, I may have to take a little test drive BEFORE the hood, front bumper and grill go on. :drive:
     
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    installed my cam position sensor.
     
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  10. cyclonewill

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    Drug the 'other' 72 out of the weeds, onto flat ground so the 4 lug rear can be swapped for the 5 lug, so I can get it rolling. 3/4 ton Ford work van didn't know it had a car with 4 flats hooked to it :D
     
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  11. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    That's Awesome, I can't wait to see it a silver springs....
     
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    Jsarnold Senior Member

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    See ya there. :drive:
     
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  13. predfan2001

    predfan2001 David in Tn

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    Replaced the trunk

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  14. mav1970

    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    I did nothing on the car today. I worked on the interior of the garage instead because I just can't stand the clutter anymore :cry:
     
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  15. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Fixed a trans leak, installed the hurst shifter... I need to adjust the cable its in reverse when the shifter is in park...
     
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