Hi Mark, Really like your channel and you and Andy are real 'Craftsmen' and I wanted to give you a little advice, I've owned 5 of these early Mustangs, and before you wrap it up, you might want to take off the cowl panel and see what condition the area below it is in. These cars only Fresh air intake and ventilation is there and it is no more than a 1" piece of sheet metal and there wasn't very good drainage here at times ( like a lot of leaves and other debris and those 1" up cones are very prone to rust. It can be fixed much easier with the welder and once the cowl is off you can get to it. If I'm not wrong these cars were made out of 18 gauge sheet metal, the chassis might be 16 gauge, but the body has lighter gauge sheet metal. Great videos, Good luck !
Hi Mark I have an enquiry about the harmonic balance bolt and torque procedure, I thourght you would utilise putting pressure on the 2 bolts with the rod, not the ratchet, wouldn't the rod pressing down on the shaft give a false reading as opposed to having no pressure on it
When I first had the idea, using both bolts was my intention. But when it spun around and contacted the floor and stopped, I just used the leverage as it was resting on the ratchet. You are correct, looking back, I should have spun it a little more and used the bolts. I don’t think the torque reading would have been off very far since the ratchet is so smooth and would have little resistance, but yes it could have affected it.
Certainly admired the skill of grinding the "booger".😉
Hi Mark, Really like your channel and you and Andy are real 'Craftsmen' and I wanted to give you a little advice, I've owned 5 of these early Mustangs, and before you wrap it up, you might want to take off the cowl panel and see what condition the area below it is in. These cars only Fresh air intake and ventilation is there and it is no more than a 1" piece of sheet metal and there wasn't very good drainage here at times ( like a lot of leaves and other debris and those 1" up cones are very prone to rust. It can be fixed much easier with the welder and once the cowl is off you can get to it. If I'm not wrong these cars were made out of 18 gauge sheet metal, the chassis might be 16 gauge, but the body has lighter gauge sheet metal. Great videos, Good luck !
Thank you James, that is good advice. Thanks for watching our channel.
Hi Mark I have an enquiry about the harmonic balance bolt and torque procedure, I thourght you would utilise putting pressure on the 2 bolts with the rod, not the ratchet, wouldn't the rod pressing down on the shaft give a false reading as opposed to having no pressure on it
When I first had the idea, using both bolts was my intention. But when it spun around and contacted the floor and stopped, I just used the leverage as it was resting on the ratchet. You are correct, looking back, I should have spun it a little more and used the bolts. I don’t think the torque reading would have been off very far since the ratchet is so smooth and would have little resistance, but yes it could have affected it.