Went to Barry's U-Pull-It today to get a couple wiper transmissions for my daily driver 61 F100. There was a `66 there, so I got them out of it pretty quicly since the dash was already stripped (yeah, it was a Custom Cab). When I got done, my son and I just started walking around checking stuff out. We were almost ready to go when I spotted a `96 Mustang, someone had put a V8 in, originally a V6 car, I think. Anyway, as these cars are almost always stripped, I almost didnt look inside. Of course the heads were gone, shortblock still there. Then when I looked inside, I noticed the shifter stick It had one of those little short Pro 5.0 sticks in it, but I figured it was just bolted to a stock shifter assembly. I pulled the rubber boot off it, and man, it had a nearly brand new Pro 5.0 shifter in it. I had it out in about 3 minutes. I coudnt believe it, man that is a $200 shifter, and I got it for $15.00! I may go back and pull the trans tomorrow and pop the top to see if its any good. If it is, I can get it for $75. Awesome day at the boneyard. And I was getting ready to buy a new one too. In case anyone is wondering, the Pro 5.0 shifter is about the best aftermarket shifter you can buy for a T5 or a Tremec trans. I had one in the yellow car, and it was great.
Below is what it looks like, I'll get a pic of the one I bought later.
Heck, come to think of it, with all the other evidence of hot rod stuff on that car, I may go back and pull the cam and see if it is an aftermarket one, nice little roller for my F100 would be cool too.
Sounds like happy birthday to James!
James:
Talk about being in the right place at the right time and looking in the right spot. I looked up the price of the 5.0Pro shifter for my TKO in the Summit catalog, over $200. What a deal!!!
James, I think that good things happen to good people. Way to go.
Bob
57 AGIN
I'm hearing more and more about these 5.0 shifters. Does it just change to a shorter throw or what?
short throw, positive stops so you dont over engage third gear and bend the shift fork. See how it has the ring at the top with a bolt at the front and back? The stock shifter has a big rubber bushing there, feels a bit more loose because of the rubber biscuit the shifter sits in. Pro 5.0 doesn't have any of that. Because of that, it is a little more noisy, but the difference in feel far outweighs that issue.
James, I try to go through the local Pull a Part at least ever two weeks, you just never know what you are going to run across. I bought two old alum slots not to long ago for 22 bucks. They have a section just for pre 1973 vehicles.
I always look at the 60's and 70's ford trucks, always check to see if any have the "mirror 105" FE block. Most of those can take a 4.17 bore, or. 040 428 bore. Since I dont have room to store any more complete engines, and dont want to build any std. 360-390 motors, I'll take all the bare blocks I can get for $45.
I found something interesting in a salvage yard yesterday...I was looking at late 90's/early 0's Mustangs to try and figure out a few things on the steering column I'm putting in my '57...I got to looking at the windshield washer reservoir and I think it would be a great system for our '57's. The tank itself locates on the wheel side of the wheel well with only the filler neck extending into the engine bay. The neat thing about the unit is the washer pump is very small and plugs into the bottom of the reservoir. I'm going to go back today (bring some tools this time) and pull it..and maybe the tubing fittings and nozzels.I'll post some photos when I get it.
Rich
cool...I'm going back to see if that 5 speed is still there today..if it is, it will be mine.
Well, I got the trans, it is indeed a V8 trans, 95 model, so is one of the better ones, should live behind one of my 312s. This brings me to three now. I want to get the stuff to "pro-shift" one, with the face tooth gears instead of synchronizers. It would only be good for drag racing though, so I prob wont do it. I will have to get another 87-93 input shaft, but altogether, it was another good day.
Quite the score...$75 plus labor for T5. When you're scanning the trucks, snag the 391 Medium Duty FEs. They are some of the best FE blocks. High nodule and re-enforced. Most will sonic test for 428 bores. Forged cranks sell well on eBay. Most have windage trays in them. Bigger oil pans and oil pickups. In some parts of the country, check out irrigation pumps. Some Ford industrial gas and LP engines were 428s with the good blocks. I bought a couple out of Nebraska a couple a years ago. LP engines usually have little wear.
I always check every FE just in case, lol...I'm a hoarder. what can I say. By the way, I had that trans out in 10 minutes. The driveshaft had already been cut out, and someone had taken the trans mount, left it sitting on the crossmember.
Ditto on the great score James..hell of a deal. I also had a ggod day at the salvage yard. I picked up the washer reservoir/pump I talked about, and the neutral switch cable for my Mustang column. I really lucked out on one other item. They had a '03 ? Mustang with a tan laced leather steering wheel that is a dead match for the new tan color color I've been changing too as I go along. It also has 2 grey sections, but the grey is a little off..but works (maybe it is gray, and mine is grey d'ya think?)
Got the wheel, reservoir/pump, and the neutral switch for $55. I'm happy with that.
Rich
P.S...Dgasman told me in another thread I may have a shifter lockout cable, not a neutral switch. Ah I'm gettin tired...LOL maybe I shoulda rebuilt my car stock with the 6 cyl three on the tree.
Rich, that style tank is pretty much the standard on all Fords, so much junk stuffed in the bay it needs to somewhere. Will have to take a look in my wife's cars ans double check seems one has combination or maybe a pair of tanks. One for coolant overflow and the other for w/s washer fluid. With color coded caps. Or maybe that was on her company leased Honda. Hope you grabbed the squirters and all the t-fittings just replaced one on her fusion and lets just say they are mighty proud of that little piece of plastic. Will check my Ranger and see what's there. Some yards are funny the same part can say be found on a Focus or a Lincoln Navigator and if you say Navigator at the counter the price will reflect the marque parentage.
That wheel looks dead on perfect colorwise, believe you have the much more desired grey version.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Zap...I'm keeping my eyes open for a set of chrome nozzles, just about everything at the junk yard had the black plastic. I did see one set that was factory painted to match the car...may go back and get those if I can't find a set of chrome ones. I'm wondering if any of the vintage cars had chromed ones that are available repoped??
Here in Texas it doesn't take long for the sun to get to plastic stuff and make it brittle. I can get the tube fittings at o'reilly's etc. The mustang I pulled the reservoir from had just arrived at the yard, so the exposed tank was still in good shape.
`Had a 67 sunbeam Alpine years ago, thinking it had chrome squirters. But they stuck up on top of the cowl or maybe those were on my TR3. Datsun pickups 620 series had metal tubes about 3 inches long sat under the cowl vent area and shot thru one of the cowl slots. Were dirt cheap,bendable and are probably still available from Nissan. A visually pleasing non-plastic solution may not be available in newer cars.
When looking for something minor like that it pays off well to keep eyes open in mall parking lots. Amazing visual resources, and as long as one doesn't have the solution has to provided by Ford mentality the solutions are available everywhere. Am sure someone else will pipe in with another source.
That being said never will a sbc be installed in my 57, there is one in my 51 and it runs great, etc... just not going to happen on this build. There is a limit to my sense of vehicular diversity choices.
Zap- :unitedstates:
I made a trip to the local pull a part this morning, found the following interesting stuff.
1- 1954 F1 with a complete 239 y block (less carb), turns over, looks like it would start with a carb.
2- 1973 Torino with a cleveland, still has the spindles and disk brakes.
3- 1966 F100, some decent body parts, good windshield, it's got a late model scrub engine in it.
4- a couple of 60's scrubs with 283's and pg's
I am going back to get the 66 windshield and the front axle and steering gear from the 54. I'll try to get the torino spindles if someone wants them. I hate too pass up the 239 y block (because it is so clean and complete), but I just don't need it. All in all a good morning in the junk yard.
Quote from: Zapato on 2012-06-16 11:21
`when looking for something minor like that it pays off well to keep eyes open in mall parking lots. Amazing visual resources, and as long as one doesn't have the solution has to provided by Ford mentality the solutions are available everywhere. Am sure someone else will pipe in with another source.
LOL...good idea Zap...and I could always follow them home to see where they lived.
Rick, 55 Fords had a chrome dubble nozel, I still think you can get them NOS from old Ford parts dealers.
Thanks Lou...I'll check it out.
Re: FE's 105's need a sonic check at 4.09" or more. About 1 in 10 will go to 4.13. They are prone to split do to core shift on most blocks.
The ribs give a little extra strength but, the iron is the same mix as earlier blocks. The FT blocks have the good steel cranks but, the cost to machine to use in a pass block is about the same as a new aftermarket forged crank. The D2TE truck heads are good to modify for street/strip also.
For lots of good FE info go to the feforum.com
Goodluck,
Ron.
Had another good day at the salvage yard today. First I found not one but 2 low profile scissors jacks with larger than normal bases out of Cadilac sevilles. 10 bucks each. I also found some seat risers out of a Pontiac mini van. One local yard wanted 100 bucks a pair..I asked him twice if he understood what I was talking about. I found these for 20 bucks for the pair.
I also found a set of 3 (only 2 shown in pic) really neat air/heat vents. It is really hard finding either round or oval vents. These adjust up and down, left and right, and can be closed off if wanted. I fortunatly thought to pull the duct where they attached out also, because they were easily adapted from the rectangle to the 2" round that I needed. I just cut off the excess, used a piece of 2" exhaust pipe and a hose clamp and heated the plastic with a heat gununtil I could slip the pipe in, then heated it almost to the point of melting and tightened the hose clamp. Now comes the hard part...cutting the oval shape in my lower dash panel.
Also..the steering wheel I talked about earlier..I got it cleaned up, and redyed it to match everything, and covered the center. I'm really happy with it now..and no Mustang emblem on it. I may add a Ford blue oval. Tommorrow I'll clear coat the column covers I've redyed, and get them put on. I did also replace the active airbag with one that had been deployed...just didn't feel comfortable with the active one still in there. I filled the cavity left by the removed airbag with dense foam to give the facing the substance it needs to function properly.
Three things I noticed on the Pontiac mini van that could be real useful. The wiring harness that ran all the way to the back was in a heavy snap together wire channel. That wire bundle had 52 wires in it (I counted them out of curiosity) of different colors and gages. I figure the wires in it had to be 12 or 15 feet long. I asked on the way out if they would mind me just cutting out that wire bundle with the channel. He said I could have it for 15 bucks. I think it was gerald that was looking for a source for different colored wires a month or so ago...and I'm guessing from the feel of the wire that the factories don't use the cheap primary wire found in all auto supply stores.
The other thing I noticed was the spring loaded electrical contacts on the sliding doors. The van I looked at had 9 contacts on each door....(I've got 2 contacts on my door for the electric windows)
Well, the vents I posted a pic of a few days ago aren't going to work unless I put them in a pod under the dash, which I was trying to avoid.There is too much ducting because of the close-off flapper in them...and just not enough room. I have my gen 1v unit mounted closer to the front and passenger side than would normally be required to allow access to the wiper motor, and the vent ducts won't clear the unit.
Rich check out the Mustang round vents(05-08), they close and turn for direction and look like they may not require a bunch of room behind them.
Round was initially what I was looking for...I'll check them out..may be tough finding one in a salvage yard though.
Do you know what year Seville? (your build is looking good) :004:
Cool57: I didn't check but I'm guessing mid to late 90's. The Jacks are under the spare tire in the trunk floor.
Bill....checked some pics on ebay of 05-08 Mustangs...now the hunt is on to find some. Thanks.
P.S. I was told the same year f100's had the same vents as Mustangs
You Guys are having way to much fun in the junkyards. I used to go on a regular basis.
Fun times, and bought a lot of stuff whether I needed it or not. :003:
Quote from: shopratwoody on 2012-06-26 18:53
You Guys are having way to much fun in the junkyards. I used to go on a regular basis.
Fun times, and bought a lot of stuff whether I needed it or not. :003:
Shared that affliction myself, found a lot of stuff that I just had to have. Definitely a difference between need and want. Hard to tell at times. Then there's the someone I know needs or will need this justification.
Zap- :unitedstates:
LOL..."need it or not"....went back Saturday and pulled the 2 sliding door electrical contact switches,5 bucks a set, also pulled a bundle of wire..got about 40 or 50 pcs 10-12 feet long...all colors and gauges, and pulled the under carpet channel the wire was in. An hours work..30 bucks total and I'm not sure if I'll use most of it, but I did find a dollar bill in the car.
Got it if you need it!!! Kid in a candy store.