Haha, check this out.

I'm doing a rear disk brake mod in my '87 using the discontinued M-2300-C.
I'm planning on selling it and since I had the kit a friend at work gave me
free I decided to install it when I did my front brake job. Kind of a pain
in the butt compared to older mustangs. Mix and match metric/standard,
tighter spaces, etc. The next day I had one more double flare to make in one
of the brake lines (had to install a standard thread tube nut) when I found
my new flaring toolkits 3/16 adapter pin was broken off and nowhere to be
found. Suspecting it may have come off inside the last line I reflared, I
removed the line (fortunately a short line to the left front brake) lo and
behold it was there. That may have caused a few problems, eh? The other
night when I returned home from a parts run, I noticed my '71 f-100 390FE
had a little steam venting through the overflow. I figured I'd check it out
in the morning. This morning I checked the water level (low) and fan clutch
(loose) and figured it must have been the 150 mile round trip I did the
other day to pick up a 200 I6 a fellow was getting rid of. The truck always
ran good except for an annoying little exhaust leak I intended to fix when I
got a new exhaust system installed with flowmasters. A little something to
compliment my 4bbl. swap. I filled it up and went to the store to get a new
3/16 adapter was told another store 10 miles away had a replacement
otherwise I'd have to wait another day for them to order it. On the way to
the next store I stopped at the parts store to buy a new thermostatic fan
clutch and a 4 core radiator to replace my old leaky 3 core. I pick up my
new adapter out of another kit they have drive home and park. When I parked
in the driveway I hear a hissing, Suspecting it may be a large radiator leak
I opened the hood to discover steam coming from the valva cover vent, Doh! I
pulled the dipstick, it was covered in baby shiite brown. Double-Doh! I
quickly pulled off the valve cover to find out where exactly it was leaking
from, found more baby brown and it coming out of the lifter valley adjacent
to #5 cylinder. so I'm thinking blown head gasket, or, gulp, cracked head.
There was a couple of times recently I was merging onto the freeway and had
to step on it so that probably's what caused it. Frortunatly I get the
mustang done, bled, cleaned up and barring no leaks when I inspect it
tomorrow (so far so good), I'll have transportation while I pull the 390 out
of the p/u and rebuild it. I need to pick up the new radiator in the morning
for the truck to compliment my nicely freshened up 390 when it's done. Oh
well, another project.

P.S. I take a closer look at my flaring tool kit and discover it had another
3/16 adapter instead of a 5/16, arrrge.

Oh, also, I was contemplating replacing the flywheel because of a few
annoying
chipped teeth that caused an embarrassing grinding on an occasional startup.
Guess I wont have to pull the tranny after all.

Sounds like you were having a rough day... lol...

Hope the rest of the repairs went better...

JS

"Mark" > wrote in message
news:Wqbwd.507560$wV.321314@attbi_s54...
> Oh, also, I was contemplating replacing the flywheel because of a few
> annoying
> chipped teeth that caused an embarrassing grinding on an occasional
> startup.
> Guess I wont have to pull the tranny after all.
>
>
>

Yea, mustang works good. I almost have the motor out of my truck. Been
taking my time.


"JS" > wrote in message news:Lnhxd.1409$fe5.11@trndny06...
> Sounds like you were having a rough day... lol...
>
> Hope the rest of the repairs went better...
>
> JS
>
> "Mark" > wrote in message
> news:Wqbwd.507560$wV.321314@attbi_s54...
>> Oh, also, I was contemplating replacing the flywheel because of a few
>> annoying
>> chipped teeth that caused an embarrassing grinding on an occasional
>> startup.
>> Guess I wont have to pull the tranny after all.
>>
>>
>>
>
>