RangerMan Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Got my '64 Comet started! Car sounded great for the 20 seconds that it ran (I just filled the float bowl in the carb with gas). That was a load off my mind, I was a little worried that I would have to rebuild the engine, which isn't a big deal but I want to have the car drivable by June and that would really slow me down. But it ran great, sounded great and now the fun begins. Pulling the carb for a rebuild tomorrow. Should have it all rebuilt and ready to go back on the car by Saturday. Plugs, wires, distributor cap, rotor, points and condensor also for saturday. Upper and lower radiator hoses and heater hoses. Need to double check the heater core as well. So should be a fun week/weekend of working on the car. May need to rebuild the fuel pump and will replace all the rubber fuel lines as well as add an additional inline fuel filter but that is for another week. Goal is to have engine/fuel system complete by the end of April and then move on to brakes and transmission for May! Amazing what a little maint. will do for a neglected car. On another note I changed the oil in my sister-in-laws car. She had let it go for the last 9 months without changing it. Oil was the nastiest black dirty crap you had ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukindada Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Good to hear...... Hopefully your sister-in-laws car is not a VW or Audi;):( Toyota 6EATS .........SUCK!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccorry Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Cool! I love to get old cars running again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerMan Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 It is a Ford Focus with the 2.3L DOHC engine (Mazda design). Great little engine (had it in my old Ranger) but I never went more than 5k without an oil change and she went nearly 10k OVER that! I may seafoam or something similar the next time I change her oil (in 3 months this time) just as a precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerMan Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 Cool! I love to get old cars running again! Absolutely! nothing better than getting dirty and bringing a car back from the dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one69chev Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 ^^damn right mang..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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