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Re: 1965 Ford Mustang
Two steps forward and a couple back... sigh...
My fancy oil pressure gauge set up started leaking after a pretty good shake down run. It's my fault. I've read TONS for pros and cons for sealing oil pressure stuff... in my case NOT sealing it did not work. The brass fittings were ok, but the oil pressure unit was steel and leaking, then it's jammed in between the block and the fuel pump so I made it worse when I tried to fix it, ended up accidentally breaking the plastic part off the oil pressure unit... sigh...
So I bought brand new fittings and a new oil pressure unit. I had to remove the fuel pump to get it all off. This time I sealed it all. It had better not leak this time!
But before all that mess, I decided to address a slight lifter tick it has, so I played with the valve adjustment. I made a neat little card board oil catcher that worked well with the engine running. It was kinda cool. It's definitely quieter now, and I've at least confirmed that all 16 lifters are working.
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