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Suspension/Steering / Power Steering Hoses
Sweet!!  I have a spare one that came with the new pump, I will put it on the new hose that is missing.  Cannot wait to get the sport back on the road, been setting much too long.

Thanks!!!
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Suspension/Steering / Power Steering Hoses
Awsome, new pump installed as well. I do intend to prime the system as you described, just making sure that I have everything installed correctly.  I assume the o ring does the sealing at the connection, as well the teflon washers.

Thanks!!!
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Suspension/Steering / Power Steering Hoses
Hello, All.

I just recently upgraded my steering rack to a unit from a 96 mustang, with maximum motorsports steering shaft. The power steering pump and lines are for a 88 thunderbird sport. After installation of the power steering hoses at the rack, there is a fair amount of movement of the lines where they attach to the rack. Is this normal or should the be tight?  New o-rings and teflon washers on new hoses.  I have the fitting snugged pretty tight and I am afraid to go any tighter, do not want to strip the threads.

Also, should there be a teflon washer on the fitting that attaches to the power steering pump?  My new hose did not have one at that location.

Thanks!!!

Owen
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Valvetrain parts
Moving to the corral tomorrow, friday the 30th.

Great parts for maximizing a set of gt40 or gt40p heads. I also have a stock gt H.O. Cam that i could throw in for an extra $20.

So $370 for Trick Flow Spring kit, Crane 1:7 pedestal mount roller rockers and a H.O. Cam shipped to the lower 48.

Thanks,

Owen
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Valvetrain parts
Due to going a different route with my build, i have the following up for sale.

Trick Flow valve spring upgrade kit, P/N: TFS-2500100

And

Crane Cams, 1:7, pedestal, roller rockers P/N: 44746-16

Boxes have been opened but never used.

$370, shipped, lower 48 only. Great for a gt40p swap. X
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Engine Tech / Smog delete, gone wrong!
Thanks guys!!!  I was not aware of where the smog port led to, and fill much better about the ordeal now.  I will start'er up and rev away.  The problem with trying to use a pair of pliers is the lack of room behind the head and not being able to see anything, I did try an o-ring pick but think I shoved further into the head.  I do have aquarium tubing and that is an excellent ideal and may give that a shot if it does not come out by revving it up. 

Vinnie, I live in Cleveland (35 miles nw of Tulsa).  We have spoke a couple times and I bought a set of valve covers from you.

Thanks again!

Owen
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Engine Tech / Smog delete, gone wrong!
Well here it goes...
My air pump has been making noise for quite some time and the bearings finally gave up the ghost, and I have decided to remove the pump and related parts.  In antition of removing the smog pump I had gathered the necessary parts, smog delete bracket and smog plugs.  Removal was pretty straight forward and relatively easy but the holes in the back of the heads were pretty dirty, clogged with carbon soot.  I have researched here and over at the corral and this is a common problem, everyone suggests to spray carb cleaner into the holes and let set, then use a pick to break up the carbon build-up.  Also suggested is to use a thread chaser to finish up before installing the plugs. 
Here is where things got ugly, for the life of me I do not know how anyone is able to spray carb cleaner into the holes as there is very little room back there even with the long spray sticks.  I tried using a long piece of tubing and pour the carb cleaner into the holes with little success.  I thought for a while and decided to cut some q-tips in half and soak into the carb cleaner and swab out the holes,  all was well and this technique showed lots of progress as I was removing a lot of the carbon build up albeit slowly.  The first set of q-tips I cut directly in half, this worked but was tricky to get into the hole as I have large hands, long q-tips and lack of room. 
After about 8 swabbings I decided to cut the q-tips into shorter lengths, the shorter lengths proved much easier to install into the smog ports but the shorter length was not optimal as there was not enough shaft length for my large fingers to get a good purchase onto to be efficient in swabbing.  It was just seconds in that I realizing that this was not going to work and I thought that I might lose the q-tip into the smog hole (not good!!!).  The second try proved my thoughts to have merit as I lost the q-tip into the smog port (not good!!!).  After many unsuccessful attempts to remove said q-tip as there is very limited space to work with, I tried using my shop vac but the hose was too large.  I then tried to use my vacuum cleaner, which has a smaller hose but no luck.

So gents, what damage may come from my ignorance???  Any thoughts???

I have a set of gt40p waiting to go on but I still have several more parts to gather to finish the job and money is very tight right now.