Posted by JimG
on 2/9/2009, 5:24 pm
70.110.121.222
Hey everyone. We had a good weekend junkyarding and I thought I'd share. As some of you know, we plan to replace our 170/FM2 with a 200/C4.
Yesterday (Sunday) we went to the junkyard to pull the C4 out of a '65 Falcon that I'd found the previous week. It turned out to be a later model C5 that someone had just "rigged" into the car. It had no rear mount, and the tailshaft was just sitting on the original crossmember! Bummer. The yard owner said he had an identical transmission already removed that was much cleaner. He was right - it had a new torque converter and a new front pump, and appears to be recently rebuilt. So, I'll need to fabricate a rear mount, but I have high hopes the tranny can be used without the cost of a rebuild and a new converter.
Today, my friend Brandon calls to tell me he found me a rebuildable 200 for $50. It's in a '68 Mustang (we assume it's original to the car) and is complete except for the carb, starter, alternator, etc. It's close to home too. It has 5 freeze plugs, so I guess all we have to do now is make sure it's not a 250.
So far (fingers crossed) it was a productive weekend.
Jim
PS - Amelia promises to update her website with pics of the Falcon at some cruise-ins this past summer, so check back from time to time.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimg185/
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