Installing oil drain hose on early Mustangs
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Topic: Installing oil drain hose on early Mustangs
Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Subject: Installing oil drain hose on early Mustangs
Date Posted: July-12-2009 at 5:26pm
Unless someone has a clever idea I just have to say that it appears to me that in order to install an oil drain hose on early Mustangs the engine has to be pulled. Either that or you have to have arms made out of rubber and eyes on the ends of your fingers. Oh well. Anyone know of an engine jack with an 8' lift?
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Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: July-12-2009 at 5:50pm
Jim,
Just use the bottle jacks under the exhaust manifold trick. That will get the tail end up enough to get to the drain.
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Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Date Posted: July-13-2009 at 1:03am
Excellent!!!!! Problem solved!!!! Many many thanks. (I apologize for calling you pbrain when you first joined.) If I had 1/2 of your boat savy I would be twice as far ahead. (I actually did not mean to call you pbrain - I was just typing a short version of your name and it came out that way. I have worried about it ever since.)Thanks again for the great tip.
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Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang
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Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: July-13-2009 at 9:06am
Jim, Just for future reference, a typical engine hoist will work if you remove one wheel from the trailer to tip one side of the boat low enough to allow clearence.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: July-13-2009 at 9:42am
Jim,
Glad I could help but think you would have thought of it too eventually! Sometimes we are temporarily blinded by trees looking for the forest!!!
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Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: July-13-2009 at 4:38pm
I do not feel that one would have fit on the 289 in ours. I have one still in the bag from SkiDim, $25 plus shipping if you want to give it a go.
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Mike N
1968 Mustang
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