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  The Mach Lives!

  04.15.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yes, it is true… the Mach 1 roars again.
  I was able to get everything finished up and get the car started. I’ve still got a few issues to sort out but it’s ready for its maiden voyage today.
  I can’t wait to drive it - and I will as soon as my neighbor moves their car [...]

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  More progress on the Mach

  04.09.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve been making great strides getting the Mach back into running order - the last few days I’ve been able to put anywhere from one hour to three hours into it.
  Today I knocked out the alternator, ignition coil wiring, oil pressure wiring, radiator, radiator hoses, fan, fan shroud, belts and transmission cooler lines. I also [...]

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  All plugged up

  03.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Well things are coming together on the Mach 1 engine. I was able to swap on the new waterpump today and replace a couple missing bolts. I also adjusted the valvetrain and also plugged the oil hole that I found was wide open.
  The new plug (above) came out great - I had to drill the [...]

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  The (cam) shaft… and Justin!

  03.05.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Sunday Justin and I took all the accessories off the engine and put in the new cam shaft. You can see Justin above lubing my shaft up before it slides in.
  More pictures on Flickr.
  This’ll probably be all the work I’ll get to do on the Mach for a while - there are some [...]

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  You’re outta there!

  03.03.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Today I rolled the ole’ Mach out and pulled out the engine and tranny from it.
  Everything went very smoothly - it only took four hours start to finish including dragging my tools to the front and then back, taking Skrigs old engine off of the engine stand so I could use it and then scrubbing [...]

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