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Member Projects / Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Last post by Stangman1 on October 14, 2026, 10:21:01 PM »Love your 62 but I have a real soft spot for 63s.
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Non-FE Discussion Forum / Re: Optima Battery Life
« Last post by JacksFordParts on October 14, 2026, 10:13:25 PM »Yellow top in my race car is from 2010 - Still kicking which is mind boggling... I wont replace it just out of pure loyalty - I want to see how far it can go. Maybe Optima will give me a free one, HA
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FE Technical Forum / Re: I think I killed my 390 with neglect, advice needed
« Last post by galaxastang on October 14, 2026, 07:57:11 PM » That sounds like a plan, thx Woody!
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FE Technical Forum / Re: I think I killed my 390 with neglect, advice needed
« Last post by Mr Woodys Garage on October 14, 2026, 07:35:23 PM »My Suggestion Would Be To Drain The Oil, And Replace The Oil And Filter Before You Do ANYTHING Else Involving Turning The Engine Over. You Dont Want The Oil Pump Pumping The Water/Coolant Thats Potentially In The Bottom Of The Pan Through The Engine. If You Have A Bore Scope, Take A Loook Inside The Cylinder That The Coolant Had Hydrolocked. You May Have To Turn It Over A Bit To Get The Debris Out Of It. Spray A Little WD40 In It, And Turn It Over A Few Times. Then Add A Slight Amount Of Oil In The Cylinder, And Spin It Over Again For A Few Times. Then, To Save Un Necessary Tear Down Work, Hook Up A Compression Guage On That Cylinder, And See If It Has Some Compression. You May Also Try Removing The Radiator Cap, And Introducing Compressed Air Into The Cylinder At Bottom Dead Center, (With An Air Adapter Like You Would Use To Hold The Valves Shut While Changing Springs),And See If It Holds Or Whether Air Is Escaping Through The Radiator. Best Case, Its An Intake Gasket That Failed, Worst Case, A Split Cylinder, Failed Head Gasket, Or An Issue With The Cylinder Head Being Cracked Or Rotted Out. A Pressure Test Will Answer A Few Questions, And Give You An Idea Of Where To Start Tearing It Apart. Please Be Sure And Drop That Oil Thats Probably Contaminated With Coolant (Check The Dipstick) Before You Turn It Over Any
More. Hope Its Something Simple To Correct, And Not Much Damage Has Been Done.
More. Hope Its Something Simple To Correct, And Not Much Damage Has Been Done.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: I think I killed my 390 with neglect, advice needed
« Last post by galaxastang on October 14, 2026, 04:56:40 PM » Well...I've since calmed down a little and truly hoping it's a intake gasket. I always run 50/50 coolant, so it freezing doesn't make a lot of sense. Especially seeing that there weren't any issues with my Galaxie, parked in front of my truck, fired right up and ran no problems.
So I'm going to investigate over the weekend, drain the pan, pull the intake and inspect the gaskets. In a perfect world, I replace the gaskets, oil filter and oil then fire it up after I prime the oil pump.
Probably shouldn't have, but I left all the plugs out sprayed a little 2+2 in the cylinders to help evaporate moisture.
Questions - Should I squirt a little oil in each cylinder and crank it over before replacing the plugs and trying to start it or yank the heads too and clean up the cylinders? Still not thinking straight
Best gaskets (fel pro?) for intake and sealer for china wall?
Thx guys
So I'm going to investigate over the weekend, drain the pan, pull the intake and inspect the gaskets. In a perfect world, I replace the gaskets, oil filter and oil then fire it up after I prime the oil pump.
Probably shouldn't have, but I left all the plugs out sprayed a little 2+2 in the cylinders to help evaporate moisture.
Questions - Should I squirt a little oil in each cylinder and crank it over before replacing the plugs and trying to start it or yank the heads too and clean up the cylinders? Still not thinking straight
Best gaskets (fel pro?) for intake and sealer for china wall?
Thx guys
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FE Technical Forum / Re: I think I killed my 390 with neglect, advice needed
« Last post by Drew Pojedinec on October 14, 2026, 01:11:36 PM »Most likely just intake manifold gasket failing.
It happens with 4 and 8.
I wouldn’t get too excited until you can dig in more.
It happens with 4 and 8.
I wouldn’t get too excited until you can dig in more.
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FE Technical Forum / Re: remote mount for oil pressure sending unit
« Last post by gregb on October 14, 2026, 10:46:33 AM »What sender are you using? I have room for a T with the idiot light sender up top and the Autometer gauge sender sticking out sideways, even though it is tight in that area. I don't have a mechanical fuel pump anymore, but that setup fit when I did, just had the thing pointed in a different direction....
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FE Technical Forum / Re: I think I killed my 390 with neglect, advice needed
« Last post by e philpott on October 14, 2026, 09:03:18 AM »did you have plenty of antifreeze or just water ? Quick thought was head gasket but this all would change if you thought it had became frozen
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Member Projects / Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Last post by mbrunson427 on October 14, 2026, 08:51:16 AM »Thanks guys!
The '63 belongs to uncle Bob. It's an R-code, actually away at the paint shop right now getting a teardrop hood put on it.
Getting there she looks great who’s 63 in the back
The '63 belongs to uncle Bob. It's an R-code, actually away at the paint shop right now getting a teardrop hood put on it.
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Private Classifieds / 68-69 Fairlane and Torino ram air hood new
« Last post by 428kidd on October 14, 2026, 07:27:53 AM »Mine over on old forum.
https://www.fordfe.com/68-69-fairlane-torino-ram-air-performance-fibergla-t171186.html
https://www.fordfe.com/68-69-fairlane-torino-ram-air-performance-fibergla-t171186.html