falcon_master
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Hey everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. Progress on the falcon is continuing great. I still need to get a new TO bearing and stuff but I've done more electrical work. One problem the ignition switch completely came apart (DOH!) on me like I mean the black half separated from the lock cylinder and I see all the contact points how the heck do I fix that lol. My second thing is I'm hoping to bring it down 600-700 miles to AZ in the spring and I wanna check the condition of my 144 to see if it's up to the task. It's compression is great with the lowest cylinder doing above 135 PSI and the highest about 150. I'm not hearing any rod knocks or bad noises and it'll scream like a banshee on wide open throttle without hesitation and hold it there (I know it's not good for the engine but I'm a dumb teen what else you expect ). I just know the 4 main bearing is not as reliable as 7 and I wanna make sure I'm not going to throw a rod or have a bearing failure halfway to AZ on the side of the road. So any thoughts or tips are appreciated. And of anyone knows where to get a 200 cheap I would love it no junkyards near me have a Ford before 1980 in stock. But I'm falling in love with this humble 144 it's got 56 years of story to tell and it's still writing more I don't have it in my heart to rip that poor old guy out after he's done so much especially handling like 6 seconds of 5,000 plus rpm (again I know it good for the engine I feel stupid). Thanks everyone