I woke up early this morning and set out to fix my Mustang. I was determined to get it started today. I was armed with a new ignition switch. I reinstalled the new starter relay (the "I" terminal was smaller than the "S" terminal and I had to crimp the wire boot to the "I" terminal) and removed the old ignition switch. About an hour and much profanity later I had the new ignition switch installed. I was ready to see if I had accomplished my goal. I turned the key to "Start" and....Nothing! The engine did not even turn over. I try to start it in Neutral and still nothing. "Sh!t. 
. I started futzing around in the engine compartment. I checked voltage and made sure all the wires were properly grounded and connected. I went to test the coil and hello...the coil wires are not connected. 
I never put them back on after fooling with the coil yesterday. "Let's just put these back on. Here we go. 
" I got in the car and turned the key to "Start" and....VROOOOOM! The engine fired up like it always did! 
I had to keep on the gas after a few minutes because it wanted to die. I messed with the tuning somewhat but I am not very experienced. I am going to ask Al if he can come over again and help me.
I got some work done with the air cleaner adapter this week. I fabricated a plate out of aluminum that fits over the air horn. In this picture you can see how the air horn is irregularly shaped. I made a cut out in the middle of the aluminum square so the aluminum slips right onto the air horn and fits pretty snug against the vertical wall around the barrels. I used some high temperature epoxy and applied it to the air horn. I then put the plate on and used small clamps where I could. Today I just used some silicon to hopefully complete the air tight seal I must create. I put a rubber molding around the inside lip of the bottom of the air cleaner. I placed the bottom of the air cleaner on the plate and applied silicon around the rubber molding. This way the air will stay out and I can remove the whole air cleaner assembly when I wish.
This whole 2bbl carburetor upgrade project has taken much fabrication and improvisation but that is what I am good at and I have enjoyed this project very much. I have learned something about carburetors and now I can install an ignition switch...hopefully I can do it in less than one hour next time.
Thanks for the help everyone. Have a great day.
Justin
. I started futzing around in the engine compartment. I checked voltage and made sure all the wires were properly grounded and connected. I went to test the coil and hello...the coil wires are not connected. I never put them back on after fooling with the coil yesterday. "Let's just put these back on. Here we go. " I got in the car and turned the key to "Start" and....VROOOOOM! The engine fired up like it always did! I had to keep on the gas after a few minutes because it wanted to die. I messed with the tuning somewhat but I am not very experienced. I am going to ask Al if he can come over again and help me.I got some work done with the air cleaner adapter this week. I fabricated a plate out of aluminum that fits over the air horn. In this picture you can see how the air horn is irregularly shaped. I made a cut out in the middle of the aluminum square so the aluminum slips right onto the air horn and fits pretty snug against the vertical wall around the barrels. I used some high temperature epoxy and applied it to the air horn. I then put the plate on and used small clamps where I could. Today I just used some silicon to hopefully complete the air tight seal I must create. I put a rubber molding around the inside lip of the bottom of the air cleaner. I placed the bottom of the air cleaner on the plate and applied silicon around the rubber molding. This way the air will stay out and I can remove the whole air cleaner assembly when I wish.
This whole 2bbl carburetor upgrade project has taken much fabrication and improvisation but that is what I am good at and I have enjoyed this project very much. I have learned something about carburetors and now I can install an ignition switch...hopefully I can do it in less than one hour next time.
Thanks for the help everyone. Have a great day.
Justin
