I fixed a sweet 65 Stang today on the roadside, quiz to follow fixed in 7 mins :)

ezbtr

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So I saw a bad *** 65-66 Stang on the side of the road, pulled around to admire it and saw it was not running, son was a bit pissed cuz I stopped(gear head that I am, and cherish the memories of my 68 hipo internals, you name it, 68 custom fastback) I talked to the nice young man (Mitchell) and his mom, told em to pop the fiber hood(like mine) give me a brief description of what was under there, nice 302, got it running in 7 minutes, ok, all my gear buds - it was a crank no start situation, what did I do to spec and fix it????? heeheee
 
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Aren't you going through workman's comp issues right now? Hope they aren't following you around town while you're fixing cars.:peep:

Was it no fuel or no spark related?

I'll admit it's kind of a good feeling to be able to stop and help get something running again for someone like that.:)
 

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Was it a stock engine? I assume no, as the 302 was not available in the 1965 model Mustang., if it was a small block 65 it should have had the 289 in it. I have owned a dozen 64.5. 65 and 66 models over the last 35 years.
 

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Popped the cap off pulled out the rotor scrapped the crud off the tip and cleaned the pick up, scrapped clean the caps pick up tabs?
(Thats usually a quick fix)
 

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It cranked but would not start, and it took 7 minutes to find it. I would guess the rubber terminal fitting going to the coil
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bruceb58

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You started talking to him about workman's comp and by the time you were done the engine cooled off and the vapor lock went away? :)
 

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You started talking to him about workman's comp and by the time you were done the engine cooled off and the vapor lock went away? :)
Ha! If he gave them the full story on workman's comp the car would have been 2 years older. ez knows what I'm talking about.
 

ezbtr

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TWO loose coil wires!!!! + and -, one wrench, fixed!, naw i crutched my way over and just felt around the motor, great comments guys! :rolleyes:
 
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