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I am wiring up the a/c circuit from scratch,  71 Ford pickup with 5.0 L Mustang engine and the late model a/c compressor.  I have +12 volts from the fuse box to the blower motor rotary switch then to the evaporator thermocouple switch and then to the coil of the relay.   Other side of relay coil is grounded.   The main contacts of the relay send fused +12 volts to the clutch on the compressor.  I'm sure of all this so far.
Question is........what about the cycling or pressure switch in the freon line ?   If I wire it into the coil side of the relay  then the relay is constantly opening and shutting and will wear out.   If I wire it into the load contacts of the relay then the cycling / pressure switch sees all of the  clutch coil current.  How much current does the clutch coil draw ?
What would you do ?

I'm sending an 84 Ford 1 ton flatbed up to fathers farm in southern Ontario and was planning to use one of those auto transporter outfits.  It will cost considerable and so I thought I'd post in case anyone from the Ohio / Michigan or so area wanted a road trip.  Good driver (no a/c)  and you could haul a lot of parts with it.
Arizona to Detroit or Buffalo area   Any interest ?

I have the same problem.....only I took it apart sooooo many years ago that I forget how it goes together.  Does the bellville washer go in with the cone up or down?  Any other pics that are clearer?  I don't have the single round horn button,  but a large ring which follows two spokes and around the wheel center.  66 Chevelle.

I just installed one from a 90  or 91 Lincoln.  It is the plain AOD  with no electric wiring,  just the TV cable.  There is wiring for the built in neutral safety switch (I'm sure you of all people are in favor of those)  and also for back up lights.
Works fine, although I keep it in just drive for around town and only use the OD on the highway.  5.0 liter Mustang engine in 71 Ford SWB pickup with CPU and fuel injection.

Go with the 71 or 72 Chevelle spindles and brakes.  I've done quite a few and simple and all factory stuff.  Reasonably low cost too,  a local guy fixes me up for about $250,  all used stuff.   If he's not a road racer and is watching the $  then you can't beat it.
Also true on the frame rails coming together.  Very common with these.  I just take it to the frame shop while it is apart. Cheap bend job.

Have a neighbour who is quite a character, retired grey beard of course,   who has a 69 Chevy pickup since new.  Now since it has been in the dry desert all its life,  it is in great shape.
Anyway,  the original 3 on the tree shifter is sloppy and locks up.  We all remember those from the day.  Most guys went to a floor mounted Hurst or so and he is aware of that but wants to keep it original.  He needs the column and shifter rebuilt and rebushed but can't find a source to do it for him.  He is automotive handy,  but thinks  that this is a bit too much for him.  He is willing to pull it and ship it off to someone but needs a recommendation for quality and reasonably timely.   Grumpy is local but just told him to put in a floor shift.
Any suggestions ?
thanks

I am in the middle of doing a similar swap.  fordfuelinjection.com is good info.   You will want to switch to the Mustang mass air system and the A9P  or  A9L  computer.    I didn't like the Ford relay boxes so bought aftermarket,  Cooper Bussman.  Watch out for the Ford connectors,  they will go open sometimes.

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Yes have heard talk about these poor quality pumps.  If you can find an older one that fits then you'll be better off.   Even the dealer techs say they are junk.  I've even heard of a kit to put on a GM pump.
Sorry haven't had one apart to give details even though I have an extra one under the bench.  You're welcome to it for shipping $.

Got it fixed, thanks guys.
I did check the gaskets for backwards,  but they were correct.  Actually on this one you can't get them backwards.  
It was the little steel tapered pin below the squirter.  Stuck down.  I'm surprised as the pump makes a lot of pressure,  but I guess the combo of aluminum and steel makes some corrosion and it was stuck.  As soon as I wiggled it loose I had squirt.

On a 460 Ford motor I can't get the accelerator pump to squirt.  The passage from the pump through to the squirters seems to be plugged.  The pump lever will not depress when all together as a carb.  I pulled the bowl and metering block and it will squirt through the brass tube,  you know the one with a little o ring on each end.    I look up un the body of the carb and seems like there might be a ball bearing in there,  but can't see for sure.  I don't see how to get into the body or the squirters.  Anyone else solved this in the past
It is a single pumper, single feed and probably the stock factory carb.  Vacuum secondaries.
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How to find out of she's really ready to sell.  Have someone get in it and drive away while she stands on the porch and watches.  That's what it will look like when it goes.  She'll know right away if she's ready.

I have a friend in the same boat.  She decided to keep it and drive it.

.bjb

She has never driven it.  He always drove it and he trailered it if they were going out of the Phoenix valley.  It is 3 on the tree and prolly non synchro.  Has run since he died.  She wants me to change the gas this weekend and drive it.
Yes I will ask her to watch as I drive it away.....a maybe bring a friend to take it down the road.

My buddy died 3 yrs ago and left a stock 41 Willys SEDAN.  His wife has never really recovered from his passing and the Willys was a very sensitive subject so most friends have not even mentioned it.  They married as teenagers and a 41 Willys was their first car.  He was not a major hot rodder,  but as the years went by he found a 2 dr sedan and restored.  Him and his wife actually worked on it together and she did the upholstery.  He was a member of the national Willys club and got some press there when he challenged a well know gasser coupe to a drag race, It actually happened and the magazine printed photos.  The guy was a major character and everybody knew him.........larger than life.   I got to know him well not through hot rods,  but through family get togethers and pool parties,  his kids and mine.  After his passing my wife became close friends with her and we see her often and she has joined us for the occasional social outing and has travelled with my wife.   The Barrett Jackson auction is coming up here in 2 wks and today out of the blue she asks my wife if I would help her take it to the auction and sell it!  
Well, I'm  very down on this auction.........waaaayyy too expensive costs and commissions and way too much pressure  plus I think that she may regret it later.   My personal feeling is that she should advertise it in the Willys club and let one of them give it a good home.  He was well respected and I'm sure she would get fair value.  Should I advise her that way or shut my mouth and help her drive it across the auction block ?

It is a bone stock 41 sedan,  all steel and no repro parts to my knowledge.  Even the grill is an original cast item.

Enjenjo suggested a fresh set of eyes and I needed to find another computer,  so Craigslist .....and hit on a guy local who didn't have one but one thing let to another,  he came over'  listened,  suggested sticking in the speed density computor and eureka  it fired right up.  Ran rough,  but it ran.  
Grinning like a 10 yr old on Christmas eve.
Thanks guys......now I just need to find the correct A9P  or A9L  computer.  Ebay again........mmmmm?

ok... somewere in my house i have a chiltons professional manual that covers a lot of the ford troubleshooting charts for ford fuel injection....

i have also possable a ford HC manual that covers the fuel injecton systems...   but i have not seen it in several years... there are over 150 office boxes in there.. and the wife restacks them as soon as i try to figure out what in there... they are 3 stacks deep and all the way to the ceiling... not counting the 25 wedged into the closet..  yes that one.. the one the cat likes to climb in and get trapped..

i got from a customer  a 4 year subscription card for eautorepair.net...  that is mitchells consumer site..
it is useable for one car only... for 4 years.....
it is sitting infront of me...  

these charts start at A... and go through ZZ... and sometimes are several pages long...

does anybody have a 87 to 95 ford HC manual handy... as i think that would solve the problem.. or at least get us farther..

so if i deside do donate the 4 years to this group.. what year mustang 5.0 should we choose...

http://www.eautorepair.net/ they start at 10 bucks if anybody else wants to check it out for a differnt project.. 83 and up...

i even have 2 eec4 brake out boxes if it needs to get that far.. to members in long standing..that could be ups'ed  out for loan......

Wayne
Thanks, the Mitchels would have saved a lot of searching.  It is now bookmarked.
I'm at the point where I need to go buy a code reader and also try the cpu in another car.  My intuition still tells me that it is not getting fuel and that the injectors are clogged  but still it could be some gremlin in the cpu that is shutting down.