Have the plastic cap and it's a nice inexpensive fix. Instructions warn about the warping in direct sunlight/heat. Used self etching primer base...
Have a 73 with original sticker. The sticker is on the left side of steering wheel, lower dash under the light switch.
Turned out to be an adjustment issue with the kickdown rod. Adjusted the screw and the kickdown/passing gear works great.
Thanks. I just found a diagram and instructions for adjusting the downshift linkage. I'll have a look tomorrow. Hopefully it's just needing...
Have a 73 GT with the X trans. Should it have a passing gear or the ability to down shift when you floor the accelerator? If so, mine isn't...
You're okay disconnecting the wire and removing the bracket...belt won't unravel. I found the most time consuming piece of the job was getting...
Very nice!
Very nice. Saw the before pic. Lots of work there! Great job!
Yep! Just a little sarcasim in my response. I do enjoy my 73 and absolutely don't buy into the opinion of some that it's styling forever ruined...
Yep, so sad but true TDummy. Ford only sold a quarter of a million of these damn ugly things during those model years. Almost half of the entire...
I've owned a lot of vehicles over the years but none of them ever received the kind of positive comments my 73 Ranchero gets. It's a people...
You have a legit "Q" code car...it is a big deal, and you should be very happy! Hang on to it!
Yep, bottom arm is easy. Finding the top "pocket" not so much.
Same here on the getting the coil spring to seat on top. You would think there would be an obvious groove or indention for it to sit in to but...
Decided to tackle the coils again today. Was able to get the drivers side replaced. Used the coil compressor and dropped the lower arm from the...
Exactly. Kind of a pain. Maybe I should have tried to compress the spring more?? Should I be able to compress the spring until It can be lifted...
Well, rented a spring compressor and attempted to replace the coils today. Got the spring compressed and still wasn't comfortable with the amount...
Forgot to mention in my prior post that shock should be removed too. I went back and double checked the shop manual and it does recommend removal...
I started to replace the coil spring today as well but got a little nervous so I decided to do it another day. Shop manual says remove the...
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