Recent content by Bearsden66

Hi Pamlico yes I know the c means 289 but the vin also says there is a 2 bbl carb the engine sitting in my ford has a 4 bbl carb and there is a 352 number stamped in one of the heads that is on the drivers side that is what made me curious. I'm on a fixed income so I had planned on buying small...

my ford galaxie is sitting at my mothers house I called my brother to have him look under the car and he couldn't find the numbers anywhere near the starter so it will have to wait till spring to deal with it I'm not gonna unwrap the car it's not that important to find out right now. we had a...

Hi Fordors I'm going to try your advice first. but I plan on pulling the covers anyways the Ford has been sitting in a garage for 8 years and now in my moms yard for over a year I want to go and replace some of the gaskets with fresh ones and my brother looked down the oil filler hole and he...

sorry I don't have any pictures of the engine, and it will have to wait till spring to look under the hood and pull the valve cover I have wrapped her up for the winter she is all tucked in for the cold winter season. but thank you all for great advice I will sure use it in the spring.

Hi fellow ford barner like I said before I'm not familer with fords how do you tell what kind of engine do I have in my 66 galaxie according to the Vin# 6U66Cxxxxxx I have a 289-2v Challenger V-8 in the car does the 2v mean 2 bbl carb or something else. any ways the carb on the engine I have is...

I just ordered a copy this morning so I can read it this winter.:)

Hi JKeesey Why did you ask if the galaxie was a floor or column shift is there something I need to look for. the galaxie is a column shift My brother went out and tried starting the galaxie in all the gears with no such luck he did find a switch on the underside of the steering column but wasn't...

Hi it is a column shifter. Did the 1966 ford galaxie have a neutral safty switch or is that just on locking steering columns I had that problem with my oldsmobile my very first car was a 1973 olds cutlas I had to replace a neutral safty switch when this problem happened. autozone doesn't list...

good news the Engine is not seized. it moved freely but we hit a snag when we started to add new fluids the coolant ran right out one of the freeze plugs is rusted out so I have to replace those. the questions I have now are 1# what kind of fuel filter does a 1966 Ford have on it I thought they...

thank you for your replies I won't be doing anything till spring but I am really excited to try these ideas out thank you again

Hi I'm a new ford owner. I was given a old 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 all I know about the car is that it ran 9 years ago when it was parked in a garage My brother-in-law bought the car for 2,000. it is all painted in primer looks like someone started to fix it up but my brother-in-law did nothing...