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I guess mine is an earlier version as it has a knob - not a T handle. This powertrain is installed in a 1969 Italia Intermeccanica so it could be from an earlier Mustang. Thanks all. I will keep trying.

I tries a similar suggestion once before by leaving the rubber in the sun to gwt warm. No luck. But I will try it again. Maybe microwave first ;)

Tes, That is my shift lever.

#1 The hole in the top of my shifter boot will never fit over the 2 horizontal levers on the gear shift shaft. How to install please. #2 Does anyone have a part number for the chrome (?) surround that goes over the rubber boot to hold it down. Mine is @ 4 3/4" but the rubber boot base is...

Neither a new distributor nor modifications will solve the basic problem. Turning this distributor by hand until the engine stumbles and dies is a range of only @ 26 degrees. It dies at @ 2 degrees ATDC and at 24 degrees BTDC. Something basic is wrong here. Off a tooth? Harmonic balance has...

Hey Mike, thanks for your interest. I have all sorts of problems so I will keep you guys busy. I think i have found the solution to the missing coolant. When I "Googled" this someone opined: "When you drain the block via the loose lower hose, it does not drain the coolant in the block below the...

I drained the radiator and engine of coolant. pulled the thermostat and flushed the system. I think the system takes 15 quarts of coolant ?? i have no heater hoses installed. I filled the system and ran until hot and I added coolant as it circulated until full. The problem - I could only get...

Mr. Flathead Fever I am indebted sir. That is the best explanation I have ever heard about the interaction or the vacuum advance with the mechanical advance, the RPM and the timing. It also convinces me that this Ford exotic had a HI-Po distributor stock with no vacuum pot nor place for one...

Breaking news - you experts wanted my distributor number - I finally found it. First there is 8C27 which I have been led to believe is only a date code. Next number is 12127E. One of you folks indicated that from this number you could confirm what the full advance range for this device is...

OK - I got soaked in this rain but but this was important to me The number on the distributor is 8C27. So the question is - what is the design parameter for full advance on this unit - @ 24 or 35 degrees at full advance? An again thanks for all the sage advice and information.

Craig - that is super valuable information. If I need a vacuum advance to get the full 36 degrees I am in trouble. For those interested, this engine was ordered by Italia Intermeccanica in Turin Italy in 1968 from Ford Export. The metal tag on the engine says Ford Industrial Engine: Serial...

WOW - thanks Miker..... I had no idea - time to get that distributor number tomorrow and let you guys decode it.

Thanks all for the great support. The distributor is stock Ford but the vacuum pot has been removed and sealed. It is 1968 Mustang 302 V8. the Pertronics trigger module has no effect on ignition timing. Static timing is @ 10 degrees BTDC at 800 RPM. Best advance I can get is 24 degrees BTDC...

1968 302V8. Finally I got the numbered timing mark tape indexed onto the harmonic balancer. I have set my static timing at @ 10 degrees BTDC. Problem is full advance should be @ 36 degrees and I show 24 degrees at high RPM. No vacuum pot - Pertronics electronic module in distributor which is...

'68 Mustang - 302 V8 Pertronics electronic module in distributor - no vacuum advance. Finally I got a timing tape on the harmonic balancer. Now at 800 RPM I set the static timing @ 10 degrees BTDC. By ear, the engine ruins nicely there. But on high revs @ 4,000 RPM) the timing will only...