Finally!

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Check. Good idea to rotate the sparkplugs when you change the oil, ins't it?

Ab-so-effing-lutley! Don't ever forget that!

[nailer]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Gaa!

I do love Rolls. If my ship ever got here (apparently it's been delayed) my first purchase would be a new Phantom convert.

Pete

If I ever have enough dough to buy a Rolls, it will be in my Mustang.

http://www.controller.com/listingsde...NG/1147803.htm

[Pio1980]

The 1937 P-III in my MC75 twins resto thread isn't bad as a vintage example but I'd assume somewhat 'needy' and a handful to drive.

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[piece-itpete]

Gaa! JY ECU didn't work in the Grand Marquis, so it looks like I'll have to get a $250 remanufactured one. Plus side it comes 'flashed' with keys chipped to match.

Pete

[piece-itpete]

Finally used one of the SK spline sockets, the 18mm, with a breaker bar and it worked fine

Also putting together some tools for my nephew's 18th birthday.

He's got 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 rachets, 1/4 and 3/8 basic reg and deepwells SAE and metric, and 1/2 SAE regs only. The 1/2 is the only quality stuff (old Thorsen from my dad). The other stuff is a Stanley set I bought him last year.

He does have some misc but not much, and almost no wrenches.

I'm planning on spending $100 or so, many a little more. Because he likes awful imported cars () I'm considering metric 1st and foremost.

So far I think I'll get a decent toolbox, something like this:

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/tls/4588978714.html

A complete wrench set, like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grip-Tools-2...62715027&rt=nc

A set of metric impact sockets. Reg or deepwell? I lean regular:
http://www.harborfreight.com/13-piec...set-67903.html

or

http://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-d...-pc-67904.html

A 1/2 breaker bar: http://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-d...bar-60819.html

Variety sandpaper, etc.

I've also got an old Park toolbox, a portable box with metal tray, my dad gave me at about his age I'll give to him with extra stuff I've got lying around:

My mostly complete backup sets of metric and SAE sockets reg and deepwell, so he'll have two of everything (cheapies though).
My backup old Craftsman 3/8 ratchet.
An old Proto 1/2 swivel, a Snapon 6" 1/2 extention, and a HF 1/2 to 3/8 reducer.
A couple noname pliers, slipjoint & needlenose etc.
Junk new snapring plier set
HF metric and SAE allen wrench set
A round and a flat medium file
Various organizing bits
Other stuff I can't remember

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Pete

[JJIII]

Chiltons or Haynes manuals for whatever car he has now.

[piece-itpete]

Great suggestion! He does have the factory manual in PDF. It was posted on a enthusiast website. The internet is amazing sometimes. And being a teen he can access it from his phone, while the dinosaurs like me have to print pages

I get factory manuals from ebay now btw. Scary too, the factory wiring manual alone for my 03 Grand Marquis is thicker than the entire manual for my 85 Town Car.

Which explains why it isn't running, d'oh!

Pete

[piece-itpete]

Btw, he's flogging, er I mean driving a 91 Supra. Fortunately the non turbo.

His mother was just complaining to me the other day about the local cops harassing him. I said, let's see, he's 17, he's driving an old flat black cherry ricer with black rims, lightly tinted windows, no fart can though thank God, and here's the kicker - he didn't use his turn signal.

Pete

[JJIII]

Hey, when I was that age I only slowed down when I had accumulated 9 or 10 points on my license. North Carolina would take your license when you got 12!

[piece-itpete]

Same in Ohio. I managed a 3 year suspension before I was through

Pete