Hi Roger,
Yes not many people recognize my car even as a ford.
We starred on some local olditmer spotted sites. Reactions were always of amazement that it was a ford and that it is an original imported car (it was imported in december 63, so it has a 63 dated license plate).
Great was my surprise when I saw a falcon driving on a parking lot at a local oldtimer event. I had just parked mine, and there was an other 64 in almost the same colour driving towards us. After getting over the initial surprise (no it can't be, I just parked her there...) we saw it was a convertible and we had a nice chat with the owner.
Yesterday I went to get the girls early, because the weather today was going to be horrible (and is sure was), but it was a rather bumpy journey.
I thought, lets take a shortcut over the highway and save some time, nope it cost me about an hour extra time.
After passing some cars with about 100 km/h, 60MpH the oil pressure light came on. I had that happen a few years ago and the sending unit had failed, so I went to the emergency lane and shut the engine off. After a little wait, I restarted and the light was still on (the previous time the light had gone out) So I called the aa (my BFF) After a short wait I was picked up from the emergency lane. I'm proud to say I now am responsible for at least one traffic jam, because they shut down one lane for safety reasons
While waiting and during transport I took some pictures:
IMG-20210503-WA0004.jpgBroken down on the emergency lane, It became painfully clear that I need to rewire my led E flashers (the wires were so thin they broke on connections). It is really unnerving watching big rigs come up on you while driving partially on the emergency lane, and hoping they'll spot you in time (I was behind the hard barrier, safety first).
They picked me up and dumped me on a parking lot nearby.
On transport:
IMG-20210503-WA0003.jpgUsually you're not allowed to stay in the car, but this was a short ride and Covid...
After the set me of, the aa arrived shortly. I had started the engine and saw oil rushing out of the oil pressure sending unit.
The cause of the breakdown was clear, and thankfully not engine internal related.
The guy from the aa fortunately knew similar problems from other oldtimers and plugged the switch from inside with a piece of drill bit and an epoxy filler.
I could continue after checking if the plug was not leaking, it wasn't
So after picking up the girs it was a quick drive home and no sight seeing as planned. A new sending unit is already in the mail and probably arriving between tomorrow and friday.
So, form now on, I'll be driving with an extra sending unit in the toolbox just in case.
Cheers,
Rinke
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