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  1. #16
    Mike-

    Sorry I missed this.

    The 66 was a full departure from the 60-65 models, which had a lot in common under the skin. In a way the 66 has better potential being a slightly larger car under the hood. You can get a bigger motor in it, for instance, without hacking as much.

    In general the biggest improvements didn't arrive for the car until '67 when all the cars got safety features, but the good thing is that most, if not all, were bolt-in improvements you could apply to the earlier models. Not sure if this is true for the 66 or not, but if the 67 had shoulder belts, the 66 may have been prepped for them - though Ford didn't install them until they had to. You might want to peek under the headliner for a hidden threaded hole.

    The Scarebird disc-brake kit Gary did (as did I) on our Falcons (his a 63, mine a 65) may be a different kit for the '66, but I have little doubt a kit is available to do it. I liked it due to readily available and affordable replacement parts. It was all off-the-shelf parts; like, Nissan rotors, Caviler calipers, etc. Modifying the hubs was the biggest hurdle. Regardless, a dual master is a must and you might want to decide the brake type before and do it all at one instead of doing it twice, as the M/C is probably different drum front versus disc front.

    Anyway, good to have you around and hopefully we can help where needed.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  2. #17
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    The first of the stuff I did order for the Falcon came in. The owner's manual came in yesterday. I am still waiting for the carb, brake and clutch pedal pads, the service manual. I am going to hit the Mustang restoration shops in the area over the next couple months and see if they have any 200 CID straight six that they yank out of a Mustang (that I can pick up cheap). I want a rebuildable straight six. It sounds kind of funny but that way I have a available rebuilt engine if I ever need to rebuild my engine (I might even mod it for more power)
    1966 Ford Falcon 2 Door Base with Straight 6 and 3 on Tree

    Does Anyone Know Where Sedro-Woolley is?

  3. #18
    Sedro-Woolley... Isn't that in Alaska somewhere?

    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  4. #19
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    The Carb, service manual arrived today. It took a while to get my mac computer to allow me to use the cd of the service manual. I finally figured it all out and downloaded Abode acrobat reader for mac and then I just put the manual in the files for the pdf reader and all is good. My god the manual was 707 pages but I have it all on my computer. Now all I have to do is print out the pages I need.

    Oreily's sent me the new carb and I do not know but I have some missing parts on my Falcon. The carb sent by O'reily's is a Carter and I have a Autolite 1100. The one thing I have missing is the hot air tube. I can not locate where the tube starts but on the car this tube is not installed and I have to find the tube and where it goes on the engine. If anything one I find where the tube goes, I can then get the fittings and fab a new tube. I figure the tube goes down by the exhaust manifold. This is where I need someones help on the forum if they can provide me pictures or if they have the spare parts it would be appreciated. I can easily fab the tube as I have a tubing bender/flaring tool so I can do that by getting raw tubing and then bending and flaring it where I need to. I kind of think that the hot air tube is located near the exhaust manifold

    After a little Internet search I found a bit info on the tube and I can get for $25 or just make my own with a copper tube a flare less nut and compression fitting and place one end if the tube down at the exhaust pipe ( wrapping around the exhaust manifold and then the other end at the hot air inlet on the choke.
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    1966 Ford Falcon 2 Door Base with Straight 6 and 3 on Tree

    Does Anyone Know Where Sedro-Woolley is?

  5. #20

    Welcome

    Welcome to the forum. There are a great bunch of folks here. Looks like you found a nice ride!
    I do have a timing light and a older Craftsman analyzer if you need to borrow one. I'm in Marysville on your way home
    Last edited by BillP 98201; January 8th, 2015 at 09:08 AM.
    Bill Proctor .. 1963 Falcon Sprint. Looking forward to learning new things.

  6. #21
    There should be a 1/4" hole in the top of the exhaust manifold for the tube. And HELP! makes a kit with tube, insulator material, fittings - as well as a cup to clamp the exhaust pipe to add it to a car someone added headers to - for not too much money.

    http://www.amazon.com/Dorman-HELP-03...%21+choke+tube
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  7. #22
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    The new carb is on and I rigged up the hot air tube using a piece of copper tubing that I had. I had to buy a compression fitting and gently bend the tubing into place. I flushed the gasoline line and used a small amount of gasoline feed down the carb and it started and the choke worked properly.

    I did have a issue that stumped me for a little while. The replacement carb is a Carter YB and I had a Autolite 1100. It seems the new carb stands taller and when I put the air filter on I could not close the hood. Off to NAPA and I got a chrome cover air filter housing that is about 6" in diameter.

    I am jazzed that to get the car running properly and now onto doing the tune up. I found a replacement timing light for $5.00 from a old guy down the road. I will be replacing the points with a electronic and new wires and plugs , cap and rotor.
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    1966 Ford Falcon 2 Door Base with Straight 6 and 3 on Tree

    Does Anyone Know Where Sedro-Woolley is?

  8. #23
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    Welcome to the Forum, looks like you are well underway with your new ride.
    Brian
    '67 Falcon Bus/240/C4/Offy DP/MSD Duraspark II/Holley 4160

  9. #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by BPVan View Post
    Welcome to the Forum, looks like you are well underway with your new ride.
    Thank you so much for the welcome and this new ride is a nice hobby. I trained when I first went in the Air Force as a forklift mechanic and later retrained as a aircraft mechanic. I intend to get this thing fixed so it can be a driver and be safe doing it then later get the paint body done.
    1966 Ford Falcon 2 Door Base with Straight 6 and 3 on Tree

    Does Anyone Know Where Sedro-Woolley is?

  10. #25

    Welcome

    Welcome Mike, My parents bought a new 66 sport coupe 289 A/T, I wish they would have hung onto that!! I spent 4 years in the Air Force as a Nuclear weapons specialist and I currently work at The big Aluminum tube factory in Everett, cant wait to get out of hear, Sept 2017 if all goes well. It used to be a great place to work. And Sedro is just 20 minutes North of me, They have a great clothing store and nice restaurant there on the main drag.
    Lot of good guy's in this club to help out.

  11. #26
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    My Falcon now has electronic ignition, I replaced the points and the condenser, rotor, coil, wires and spark plugs today. Petronic unit went in fairly easy and I hit the air gap perfect when I installed the unit.

    Replacing the wires, cap, rotor and plugs was straight forward and really very easy on the 200 CID straight six. When I pulled the plugs I surprised that the spark plugs were fairly clean with just a slight amount of black which tells me that the engine was running slightly rich. I cranked her up and it started much easier then I expected. I did get a little concerned when I first tryed to start as I forgot to tap the gas pedal but once I did that and set the choke the car came to life on the 3rd rotation.

    Now that the car has had a major tuneup it will be on to vehicle safety and that is the brake system. Current plan is to upgrade the master cylinder and 4 wheel brake service with new wheel bearings, drums, shoes, wheel cylinders and springs.
    1966 Ford Falcon 2 Door Base with Straight 6 and 3 on Tree

    Does Anyone Know Where Sedro-Woolley is?

  12. #27
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    So I have 2 areas of concern on the body and it looks like it may not be to bad, I have a couple small areas of rust thru. On the right front fender and just in front of the right rear wheel also has a little of rust thru.

    I am thinking that the right front fender might be easier to simply replace if I can get a new old stock fender and the right rear area maybe the best to patch it.

    Interior wise I am on the hunt for a drivers side arm rest in parchment. This car is not in to bad of shape and with the tuneup I got her running pretty sweet. I notice some really interesting jury rigging. Just today I noticed that the heater hose is running and in contact with the linkage for the carburetor. I am going to need to pick up some heater hose and a hok to relocate the heater to firewall away from the linkage. The heater hose apparently has been running a long time against the linkage as it has a groove worn in the hose.
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  13. #28
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    Today was a perfect day to install more parts on the Falcon, 63 degrees in the garage and so I did not get cold. The new parts on the Falcon were all cooling system related.

    New water pump
    New thermostat
    New upper and lower radiator hoses
    New heater hoses
    Install a coolant recovery bottle (Yeah I know not original but I wanted it on)
    New fan belt
    New radiator cap
    New bolts for the water pump and thermostat

    The radiator is new from the prior owner so I just finished the half project that they did. I always replace everything in the cooling system when a new radiator is installed as it is better to have a fresh starting point on the system. Getting everything apart was easy and I got very lucky as several of the bolts were at the end of their life's as some had corrosion and were done to 2/3ths the normal size.

    I always hate it when the ace mechanics get hold of these cars and use a bunch of sealant on the gaskets for the water pump and the thermostat. It just takes so much time to get the gasket bosses cleaned when they use that stuff. I generally never use that stuff and if I do a very thin coat only on the housing and pump itself and never on the block. Another trick I use is get some spray silicon and lightly spray on a rag and wipe it on the clean bosses. It makes it so easy to to remove the gaskets in the future.
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  14. #29
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    Nice work Mike. I agree with your thoughts. Do it right the first time and you'll have no worries driving down the road.
    Hope to see you and your 66 at an event someday.
    63 Sedan Delivery
    5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear

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    The original issue I had was the heater hoses were in contact with the accelerator linkage. By rerouting the hoses and using slightly lower heater hoses I now have the required clearance. As soon as I can get this really road worthy I hope to go to a event this summer after I get issues of age related components (worn out) repaired.

    The next thing I want to do is the valve cover gasket and get the four layers of paint cleaned off the valve cover. Maybe if I can locate a gasket I do that next weekend.
    1966 Ford Falcon 2 Door Base with Straight 6 and 3 on Tree

    Does Anyone Know Where Sedro-Woolley is?

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