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  1. dhowlan

    Ford 8 inch rearend swap

    Just to add my experience. I have a Maverick rear end (5 bolt) in my 64 Valiant. It's been a couple of years IIRC. Charrlie's data is spot on. It fits like it was made for it. It's pretty basic for the possibilities it opens up. I believe it wasn't much more to get the Maverick rear, build it...
  2. dhowlan

    New windshield... almost.

    I hope you got a good one eventually. I'm looking at the moment. Who did you get it from and how did it look?
  3. dhowlan

    Temp and Gas gauge repair

    If you mean the heat sink, it should be on top of the IC chip. But, that wouldn't make it fail right off. IF there was too much heat, eventually, the chip would fail. Is that what you mean?
  4. dhowlan

    Temp and Gas gauge repair

    That's a good point. I hadn't noticed that the heat sink is above the regulator in that picture. It's certainly not obvious in the pictures on the EVBC. The regulator should be flat on the circuit board and the heat sink should sit on top of the mounting pad. The heat sink is designed to be used...
  5. dhowlan

    Temp and Gas gauge repair

    Wow, looks very similar.;) That's my article. My only concerns with how that looks are: First, make sure you're never going to contact the hot leads with the circuit board. I put electrical tape under the wires to make sure they didn't hit the bottom. And make sure the IC pins aren't going to...
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