R. Button

I've been quiet here on the forum, for a while, mostly due to work and classes. I work in the world of eCommerce systems or as some know them as, Internet shopping sites. I seem to be good enough at it, that companies want me to keep working with them. I considered retiring but would get bored too quickly. I'm also working on my Masters in Theology. This means lots of reading with lengthy papers as I focus on specific aspects of the studies I want to concentrate on and eventually hope there is a PhD paper or book in the works.
The monks at the Abbey have a “gathering”, for lack of a better way of describing it, happening on the 8^th of April. So deals were made, other staff are covering the work so I can take a few days off to be on the ROAD again!
As I’m in upstate NY now, the car was off the road for the first time in years. I managed to find a set of used FFR headers and a few other kool parts that I wanted to installon the car. The simple pull off the old headers and install the new ones turned into a complex parts changing process!
Passenger side… I had to change my coolant recovery tank to a different design as the existing one was in the way of the passenger headers. Including in the process there was some wiring that had to be moved off the F panel were I wanted to mount the recovery tank. Then there was the fuel regulator that had to be moved. I use the stock Mustang in tank electric fuel pump (from a 1990 Mustang). I retained the duel lines from the tank to the regulator but now the two lines were way too close to the header! The regulator drops the pressure down to a more reasonable fuelline pressure for a carburetor.
Driver side…I had to reroute the rear brake line to clear the driver side header. Then there was the wait for large port header heads gaskets. I was going to use the copper silicon gasket but for now opted for gaskets. And as expected, the usual header bolts problems This time I went with some header bolts drilled for safety wires that I hope will keep the bolts from loosening up. They come with a long socket allen wrench which made them install easier. Thus my very late night winter project went, in between work and papers.

So it’s time to take a break! Spring is in the air! Time to take a ROAD TRIP! The Monks contacted me in time to plan this out. This is only a half way across the country or about 1500 miles one way. But I get a little time to disconnect from the phones, computers, etc and just enjoy the ride. (And also to see how well FFR headers work too!)
So next week I’ll be back on the road again checking out how the world is doing,
I’ll be the one stopping to talk with the other road voyagers, at the gas pumps, as they peek around to see what kind of car it is.
I’ll post a few video’s as I drive along. It’s much easier now to post videos of a trip compared to having a cameraman riding along with you (back in the day 😊). The world has changed so quickly!
Next week I'm off to Shawnee, Ok