How To Find Cowl Vent Leaks On 1960's Muscle Cars Episode 194 Autorestomod
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- čas přidán 6. 01. 2015
- Cleaning out a cowl vent on a Fairlane, 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Mustang as well as any car with accessible cowl vents can be tricky. We also show you how to find leaks on the cowl.
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Son of a gun!
Ive been chasing a leak on the passengers side my T code notchback for months...completely blew off the loose antenna the entire time.
Most useful episode EVER.
Now i gotta remove those fenders and grab the hose...
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Harbor Freight sells a cheep Digital Inspection Camera for about $90 that will let you inspect the cowl area pretty well.
I live in a very humid area, as i was digging through the wet/moist leaves in the Cowl vent, the leaves were actually moldy and gave off a very disturbing smell as i dug deeper into the cowl. Disgusting, the least to say.
EDIT: Also -You can use a compressor and air out the area in the cowl, it helped a ton removing leaves without introducing water until it was necessary.
Yep sometimes the "old car smell is really moldering crap in the cowl. Good idea on the air. The pain reason we use water is that it helps to get the leaves out that are sitting wet in a corner. Air sometines won't move them. BUT if everything is dry, yeah, air works great.
@@AutoRestoMod agreed, I suppose I'll use water in small amounts. The leak I have seems to be leaking near the fuse box. Anywho thanks for the video helped out a ton!
I also used compressed air in the cowl of my garage queen '68 Cougar. Since the passenger side fender was off anyway (like the Fairlane wagon), an extended air gun with side jets worked very well to get crud out. The junk that came flying out illustrated the wisdom of using a car cover.
Unfortunately, shortcuts were taken when most of these cars were built, not rustproofed or painted underneath panels, etc. My friend has a '67 Cougar with a vinyl top, the roof was all rusty underneath because the roof wasn't painted body color since it was optioned with the vinyl top!
i have a 67 fairlane. is cowl removable on that year?
Cowl cover is I think, but you'll need to pop the hood and look.
@@AutoRestoMod i looked,,it appears so,,screws left to right.
thanks alot !
Hi guys, is there a splash shield kit in stock (NPD) that would suit my xy falcon 1971?
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NPD doesn't carry parts for Falcon's as of yet. If you are in the US you could possibly use a splash shield set from the 1966 Falcon these are available from Dearborn Clasics, Auto Krafters, and Mac's. If you are in Oz, Rare Spares or GT Ford Performance is an option.