The Jalopy Journal
I have a chance to pick up a toploader for the Edsel tomorrow, but it's an early unit with the 25 spline input shaft. Case tag is HEH-A, which...
I have an issue. I've been swapping triple Rochesters onto my Edsel's 361. Everything went fairly smooth until I put the dizzy in. Now I have...
This is probably a dumb question, but bear with me. I'm just waiting on a few parts from vintage speed to get my Edsel's FE back together and I'd...
Still trucking along on the Edsel motor. I'm trying to get the carbs together, but I need a few questions answered before I can go any farther....
I installed the new intake on the 361 today and got to work on reassembly. I found out my old throttle bracket is the wrong one for the manifold....
Progress has been slow thanks to work, but I'm in the home stretch getting the Edsel's old FE freshened up. It's getting rebuilt heads (thanks...
Tried searching, but probably didn't use the right keywords. What's the best way to clean out steel fuel lines? The tank was full of crud, I'm...
In various places (including here) I've seen conversion bells for FE's, Hemis and others to Packard 4 speed transmissions. What year trans was...
I see threads on here all the time about bad service and awful follow-through from various shops and vendors. That's all well and good as people...
I have a pile of parts in the garage that I'm trying to turn back into a car, and I have a few questions. The snagged a 3x2 mani for the Edsel...
I'm trying to start rounding up stuff to R&R the suspension on the Edsel and realized I have an issue. My springs are sagging and my shocks are...
I've been noticing that some FE setups use a surge tank spliced into the upper radiator hose. I may be wrong on this, but I guess some were...
I've been doing some reading (dangerous) trying to understand the plethora of different ignition options out there. Quite frankly, I'm not...
I took the Edsel to work yesterday to give it some excercise since it had been sitting in the garage for a month. Unfortunately, it started...
I have a line on an overdrive toploader from a Granada, just wondering how hard this would be to use in my 59 Edsel. I'm guessing an FE bell can...
Rain has finally come to the Hill Country, so I cleared out the garage to move the Edsel indoors. It's been outside until now, so I didn't notice...
The 50 year battle that has been raging between the structural integrity of my hood, and the hood springs has finally been decided. I went to...
Just curious here, I've seen on the hamb, and heard from more than a few people that headers don't make any more power than stock manifolds. The...
Like the title says, the Edsel has thin white smoke curling out from under the oil cap when the motor shuts down. Not a huge amount, but it keeps...
The Edsel has developed an annoying new habit. When you shift it into reverse, it engages with enough force to rock the car a little(!!). No...
It's official now, I'm giving the Edsel the lofty title of transportation. It's been able to move itself about for a few weeks now, but after a...
The latest in my on-going series of consternation at the engineering of my Edsel. Today's episode is about the distributor and the vac fitting...
The Edsel is up and running again, and has gone rumbling around the neighborhood a few times now. I'm trying to get the old girl ready for...
Carb is a motorcraft 4bbl on my Edsel, and the accelerator pump is leaking from the gasket on the cover. Of the four bolts that hold it down, the...
Carb is back on the Edsel, fresh rebuild and it's flooding like crazy when I try and fire it up. It will run for maybe 5 seconds, then fuel comes...
The Edsel is back together, but now it's having trouble turning over. I pulled the starter this evening once I got home from work, and was a...
The Edsel is coming along, soon to be back on the road and I'd like to start gathering parts to get the chassis sorted out. I'm not a drag racer,...
I'm getting ready to get my Edsel up and running again, and I'd like to use E85 if possible, since a new station opened up very near by. The car...
Bringing home another Edsel this week to strip and hopefully have gone next week. I've never hauled a car to the crusher, is there anything you...
Trying to figure out the trouble with my Edsel's brakes, and I need a bit of help. It was leaking like crazy, seemed to be the master cylinder,...
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