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I want to say in advance that you guys sound like pure genius. I am pretty new to this and am hopping that I am not way over my head.
I just bought my 68 Cougar 2 days, The night I bough it it overheated about 1 hour into the 1:30 hour drive home, the temp gauge didn't work so it got way too hot buy the time I figured it out. I put in a new 195 thermostat, it has a flex fan and no shroud, so I think I will replace the radiator (which leaks a bit) and add a shroud and metal fan.
But here's the big one, I took to to a shop and had them do one of those all over inspections, pressure tests that kind of thing. And here's what they said:
Low oil pressure on Idle
Radiator leak
Pinion seal leaking
missing motor mount bolt
My question is how bad is this, he said low oil pressure is an indication of bad main bearings and the motor needs to be rebuilt ($3200), and I'm not even sure what a pinion seal is much less how bad a leak is. I also noticed some exhaust coming out of the right head cover.
Am I in big trouble or is it not as bad as it sounds. Thanks guys
I just bought my 68 Cougar 2 days, The night I bough it it overheated about 1 hour into the 1:30 hour drive home, the temp gauge didn't work so it got way too hot buy the time I figured it out. I put in a new 195 thermostat, it has a flex fan and no shroud, so I think I will replace the radiator (which leaks a bit) and add a shroud and metal fan.
But here's the big one, I took to to a shop and had them do one of those all over inspections, pressure tests that kind of thing. And here's what they said:
Low oil pressure on Idle
Radiator leak
Pinion seal leaking
missing motor mount bolt
My question is how bad is this, he said low oil pressure is an indication of bad main bearings and the motor needs to be rebuilt ($3200), and I'm not even sure what a pinion seal is much less how bad a leak is. I also noticed some exhaust coming out of the right head cover.
Am I in big trouble or is it not as bad as it sounds. Thanks guys