Starting the Mustang!

After a long, rough, dirty, and sometimes disappointing six months, I finally started her up! Of course, it didn't go without problems. First, I had two fuel leaks. The first dealt with my connections. Just had to tighten them up a bit. The second leak dealt with purchasing a used engine. The actual fuel rail leaked. So, with much frustration, and some curse words, I took off the upper intake manifold and repaired the damaged fuel rail with some high pressure fuel hose. That took several hours and of course delayed the engine start by another week.

Finally, I cranked the engine up and it roared into life. However, once again, I ran into a problem, the starter stayed on! I later realized (with Glen's help) to use an early Mustang starter solenoid which solved that problem (after blowing up two modern solenoids)

It feels really great to finally get her started. I have a major exhaust leak and I still have to install the front suspension before taking her out for a spin.