New guy From AL

[bnickel]

good to see another 69 cougar here, i've got one that will be my new projet once i get my 69 Mustang GT sold. i posted a new car thread a few weeks ago about the cougar.

for the rear suspension you should check out the TCP G-Bar, as far as i know it's the only bolt in system made for the cougars, since the rear suspension is a little longer than the mustangs you can't use the stang stuff. Tim McCain at TCP also owns a 69 cougar too. there are a few other cougar guys here too.

another place you should check out is www.mercurycougar.net pretty good bunch of folks there, though most are more into stock type restos there are still quite a few modified guys there

[Dee T]

good to see another 69 cougar here, i've got one that will be my new projet once i get my 69 Mustang GT sold. i posted a new car thread a few weeks ago about the cougar.

for the rear suspension you should check out the TCP G-Bar, as far as i know it's the only bolt in system made for the cougars, since the rear suspension is a little longer than the mustangs you can't use the stang stuff. Tim McCain at TCP also owns a 69 cougar too. there are a few other cougar guys here too.

another place you should check out is www.mercurycougar.net pretty good bunch of folks there, though most are more into stock type restos there are still quite a few modified guys there

I'm a member over there too. I am the one that had the problem w' the oil blowing out of the dipstick tube. So far (knock on wood) since I've sealed the tube it has not blown oil any more and still no leaks. I drove it a little over 100 miles this past weekend. Still keeping an eye on it to see if anything will happen.

[bnickel]

I'm a member over there too. I am the one that had the problem w' the oil blowing out of the dipstick tube. So far (knock on wood) since I've sealed the tube it has not blown oil any more and still no leaks. I drove it a little over 100 miles this past weekend. Still keeping an eye on it to see if anything will happen.

ok, i remember that. glad to hear it's working better, however i'd still be concerned about a stuck ring just keep an eye out for other signs

[Dee T]

Well, I did get to do a cylinder leak test on fathersday and all seems to be in good shape the highest leakage was 31% . Ive put off pulling the engine on hold to detail it better. I'm going to drive it a while to see if anything happens to it as far as leaks developing and whatnot. But so far with all the testing that I have done nothing seems to be out of line. Maybe the sealing of the tube is creating a better potential for vacuum in the crankcase, or maybe not. Any ways thanks for your concern! Nice stang BTW you shouldn't have too much trouble with the sale of that one!

[bnickel]

ok cool, well glad it's all holding for you. i'm hoping it won't take long to sell the stang, the main reason i'm selling it is so that we can finally buy a house of our own instead of renting. since i'm not able to work any more due to my disbaility (long story) the stang is the only thing we have worth enough to sell to make a good down payment. after the down payment anything that's left will go into building my cougar up. i really hat to sell it because it was my first car and i've owned it for 24 years but having the cougar will help take some of the sting out of it