At work where the Mountaineer is, I've been rotating on 5 vehicles so the '97 MM is just getting a little of that time. The wiring harness is near complete with the exception of the coil connectors being installed. The rh valve cover had to come off to install the 1/2" pipe thread bung that
will be where a long skinny transmission funnel will go in to put in the motor oil. Also a 1/2"pipe x 3/8" barb fitting will screw in to this bung to have a place to hook up the rubber line that used to attach to the old oil fill tube that had to be deleted for coil clearance.
My welding didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to and I'm having to dress it up a bit with a round file. (Not done)
Saturday March 9th I accumulated some more parts for my 54F100/99Ranger project and attached to the fox body style fuel rail was this
oil filled fuel gauge. It's a
Marshall 1.5. It installs in place of the
Schrader bleed valve. I have two brass 90's on the way to see if there is a
way to position it such that you see it peeking out from under the upper plenum.
I was able to remove the fuel rails and injectors by the hardest. The old O rings were so dried out that they tore to get them removed.
Also the injector bores had a ring of oxidation at the top of each hole. Usually the rail and injectors slide right out. New injectors and the
old rail/s are ready to go back on. With the valve cover back on and the coil bracket plates on, the powertrain harness can go back on.
That is the oil that you see shifting and not a broken gauge.
More later.