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Perhaps a silly suggestion, but when I had this problem years ago, it turned out to be that little filter attached to the front of the 2bbl carb on my 289. It was clogged. Puttering around the block a few times at low rpms was fine. But when I got about a mile down the highway....:o Real...

Thanks to all for your ideas. I am now and always have been thankful for the convenience of putting a question out to everyone on this forum and having such good advice come back and so quickly. :) Looks like now is an opportunity to replace a lot of the drive train, which is original and...

Clutch disengaged (pedal on the floor) Yes, there is noise. Just not as bad as when the clutch is engaged (pedal all the way up off the floor). Transmission in gear, vehicle stopped. Yes, there's noise. If you have noises there, it MUST BE THE CLUTCH. Why? Not a single part in the...

My '68, 289 has been making what I have always thought were classic dieing throwout bearing noises - grinding at different pitches depending on whether or not I took out the slack on the clutch pedal, continued noise and vibration when the clutch pedal is in, etc. I took it to a local guy to...

Does anyone have a '68 gas cap in white for sale? Lost mine after forgetting to put it back on after a fill up yesterday.%) Heard it hit the pavement and even went back to look for it a half hour. It was original...boo hooooo!! :cry:

"More than likely you are just getting the correct voltage to the guage now and its reading correct." Thanks for the response, broncnaz. I guess I hadn't even thought of that as a possibility. Makes me wonder about all the worries everyone seems to have had over the years about the high temp...

Before changing my old-style regulator for the newer, "electronic" type, my temp gauge was usually indicating in the upper quarter of the "normal" operating range (195-200?). After the switch, the needle barely gets into the "normal" range. It's a 289, standard 2bbl, 3-speed. I do run the...

I'm looking at the drawing in my shop manual ('1968 Bronco, 1969 Econoline and Club Wagon Shop Manual) and the speaker wire comes out of the unit on the same side that the antenna wire goes in (the left, when facing the knobs). The drawing indicates the speaker wire has a plug at the mid point...

They must've stopped using them some time in the '68 model year 'cause mine didn't/doesn't have it. Don't need it, really, but I bet it was the earlier version of the now ubiquitous plastic overflow tanks. Without one, the overflow goes overboard, like everyone else's cars back in 1968...;D

Well the road finally dried enough to allow the tow truck to take the Bronco into Albuquerque to the shop. Here is the mostly correct transcription of the phone conversation later that day: Mechanic: Sir, uh, how long have you had that battery? Me: Well, let's see. I bought it new and...

It's not terribly difficult or expensive to replace the heater core, water valve and the foam seals in the heater box. You also might have a ton of crud from the deteriorating foam in the box not allowing the baffle to work properly. This would tend to impede the air flow though you might...

My utterly stock '68, 289 appears to have absolutely no electrical power. No lights. No start. It has a brand new battery and cables. I've checked the connection to the starter (physically only, not electrically). I get 12 point something volts at the battery terminals and between the...

Well, the facts are just staring me in the face. No juice is getting from the battery to anything, which is hard to believe since it has been running fine for 6 years in all kinds of weather. :o But 6 years are 6 years. Anything could have happened in that time and I have to accept that...

The wind and cold were abated enough this morning to easily install the new battery from ***-Mart. But, it still won't turn over. Still won't do anything. Not even lights. :o It simply stopped almost a week ago seconds after starting in 10-degree weather. I immediately engaged the starter...

"...Reserve is how long you can leave the lights on before it is dead..." Thanks for the explanation, Broncobowsher. Went to Sam's and got something with a 90 minute reserve. And thanks again to all responders. Now if the wind will just die down long enough, I can get the thing installed...

Thanks for your replies. They were pretty much what I expected and, Astark, thanks for the link. I guess I'll go to SAM's or ***-Mart and get the highest cold cranking amps one there that will fit. Oh, one question. What does it mean when the battery is said to be rated with "90 minutes...

I did a search, and I know it must be on the site somewhere, but I'm needing to know what the best size battery is to get for my bone-stock '68, 289, 3-on-the-tree Bronco. When my dad gave it to me some 6+ years ago, he had just put a new Interstate in it. It's been accidentally drained at...

These things can be finicky. I've got a 289 with manual choke. When the engine is cold (having sat at least overnight), I pull full choke, pump it a couple of times and crank. If the carb has run dry it takes a few seconds of cranking before it fires up. I then slowly reduce the choke until...

This understandbly seems to be a constant topic of conversation/consternation. I was worried when the shop that rebuilt my '68 289 informed me that if it overheated they wouldn't honor their warranty. I thought it strange that a "new" engine and radiator would be susceptible to overheating and...

Check your water temp sensor. Might be silly to draw the comparison, but I was having the same problem with my old Escort. Seems that the temp sensor was "telling" the computer the engine was still cold even after it had warmed up. Therefore, when I tried to restart, it was as if an auto...