How do you get to the front of the engine?

MARK HAS IT EXACTLY RIGHT! I HAD TO REMOVE THE DRIVERS SEAT(SAME THING) BECAUSE THE LARGE FULL LENGTH COVER CAN'T BE "TWISTED" ENOUGH TO CLEAR IN MY '74!(THE DRIVERS' SEAT WAS COMING OUT ANYWAY SO I COULD REMOVE THE TRACKS AND SOME RUBBER TO LOWER IT A LITTLE) ON THE INNER HUMP YOU WILL FIND 10 HEX HEAD MACHINE SCREWS! YOU'LL NEED AN 8MM SOCKET, I FOUND THAT ONCE LOOSENED A DRIVER HANDLE WORKS GREAT. YOU HAVE THE LOCATION FOR THE SENDER, YOU CAN BUY NEW ONES AT ANY NAPA/KRAGEN ETC. AUTO PARTS STORE FOR $6. UNDER (OFCOURSE) FORD 351 CLEVELAND. USE ONLY THE SEALENT THAT COMES ALREADY ON THE THREADS AS ANY YOU ADD MAY PREVENT PROPER GROUNDING OF THE SENDING UNIT. GO THROUGH THE PAST TECH. ARCHIVES AND FIND WHAT ANOTHER MEMBER HAD TO DO TO LOOSEN THE PLUG THAT IS IN THE BLOCK! BEST OF LUCK! MARLIN

Thanks a bunch! As always, this is THE place for some of the most knowledgeable and friendly people. Hope to get my P car on the road soon!

GO TO PAGE #3 SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM LOOK FOR "WATER TEMPERATURE SENDING UNIT"!! MARLIN.

Once the upholstery panel is out, the NEXT time removal can be made quite simple. From the back, you'll note a row of tiny nuts on both sides of the 'bubble'. Removing all the nuts shows that the vinyl upholstery is separate on the bubble and is held in by the nuts. The upholstery can be pulled back and the fiberglas bubble can be cut free of the rest of the panel. The removed vinyl & padding can then be glued back on, after trimming a little of the bubble for a better fit. The steel panel needs only 2 or maybe 3 screws to hold it; U.S made 10-32 screws seem to fit the metric capture-nuts in my car. The cut-loose fiberglas bubble is held to the steel cover with velcro; now, removal of both panels is a 1-minute job, and even to a trained eye, the assembly looks stock.