Headlights? - An Other Stuff that's [not] Headlights
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Dont forget your before, and after brother. Hope it works out for you. This political crap on tv is driving me nuts. Need some more garage fun.
Yeah, a hot water extractor would probably be your best bet. I've also had good luck using drillbrush attachments and Tide or equivalent laundry detergent of all things. Spray Nine is also a pretty good cleaner/degreaser that has antibacterial agents. You should be able to pick it up locally at Wal-Mart.
The reason why the DCR stuff is highly regarding is because most, if not all, of it is made on old Ford tooling. They acquired a lot of the machinery that cranked out these parts.
SO often times if you order "new, ford tooling" parts from them, you'll get a brand new part with Ford ovals on it and engineering numbers, but a molding date of 1998 or something like that. Usually it's the last mold made, so they possess it and just crank out the parts as long as they can (mold wears out or breaks). Unfortunately they likely won't make new molds...or maybe they will who knows.
Here's the list of what they make on original ford tooling. Just need to find a distributor that clearly marks that these are DCR parts and buy from them.
SO often times if you order "new, ford tooling" parts from them, you'll get a brand new part with Ford ovals on it and engineering numbers, but a molding date of 1998 or something like that. Usually it's the last mold made, so they possess it and just crank out the parts as long as they can (mold wears out or breaks). Unfortunately they likely won't make new molds...or maybe they will who knows.
Here's the list of what they make on original ford tooling. Just need to find a distributor that clearly marks that these are DCR parts and buy from them.
I believe it was @Davedacarpainter that did a phenomenal job at cleaning the carpet and upholstery on one of his cars, he may chime in and tell us where the posts are.
Yea I will get some pictures and post them before I start cleaning. We are working everyday doing auto repair at the shop so I am limited to what I can do during the week. I did order a MSD cap and rotor, motorcraft sparkplugs, acell wires, coil, regulator, motorcraft fuel filter, and an air filter yesterday. I hope I can change all of that out by this weekend.
Do you still have the cats? If so, leave the smog pump right where it is.
Otherwise, you could pickup a good set of high flow 3-way cats and then ditch the smog pump.
Going catless is always an option but those cars tend to stink and stink up the garage along with them.
It's pretty easy to do. If you have cats though, you really shouldn't ditch the pump.
But if your cars are gone (or you are running modern cats) you can just yank the pump and all associated plumbing. Your belt will get rerouted like the blue diagram (ignore the belt length, you should measure on your own). In fact, do this first, then delete the pump once you have your accessory belt sorted
One air tube from the pump goes down to the h-pipe. Come off about 4-6" from the pipe and cut it clean with a hacksaw. Use a piece of heater hose, two hose clamps, and something big enough to plug the other end and just cap that all off. You can also crimp the pipe over and weld it shut if you have the means.
for the pipe running to the heads, you can either cap it at the check valve on the pass side, or remove the pipe off the heads and cap using this block off kit
SVE Smog Port Block Off Plate Kit 5.0/5.8 - LMR.com
Block off the smog ports on your Mustang 5.0 or 5.8 not originally equipped with smog equipment using this SVE smog port block off kit!
lmr.com
Thw two vac lines from the TAD and TAB solenoid can be trimmed and blocked off. Or if you are feeling brave you can remove the solinoids completely, and use resistors to avoid any codes for them.
Stock cats? Yes. The older cat systems weren't very efficient and need the O2 supplied by the pump to function. Without it, they will gum up and clog over time.
Modern cats are better and can eliminate the pump. I'm running a Bassani catted X-pipe and deleted the pump with that setup.
If there is any chance your state/county etc plan on doing tail-pipe emmissions testing, or a visual inspection, you'll want to keep all the smog stuff intact.
Also, anything you remove save, or toss on ebay. Nothing from these cars is really a throw-away part these days. People are restoring them to stock, so all components have value.
All the new cat systems should be the newer 3-way variety. You may want to send an email to their tech support specifically asking if they require the use of the air pump system
Would the flowmaster direct replacement cat system be considered high-flow 3 way? Or should I look for something that specifically states "high flow 3 way"? Thanks!
I would. If you plan to buy a new set, you will only want to purchase them once.
Heed the advice above about checking to see what is legal in your area. You don't want to spend money to have some lane referee tell you, "It's all gotta come out".
Hey... I know the dude that owns that site.
I don't even remember what mine are (been a long time). They are similar to these:
3" Universal 3-way: https://www.partshopper.com/item/magnaflow-54309-challenger/
Here's the 2.5" version: https://www.partshopper.com/item/magnaflow-94606-standard-grade-direct-fit-catalytic-converter/
Drop me a PM if you decide to order. I'll slip you a coupon code.
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