For the last 2 yrs, I haven’t Seen much of the 90 Saleen. my customer who I picked the car up for had been having some issues with it. One day he washed the car and all of a sudden it wouldn’t run at all would just start and die or run for a minute and start back firing then die.
His new neighbor who is a GM master mechanic said it was fuel related so they replaced every fuel component. New tank, 255 pump, fiter, injectors and rails.
Nothing changed so they then replaced the throttle body, mass air and iac. No change. Mechanic says I am clue less. Could be anything. So my customer parked it in the back yard under a cover for a yr. Until I called.
I went over to his house, looked the car over but mainly just shot the breeze. He tells me all about the ordeal with the mysterious problem.
I make a good offer and buy the car. He starts trying to figure out how to get my trailer in his back yard. I go and have him start the car. He laughs and says,
Ok but no take back. I’m thinking same here. He starts the car and it huffs and dies.
Had him do this a few times while I visually inspect the car. I noticed the mass air plug had a broken clip that you normally pull to disconnect. Hmmm. So have him start it and I hold the plug tight against the mass air. Car runs so I let go of the pressure and it dies. So i get a couple zip ties and secure it. Car fires up perfect and runs perfect. Drive it around the block just for fun and in the trailer. The owner is dumbstruck. He says damn I spent $2,000 trying to fix something you fixed in 5 min with zip ties. Back to my shop it goes from there. But I tell this story to say. Dont guess and test with parts. If you dont have a reason based on reseach and identifying a specific issue…dont throw cash at it. Just take it to a pro. Not your neighbor. Very next day. I swapped the headlights and on the Dragon with it.