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  1. Loup-garou

    Need good way to strip paint off my car

    Check out Mustang Steve's website - the page dedicated to his daughter's coupe. He used chemical stripper and a pressure washer to get the majority of the paint off. He mentions the metal prep solution that he used to prevent flash rust.
  2. Loup-garou

    3.8/auto swap into 68? Possible?

    The tough part will be in figuring out how much of the convertible's wiring harness to use, so you should probably begin with good wiring schematics of both cars. You might be able to mod an '87 - '93 3.8 EFI harness and avoid the OBD-II stuff (which would require a separate transmission...
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    Transmission Fluid Leak From Dipstick??

    Check the top of the transmission near the back, right around where the tailshaft housing attaches. There should be a vent up there with a cap that can move or rattle a bit - see if you can verify that it's not stuck down (going from memory here - I haven't had a C-4 car in many years). If...
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    Frustrating Problem

    How "original" is this car under the hood (particularly carburetor and intake manifold)? I concur that it sounds like a fuel supply problem (dying pump, clogged in-line filter, blocked screen on fuel pickup in tank, etc.) but I've also seen EGR valves cause similar symptoms.
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    Installed Derale Electric Fan

    It's a coolant temp sensor that is actually immersed in coolant, just like the one that feeds your temperature gauge. It sounds like skywalker used a thermostat housing with the threaded hole to add the additional sensor to his engine. If you look at the fan controller part number on...
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    fuel efficient 289?

    Sheesh, what next... re-pops of the George Barris "Sonny and Cher" Mustangs?
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    Installed Derale Electric Fan

    The dash lights are an easy fix, they just snap in from the rear of the instrument panel. I have a question about the fan controller, as I picked up a similar rig at a swap meet not long ago (mine's from Old Air Products, but it looks just like that Derale): Is that fan controller the one...
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    March/November wedding 60's tribute

    I can appreciate that - and you stated your argument very well. As someone who has owned both classics and Fox bodies, I've often felt the need to modernize the '60s cars. Likewise, I've always thought that Ford rinsed too much of the Mustang DNA out of the '79 - '93 cars. I love 'em for what...
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    Anyone recognize these classic brackets?

    Have a look at Classic Auto Air's online parts catalog for Mustangs - there are lots of photos and parts drawings there... should help you identify some of these parts.
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    Sanden PN

    I researched the York and Tecumseh compressors back when the r134a conversions were getting lots of discussion. Check out www.aircondition.com; there's a link there to the auto a/c forums at acsource.net. The forum used to have a separate "refrigerant retrofit" subforum which has since gone...
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    Sanden PN

    I think you need a Sanden SD5H14, which was the post-r134a version of the 5-cylinder SD508. Some people think the larger 7-cylinder Sanden compressors are a better choice because they move more refrigerant and seem more reliable - but I'm not sure if the mounting ears on both models are...
  12. Loup-garou

    Transmission Fluid Leak From Dipstick??

    Wait... is the leak at the bottom of the dipstick tube, where it attaches to the transmission housing... or did the fluid spit out the *top* of the tube because the dipstick wasn't seated?
  13. Loup-garou

    Timing Chain Cover

    You should probably do a forum search for "timing cover" and absorb as much of that info as possible. Here's a thread to start you off: http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/824381-5-0-water-pump-alternator-belts-running-hot.html Note especially D. Hearne's warning regarding the dangers of...
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    Timing Chain Cover

    You don't have to remove the oil pan, but the front of the pan IS bolted to the bottom of the timing cover. Don't start pulling on the old timing cover until those pan bolts are out, otherwise you'll bend the front lip of the pan. The new timing cover gasket set will contain the front part of...
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    '65 Mustang - Stereo Install Ideas

    I have toyed with the idea of a trunk-mounted stereo run by a wired remote recessed into one of those Shelby radio-delete plates that Branda and others offer for sale. If the remote is the right size and shape, it could probably be surface-mounted on the radio-delete plate and look right at...
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    '65 Mustang - Stereo Install Ideas

    I like the custom console option which a number of people here have done. I'm planning one that'll have the look of a "cruiser" console (the one with the cup holders offset to the right), but with an angled part rising up to meet the bottom of the dashboard. I like the original '67-'68...
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    Exhaust manifold paint

    A buddy of mine turns wrenches on some of the Commemorative Air Force warbirds. He told me the engine paints they use come from the "Corr-Paint" product line at Aremco Products, Inc.. In addition to several colors available, the stuff comes in several different series according to heat...
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    USA-630 or some engineering...

    Alternate to (b) above: Use a trunk-mounted Kenwood CarPortal unit (gotta go with the mid-level model or higher to get a built-in AM/FM tuner) and control it from a GPS-sized touch screen display. Conceal that somewhere up front (like behind a console door or on a hinged plate that can be...
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    Emergency Brake

    Will the handle twist to the point where it should unlock? Just trying to figure out if the handle mechanism is jammed or the cable is frozen.
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    Adding Subframe Connectors - Why not lift them to reverse unibody sag?

    I've read that the subframe connectors are best installed when the car's weight is on its wheels too - but then I see lots of full "rotisserie" restorations that include subframe connector installation when all of the drivetrain components are out of the car and NO weight is on the wheels. The...
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