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  1. goland55

    Major A4LD Fluid LeaK....

    Most likely it's the front pump seal. The a4ld's are notorious for warping the mating surface with the front pump seal and leaking like crazy. In fact, the a4ld on my stang at the moment is doing the same thing. I'm swapping in a T5. I'm not sure if the newly plugged in electrical connection...
  2. goland55

    Quick Question

    Looks like it's the air charge temp sensor
  3. goland55

    Fuel Pump Relay Location?

    If you unplug the fuel pump and then check the voltage at its connector then that would eliminate the possibility of the fuel pump causing the problem. If you're getting voltage at the fuel pump then the fuel pump relay must be working...though it could have a poor internal connection that is...
  4. goland55

    Fuel Pump Relay Location?

    If the PCB marks the pinout for the relay (or the relay has it printed on it) you can just jumper across the two switching terminals with a short piece of wire to see if the relay is the problem or not. If the pump comes on when you jumper the relay (with the key in the ignition and in the run...
  5. goland55

    Custom subwoofer box (work in progress)

    Well, some of you might have seen me mention the custom subwoofer box I'm working on for the stang....here are some teaser pics (battery died after these two were taken). I test fitted it tonight where the back of the back seat used to be and it fits very well (though snug). Tomorrow I'll...
  6. goland55

    Clutch pedal cruise control switch

    Nah, you don't need to hook it up....but if you have the cruise control on and you hit the clutch without hitting the brake or turning the cruise control off the car could theoretically rev to the red line. A few people have told me they left it unplugged. On a side note, I've found the switch...
  7. goland55

    Elec problems...experts help needed

    Are your taillight/parking lights always on as these two brown wires are hot? My chiltons shows a tan/white wire feeding through the headlight switch to a brown wire and then to the tailight/parking lights. If both of those are hot, the tailight/parking lights should be on....unless the...
  8. goland55

    TPS Location on '89 2.3 N/A

    The TPS is actuated by the throttle plate. It is *almost* always located on the opposite side of the throttle control on the throttle body for every car out there. I believe you have to take the IAC off to get to it. Does your car ever throw any codes? Two things than can cause a rough idle...
  9. goland55

    Clutch pedal cruise control switch

    Sweet dude, thanks
  10. goland55

    Rusty floorpan much?

    A 'keep right' sign would probably fit in there without much modification... :p I went at the rust today with some wire brushes. There's a couple small cracks that are rusted through but nothing that I'm really worried about. I'll just have to treat the interior and then go at the underside...
  11. goland55

    90 convert update

    I used to have a sticky egr valve that would randomly throw a code when the car would get warm. Some days it would, some days it wouldn't. Cooling system components generally don't throw many codes unless a sensor is bad. Since you only replaced the radiator and no sensors, my guess would be...
  12. goland55

    DOHC head options...

    Ford 2.3 DOHC's are a totally different animal than the Lima SOHC 2.3's the mustangs have. The volvo is the only DOHC head I've heard has been successfully swapped.
  13. goland55

    Elec problems...experts help needed

    Headlight problem: Do you have a multimeter or ohmmeter? If so I would ohm out the wires from the headlight switch to see where they're going. I'm thinking that there's something up with the wiring on the steering column or maybe someone hacked with the wiring at one time and connected the...
  14. goland55

    Rusty floorpan much?

    Could be from the rain but when I first got the car I remember there was a big gooey patch where some soda had been spilled (that was 6 years ago). There's still a big brown spot on the original carpet. I'm def. glad I caught it. The few pinholes through the metal kinda scare me...I'm not...
  15. goland55

    TRANS COOLER LINES---HELP!!!

    Have you checked with local parts stores? Sometimes they'll sell the trans cooler line assemblies. Is the rest of the line in good shape? You could just cut out the bad part and throw in a new section of line with compression fittings.
  16. goland55

    Oil pump ?

    You might wanna check with a local parts store to see if they have a rebuild kit...they might let you look at the directions in the box which might have an exploded diagram (sometimes the instructions suck with those kits though). My chiltons doesn't have an exploded diagram...I doubt a haynes...
  17. goland55

    Bringing the 87 back

    You might want to try Painless but I'd bet a whole new wiring system would be an arm&leg no matter where you go. Is the wiring on the car THAT bad?
  18. goland55

    86 SVO running issues

    First thing I would do to eliminate some things is check the spark plugs for any significant irregularities and do a compression test at the same time. The tfi module can be checked with an ohm meter. The layout will be like this: GND........PIP_PWR...PIP_IN _|..|______|..|_____|..|...
  19. goland55

    Clutch help

    Does your clutch cable have a ball end to it? If the svo bell is like the other 2.3 bells then you should be able to connect that ball end to it. If you happen to have a 5.0 clutch cable (threaded end I believe) it won't work without modification (if it can work at all, I dunno). From what I...
  20. goland55

    wiring problems

    I believe the turn signal switch on the steering column also has the headlight wiring running through it (according to my chiltons wiring diagram for 89-93). I'd make sure all your harnesses are plugged in securely on the steering column and make sure none of the wires have popped out the back...