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    Installed 3G alternator.....Idle is 11 volts!!

    Put a test light on the ignition wire and make sure you're getting voltage with the key on, simple test. It's what fixed mine when it wasn't charging. If I'm not mistaken with the car off you should be at 12v's at the posts, and when you crank the key you should be above that, in the 13-14...
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    What's the worst traffic offense you had with your Stang?

    There's some ****ass doing that on my street too.
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    RPMS dropping fast when I down****

    :stupid: Might even be unplugged.
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    Mark VIII, installed.

    Jesus H. Christ that fan sucks a lot of energy, I could never just leave it running I don't think, It was just eating my battery. I also found something strange and maybe you guys can shed some light on it. After watching it eat energy I busted out my voltmeter to do some testing. After...
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    What's the worst traffic offense you had with your Stang?

    Assault, after smacking a ricer with my car door twice for trying to key my car, almost seen jail time for it, we all know the story. Old lady at starbucks that testified :hail2:
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    Mark VIII, installed.

    Sup fellas, yeah I might take it off the cigarette lighter and use the hot lead from the stereo or something. I followed the following diagram made by one of our own (FiveOhhStang)! I know it's for a taurus fan installation but I followed the same premise and put a thermostat on it...
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    Mark VIII, installed.

    No offence taken, I did that in 5 minutes never really actually paid attention to it, but yeah, milled.
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    Mark VIII, installed.

    Welp, took all day but I finally got it in and I'm pretty happy with it. Sure is a tight fit though, probably about 2 inches between the fan motor and the waterpump pully. Got it hooked up to a thermostat via a relay with a toggle override. I'm tired, I'll probably take pics tommorrow or...
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    WTF? Mechanics say higher output alt. doesn't make a difference

    Sh1tacular mechanics you got there fella. Get the 3G, grind the bracket, upgrade your wiring and call it a day. There's tons of posts about this, if it didn't have an advantage people wouldn't be doing it. Just my .02. :nice:
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    Gonna slap in the taurus fan tommorrow, some Q's.

    Is the diagram I will be following. The only question I have is I want to have a toggle switch on this setup as well. There's an optional clause in there that says you can hook one up between contact 86 and a 12V. I'm unclear on this, does he mean either you can only have one or the other? Or...
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    Just installed 3g alt....voltage does not exceed 13.8x ?

    Mine was about the same voltage when I had my underdrive pullies on, now that I went back to stock pullies it has upped a bit. :shrug:
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    For ****s sake, can't find a belt that fits.

    I got one that's pretty damn close right now, if I change the alternator pully it'll fit. I have a 770K6 belt right now I believe, do they make a 78?
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    For ****s sake, can't find a belt that fits.

    I've gone to autozone 5 times today I can't find a belt that fits now that I have the stock pullies on. Here's a few things for thought. I have a 3G alternator with the pully that came with it which is bigger than the stock pully that I received. The belt will probably fit if I put the stock...
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    Stalling on cold startup

    How's the IAC valve?
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    Putting stock pullies back on today...

    Strange, doesn't seem to have any bolts on there. I need to jack the car up and get under there to see for sure but from feeling around there doesn't seem to be any bolts. What kind of bolts are usually on it?
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    Putting stock pullies back on today...

    Eh, crankshaft pully needed a pully tool so I went and rented one. It's like a set of jaws, pretty straight forward. My question is, on the install of the stock pully do I just tap it a few times with a mallet or something? Doesn't appear to be any bolts.
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    Putting stock pullies back on today...

    Thanks for all the help fellas, the alternator has the stock pully on it, so I should just be bolt and play with the crank and water pump pully. Thanks again guys.
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    Putting stock pullies back on today...

    Anything special I need to know? Looks like I just unbolt and rebolt. Am I going to need a bigger belt? Thanks, Justin.
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    Idle issues

    I had problems prior to the new valve. So after replacing misc things I bought the new wells IAC valve. After installation the idle problems still existed, up until like yesterday when I flipped the valve and it fixed it. I have a habit of not reading instructions and it's ****ed me many times.
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    Idle issues

    Man, I was having idle issues to the max. The car would warm up then all the sudden the idle would sit at 1500 and I would have to turn the car off let it sit for a minute before it stopped. The car had really bad hanging idle coming to a stop, sit at like 1500 them slowly drop. I was running...