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  1. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    My very low mileage Holley fuel pump seemed to stop working today, I took it apart, and found some kind of critter build a nest in the vent hole. Mud wasp maybe?? lol Easy fix, and back together, and works now. So I fired the II up, for the first time in many years, open headers, it's pretty...
  2. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    After much measuring, checking, test fitting and re-clocking the starter so that it clears everything properly, I installed it and tested it and all it did is go click click. However after measuring the depth one more time, I decided to install the .065" spacer ring that comes with the pm...
  3. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    There is a OEM ford flexplate and engine plate for sale on ebay, $229 if anyone wants.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/296368869840?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5335821607&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 I asked him to measure diameter of the plate and he did, looks like it's 12+...
  4. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    This company has some nice looking Mustang II parts, but only for manual transmission. A steel bellhousing for 157T that is made to clear the firewall of a II? Cool stuff. I contacted them, asking if they sell anything for Mustang II automatics, he said manual is all they do. I wonder if...
  5. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    I wish I had access to the machines required, I'd make some starter pinions exactly the correct size for the pioneer flexplate and aftermarket 302 starters to give it a .030 mesh clearance. It's really that simple, but difficult too. lol One huge advantage to a high power starter like the PM...
  6. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    No, NEVER get rid of the oem stuff. I wish I still had my old oem flexplate, I would've had the ring gear repaired had I known back then. I got rid of the original starter too. uuuugh. I really want to measure a stock flexplate and compare the results with the aftermarket pieces.
  7. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    I've been studying starters/flexplates/gear mesh/etc a lot. I now understand why my old mini starters would grind like crazy and tear up the flex plate teeth. There is way too much clearance between the gears! I got another new flexplate and a powermaster mastertorque starter. (made in USA)...
  8. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    I tried a new starter from autozone for a 1995 GT, same exact grinding sound, and it shaved some metal off the new ring gear teeth. So I went back to an old McLeod starter from around 2000, same exact grinding sound. I drilled a slightly larger hole in the starter flange, and filed the mounting...
  9. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    Thanks for that info, I am saving all these links on my PC. lol
  10. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    I had a MII 4-speed in the car back around 1992, it didn't last the summer behind the 300hp 302 I had in it, then I swapped in a T5, and it blew up the input shaft bearing, I swapped in another T5, that one broke something in the gear box, then I went C4 auto again, and blew up a bunch of those...
  11. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    I'm actually running a standard size passenger car front sump Milodon pan, as it was required to clear the billet steel stud girdle in my engine. I removed the power steering setup and replaced it with a manual pinto rack with a pinto steering rag joint.(that shed 35 lbs, too) and a mini starter...
  12. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    The old gear reduction starter I ran in the 2000s, a McLeod unit, was amazingly well built, but it ground the first flexplate up rather quickly, and was even worse than the 1995 GT mini starter I replaced it with. I just measured and compared those 2 starters, and the McLeod, is in fact, even...
  13. Blue Thunder

    Starters suck. So does the aftermarket!

    I think I figured something out with the starter today. While the C4 is out of the car, I used my spare V8 bellhousing, bolted it temporarily to the engine with the new flexplate, and I took the solenoid off the starter, and taped the bendix so it was in the full engaged position. I then crawled...
  14. Blue Thunder

    New member 76 Cobra II Owner

    I think black and gold might be my favorite factory II colors, they look damn good. Though in the opposite end of the spectrum the white with blue stripes also looks amazing.
  15. Blue Thunder

    New to the site, not to Stangs.

    Damn that color reminds me of the Miss Geico 4000 hp offshore boat. You definitely cannot miss that in a parking lot, pretty wild.
  16. Blue Thunder

    Mustang II Member's rides

    I brought my daughter home from the hospital when she was born, I will give her the car when I'm too old to drive it. Nothing like a Mustang with a car seat in the back. Lol
  17. Blue Thunder

    Mustang II Member's rides

    2017 again
  18. Blue Thunder

    Mustang II Member's rides

    Around 2017
  19. Blue Thunder

    Mustang II Member's rides

    This is a fairly recent shot, you can't see all the flaws in her body since it's dusk. lol I've had the car since 1988, it's been through everything with me. A second full restoration is coming.
  20. Blue Thunder

    Video thread

    Stangnet awarded me 2 trophies, lol a 5 yr and a 10 yr? What about 15 yr and 20 yr?? Where my trophies! haha
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