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  1. dgollem

    Engne cleaning question

    Try Purple Power from Wal Mart or the auto parts stores. Works better for me that the degreasers. You can help it along with good brushing, stiff round brush or cut down a paint brush. Can hit it several times, spray it, let it soak, brush, repeat. Garden hose pressure works, pressure washer...
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    No idea what this cable is for. What is it?

    Come on not that old, they still use CBs on Ice Road Truckers:)
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    88 CA-Stang Miserable Smog W/Pics!

    Was she warmed up real well for the second test. A cool car will sometimes report high. What you changed should not have had a negative effect, There is a possibility that you created another problem by fixing the first. Could you have pulled off or caused a crack in another vaccume line or...
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    TFI

    Helps if you buy the "special" tool, a thin wall socket that fits in the TFI. May not be able to get it with a regular soxket. Tool is about 6 bucks at most stores. May have to turn the distributor to gain access but do not have to remove it. If you dont have a timing light mark the dizzy...
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    what color blue is this?

    Try Printing the picture taking it to the paint shop and see if they can match it. Should be able to come close.
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    87 5.0 wont start

    Could still be a lot of things but the PIP could cause your issue too. Swapping the Dizzy Is not that hard. There are plenty of threads on here on how to do it. Good Luck
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    got it out cant get it back in!!

    From reading your post sounds like you may have pressed the clutch while trying to seat everything, (you said pedal was tight with new bearing, you would not know that if you had not depressed the clutch) Not the end of the world but your will probally need to use a clutch alighment tool as...
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    My new porting table for gt40 project

    Coincidence or more? Using Dora the explorer table to port "explorer" intake to try and find some lost power. Might make a wierd twilight zone episode:lol:
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    HELP. I hope I didn't mess anything up

    Like some one already said it sounds like a loose starter. The starter shound not move at all by hand.
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    one inch cobra spacer

    Mine clears the 2 1/2 inch stormin normin hood fine
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    The SINGLE dumbest thing I've done while in the Garage

    Cranking a 5.0 Fuel injected engine over with the throttle body removed wasn't a good idea. Was cleaning the TB and intake and for some reason thought the car would just crank like a car with no carb. However FI cars still get plenty of gas from the injectors and no TB equals Wide Open:jaw...
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    Installing engine with auto trans in car

    Please re read what HiFlow5.0 said about getting the converter seated all the way. It will still spin if not seated all the way. I have broken a front pump thinking everything was good just beacuse I could get the bolts to line up and start. I thought tightening the bolts would just pull...
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    ignition problems please help

    If you can get the ignition to turn you don't even have to pull the steering wheel just the steering column shrouds. If the key won't turn. Mitchells on Demand says. You have to remove the steering wheel as well as the shrouds on the steering column. Use a1/8th inch drill bit to drill...
  14. dgollem

    Road Trip

    Should not have any trouble. I have had my 88 since new and have driven cross country several times. The only thing I can think of to watch for on car that sits a lot is the tires. They can get old and still look like new, Double check for dry rot.:flag:
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    lost the key to my wheels

    They make some kits to take them off (ATD Tools 3050 9 pc. Locking LUGNUT Remover Kit $40.00) google is your friend. I paid pepboys $20 a while back to get the locking lugs off a Dakota PU. They did not scratch the wheels.
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    Best clutch for a stock 5.0

    I have had great luck with center force clutches.
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    Front seats help!

    I bought my 88 new in 88, the seats have never locked "forward". They have a lever to adjust the recline/tilt but if you push them forward they move. I know this is differnt than most cars but I have never had a problem with mine.
  18. dgollem

    How to Fix a Leaning Seat?

    Plus 1 for repair. If your covers are good the seats are not that hard to take apart. Once you find the broken welds or cracked seat frame you can usually weld them back up and even add some reinforcement. If you don't/can't weld, a lot of times a muffler shop on a slow day will hook you up...
  19. dgollem

    HELP

    You might want to check out your seprintine belt or belt tensionioner. It could be slipping at higher RPMs affecting both the water pump and alternator. Good Luck.
  20. dgollem

    Emission help

    Just did a google search for failed emmisions high hydrocarbons, turned up a bunch of things to look at, bad wires, vacumm leak, high timing, etc. Also believe JRichker has posted on this board about emmisions problems suggest a search and see if anything looks like it might be affecting your...
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