Build Thread 1990 Lx 5.0 Restomod Build

68stang351 said:

Not trying to hijack the thread, but a few years back I did away with my map pockets and covered it in black vinyl, as well as the inserts above the armrest. I'm still going to replace the speaker grill and armrest pad with black pieces also, just haven't done it yet.

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madspeed1 said:

No it will not, but they do make the same stuff in a flexible version which is what you'll need

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boostfrk said:

I thought they had a different dye/paint for plastics and vinyl, but looking at their website again color coat is supposed to be good for most vinyl, flexible plastics, carpet and velour. I would think you would be ok.

As far as my process sucking...it's held up great so far for the past few months. I've received several compliments on how good the interior looks, including from my wife.

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boostfrk said:

So I went to the junkyard the other day to find an electric fan from the early 90's 3.8L Taurus. Plenty of Taurus' there, but none with the 3.8L engine. I rememberd hearing something that people have said the fan from a Mercury Village or Nissan Quest was a near perfect fit. Took me 5 minutes to locate one and another 5 to pull the fan out. I paid a whopping $15 for the fan and brought it home. I've just finished getting this installed and setting it up. The fan fits inside the OEM shroud nearly perfectly.



I disassembled the fan; took the blades off as well as the motor so all I had left was the protective cover/shroud of the Mercury fan (referred to from here on out as the fan). I stacked the fan on 3 rolls of tape (scientific I know) so that the top of the fan (leaving edge) was level with the leaving edge of the Mustang shroud.

I decided I wanted 6 bolts holding the fan in place, but I didn't want the bolts very visible from the top of the shroud when looking down into the engine bay. I picked the place for the highest bolt locations to be at approximately 2 and 10 o'clock, and then measured around the circumference of the bottom of the fan. With 6 bolt holes the spacing of my bolt locations was 8-3/16". I marked these spaces and then drilled a small hole in each location. You can see some of the holes in the shroud in this picture.



Then I held the fan in place (still on my 3 rolls of stacked tape) so it lined up with the Mustang shroud, then drilled a hole into the fan using the holes in the Mustang shroud as a guide.



Then I used (6) #10-32 x 1-1/2" screws along with locking nuts with a nylon insert to prevent the nuts from backing off. There is roughly a 1 - 1-1/4" gap around the perimeter of the fan between the edge of the fan and the Mustang shroud. I was surprised how sturdy this thing is after it's all installed, but it's held in there pretty tight





I'm out of town for work all next week and the car should be done with paint sometime next week, so hopefully I'll be able to pick it up next weekend after I get back in town. I can't put the fan in until I get the car back obviously, but I also need to decide if I want to splurge for the DC controller. I'm having trouble finding information about the amp draw for this fan, especially when it first kicks on.

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boostfrk said:

Thanks. It'll all be for naught if it's too deep and doesn't fit in between the radiator and the WP pulley.

The fan came out of a 2002 Mercury Villager.

I didn't use a spacer insert. When I tightened the bolts/nuts down I would tighten one a few turns, then move on to the opposite bolt. I kept doing this so it would keep the fan centered in the shroud. Once the nuts were tight I checked that it was centered.

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