89 gt 5.0 starting to give me doubts

BossMustang302

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ok wow itz been like a couple months since i been on here ok well im 15 i own an 1989 5.0 gt now when we 1st got it it was a beast now it barley starts sounds like crap..you can here the sqeaks and stuff over the rumbling..and under the hood theres like this group of wires now 4 it to start if it hasnt already we gotta freakin wiggle em now the wires are located on the right side of the car it'z a big group all different colors.... and everytime the wheels turn it makes thiz weird eeeeeeeeee sound now we had it for about 4 years...when we got it it was a brand new paint job and sounded like a dragon..now it's BLAHHH wat can i do here?...cause seriously i have no idea wat the wires are..im gointo try to find out though thanks for the comments

 

BrutalStang

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a standard tune up from ford, but i'll guess if its not being used properly(i.e. high way cruising with that nice little 8) then old age is just settling in.

after i left mine in the air port for extended period's of time, things didnt seem right at first either, then it was fine.

maybe some fuel injector cleaner, a fresh tank, then let it run for a while.

 

srothfuss

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Cars get like that due to neglect. Take care of the car and it will feel like brand new.

Brutal suggested a tune up, so do I.
Keep the car clean
Update the shocks / struts
Clean the interior
Wax the paint
Change the brakes
Fix the rusted exhaust


The devil is always in the details... if you don't do the little stuff, than something big always goes wrong. I am not getting on you, but if you don't take care of a 16 year old car than it wont be very rewarding to have around.

 

darthcual

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Welcome to our hobby!

 

gt40_2003wes

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run a half a can of sea foam through it buy a fuel treatment clean it up and if you have to pay to have a tune.

 

HISSIN50

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Where are the wires you have to jiggle? Are they the TFI harness wires?

Good luck.

 

haulbalz

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sunil6784

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It always seem that clean cars run better...If you take care of a car (tune ups, oil changes, washing/vaccuming) they always seem to take care of you.

Those 4 wires, are they going to the distributor (The tall skinny thing on the front of the engine where the 8 plug wires go to) ? It sounds like it might be a loose plug wire or coil wire...

 

Zero_chance

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Might even be the wires that have the fusible links that control, for example, the power supply to the pcm and fuel pump relays. Used to happen to my car until I figured out the wire for the PCM relay was holding on by barely a thread of wire.