Hello everyone, I'm considering purchasing an 89 5.0 and thought I'd see what the you experts think. Here is a link to the car. 89 mustang 5.0
It has the AOD transmission, but 4th gear is out. He said that it would be a few hundred dollars to have fixed . He said there is an oil leak, which he thinks is due to the motor high revving when it would try and shift into the non existent 4th gear. I'm waiting to hear back on where it is leaking from. Otherwise he said everything runs fine according to him. He told me that he's been trying to get the tranny to go out completely for the last few years, but it hasn't. He has a C6 tranny and a 351 that he was going to put in and build up. If I understood correctly those come with the car. I could possibly use those to build up later or maybe just sell for extra cash. The only other thing he mentioned is the hood didn't completely latch when he bought it and he flew up on him putting a small dent on the top and denting the cowl.
I figured if I bought it I might as well do a full rebuild of the AOD and considered the Lentech Street Terminator VB and a TCI rebuild kit from Summit Racing (TCI Auto 438900 - TCI Pro Super Transmission Overhaul Kits - Overview - SummitRacing.com). I would need to replace the torque converter, but I'm not quite sure what to go with right now. Right now I just want something to daily drive and be reliable, but at the same time figured if it needs to be done I might was well do it to handle whatever mods I do later on.
I'd offer cash on the car, so I could possibly get it a little less. Overall I'm not looking to spend any more that 4K or so total.
It has the AOD transmission, but 4th gear is out. He said that it would be a few hundred dollars to have fixed . He said there is an oil leak, which he thinks is due to the motor high revving when it would try and shift into the non existent 4th gear. I'm waiting to hear back on where it is leaking from. Otherwise he said everything runs fine according to him. He told me that he's been trying to get the tranny to go out completely for the last few years, but it hasn't. He has a C6 tranny and a 351 that he was going to put in and build up. If I understood correctly those come with the car. I could possibly use those to build up later or maybe just sell for extra cash. The only other thing he mentioned is the hood didn't completely latch when he bought it and he flew up on him putting a small dent on the top and denting the cowl.
I figured if I bought it I might as well do a full rebuild of the AOD and considered the Lentech Street Terminator VB and a TCI rebuild kit from Summit Racing (TCI Auto 438900 - TCI Pro Super Transmission Overhaul Kits - Overview - SummitRacing.com). I would need to replace the torque converter, but I'm not quite sure what to go with right now. Right now I just want something to daily drive and be reliable, but at the same time figured if it needs to be done I might was well do it to handle whatever mods I do later on.
I'd offer cash on the car, so I could possibly get it a little less. Overall I'm not looking to spend any more that 4K or so total.