Progress Thread Goofy fuel gauge on slow progress

After being here and owning my current Mustang for 10 years, I realize it would have been good to have a slow progress thread to keep track of what was done and ideas that need done. Searching through old posts works, but putting them in one spot would have been helpful. Pictures will follow if they were saved or if I have to get some new ones.

No new pictures yet, just one from when I bought it.
I am saving this thread to replace the reproduction door lock actuators. The passenger side is dragging badly if both sides are plugged in.
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Another part I have (somewhere) and need to check out is the ECT. And I might as well check out the IAT sensor. I have all the codes down to 11 with the surging idle checklist, but on cool days, it acts like the choke flap needs adjusted for a few minutes at start up. And of course, it has no carb to adjust the choke on. It will be interesting to see if these values match the sensors on the car or the new sensor.

The other drivability issue I need to chased down is an occasionally hanging idle. The step I am at is to clean the connections, do a meter sweep, and put it back together with some dielectric grease.

Other parts waiting for installation are at least the following:
- Steeda aluminum upper and lower rear control arms. I will put new quad shocks on backwards just to be sure of no wheel hop. They are cheap compared to the arms.

- subframe connectors with seat supports

- console lid with cup holders to be installed once power ports are installed and it’s painted.

- a small subwoofer. I want to upgrade the head unit to a Sony Bluetooth and usb for iPod unit, even though the current one has CD and Sirius/XM compatibility.

- Sheet metal quick nuts for the hatch plastic pieces to help keep the rattles away. I have enough loose screws without the car having them.

- Door and hatch weatherstrip. The driver’s door piece is missing a layer where feet have hit it getting in and out.
(https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-fo...stripping-shootout.906302/page-3#post-9152147) I hope I bought the right ones several years ago! I cannot remember if I replaced the hatch weatherstrip on this car. I think so, and it’s parked off site because of the impending ice storm.

- Explorer intake. The lower was ported by Tmoss and I ported the upper intake throat to match my bigger, whistling, BBK throttle body. (I do not mind hearing the IAC is working, so I have left the whistle at idle.) I will probably wait until I replace the ported E-7 heads with alluminum heads.

- A IAC spacer kit from an F150. It is short an adjustment screw, but the whole thing is MIA after the last move. It should be helpful with the cam in the car, once I find it and make another adjustment screw.

- Silver Star or LED bulbs. The taillights are lightly tinted, and we’ll see which I find first.

- a GT hatch spoiler snd a hand polished 3rd brake light, not in the same spot.. I like the GT spoiler better than the 91 LX spoiler. The extra holes in the hatch mean I will be having someone else do this swap, some PDR, and some touch up to the quickie Vibrant Red paint job it has.

-94 spindles with used brakes. I like my pony wheels, but the head and manifold will likely require a brake upgrade.

There are probably more items I will find as I get the boxes sorted out. Parts for my other classics, plumbing, electrical, sprinkler system, phone, electronics projects, general garage stuff and wall hung tools are all together. The movers put everything into as big of boxes as possible without reguard to organization. And now we have smaller place. So I have wardrobe and half wardrobe size boxes full of mystery items and not enough room or energy to get stuff sorted out. But the boxes are starting to crumple from the weight, so sorting will have to happen before too many big car projects get going.

Essn95 said:

Do you happen to have a sound clip of your throttle body whistling? I also have a BBK unit and lately there has been a whistling noise at idle and I can hear it get louder as I take off up to 1.5k rpm but after that, it either goes away or my exhaust drowns it out.

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I can try to catch it next time the car is out. That sounds about right for a TB whistle. A little throttle and the whistle goes away since the flap is open and the IAC closes.
What I understand causes the whistle in aftermarket TB’s is the sharp, machined edges in the idle air passages. Rounding them off with a Dremel tool has eliminated the noise for others.
Here are some pictures of a modified one. I bet if we dug deep enough into the search results, there will be similar ones on StangNet.

@Essn95 The car whistles the A flat above the staff when idling below 1000 RPM. It stops with any throttle. I do not see how to attach a video from my iPhone, just pics. It’s not easy to hear over the turbo mufflers on the video.