How about a "What should I know about 94-95 5.0" thread?

[Husky44]

Just dawned on me, about 1 1/2 years ago, I was on here posting "what should I know about the 95 vert GT I'm looking at before I buy it?"

I'm now on a non-Mustang forum and researching a car I'm thinking about buying for my daughter. Somebody on there made a sticky thread detailing all the things a noob to that car should know while shopping. Beats trying to master the search engine on a forum you're not familiar with (heck, I can't master the ones on the forums I frequent). It'd also cut down on seeing the same posts over and over again.

I'd do it, but don't think I'm qualified. Any takers?

 

[nmcgrawj]

Harmonic Balancer is always the first thing i think of with these cars. Check the back for rubber coming out.



Outside of that, nothing comes to mind of "chronic problems" with these cars....

 

[True 5.0]

Harmonic Balancer is always the first thing i think of with these cars. Check the back for rubber coming out.

+1

The 5.0 OEM harmonic balancer is a POS!

Romac replacement

 

[TrueBlue95GT]

Don't buy one if you plan on keeping it stock. It's impossible.

 

[Chythar]

Something to look at if the engine is "running rough" - see if the spark plug wires and/or distributor cap look old, very dirty or worn. That may mean that the engine just needs a tune up to run right. Ford 5.0's are really hard to kill, but old spark plug wires can make it run like crap.

I've heard many a story where someone buys a fox that the owner can't get running right, so he sold it cheap. A new distributor cap & rotor, and the new owner drives off with the engine purring nicely.

 

[stprorolla49]

The stator in the distributor is also something a lot of people have had issues with. It took me weeks to figure it out, and I ended up replacing the whole diz with a remanufactured unit rather than a new one and it worked like a charm.

 

[Black Stampede]

Clean the mass air meter. Cannot emphasize this enough. My car was SO SLOW when I first got it and I knew nothing about them. When I finally cleaned the meter it literally felt like around 50 rwhp it was so dirty.

 

[Chern_889]

Clean the mass air meter. Cannot emphasize this enough. My car was SO SLOW when I first got it and I knew nothing about them. When I finally cleaned the meter it literally felt like around 50 rwhp it was so dirty.

Stole the words out of my mouth, i suffered the exact same thing, its 10x worse when a K&N filter is used. It should be a regular maintenance check.

The wires from the brake light switch rubbing through on a braket under the dash had me a on wild turkey chase, from what ive read its quite common.

And +1 on the balancer, a bad one caused me a broken crank

 

[rcmustang17]

I think worn bushings in the window motors is a common problem and it is easy to fix

 

[Chern_889]

I think worn bushings in the window motors is a common problem and it is easy to fix

Im having that problem right now, whats the fix?

 

[desertcox05]

broken vacuum line on the fire wall causing the climate control to only blow on the windshield

 

[Chads95GT]

how about checking the clutch cable/quadrant? i had to replace mine within the first week i had my car.

chad

 

[desertcox05]

another common issue is the speedo gear on the back of the cluster

 

[99FiveOh]

I think you're referring to the odometer gear which completely falls apart from it being made of rubber (good job Ford!).

And though some have had luck getting a reman'd dizzy, I'd recommend against it. They usually don't replace the stator because it tests "good" for them. I'd either replace the PIP/Stator with a good one from Ford or Napa (not Autozone or Advance) or buy a brand new distributor.

All the other suggestions are good ones!

 

[desertcox05]

I think you're referring to the odometer gear which completely falls apart from it being made of rubber (good job Ford!).

And though some have had luck getting a reman'd dizzy, I'd recommend against it. They usually don't replace the stator because it tests "good" for them. I'd either replace the PIP/Stator with a good one from Ford or Napa (not Autozone or Advance) or buy a brand new distributor.

All the other suggestions are good ones!

I got a remanned dizzy from an online source (never again). Failed the day after i sent the core back. But not from the pip but because the bushing was worn out. I have a remanned from O'reilly's currently with a lifetime warrenty. no probs out of this one.

 

[94gtfreak]

Im having that problem right now, whats the fix?

Sorry...this is from another forum but it's better than writin it all out again. Window problem ONLY 94-95 best write up ever...i just did mine a couple weeks ago, thought I needed a new window motor.

 

[Black95SVT]

broken vacuum line on the fire wall causing the climate control to only blow on the windshield

I had the same issue, but an easy fix. Be wary of any mods that have been performed by the previous owner, not to say that you should only buy a bone stock one, but be aware of whats been done and that is has been done properly.