Suggested by @vristang that perhaps my horrible fuel mileage is due to leaking injector(s). Got to thinkin', I have 8 brand new ones sitting in the corner of my shop. They are in the last of 6 new 5.0 HO engines I bought from Ford Performance when they were closing them out, about 1997. They were all intended for '95 Mustang use, as produced. Next to last, my nephew recently got running in a '65 Galaxie. Questions of a new engine sitting 20 years went away: it runs beautifully! This encouraged my to cannibalize. My '94 GT has 161,000 miles, no reason to believe the injectors are not original. Time to go!
Here's the big brace I found under the hood, unfastened, to allow raising the upper manifold.
Shocked by what I found when I raised up the manifold! Two big mounds of hairy stuff, obviously rodent nests. I sucked it all out with shop-vac, two "thumps" indicated probable mummified remains. This was very common in Missouri, but I've never seen it before in the Desert, after a total of 25 years here! The car may have spent time elsewhere, of course, but was originally titled in CA.
Manifold out of the way, I will raise fuel rail up off of injectors, but not remove it from the car, then remove injectors one by one, this all after first blowing out any remaining debris, dust, etc. with compressed air. The bright white blow-out is paper towels, protecting ports.
Here's the new injectors! Believe that hulk is brand-spanking new? Followed me around the country for 20+ years, about time it's put to good use! Note how Ford ships new engines: The thermostat housing still has a plastic cap over it. So do the fuel rail connections. Every possible opening into the engine was protected in some way. Oil pan filled at assembly point. Note gray no-name Ford oil filter also supplied.
Notice the fuel rail has been removed and set aside. Cleanliness (?!!) is important.
I suppose an injector install has been illustrated here many times before, so if I ought to stop here, say the word! Otherwise, I'll finish tomorrow with the actual injector remove/install. imp
Here's the big brace I found under the hood, unfastened, to allow raising the upper manifold.
Shocked by what I found when I raised up the manifold! Two big mounds of hairy stuff, obviously rodent nests. I sucked it all out with shop-vac, two "thumps" indicated probable mummified remains. This was very common in Missouri, but I've never seen it before in the Desert, after a total of 25 years here! The car may have spent time elsewhere, of course, but was originally titled in CA.
Manifold out of the way, I will raise fuel rail up off of injectors, but not remove it from the car, then remove injectors one by one, this all after first blowing out any remaining debris, dust, etc. with compressed air. The bright white blow-out is paper towels, protecting ports.
Here's the new injectors! Believe that hulk is brand-spanking new? Followed me around the country for 20+ years, about time it's put to good use! Note how Ford ships new engines: The thermostat housing still has a plastic cap over it. So do the fuel rail connections. Every possible opening into the engine was protected in some way. Oil pan filled at assembly point. Note gray no-name Ford oil filter also supplied.
Notice the fuel rail has been removed and set aside. Cleanliness (?!!) is important.
I suppose an injector install has been illustrated here many times before, so if I ought to stop here, say the word! Otherwise, I'll finish tomorrow with the actual injector remove/install. imp