Out comes Baby...

QCStang · Feb 8, 2006

I can't keep up with the brake problems on my '96 Sable. I need a dependable car on the road all the time, so I'm rolling out Baby. I have decent all seasons on her for now, and I have a full set of brand new rims and winter tires in storage - if I need them.

So, plated and insured, and fluids changed on the Mustang later today. Try and get the UGH-ly red Sable fixed in a reasonable amount of time. Once that is done, I'll probably drive the Stang on sunny dry days.

TheDamned · Feb 8, 2006

i'm not sure I understand... your Sable is f'cked up so you're with the stang with the remaining of the winter ?

Say hi to our beautiful salty roads!!

Boss 351 · Feb 8, 2006

The thing is that there's hardly anymore winters anyway... a couple of snowy days... just get the car washed and no dammage done...

TheDamned · Feb 8, 2006

Boss 351 said:
The thing is that there's hardly anymore winters anyway... a couple of snowy days... just get the car washed and no dammage done...

I guess we don't live in the same area... my road is full of salt\dirt here, I wouldn't run my stang in that, never.

Stangfreak95 · Feb 8, 2006

No DAN ! Not again. Leave her alone !

QCStang · Feb 8, 2006

Nice clean stang.

I will be oiling her underneath.

Problems though. Dead battery. Changed it. Fired her up - she started right away. Then a VERY load screech and smoke. Seems the serpentine belt was starting to smoke, it wasn't moving. I opened the rad cap. The coolant looks like very hard slush. I think the coolant froze? I had a 60/40 mix in it. I think (?) the water pump isn't turning and is frozen.

I wonder if I take off the serpentine belt, and run the engine for 3 or 4 minutes,would I be able to "thaw" the engine and flush the coolant?

Ideas?

TheDamned · Feb 8, 2006

QCStang said:
Nice clean stang.

I will be oiling her underneath.

Problems though. Dead battery. Changed it. Fired her up - she started right away. Then a VERY load screech and smoke. Seems the serpentine belt was starting to smoke, it wasn't moving. I opened the rad cap. The coolant looks like very hard slush. I think the coolant froze? I had a 60/40 mix in it. I think (?) the water pump isn't turning and is frozen.

I wonder if I take off the serpentine belt, and run the engine for 3 or 4 minutes,would I be able to "thaw" the engine and flush the coolant?

Ideas?

Ideas ?

Yeah, put it back in storage mode man!
Mustang + Québec winter = bad.

STM1965 · Feb 9, 2006

Ideas

Is the car in a garage if so take a small space heater and put it under the hood it should warm it up enough to thaw provided you tarp off the front to try and keep the heat in, I don't like the idea of running and stopping the engine without coolant, using indirect heat causes less wear & stress. Im suprised your mix went slushy your water content must be higher then you think for it to do that.

QCStang · Feb 9, 2006

The car is outside, the only blessing is that its on the south side of the house, so it gets sun most of the day. I could have mixed it in the wrong proportion, but I don't think its that cold -18*C. I'll try the heater thing.

QCStang · Feb 9, 2006

Well, she's alive.

Due to my previous shoulder problems, I didn't have the strength to get the belt off, so I went with plan B.

I had to use a hairdryer+electric heater+block heater while she warmed up in the sun.

I checked the rad before starting it up. When I took the cap off, ice cold Prestone shot everywhere. A lot of pressure in there.

When I started her, she belched a little carbon, and the belt squealed for a few seconds. After a 5 minute idle, it stalled going into the street. When I started again, it stalled in reverse. I drove her about a mile to get gas (I had 1/4 tank left) . No more stalls, smooth as heck...

I'm scrapping the Sable, I don't want to sink $2,000 into her.

Boss 351 · Feb 9, 2006

that sucks man... find yourself an older Crown Vic for a winter beater or one of those 3.1/2.8 V6 chevy cars like a Berreta or something, those things last forever!

Boss 351 · Feb 9, 2006

TheDamned said:
I guess we don't live in the same area... my road is full of salt\dirt here, I wouldn't run my stang in that, never.

I'm only 40 minutes from you lol Right now it's cold outside and sunny, our roads are nice and dry the worst things are the freaking pot-holes and the left over gravel on some streets which makes taking off real hard without spinning the wheels.

KDK1988GT · Feb 9, 2006

ouch I hate seeing any Stangs out in the snow/salt... baaa

But I guess you need to do what ya gotta do....

Keep that damm salt off of it and watch out for the pot holes!!!

TheDamned · Feb 9, 2006

The pot holes are HUGE here man it's insane

QCStang · Feb 10, 2006

Yup, lotsa big holes everywhere. I'm going to Krown this weekend to get her oiled underneath, and I'll have the 4 snow tires put on. I don't do much winter driving - between now and "the real spring" I should only put about 500 kilometres.

Car also gets washed once a week in the winter. If it's 10 degrees or warmer - hand wash. Otherwish, to the carwash.

KDK1988GT · Feb 10, 2006

QCStang said:
Yup, lotsa big holes everywhere. I'm going to Krown this weekend to get her oiled underneath, and I'll have the 4 snow tires put on. I don't do much winter driving - between now and "the real spring" I should only put about 500 kilometres.

Car also gets washed once a week in the winter. If it's 10 degrees or warmer - hand wash. Otherwish, to the carwash.

I can't wait to see some nice pics of the "snow tires" on the stang..

Boss 351 · Feb 10, 2006

During the small "heatwave" we had the other week, I saw lots of sport bikes, Mustangs, F-bodies and even one classic 50's car lol Man I bet people are all sitting in their summer cars making engine noises right now lol -17 today Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Stangfreak95 · Feb 10, 2006

KDK1988GT said:
I can't wait to see some nice pics of the "snow tires" on the stang..

I've seen them before ..

TheDamned · Feb 10, 2006

Boss 351 said:
During the small "heatwave" we had the other week, I saw lots of sport bikes, Mustangs, F-bodies and even one classic 50's car lol Man I bet people are all sitting in their summer cars making engine noises right now lol -17 today Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

hahaha i ear ya... i want in my garage and fired her up for the first time this winter... ohhh it was great to hear the MAC rumbling again... i can't wait to put the 3.73s gears in it you dont even know, i heard it changes the car completely!! SUMMMERRR

KDK1988GT · Feb 10, 2006

TheDamned said:
i can't wait to put the 3.73s gears in it you dont even know, i heard it changes the car completely!!

oh yeh u will love the change!!! ....... when u are crusin in 4th gear, u will be reaching to take it out of 3rd (thinking that you are in 3rd gear) when you are already in 4th... hahahha it's great...

I love my 4:10's !!!

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