Progress Thread Snow - 93 GT Vert. My first Ford, Mustang, convertible, ...

[Mustang5L5]

Riddle me this ...

Went to tap the new intake for the ACT sensor and it already fits. What am I missing here. Someone already did the work? Something else?

Ford Racing intake kits used Explorer lowers that were tapped.

Easy way to tell is the ford racing lowers use the small baffles on the underside, while the explorer intakes used large baffles.

 

[JAA]

Should I be taking off the spider and dog bone things to clean them up?

 

[JAA]

Going to have the heads machined next week. Is there consensus on which gaskets to use? How clean does/should the block be?

 

[JAA]

Should I consider a complete gasket set? Do these go bad? There is some in here I wont use or need, but the price seems right, and we can trust "Ford Racing" right?

https://lmr.com/item/M6003A50/1979-95-Mustang-50L-58L-Complete-Engine-Gasket-Set

 

[JAA]

First set of head bolts cleaned.

 

[AeroCoupe]

Good progress. I do believe the stock head bolts are torque to yield so you may not want to reuse them.

 

[General karthief]

If they are stock head bolts then yes you need to buy new ones,

 

[02 281 GT]

I'm about 99% certain Mahle was the OEM supplier for the head bolts. They still make them and they can be had from Rock Auto for less than $20.

 

[JAA]

Good progress. I do believe the stock head bolts are torque to yield so you may not want to reuse them.

Interesting. I don’t think I’ve read that anywhere. I believe you, is there documentation on it? I’d be curious.

 

[JAA]

Let me add here that I blame this project on my back still being out. I can barely bend and I certainly can’t lift those fn heads back into place. I may need to have one of my kids come along to the machine shop and be ‘that guy’ to have someone carry things for them.

 

[JAA]

For cleaning the block I’m going to use some rag and solvent to try and get up some stuff. Then razor blade.

I also bought some of these after seeing some videos on them. The 120 grit is for aluminum and they recommend using those on iron heads to ensure no dips or valleys.

3M 3M-18733 Roloc Bristle Disc Grade - 120, Size - 2 https://a.co/d/aw6PEbe

 

[AeroCoupe]

Do some digging but some have said that their book on their 88 5.0 said TTY bolts and other say Ford started using them in 91 on the 5.0's and others say it was the 93 when they started using them. All I can say is the factory head bolts are junk IMO. I would at minimum get a set of ARP head bolts but the only think I use is head studs. Then I get the "its difficult to remove a cylinder head in the car with studs. So double nut them and remove the studs first and then pull the heads. You can lead a horse to water....

 

[JAA]

Slow and steady wins the race

 

[AeroCoupe]

Cleaned up good. What did you use?

 

[JAA]

Cleaned up good. What did you use?

Those 3m ceramic brush things, cheap AZ scraper, razor blade, cloth and brake cleaner. Then vacuum, rinse and repeat.

 

[JAA]

Side 2

 

[JAA]

That doesn’t look so good

 

[JAA]

Lol - yea. Don’t think I’ll be reusing you. Stuck in the bit too.

 

[AeroCoupe]

Looks like an old mechanical temperature sensor?

 

[JAA]

So what is the screen thing in the first pic? Does that get moved? How do I access it?