Progress Thread Snow - 93 GT Vert. Prepping for sale

General karthief said:

If it's running fat some driving around is ok, plan on some fresh plugs when you get it worked out.
Is the hose from the oil fill tube to the throttle body operational?

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Oil filler hose to TB is good

Howdy all

Snow is back in action for the season. However, the start of the season was a bit tricky. How about a nice long n00b story?

Some context, I replace my old amp with a new one last year.

Battery was disconnected in the offseason but was still d-e-a-d. Its a stinky duralast, you can lecture me later. Got it running and charging, but I observed the battery wouldnt keep a charge right when using the radio. I also bought a trickle charger which stated it would fully charge after 6 hours. LOL, look like 3 days to go green! No worries, so I started taking around a battery jump pack with me and didnt play the radio much. Car was driving well after fixing the lower intake grommet with some black RTV. While the idle isnt perfect, its pretty good for now.

Yesterday I was headed out to the local car show. Across the street I got gas, not using the radio. Went to start it and it didnt start, starter was struggling. WTF. I figure its a crappy duralast battery and had already researched which batter to get (below). I pop the hood and this time finally notice that the accessory bolts on the battery terminal were loose, DUH!

Go across the street to the car show. End up parking next to a CHERRY 1970 fastback (like this one: https://www.coyoteclassics.com/vehicles/393/1970-ford-mustang-fastback). I asked the gentleman if he happened to have tools on him and he did. I tighten down the accessory bolts and then go to tighten down the ring terminal and this. HAHAHAHAHA!

End up using an adjustable wrench to compress the radius of the ring (now C?) terminal around the post. I use the tire iron to get it down on the post just right. I drive the 5 miles home as slow and queitly as possible and unbelievably thankfully make it.

In the end my belief is the battery wasnt charging properly because of a loose accessory connection to the ring terminal, same with starting ... not getting enough surface area to draw enough amperage. I am buying the ones noted below and will get this complete next week.



As for battery to get, and specifics on which Group 65 and where?

Battery to get: Group 65 and will fit into stock tray.

Bought these: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mor-74098

Look excellent and fit perfect on the duracrap battery on initial placement

Long time no talk. Hope all is well with the Foxbody crew

Im having a hot start issue. Note, only with hot starting. Cold start is always fine.

What im seeing is when I attempt to start hot, the starter will not move (get clicking like a dead battery) or crank super slow. In the cases of a slow crank, it will eventually start up.

I originally thought this was a battery, ground, connection problem, it is not.

I have read that this issue can be a combination of timing being off and a starter going bad. I believe it is the original starter and is currently at ~140k miles. I also believe I have a timing issue as i am still having a fast idle.

I believe my timing issue is when I re-assembled the top end my distributor is off by a tooth or two. Could this be the case?

My plan is to feel confident about the timing and then replace the starter.

Thoughts?

Thank you