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586 hits | 51.77 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
You can see one side of the "snout" of the housing was partially broken allowing the hook's gear teeth loose,so it fell off. After I took it apart I ended up simply using a 1" hose clamp to cinch up the snout and keep it together (until the glue drie...
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575 hits | 35.49 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
Peened together with heat at the factory and supposedly a sealed, throw away unit.
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842 hits | 47.33 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
Unserviceable my @$$. If you think I'm shelling out good coin, when there's little else wrong with the original that glue and clamps will fix, think again Ford !
(Posted in: Door lock actuator)

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657 hits | 78.06 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
Four eyelets(that should have had removeable screws) drilled out and the sides of the case separated with a carpet knife, here's the result.
(Posted in: Door lock actuator)

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657 hits | 57.77 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
I knew it worked fine as I was listening to it jump around in the doors since last Fall. I reinstalled the gear toothed hook part and glued the case back together and tie wrapped it until the glue dried.
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553 hits | 25.5 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
I used a much longer 1/4-UNC-20 bolt so it wouldn't fall out of the actuator cradle while I fiddled it into place. Then I lopped off the 1" or so I didn't need, once it was tightened. The nut clears the 19 year old door and jam no trouble at all.
(Posted in: Door lock actuator)

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731 hits | 67.55 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
To get the old manifolds off step one is to "easily" remove the brass nuts I so cleverly installed on the new headpipe studs two years ago.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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531 hits | 85.45 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Thought I'd start on the easy side (the driver's).
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534 hits | 89.63 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Only thing that concerned me, on this side, was how to re-secure the oil dipstick tube.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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639 hits | 75.2 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Pretty crude effort at headers there Ford !
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593 hits | 77.63 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Actually that was a piece of cake to get off.
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549 hits | 75.42 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
By pulling the now loose manifold forward I was able to disconnect the O2 sensor very easily.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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574 hits | 72.18 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
This made removing the old gasket material easy as pie.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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591 hits | 75.22 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
A trial fit of these Mustang shorties was the next step. Two bolts was enough to hold it in place.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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585 hits | 72.78 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
This is the passenger's side. There really is a manifold under all that tubing......really there is.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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642 hits | 70.16 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Sure it took a bit longer than the easy side, but with some PB Blaster it wasn't all that difficult to remove. I used the same trick to reach the O2 sensor on this side too.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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602 hits | 66.15 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Again a trial fitting of the passenger's header was in order.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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603 hits | 57.92 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
The headpipe on the passenger's side was pretty close to the shorty header's ball as well. I marked the direction, I had to bend it out, using a tire pen.
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723 hits | 46.82 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
I used the tire marker to ballpark the area where I would be adding the O2 sensor bung to the shorty. See the crude scribbling above the header ball flange ?
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608 hits | 61.57 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
"O" mark's the spot for the O2 sensor. I'd been cursing the fact they were supposed to come with bungs already in the shorties, but whose to say if the Mustang positions would have been right for our Town Cars ? Count your blessings I'd say.
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680 hits | 67.73 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
I just drilled out a hole and enlarged it with a die grinder and stone, then tried the O2 bung/nut.
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598 hits | 43.6 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Down to the village welding shop and ten bucks later each header had a bung welded to it. I hit them with the only high heat paint I had lying around (silver). It all burns off in a few days anyway.
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749 hits | 49.05 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Both O2 sensors were new less than two years ago, so I gently cleaned their heads with a fine wire brush and bolted them into the new Mustang shorties.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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554 hits | 67.66 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Headers bolted in and the oil dipstick tube tab judiciously bent until it fit properly.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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578 hits | 68.59 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
If anything, I'd say these PaceSetter headers actually improve plug access on 90's
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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862 hits | 74.87 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
O2 sensor wire hooked back up.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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672 hits | 60.61 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
How did I get the Y-pipe to bolt up ? It was @ 1 1/8" too narrow, meaning I had to widen the headpipes away from each other. I just jammed an old shovel handle down one and bent it gently 3 times until it BOLTED RIGHT UP to the supposedly Mustang onl...
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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579 hits | 64.49 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Whilst fixing my heater core I damaged my Lincoln cassette player, which has an amp and a 6 CD changer. All I can say is I wish I'd damaged it when I bought the car......it totally SUCKS compared to the new $129.00 aftermarket head unit. Even without...
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600 hits | 66.5 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Yes, the stock opening is a PERFECT fit for a DIN head unit, requiring NO adapter of any sort.
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579 hits | 69.75 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Rather than trying to re-use the stock wiring and wimpy stock amp, I ran 4 dedicated speaker wires to each speaker. Like I said, the difference between the new unit and the stock radio is "very good" compared to muted mumblings through a wall. Take t...
(Posted in: Aftermarket radio)

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601 hits | 7.07 KB | Posted: 12/18/08
Available at NAPA or most parts stores. It's why you're burning out coils ECHICC1
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505 hits | 63.11 KB | Posted: 1/21/09
This is the wiper motor transmission. Next to it is the old, baffed one.
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911 hits | 74.96 KB | Posted: 1/21/09
This is the wiper transmission, on the motor, going back in.
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3533 hits | 30.34 KB | Posted: 2/19/09
MX E9AE-9F491-AA (smaller text 292900)

Three way thermactor valve
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818 hits | 33.21 KB | Posted: 2/19/09
valve
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597 hits | 59.52 KB | Posted: 4/17/09
Ouch ! Minor fender bender from a family member(gotta be fixed for no cost)
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605 hits | 28.85 KB | Posted: 4/17/09
Scored a "free" filler panel from a local yard. Thanks to my Mopar buddy's connection at the yard we got this and some other goodies for no charge.
(Posted in: Minor collision repair)

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528 hits | 45.49 KB | Posted: 4/17/09
Clean it up. just have to remove the remaining clear coat and get it ready for color match.
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494 hits | 25.23 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
Change of plans. Steamngn, from Lincolnsonline, came through for me in a big way with this 90' filler panel for under the headlight. He also sent me the other side and a pile of other goodies, all in great shape.
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589 hits | 18.63 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
Washed it, buffed it to get rid of tiny, minor scuffs with Turtle wax polishing compound and then waxed it twice with NuFinish wax. It's like new and my original color. Can't thank Stemangn enough !. He's saved me a pile on materials I would have had...
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491 hits | 49.56 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
Time to change the parts. The used replacement sits under the hood.
(Posted in: Minor collision repair)

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520 hits | 41.65 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
These two 11mm nuts are the first to come off.
(Posted in: Minor collision repair)

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500 hits | 52.91 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
Then the only other fastener is the philips screw down the black strip at the rear, level with the Lincoln emblem.
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523 hits | 56.68 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
Once you pull the whole assembly out, just twist out the two bulb holders and it comes free.
(Posted in: Minor collision repair)

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833 hits | 53.28 KB | Posted: 4/27/09
These are the two poppers I need to get out.
(Posted in: Minor collision repair)