- Apr 22, 2012
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I was searching for a cheap car and lucked out (I think?) when I found a 1995 Mustang for sale for only $1,000 literally about three blocks away on Craigslist. The car runs (or did until Friday morning, anyway) but needs some TLC and so I could use the advice of people who know Mustangs. First, the car makes a lot of noise when it starts up, and there is a slight delay when turning the key, as if the car is struggling to start. So far it hasn't required me to turn the key more than once, it's just slow at starting and then noisy under the hood. I'm not really very mechanically inclined, so for all I know there could be a family of uncomfortable midgets living under the hood trying to get free. It's all beyond me. It did drive okay but obviously has some problems. The previous owner said it needed a transmission pan gasket and said that the Mustang needed the rocker arm or arms bolted back on. Something like that. Does that sound right to you? Or do you think the problem is something else?
And do you think that repairing this Mustang will be expensive? Are those specific repairs pricey, if the owner was correct?
I mentioned that the Mustang no longer runs, and the story to that is that while taking it off the truck that towed it over (purely to be on the safe side, it was still running at the time, just didn't want to chance it by driving it to the garage) one of the straps came off too abruptly when we were trying to take it down and it rolled off with a bump (nothing too severe) and it would no longer start. The battery appeared old, and the person who towed it for me had left the key turned in the ignition, which may have drained the last life out of the battery on the drive to the garage. It could also be that whatever was already wrong with the car, be it something loose or whatever, was shaken to the point that it simply couldn't turn over anymore. I don't know.
I'd like to hear what other people think. Did I make a wise choice buying this car?
I love Mustangs. I just don't know much about fixing cars. Help!
Thanks for your time and your advice, guys!
Jose
And do you think that repairing this Mustang will be expensive? Are those specific repairs pricey, if the owner was correct?
I mentioned that the Mustang no longer runs, and the story to that is that while taking it off the truck that towed it over (purely to be on the safe side, it was still running at the time, just didn't want to chance it by driving it to the garage) one of the straps came off too abruptly when we were trying to take it down and it rolled off with a bump (nothing too severe) and it would no longer start. The battery appeared old, and the person who towed it for me had left the key turned in the ignition, which may have drained the last life out of the battery on the drive to the garage. It could also be that whatever was already wrong with the car, be it something loose or whatever, was shaken to the point that it simply couldn't turn over anymore. I don't know.
I'd like to hear what other people think. Did I make a wise choice buying this car?
I love Mustangs. I just don't know much about fixing cars. Help!
Thanks for your time and your advice, guys!
Jose