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  1. Darkwriter77

    Progress Thread The Arrogant Bastard ( '01 Gt )

    Story time! Let the epic lengthy posts resume. ;) Picked up an '01 Mustang GT last month after being 'Stang-less for a little over a year - the '09 Crown Vic was comfy, but a poor substitute. It was hard to find one that didn't have a metric crap-ton of miles already on it and/or hadn't been...
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    T5 difficult going into gear when stopped

    Been awhile since I've had any issues with teh Notch, but now it's being fussy again ... and my tags are coming up due at the end of July, so I need to get this working right before it's time to get on the smog dyno. :( Before everyone reads the thread title and immediately starts yelling...
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    How to remove old input shaft bearing?

    Okay, simple question: Short of taking it to a machine shop or transmission shop and paying them to do it, how can I get the old input shaft bearing off the input shaft? Is there a tool I can score from Harbor Freight or someplace to do the job, or what? (I wandered around there, but didn't seen...
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    For sale/trade: 1984 Mustang LX hatch 5.0 AOD CFI

    *** PLEASE READ THIS AD COMPLETELY BEFORE CONTACTING. ANSWERS TO MOST QUESTIONS ARE DETAILED BELOW. *** 1984 Ford Mustang LX, 5.0, automatic (AOD), CFI (Central Fuel Injection), **unknown mileage** (speedometer was inoperable for an unknown period of time before I fixed it). THE BAD...
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    Automatic redirects to ads/ad sites from StangNet

    WTF is this crap, lately? As if the "OMG! No wayyyyy!" audible smiley ads weren't obnoxious enough, now we've got automatic redirects to advertisements? Every other time I go to click "Back" or to exit a thread to a different forum, I get a full-page ad for crap like Classmates.com, some Zwinky...
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    Fox speedos = squeaksqueaksqueaksqueaksqueak...

    This is driving me nuts. EVERY SINGLE FOX MUSTANG that I have EVER owned has had a frickin' bouncy speedometer needle and squeaky speedometer. I've already tried replacing the cable, lubing the cable, inspecting and replacing the speedo gear in the trans, and nothing helps at all. In my '89, it...
  7. Darkwriter77

    Stoopid power steering fluid question

    Will Type F safely mix with standard power steering fluid? :shrug: I did a flush/refill with Type F on my '84 and it really helped quiet down the pump a lot. The pump in my '89 is perfectly fine, but the rack boots leak a bit when the car's parked for a week or longer at a time, so it needs...
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    More timing = less gas mileage?

    I know the answer to this might seem obvious to some, but does advancing the timing negatively affect gas mileage? Or is it the fact that I run a higher octane to avoid ping with advanced timing that lowers the mileage? In my '84, last year at this time of year, when I had it set at 10* BTDC...
  9. Darkwriter77

    1G to 3G alternator swap - Quick question

    Swapping out the crappy old 1G alternator in my '84 5.0 CFI and swapping in a 3G alt from an early 90's Mercury Sable 3.0L wagon. I kept the stock plug from the Sable and I've got the 4-gauge power and ground cables all done and set. Everything's bolted into place and everything else is all...
  10. Darkwriter77

    The Crown Vic from HELL!

    If they ever decide to make a Mad Max 4, I could totally see this thing running around in it... :eek: 1993 Crown Victoria Custom Lifted Poor, poor Crown Vic... :cry:
  11. Darkwriter77

    Steering Wheel Ideas for the Black Pearl

    Okay, so right now, I have THE ugliest steering wheel to ever come in a Fox Mustang. It's unattractive, uncomfortable, and it keeps making me subconsciously think that I'm driving a Tempo or Ranger or something: This thing is going away soon, one way or another. Sooooo, I'm weighing my...
  12. Darkwriter77

    Aero to four-eye conversion - wiring up headlights

    Before any of y'all go screaming about the blasphemy of swapping four-eye noses onto Aero Foxes and vice-versa, let me just state that what we're doing here is UN-converting an '80 Capri that had a '90 Mustang front end swapped onto it. We're trying to right the wrongs that Lynn's ex-hubby...
  13. Darkwriter77

    The most goth muffler EVARRRR!

    "I'm so goth, my mufflers look like coffins..." :rock: The COFFIN Muffler Seriously, I wonder how a pair of these would sound on a Fox? The fitment would be a PITA, since it's a center inlet/outlet deal, but if you're running dumps or if you have a shop bend/weld up some piping for ya'...
  14. Darkwriter77

    Wheel switchin' time!

    All right, I suck at making decisions. I definitely need proper-sized tires on the Black Pearl, and I'm kinda bored with the 10-holes being on teh Notch. Sooooo, I can either: 1. Buy a set of Ponies and throw those on the Notch ('89) and put the 10-holes on the Black Pearl ('84); 2. Buy some...
  15. Darkwriter77

    Rubber expansion plugs - expected lifespan?

    Just got done poking in two rubber expansion plugs. Don't gimmie hell for not using the brass or steel ones, please; I would have preferred to use those, but I don't have the liberty of being able to pull the whole motor out to install them, and there is NO way in hell I could knock those...
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    Exhaust recirculating into interior

    Always wondered, even though the exhaust on all three of Lynn and I's Foxes are 100% leak-free from manifold to tailpipe tip, there's always the stench of exhaust rolling into the interior. It's not really noticable with the windows rolled up, but if you pop the sunroof open or roll down one or...
  17. Darkwriter77

    Fighting the Smog Nazis: Stoopid AIR pump T-fitting

    Went to get Frankenstang's Capri smogged today. Used the same damned X-pipe I've been using since 2005 on teh Notch and on her car, never been a problem before, numbers always come out good and nobody throws a fit. Numbers were good today, but some random douchebag on a power trip decided to...
  18. Darkwriter77

    Turn signals on = radio switches off?

    I don't think this qualifies as 5.0 Tech, and pretty much NOBODY goes into the Sound/Shine forums, it seems, so ... here it goes. :shrug: Weird thing I encountered with my '84 since I threw in a little $5 Eclipse cd player (yep, five bucks - the CD part doesn't work): every other time I use...
  19. Darkwriter77

    Porno red paint - who da best?

    Okay, so I have an obnoxiously white but perfectly un-cracked dash pad in my '84 that needs to match the other porno red parts of the interior. Here's my options for painting it to match: 1. Duplicolor Vinyl & Fabric Paint; 2. Krylon Fusion (supposed to be made specifically for painting...
  20. Darkwriter77

    CFI - two fuel pumps into one?

    Sooooo, for the time being, until I can scrape together the funding for a full CFI-to-carb conversion (gonna be awhile, it seems) and beside the fact that I'm not sure if I could squeak through emissions with a carb'ed setup, I'd like to at least convert my exhaust from singles to duals. Small...
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