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    1991 Mustang Starting Problems! Electrical?

    RE: 1991 Mustang Starting Problems! Electrical? Hi Mstngd21, When you turn the key, do the accessory lights dim? If not, power is not getting to the starter, or the starter relay. If the lights do dim, double check the wiring around the relay, it could possibly be a wire going to the...
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    Some help on picking a color for your car

    Hello everyone, I was painting my mustang recently and had the trouble of finding a satisfying color for it. I noticed when looking around, there are not a whole lot of ways to look at car colors other than to go to a auto paint shop and look thru pages of colors and try to imagine the paint...
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    body paint question

    Hey everyone had a quick questions regarding paint and mixing paint brands. If you would spray DuPont primer on a car, then put a PPG brand base coat and clear coat on, would they mix or would the paint not come out right? Thanks
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    Paint question

    Hey everyone had a quick questions regarding paint and mixing paint brands. If you would spray DuPont primer on a car, then put a PPG brand base coat and clear coat on, would they mix or would the paint not come out right? Thanks
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    carburetor adjustments

    Hey TuxStang, That is what my carburetor looks like, the only difference is I have the choke still on it. My mustang is also an automatic transmission. Thanks for posting the picture.
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    carburetor adjustments

    Hey guys, Thanks to all who responded, I forgot to mention that this is a 1980 mustang 2.3L non-turbo, I saw there was some confusion on the year of the car. To answer the question of the carburetor, I am not sure if it is a Holley 5200 but probably after I post some pictures, it will be...
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    carburetor adjustments

    Hey ethangsmith, Thanks for responding, I will have to look on ebay for those books.
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    re-painting plastic trim

    Hey everyone, I was re-doing my exterior trim on my mustang and came to some plastic chrome trim that goes around the headlights. Does anyone know to prepare and re-paint the plastic pieces chrome so they look pretty nice? I would like to keep them chrome and not paint them black. Keeping...
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    carburetor adjustments

    Hello everyone, I have a 1980 mustang, 2.3L non-turbo. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to properly tune a carburetor or point me in the direction of where I could find out. Thanks
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    car paint colors

    Hello everyone, I was painting my mustang recently and had the trouble of finding a satisfying color for it. I noticed when looking around, there are not a whole lot of ways to look at car colors other than to go to a auto paint shop and look thru pages of colors and try to imagine the paint...
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    HELP NEEDED

    Hello, I had this problem before, everything inside the car would work such as air, radio, etc but nothing would happen when you turn the key and when you put pliers across the solenoid it starts right up. The wire going to the solenoid was the problem. The people that posted above are...
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    muffler, exhaust, etc.

    Hi Red_LX Thanks for responding. To my knowledge, there are no exhaust leaks. The exhaust is held together by clamps opposed to being welded, would that have an effect on the sound?
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    muffler, exhaust, etc.

    Hi everyone, I have a 1980 mustang of which I want to buy a quieter muffler for it as the one on it is pretty loud. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a good quiet muffler and a quick tour on what to look for in a one. One more thing, does anyone know if the original 1980...
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    Mustang paint job

    Thank you to all who has responded, Jax Rhapsody, I ended up doing that, going to google and typing in shades of red. I ended up with a cherry red that will go nicely with the chrome trim and black stripe going around the mustang. Thanks again to all who responded, it is greatly appreciated.
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    Mustang paint job

    Hi everyone, I am in the process of getting my project mustang painted. As of right now, I need to find an exterior color to go with the canyon red interior. Does anyone know of any websites or resources I could use to compare colors that would go well with canyon red? I am looking for a...
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    engine not starting

    Hi babybudistmonk, Thank you for responding. As of recently, I found that a wire was hooked up wrong. I re-checked all wiring and have it in the correct spots now according to a shop manual. Unfortunately another problem has come up. The other day I was backing the car up and the engine...
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    svo wiring harness

    I agree with j and v, There are not a lot of these early 80s mustangs left so we have to preserve/restore them to keep them around. Already, you see so few of these around. If it has a good body, along with trim and everything, might as well finish it off as j and v said and enjoy it. If you...
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    1980 mustang instrument cluster

    Re: 1980 mustang gauges problem Hello everyone, First off, a thank you to everyone who has responded, your suggestions are appreciated. Second, I have visited foureyedpride.com and I am very impressed with the website and fourms. I think I will start posting there as well as here...
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    engine not starting

    Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am restoring a 1980 mustang 4 cylinder. Lately, I've been having some wiring trouble (the gauges will not function) and have been taking my engine harness out to examine the wires, to be sure the wires are in good condition and...
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    1980 mustang instrument cluster

    Hello, thank you for responding. I have tried 2 or 3 clusters, thinking that was the problem. Unfortunately, I have had no luck in any of them. In the same line of thinking, I checked the printed circuits on each gauge cluster for any breaks, and none were found.
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