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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    After heading to the local O'reillys and nabbing their fuel pressure test kit, it looks like I'm losing pressure after the engine is shut off. Pressure is stock and stable while the engine's running, so essentially the problem is that I'm losing my prime when she sits for any amount of time and...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    Okay, popped some seafoam in there and ran her around the city for a while. If there's any changes, I'll post success/failures. Another new issue I've been seeing is more 'aggressive' starts. With foot completely off the accelerator, the car now starts as though gas is given, rushing...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    So the starting issue has improved, but seems a little less predictable. Still reliable though, once she turns, she runs like a champ all day. Yesterday before work she fired up right away. Leaving work, cranked like she has during this whole issue. So I'm grabbing the fuel cleaner here in a...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    So filter is changed, the car seems to respond and idle better, but the starting issue remains. The sludge coming out of the old filter was a dirty, oily brown color so I'm guessing that may have fouled my plugs. I guess that's next. And if that doesn't help, I can only guess it means a new...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    Plugs were last changed about 50k miles ago, wires are factory wires. Gonna replace both of those along with a new coil pack here soon to get back the car's factory kick. I did pick up a bit more info due to a tip from a friend the other day. He for a fuel issue, turn the key on and off a...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    Had the local autozone test battery and alternator a few days ago both during a start and at 2,4k rpm, they said both were running as stock. I'll grab the date and cc amps as soon as I'm home and can pop the hood. Problem has been more cranks before firing, from 1-2 cranks to 10-15. Up until...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    I'll give the battery a check, but hopefully its not that as it is brand new as of about two-three months ago. I was having issues with the battery dying frequently, needing a jump almost every time I used the stereo or headlights for even five minutes with the engine off. Sounds like this...
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    After doing a bit more research, it seems the problem may be linked to fuel draining out of the carb overnight: She's not firing up right away because she's not still primed after sitting overnight. Any ideas on how to diagnose, confirm, and resolve that?
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    Electrical Dying Starter? Or Something Else?

    Hey guys. Just last week, wednesday in fact, my stock 98 Mustang convertible started becoming slow to turn over. I've noticed lately that the longer she sits, the slower she fires up, but she does still reliably fire up. Now I have noticed that it's been hotter than normal lately and it...
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    98 Convertible Rear Quarter Windows off track?

    Having an issue with my rear quarter panel windows rolling up in my 98 convertible. One appears to roll sluggishly into place, which doesn't quite create a seal with the window in front of it, while the other seems to be scraping against something within body of the vehicle itself, leaving a...
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    Frequent loss of 02 sensors..

    Sorry about the disappearance, guys. Midterms -- they eat all your spare time. The coolant and oil seem fine, no bubbles in the coolant. Also, a few days ago, the engine light shut itself off. I am wondering if this confirms the harness short? I'm in a heavy snow area and the light shut...
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    Frequent loss of 02 sensors..

    Oil usage is standard, exhaust is no more noticeably different than any other vehicle, though I do not quite have the eye to determine small differences that might occur. Gas mileage doesn't seem to have changed much but I will keep an eye on it over the next few days. Also will check the...
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    Frequent loss of 02 sensors..

    I purchased a 98 Mustang LX V6 a while back. Check engine light came on soon after, thought nothing of it, code P1151. Mechanic stated 02 sensor needed replaced and did so. However, this past week, the check engine light has come on again, again diagnostic code P1151. This is a light driver...
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    Help with removing lower half of factory non-Mach CD player..

    Anyone? Am I simply not applying enough elbow grease? Does the trim bezel need to be removed to free extra clips on the bottom of the CD player? Note, this is NOT the upper half of the stereo.
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    Help with removing lower half of factory non-Mach CD player..

    So it's finally time to remove the stock Mustang stereo. Granted, part one was easy enough. The upper half (radio reciever) came out smoothly and the new CD reciever is installed and looking nice. However, in removing the lower CD player, the one seperate and situated just behind the shifter...
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    Trimming exterior doors..

    Yeah, I've taken that into account, but that's a fantastic point to make. Hopefully, that and many other problems will be resolved when I have it repainted. Thankfully, the paint is a minimal issue do to the paint chipping off the front bumper. I'd already decided to just repaint the whole...
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    Trimming exterior doors..

    This here below the door handle, and just above and to the right of the rear fender scoop. It does appear to be held on with adhesive. Question is, how do I remove that without leaving adhesive, etc all over the door? Perhaps it's just for the more "sedan-like" LX models, but these things...
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    Trimming exterior doors..

    No, much lower. It's actually about half way down the door and painted the same color as the exterior of the car. It is effectively a narrow bar raised from the side of the car. I had assumed it was a bumper or dent guard and have not yet seen it on any other pictures of a Mustang (hence one...
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    Trimming exterior doors..

    Hello all, just obtained a 1998 Mustang LX Convertible and am looking to pretty it up a bit. While I've done most of the work myself so far without any extra help, I find myself grasping at straws with this one. It concerns the door strips running horizontally along the middle of the door...
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