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  1. DirtyD916

    Can fuel go bad????????? :/

    well my car hasnt been started for like 6 months and i was curious if the fuel goes bad. I have about 9 gallons that have been sittig in the tank and before i crank it over i want to be sure that no "sludge" gets sucked up into the injectors. My friend said that i will have to drop the tank and...
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    how to fill rear end with oil

    i am changing the oil in the rearend and i cant find where? i dont see a bolt or anything to place the bottle neck. any ideas.
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    How hard is it to replace 5.0 badge?

    my notch has the 2 5.0 badges right now but they are all dirty and chipped and are in dire need of replacment. So how hard is it to replace them? I was thinking about switching to a 2.3 badge instead just to give a few unsuspecting cars a little surprise.
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    How to fill rear end with oil?????

    i have 3 bottles of royal purple synthec gear oil and i have no clue whats so ever how to fill up the rearend. I already have the differential cover off but now just need to fill er up. Any clues?
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    OOOOHHHH @&#^&@^$&^&(@$^!

    well i am putting in lowering springs and doing a 5-lug conversion on my 89' coupe. WEll i had two jackstands holding the car up in the rear by placing them on the rear end. I then proceded to drop out the lower control arms like an idiot. WEll when i dropped them out the rear end shot up and is...
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    SPRING INSTALL HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i am putting on eibach springs front and rear and dont know which one goes where. do the long ones go in the front or the short one? also it says to put in a new pinion snubber. But i dont know where the hell this thing goes, its like a nut and this black knob thing and they say it is above the...
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    CAnt get wheels OFF!!!!!!!!!!!

    i just cant seem to get the nut to fit on the lug. I am using a 21mm socket but with the rachet it doesnt clear the wheel . do i need a deep socket instead?
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    I need some 5.0 books and manuals, but which one?

    I was thinking that a great gift for me this christmas would be some books on mustangs. I was already thinking about the chiltons manual on the 5.0 but was curious if there were any better ones? plus are there any on superchargers?
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    Should i buy these headers?????

    I found a fello mustang fan who is selling some long tube headers. He says that they are 1 5/8" long tubes that come in pieces so that you dont have to pull the engine out in order to install them. I was just curious if that for $125 they would be a good deal. I wanted long tubes to begin with...
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    crooked steering wheel

    my sterring wheel is turned towards the left put the car goes straight. is there a way to fix this.
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    Bad idle after headlight install (WTF)

    well during the headlight swap process i removed the stock airbox for more room. But once i got it back on and took her out of the garage she idled really poorly. It jumped all over from 700-1150rpm and back. I took it aroudnt eh block adn it seemed to idle fine. I then turned the car off and...
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    Lights dimming!!!!! damn it

    WEll my lights are not hat bright interior wise adn the headlights arent to amzing either and when ever i am at idle and have the clutch in the lights will brighten up with a little rev. Now my friends mustang doesnt do this and i was just wondering if it was something to worry about. Coud it...
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    New exahust really worth it????

    I have stock headers, bbk, h-pipe (no cats) and 2 chamber flows on my coupe and it sounds badass. However every other mustang sounds the same and i want something a little bit more intense. I was thinking, hustler long tube headers, bassani off-road x-pipe, and bassani street competition...
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    Possible gas leak?

    my car''s gas gauge reads lower and lower each time i get in it but the thing is i have driven maybe 30 miles in it total and its taken almost 3/5 a tank. Is it jsut that my gauge is busted or what? I know for a fact that when i wait a while the gauge goes up a little but not much maybe an 1/8...
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    Just found out car has a 306!

    Apparently the previous owner rebuilt the engine and bored it 30 over making it a nice little 306. Seems to be pretty snappy. It just has the aformentioned rebuilt engine, stock, heads, intake, cam, bbk off-road x-pipe, flowmasters rebuilt rear end and 3.73 gears and thats it. How fast should it...
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    Oh $h!t there goes my door handle!

    I broke my drivers side door handle today. It just snapped. When you pull up on it to open the door it just freely moves. It still retains the stock movement of a functioning dorr handle but without any resistance and no opening of the door. SO is it just in need of a replacement handle or is...
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    How much to lower car? 1 inch or 2 inches

    I cant decide how far to lower my 89 coupe. Either get the ibach sportsman springs and loew "1.5 to 2 inches" or get teh eibach drag launch springs and lower it "1-1.5 inches". Either one is nice as it is going to sit on either 16 or 17 inch pony rims. So can any one post some pics of their...
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    Installing new speedo gear (easy?)

    How hard is it to install a new speedo gear. I just bought an 88' gt and it has 373 gears so the speedo is off by 20. I was jsut curious to as what gear to buy and how hard it is to install. (where does it even go :shrug: )
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    HATCH WONT CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The hatchback on my 88 gt wont close right. YOu have to slam it down and then even with it in the "closed" position, there is like half an inch or two of play up and down. Its like the hatch lock thingy is bad or something. I figured a new one would fix the prbolem. Anyone else agree? :shrug:
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    How quick is he (mods listed)

    Its i think a 90 lx hatchback. It has about 90,000 miles, Cobra intake, 65mm tb, edelbrock aluminum heads, e303 cam, Shorty headers, stock h, flowmaster catback, cervinis cold air kit, msd ignition box. Its a 5-speed. any 1/4 mile predictions. I said high 12's low 13's on dr's.