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    Failed Inspection For No Check Engine Light 1988 Non-maf Car?

    Ok thanks y'all. I will get in touch with a referee tomorrow.
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    Failed Inspection For No Check Engine Light 1988 Non-maf Car?

    1987 5.0. Failed California smog test on Friday because check engine light would not turn on when the key is turned to the on position. Can anybody confirm that 1987 Mustangs, regardless of state and engine, did not have check engine lights? Thank you
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    Any Words Of Wisdom From Mustangs You've Sold?

    Thanks ya'll, very helpful. Definitely tempting to keep her, I'll keep thinking on it as I'm getting ready to sell. You mentioned pennies on the dollar, yikes! I've kept all receipts over the years. If I remove all receipts for maintenance, labor, and appearance, I am left with $20,400 spent...
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    Any Words Of Wisdom From Mustangs You've Sold?

    Bought the car 100% stock back in high school (been over a decade!). Wife and I moved to San Francisco three years ago, with only one parking space. Mustang has been in storage since then. So as hard as it is, figure it is finally time to let her go. Not in any particular hurry to sell her...
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    Over Tightened Drum Breaks

    Was adjusting rear drums today. Put the drum on and started to tighten the star from the under side. Got it way too tight and now can't loosen it. Any ideas? Seems like that adjustable wheel/rod piece will not move. Piece of cake to tighten and loosen it on the other side, but seems to be...
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    Electrical question

    Where is that ground located? If the switch turns on the head lights and fog lights, wouldn't this mean the ground is good?
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    Electrical question

    Alright I am a beginner with an ohm meter. I turned the dial to "20k" and removed the main light switch. Assuming a 1.00 reading means open circuit and 0.00 reading means closed circuit... The 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th tests on this diagram all checked out ok. Does this mean the switch is fine...
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    Electrical question

    Driving home on the freeway last night and all of a sudden my instrument panel lights went out. Tested fuse #4 and fuse #13 today... Both are good. Did some more testing and: What doesn't work: parking lights (the ones on each side of head lights), instrument panel lights, tail lights What...
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    Weird Fuel Problem

    Went out this morning to test it after getting towed home last night. Started up instantly. turned it off, wouldn't start again... just kept cranking. Went to the ol' cranks but no start checklist. NO fat blue spark coming from coil wire when held up to head/block. BUT then connected it again...
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    Weird Fuel Problem

    Or at least I think it is fuel. Mustang is having problems starting now. Has been slowly stumping me for a couple weeks now. When things are running right: turn key to on position, hear the fuel pump (walbro 255 in tank and vortech t-rex external) for a couple seconds. fuel pressure builds up...
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    What would cause this overheating?

    This is on my daily car, not the mustang, but should work the same in theory. Temperature guage is saying car is overheating, but the radiator and upper radiator hose are still ice cold. The radiator and overflow tank are full.
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    emergency brake adjustment?

    This probably should have been adressed about 8 years ago. The hand brake has never held perfectly, but has continued to get weaker and weaker. It is at the point now where I have to park the car in gear pretty much everywhere. Never really understood (or tried to) how these work, but seems like...
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    Wierd Stumbling... Any Ideas?

    Started it right up about a week ago for a test drive, fired right up, drove 1 block, motor stumbles and turns off. won't start back up. Started it up a couple days ago to move it back home, fired right up, drove back to original spot, as I was backing in, stumbled and turned off. My first...
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    CA Smog Help - EGR

    Ohh good ideas! Checked with Trick Flow and the intake manifold definitely has the provision for the EGR and is CA smog legal; came with stickers and EO numbers. Also confirmed gasket part numbers with them to make sure the correct ones were used, they checked out also. Is it possible that...
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    Cooling Issues

    Radiator was installed in late 05' and motor went down in early 08'. For those 2-3 years it had max 20k miles on it. It was sitting uncirculated from early 08' through a couple months ago when the motor first fired up again. When I did the H/C/I install years ago that radiator was what solved...
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    Cooling Issues

    More Data: Still getting hot. This morning idling up to 195 it was about 60 degrees out. Took it for a 12 mile drive through stop lights and slowly got up to 210 by the end of the drive (70 degrees out) Then was doing a vacuum system flush and had the car in the driveway engine revved...
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    CA Smog Help - EGR

    Alright guys just need a little interpretation of the testing. The car pulls 18 (whatever the units are for vacuum) at regular operation. So first put the vacuum gauge to the vacuum line going into the EVR and measured 12. then let the car get up to operating temp and connected the vacuum gauge...
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    Cooling Issues

    Alright back at it this weekend. Got the new thermostat in there and the air deflector on bottom. Haven't taken for a test drive yet but idled in the driveway for a while. Jacked the front end up and took the cap off after installing 180 thermostat and draining/filling radiator. up to...
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    Cooling Issues

    Deflectors/dams and a 180 thermostat are on their way. Hope those will solve the problem. If not then it is probably the fan and ill post with an update either way. Thanks
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    Cooling Issues

    180 thermostat and all 3 radiator air deflectors are now on the ToDo list. Not too confident that those will SOLVE the problem, maybe just HELP it... So if the black magic fan is coming out, would the stock fan/clutch/shroud setup be recommended? Or do the Taurus/Mark VIII fans have a lot...
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