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I recectly put a 2.3 from a 89 in to an 88 vert. and the gas mileage is horrible ever since the temperature went down. I have a feeling it's because the car won't reach operating temp. it takes more than ten minutes for the temp. guage to even move and when it does it doesnt' get higher than...

the car idles great but dies when I give it some throttle or put into gear (basically put it under load) checked all the sensors, senders, and other crap and everything seems to be fine, any suggestions to what it may be, also here are some pics of what I have accomplished in the past...

I just put this motor in, It's a 2.3 out of a 1989, and I put in my 88 vert. it idles great just when I give it the gas it dies (in record time) there was no gas in the tank and I put about 3 gallons in also I had to take the fuel rail off my 88 motor and put it on the 89 because of some...

it seems to be stuck in reverse I want to pull the tail housing off and I have to reseal the top plate also but I have never messed with a tranny before, just a little experience with them I did remove the shifter and the slider is stuck to the far left from a top view with the tail...

I need to know if the pedal assembly is different from the 5.0 and the 2.3 I can't find a 2.3 pedal assembly for my 5 speed swap and but I can find plenty of 5.0 so can I use the 5.0 or do I need to keep searching mike

I have seen a list of tranny's for an auto to five speed swap and can't seem to find it now so can anyone tell me what five speed tranny's will swap in an 88 2.3 such as ranger t-bird etc. what year models and what not i.e. can I swap a 93 ranger tranny into the 88 vert etc. thanks...

how do you remove the high and low pressure fuel lines in the engine compartment. I have tried everything I can, and still can't get the stinking things off is there a trick to disconnecting these things BTW its an 89 2.3 hatch if that helps the chilton book says there quick...

from a kid in dallas, he's had the car six months and tore it up pretty bad. tranny shifts a little hard, so I am assuming a filter change and maybe some slick 50 to get rid of the hard shifts, the motor seems pretty good except for the fact that when I pulled it off the trailor and put...

I have an 88 vert. and the motor spins with a wrench but when i get to one particular spot it stops and locks up. my nephew was driving out of the driveway when it locked up and died. any ideas what could cause this. I think it is possibly a droped valve that is blocking the piston...

I need to replace my tranny in my 88 convertible it's an a4ld p.o.s. and I found a 91 auto that looks pretty good. my question is will the two interchange. thanks, mike

I did a search for the procedure to adjust the tv cable to the tranny and came up empty any help will be appreciated thanks mike

got the pump seal replaced on the tranny, found out it was replaced already with an 85 gt tranny. put the fluids in and if you don't remember my nephew also ripped out the lower radiator hose so when he was towed home. so we added the antifreeze and the drove the car around the block...

I pulled the tranny today to change the pump seal and when I got the tranny down I'm pretty sure they gave me the wrong seal but any way do I need to remove the bell housing to replace it I pulled the bell housing and that was a mistake but got it back together okay. here is a pic of the...

I checked with dallas mustang and can't seem to find the part but what I'm loooking for is a lower radiator hose bracket. the plastic one that bolts on at the radiator. my brilliant nephew got pulled down the street by a jeep with about 15 inches of lift on it and broke that bracket and ripped...

front tranny seal after adding lucas tranny fix apparently I had my nephew use the lucas after doing a search on this board and seeing many people recommend the product about thirty minutes after putting the lucas tranny fix in I believe the front seal blew out completely, his car starting...

what can I expect to get for an 88 convertible with 130,000 on the clock. condition: decent, dent in passenger side door and faded paint. new parts: battery starter selenoid starter fly wheel rear main seal rear tranny seal new convertible top with glass back window (black)...

my nephew says that his 2.3 over heats when he uses the a/c. I haven't driven the car yet to see what the problem might be, but can someone give some places to start looking has anyone else had this problem. mike

well it's not a mustang but it was practice for my mustangs for later. I painted my fiberglass dune buggy and was it a pain in the ass. fiberglass cars are hard to body work on and painting it just gave me practice for when I paint my mustangs. here's a couple of pics for your viewing...

my ground wire corroded off and then I replaced it, but after starting the car I noticed that the ground wire starting getting hot. so I turned off the car and checked it out, couldn't find anything really wrong. when I tried to restart the car the motor would barely turn over and wouldn't...

my nephew has an 88 vert 2.3 auto with o/d. it went to the upholstery shop for a new top and everything was fine there and back. then he drove to school the next day and on the way home the tranny would not shift out of 2nd gear. is there any vacume lines to check or should I be looking for...