Hey all
I am a Marine and (new to me) Mustang GT owner from New Orleans. I have had a 89 Ford Ranger GT (lost in Hurricane Katrina), a 1988 Honda Hawk GT(built from the frame up after Katrina) , and now a 1996 Ford Mustang GT 4.6l with only 96k on the dash. I am what they call a tinkerer and I love to take apart and rebuild things. That ranges from computers, phones, tv's, motorcycles eh you get the point. Anyways. I don't think you all will believe me when I say i got a steal for this Mustang GT. But everything comes with a price...
First off, I got it for the price of an iPhone. I was initially supposed to pay 500 but I paid $240 as a downpayment. I was to pay him the remainder the next week but I had to do some research before buying this car. I called a couple police buddies and also the DMV to find out if it was stolen and what was the title status and got the all good. When I called him he said that he had gotten what he wanted and to come get the car.
Next thing is... when we got there he told us that we would need to tow it so i called a tow company. It was only about a mile from where I lived so no biggie. A $65 haul. He also said that he had removed Cams from the car before we got there and some other parts as well. Problem is, doesn't seems like anything was done to the engine at all other then the oil change. I laughed but for this price I wasn't going to say a thing. He'd lost the keys. Ugh! That's gonna be a pain but it wasn't going to deter me. I figured based on the research I had done that there wasn't a PATS on this car. Whoops! I was wrong. This is still part of the issue I am facing now actually. No Transponder Key!!!
Well there was also some info he gave me. He said that he was driving it (racing actually) when he ran out of oil and it started running badly. That's when he parked it and decided that he was going to rid himself of the car. Well I figured that if that was true i'd be in for an engine replacement or rebuild. first thing I did was pull the plug to see if there were any shavings etc in the oil. I almost cried when I saw practically brand new oil coming from the pan and no shavings. Then I saw the 5 Minute oil change sticker and it said that the oil had been changed 59 miles before the mileage I saw on the car. Of course I called him and asked him if he'd put new oil in after he thought it was out and his answer was no. So... it wasn't the oil. Checked plugs and wires... They haven't been changed in a long time if at all! There was a huge build up of carbon and some plugs were burned out plus from what I see one hell of a coolant issue at the back of the engine probably the manifold Part of the issue and maybe the entire reason it was running like crap according to him. Well I have some plans but this one is gonna be a whole bunch of work. Anyways, I know these aren't too popular but I am considering a 5.4l engine swap. A family member has one with 36k that he's been holding and i can pull it from him for about 210.
I am a Marine and (new to me) Mustang GT owner from New Orleans. I have had a 89 Ford Ranger GT (lost in Hurricane Katrina), a 1988 Honda Hawk GT(built from the frame up after Katrina) , and now a 1996 Ford Mustang GT 4.6l with only 96k on the dash. I am what they call a tinkerer and I love to take apart and rebuild things. That ranges from computers, phones, tv's, motorcycles eh you get the point. Anyways. I don't think you all will believe me when I say i got a steal for this Mustang GT. But everything comes with a price...
First off, I got it for the price of an iPhone. I was initially supposed to pay 500 but I paid $240 as a downpayment. I was to pay him the remainder the next week but I had to do some research before buying this car. I called a couple police buddies and also the DMV to find out if it was stolen and what was the title status and got the all good. When I called him he said that he had gotten what he wanted and to come get the car.
Next thing is... when we got there he told us that we would need to tow it so i called a tow company. It was only about a mile from where I lived so no biggie. A $65 haul. He also said that he had removed Cams from the car before we got there and some other parts as well. Problem is, doesn't seems like anything was done to the engine at all other then the oil change. I laughed but for this price I wasn't going to say a thing. He'd lost the keys. Ugh! That's gonna be a pain but it wasn't going to deter me. I figured based on the research I had done that there wasn't a PATS on this car. Whoops! I was wrong. This is still part of the issue I am facing now actually. No Transponder Key!!!
Well there was also some info he gave me. He said that he was driving it (racing actually) when he ran out of oil and it started running badly. That's when he parked it and decided that he was going to rid himself of the car. Well I figured that if that was true i'd be in for an engine replacement or rebuild. first thing I did was pull the plug to see if there were any shavings etc in the oil. I almost cried when I saw practically brand new oil coming from the pan and no shavings. Then I saw the 5 Minute oil change sticker and it said that the oil had been changed 59 miles before the mileage I saw on the car. Of course I called him and asked him if he'd put new oil in after he thought it was out and his answer was no. So... it wasn't the oil. Checked plugs and wires... They haven't been changed in a long time if at all! There was a huge build up of carbon and some plugs were burned out plus from what I see one hell of a coolant issue at the back of the engine probably the manifold Part of the issue and maybe the entire reason it was running like crap according to him. Well I have some plans but this one is gonna be a whole bunch of work. Anyways, I know these aren't too popular but I am considering a 5.4l engine swap. A family member has one with 36k that he's been holding and i can pull it from him for about 210.
