Build Thread Jamee's Build Up Thread

[Jamee]

Hmm... with regards to the CCRM, when we converted my brothers 97 V6 to a V8 he used his V6 CCRM and it worked just fine.. The only thing that happened was when the computer told the CCRM to go to high speed on the cooling fan, the fan wouldn't run at all. So he did end up installing the correct CCRM eventually, but the car ran fine with the V6 unit.

Now, did you buy a BRAND NEW never used distributor and not a reman? If you wanna test the dizzy, pull it out and rotate it while the key is in the "on" position. You should hear some clicks and the fuel pump prime. This will tell you if the PIP sensor in the dizzy is good. This has everything to do with the coil firing as well. If the PIP doesn't give the signal to fire, the coil won't do anything.

kk, so that can wait til I get it running. Good to hear.
I turned the key forward and manually turned over the engine, and the fuel pump was turning on, and I had a 12v test light testing for the switching ground, it WAS switching now and then, but didn't seem often enough. I'm waiting for the battery to charge so I can turn it over while I used that test light to see if the intervals is more in relation to the engine rotation speed or just random...

 

[Jamee]

got it to start, but it turns off after a second. Need to finish vacuum lines and plug egr holes

 

[99FiveOh]

Nice! Looks like you're ironing out all the wrinkles!

 

[Jamee]

Nice! Looks like you're ironing out all the wrinkles!

yup
I believe the starting issue was a bad ECM ground, but you know how it is chasing electrical gremlins

 

[Jamee]

What do I do with the extra hole on the thermostat housing? Mine looks like this:

 

[Jamee]

no body knows the coolant hose routing?

 

[94GTMustang5.0]

goes to the heater core if i remember correctly.

 

[Jamee]

goes to the heater core if i remember correctly.

from what I've seen in pics it goes to the upper tube on the water pump, and the lower tube goes to the heater core, where the other tube on the heater core goes, hell if I know. If only people on this forum had 5.0 mustangs to check for me

 

[stangbangerrick]

What do I do with the extra hole on the thermostat housing? Mine looks like this:

It is connects to the water pump with a small L-shape hose. Your thermostat housing should have the 90 degree bend for the radiator hose, if you use that one you made run into issues with the radiator hose coming in contact with the serpentine belt.

 

[Jamee]

It is connects to the water pump with a small L-shape hose. Your thermostat housing should have the 90 degree bend for the radiator hose, if you use that one you made run into issues with the radiator hose coming in contact with the serpentine belt.

but where do the hoses from the heater core go?

 

[bayellowstang]

The one closest to the passenger side goes into the waterpump. The other one goes into the intake right behind the thermostat. Mine connect to steel tubes that run up to the front of the motor. One turns back into rubber hose and goes to the WP. The other screws into the intake.

 

[Zero Signal]

The heater core hooks up to metal piping that connected to where you now have a plug. The lower of the two small pump outlets hooks into that. I suppose you could try just capping that at the pump, but I chose to keep the metal tubing in place and put a "U" hose in place of the heater core near the firewall.

I tried taking a picture of it, but my engine bay is just too cluttered.

 

[Jamee]

The heater core hooks up to metal piping that connected to where you now have a plug. The lower of the two small pump outlets hooks into that. I suppose you could try just capping that at the pump, but I chose to keep the metal tubing in place and put a "U" hose in place of the heater core near the firewall.

I tried taking a picture of it, but my engine bay is just too cluttered.

I could really use a picture but I think I understand
I'm going to assume you bypassed the heater core then?
And do you know where I can get that metal tube? I don't know any other way to route this system without that tube :-/
And does the temp sensor connect to that metal tube?

 

[99FiveOh]

You can simply use a long hose, the same way vortech routes it when you install their supercharger kit. I think the way it works is your water pump pumps the water through that long tube (or a hose) and into your heater core. And out from your heater core back into the rear of the intake manifold. I don't really think it matters which way the water flows in the heater core, but I could be wrong.

I'll take pics of mine tomorrow.

 

[Jamee]

You can simply use a long hose, the same way vortech routes it when you install their supercharger kit. I think the way it works is your water pump pumps the water through that long tube (or a hose) and into your heater core. And out from your heater core back into the rear of the intake manifold. I don't really think it matters which way the water flows in the heater core, but I could be wrong.

I'll take pics of mine tomorrow.

well, I'd completely understand this if there was a port to input the coolant into the explorer manifold, but I do not see where it would go.

In good news, I ordered a moates quarterhorse with a custom tune for my engine specs

 

[99FiveOh]

I can't get the pic to open up for me. Either way, there is a threaded hole in the passenger side rear of that lower intake manifold. You can go buy a NPT nipple from home depot that will be the correct size fo the hose. IIRC, the hose you get has a smaller ID on the intake side to fit it.

 

[99FiveOh]

I am mistaken in my above post. There are 2 steal tubes that run to the rear of the engine where hoses connect them to the heater core. Up front one tube comes to the front and connects to the water pump and the other gets threaded into the intake manifold on top of the water neck housing area.

On the rear, when looking at the firewal, the left hose connects to the bottom tube and of course the right hose connects to the upper tube on the heater tube assy.

here's the best I can on pics:

This pic shows where the hoses go from the water pump:

This pic shows where one heater tube terminates into the manifold via threaded fitting:

And this pic shows the hoses connected to the rear of the heater tube assembly:

 

[Jamee]

thanks to a member on the forums for contacting me with an offer for the tube I need, so it looks like the last piece of the puzzle has been found ^_^
I went to the junkyard with my friend and apparently had a small priority of putting gas in the vehicle, soooo we ran out and had to walk like 3 miles there and back :-/ but we're okay, so it's good lol

 

[bayellowstang]

Gotta love running out of gas. Did that one time on my bike and pushed it 4 miles to the gas station.

 

[99FiveOh]

LOL.. bikes can go a long way on a little gas, unfortunately, they can't run forever...