Buying A 95 Cobra Need Some Help

95cobraowner

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Im buying a 95 cobra either tomorrow or wensday. It needs the harmonic balancer replaced and a 2nd gear syncro and its got around 161, xxx miles. Thats all I know of based off of the craigslist ad. Is there anything else I should look for its my first mustang.

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Thats what I was thinking. My only concern is its my first time replacing a harmonic balancer so ive researched how to take it off and put it on but im not sure if it has to he timed or anything like that
 
Pull the dipstick out and look for any shiny specs. Inspect the crank snout and front of block for signs of damage. See if you can bump the motor over to see if it will turn- don't start it. Pull the cap off the radiator and oil and look to see if there is cross contamination. For 1300 you could part that out and make money . Be prepared though to have to tear down the motor.
 
At that price, it's a steel, grab it. The Cobras go for $8k in good condition. Advance Auto rents a whole kit to do the balancer. It's not that hard. Not sure of your level of experience with transmissions, so I can't comment there. At that price you could buy a whole new transmission and it would still be a good deal. I have a Cobra T5 apart on the bench right now. It had a bunch of busted parts. I got $700 of parts used out of a 2001 V6 transmission for $160 on ebay. If it's just a broken blocker ring, those are $22/each on allstategear.com.

Kurt
 
Thx hurt. Hopefully ill be in jersey early enough to go get it tomorrow. I'm stationed up at ft drum so when I go down to my mothers for leave im gonna go check it out hopefully get it lol
 
Different color front bumper.
and the radiator cover is missing.
make sure it wasnt wrecked.
look it over well.

Clean title?
Check the VIN, make sure its really a cobra.
 
There is a reason he is selling the car. If it was just a balancer, he could spend $70 and then sell the car for double..but that is just me thinking out loud.
I concur. No one takes a loss just for the hell of it. But $1300 isn't a bad jumpin off point as long as you have a little extra stashed to get er livin again.

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What is your plan for this car? Fix'r upper? Flip it for profit? Part it out? I would be going into this to use it as a parts car and sell the body of for scrap.

+1 on checking the vin to be sure it's a real Cobra. Too many people use that term loosely when they simply bolt on a couple Cobra parts on a GT.
 
If I get it I plan on fixing it up and keeping it. He said all the numbers match ill check when I get there. Where can I go online to get the numbers to make sure its a real cobra