Progress Thread My '89 Lx "barn Find" Restoration Project

mrobins26

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I always wanted to find a barn find and restore a car; but life, kids and lack of time (and money) prevented it from happening...I guess a bone stock '89 LX 5.0, never wrecked, one owner car that hasn't driven in 10 years classifies as a barn find... and the good news is that I'm the original owner and the barn find was already in my garage. So with some encouragement from the wife to get it the heck out of the garage I started tackling it... I have always been a DIYer but I have never tackled a project like this... please be patient with me and I will try not to ask too many 'stupid' questions.
 
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We're happy to have you on board. If you're on a phone or computer you can click "upload a file" and then "choose file" select where your pics are and then select the pic. When it uploads it'll ask " thumbnail" or " full size "

We like full size pics

I wasn't being smart...I'm just a big dummy. Lol

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Okay, okay, hold your mustangs! I learned my lesson on the orientation of pictures and since the whole project just started as a... hey let me see if I can get this thing running I didn't start out taking pictures...
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Everything cleaned up and ready to put back together.... Note the throttle body studs... I had a hard time finding those. Found the stainless ones at McMaster-Carr PN 92997A344
"Corrosion-Resistant Setup Stud 5/16"-18 Thread Size, 4" Long, 1-1/2" and 1/2" Long Threads" and even then had to extend the threads on one end
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with a die
 
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Immediately after this test... I let off the clutch pedal (In Neutral) and the engine died... this could be repeated multiple times... I have seen this issue reported but never a fix... Turns out the ignition switch assembly had separated (a common problem I understand)
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and the computer thought it was still in Start Mode. A new ignition switch fixed this, only to be followed the next day with the smell of gas due to a leak somewhere around the gas tank... I guess I should not have expected less
 
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