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  1. Greg Corcoran

    Cooling fans

    Actually mine "drifted" about 30 or more degrees low, so a fan wouldn't come on unless I turned on the AC. Mine has two fans. There was no code. Then the fan motor for the AC fan failed... took a long time to find the correct fans for a '95 MTX (one year only. MTX only, apparently?) A bugger to...
  2. Greg Corcoran

    Hood strut lower clip removal?

    OK then.... Persistence pays. Turns out you pry the clip open to clear the edge of the pin but then pull UP. Both struts had ford part numbers beginning with F2DB and '95 date codes 089/95 and 102/95. And - only one of the struts was bad, 089, But that was enough when it's cold out to have the...
  3. Greg Corcoran

    Hood strut lower clip removal?

    My 31 year old hood struts are finally giving up. I got replacements, but I can't get the lower clips off. All the Helms says is "Remove the lock clip at the cowl top extension." but not how to do so. It looks like you should pry open the bottom of the clip a bit with a screwdriver and push...
  4. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    New starter installed for over a week now and no more starting issues. Yipee!
  5. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    Actually the relay and solenoid are combined in Gen 2. The positive battery cable attaches directly to the top stud at the back of the starter solenoid. The starter motor power comes from the bottom stud. I've circled both studs. When power is applied to the trigger (yellow in this pic) the...
  6. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    You read the post correctly, as has almost everyone else. The first instance was a short, slow crank, then nothing. Every other event has been no crank. Happens engine warm pretty reliably, but will also happen engine cold whenever it feels like it. It has never died once started, whether...
  7. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    OK, here's a table of what I found.On first crank it started, then no crank the remainder of the testing. The crank and start was 11.2 V solenoid trigger to negative battery clamp, same set up as yesterday. I was hoping to get several readings with crank and start since engine was cooled off...
  8. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    Thanks! So I’m down to: •intermittent bad ground mostly when hot, but sometimes when stone cold, or •bad starter. I still need to do the @fcable voltage drop to the block not the battery negative terminal. I acknowledge I’m not an electrician, But if I’m 12.5-12.6 across the battery terminals...
  9. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    I've been lucky enough not to fry a crank sensor since about 1997, but if IIRC it would crank, but not start? And this would be after dying in the middle of driving someplace, just quit, and not restart for hours until it cooled down... That's not what I'm seeing. Can you point to a crank sensor...
  10. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    539 is the only code. I had the AC on when I was out driving today, so my bad. It's 65 today in Colorado. We want, desperately need, the snow the NE is getting today... 528 is only saved code, but that was likely me screwing around with troubleshooting. I put it to 'start' and then pressed the...
  11. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    I haven’t pulled codes but I can get KOEO I expect. Since it fairly reliably won’t start hot, KOER might be a challenge. But I’m a bit curious about the clutch switch piece. Since I can get a voltage at the solenoid when I get a no start, doesn’t that exonerate the clutch switch? I would think...
  12. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    11 to 11.2 volts with starts, 10.1 and 9.9 no starts. So, what then? There enough drop in 1 volt to not pull in the solenoid? Wouldn’t the solenoid just pull more amps? It looks like a 10 or 12 gauge wire. I would expect higher voltage drop with heated wiring. Oh, and this reading was to the...
  13. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    I can try that when I get back home. I would think I'd see 12V unless bad Clutch or ignition switch. @fcable Is there something else you're thinking?
  14. Greg Corcoran

    Odd no start '95 MTX

    TLDR version - various no start conditions across a three week period. sometimes no crank, once mimics a dying battery with slow crank. Maybe my SHO doesn't like being on winter duty, but it's started a hard to diagnose no start condition because the only thing consistent is no start until it's...
  15. Greg Corcoran

    air bag code 41

    TDMaddux - The Helms manual shows this sensor is actually on the firewall (see my original post or two above). In my case the troubleshooting procedure in the manual ended up condemning the diagnostic module by the glovebox, not the sensor. And I did eventually find a good used module on eBay...
  16. Greg Corcoran

    Need to touch up a Rare Green one...

    There were multiple codes for another ford code for gen 2 Caribbean Teal, or Caribbean Turquoise or whatever that color was called. one was noticeably bluer than the other. Body shop said that wasn’t uncommon for manufacturer of a popular car to buy the paint from 2 or more suppliers, each will...
  17. Greg Corcoran

    Taurus SHO 1992 overheating persistent mystery

    I have a '95 - runs that way all the time top of O to middle of R. It's normal for my car. If the fan is cycling you're fine. My '92 ran at a lower place, but was always the same lower place. When needle leaves its "normal" place for that car is when you have an issue. I had an issue where the...
  18. Greg Corcoran

    CD player started acting up w/o CD in it

    yes it can impact value, depending on the collector and their affiliation. for AACA it has to be bone stock which can include dealer available options. Basically how it left the dealer lot when new. They are the strictest 'normal' club I know of (see Mustang and Corvette below). The Gen 1 & 2 is...
  19. Greg Corcoran

    CD player started acting up w/o CD in it

    Can't say I noticed a clicking noise, it was more like white noise, but I'll certainly give that a try! Thanks Zoomlater.
  20. Greg Corcoran

    CD player started acting up w/o CD in it

    Yeah (sigh) looking for stock. This is insured as a collector car, limited to 2,500 miles/yr. This SHO’s always been garage kept, just turned 100K last month. Stock with mild some performance mods.

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