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Engine removal question
The "victim" is a '93 SHO/stick. I'm removing the engine to use as a donor in a customer's engine transplant project. With the front of the SHO motor "stripped" (balancer, all belt-driven accessories, timing cover, etc) will the motor come far enough to the passenger side to disengage from the...- Jim Steere
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Help on hard/no start, please?
I'm done with it for the day.....but...couple things I'm pondering along with the exhaust. Once upon a time, I saw a motor get hideously flooded & gas-washed (albeit back when I had hair, and engines had distributors, carburators, and points) to the extent tht it took oil squirted in the...- Jim Steere
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Help on hard/no start, please?
Yep....I've got the Helms book, a Chiltons, and the OE FoMoCo one. I (from reading posts) assume the CPS is ok....tach reads while cranking. (Belt) timing is "on"....and the baffling part is that I haven't done ANYTHING to it other than replace the CPS. This is beginin' to get irrttating...- Jim Steere
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Help on hard/no start, please?
Fuel pressure's ok....checked that....and the plug wires appear undisturbed, and I DID have the @#&?*$! thing running a couple of times for an extended period of time. I'm beginning to suspect "out of time"...possibly it may have made the timing belt slip when the CID was bad....because it...- Jim Steere
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Help on hard/no start, please?
If you're interested in seeing a SHO that went for a REALLY wild ride...http://www.msdra.com/fordcedes.htm Don't laugh at the high-tech battery mount. Jim- Jim Steere
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Help on hard/no start, please?
Little background info...I posted to the "performance forum" a couple of days ago:I joined this forum to assist in a "SHO V6 into (believe it or not)Mercedes-Benz" (a '76 Euro-spec SL roadster)engine swap for a customer. I'm getting ready to remove the "donor" motor; it's a 59K mile '93 engine...- Jim Steere
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