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    Best way to remove tar?

    DO NOT EVER USE GASOLINE AS TAR REMOVER!!! :nono: Back in 1977 I was working at the Thrify Rent-A-Car lot at the Pittsburgh Airport and we had a Chevy Caprice that came back with lots of road tar on it. My buddy was about to go out to get some tar remover, but our boss was adamant that he...
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    Rear Quarter Window Rotted Rubber Trim

    What I am thinking of doing is making a clay impression mold of the molding, then to pour a silicone rubber replica. That way I could preserve the exterior "look" of the moulding, although I'd still have to come up with an alternative way to mount the window to the body. I'd then...
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    Rear Quarter Window Rotted Rubber Trim

    I have an '89 and my rear-quarter windows (the triangular jobbies) rubber trim is all rotted out. I'm afraid to pull them off for a full-up repaint because I'm afraid they will just disintegrate. Ford does not make 'em any more. Any ideas as to how I can replace them? :confused:
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    SFB and SF issues

    1. I had one of those bushing nuts spin just like you said. I just Dremelled the nut off. 2. Did the front tabs actually "fail" (ie, snapped or rusted off) or was the nut simply pushed up and out of the tabs when the bolt was removed? This is what happened to me. When I removed other...
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    EGR: 1, Speedometer Cable: 0

    I didn;t think the SHO even had an EGR function. Or did they have it in the California models? :confused:
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    radar?

    I have to agree. The ONLY time I have gotten a speeding ticket in 30 years of driving is when I had that %$#%@ radar detector. rant It gave me false confidence. Cops nabbed me the old fashioned way, using those speed strips on the road. doh To add insult to injury, the detector was...
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    SF Bolts (more problems)

    Got torch? madflame
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    radar?

    What about radar jammers? naughty <small>[ January 01, 2004, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: WakaShoMan ]</small>
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    Heavy Pinging/knocking ?

    Just for yucks, take a stethescope to the water pump. I had a bad pump that "knocked" like all get-out, and sounded like something was rattling around in the engine. I suspect that a broken wristpin with a free-riding piston would make one heck of alot of noise... Good luck. I hope you have...
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    Help an old member, new owner out guys.

    Any more info or detail on this? I have taken apart an old manifold for powder coating and noticed the white goo where the DIS is attached. Is there any particular brand of the "heat sink grease" that y'all recommend? shrug <small>[ December 31, 2003, 07:51 PM: Message edited by...
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    Subframe Bushings?

    By the way, if it turns out that your recall was really not done correctly, I am sure that the NHTSA would be very interested in any pattern of deception on the part of Ford dealers in executing a critical safety recall. hump
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    Subframe Bushings?

    Sadly at many Ford dealers, "Quality is Job None". headbang
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    Subframe Bushings?

    Well, if the dealer is gonna ba an A-hole about this, then at a minimum, I would drill the 3" hold in the floorboard (passenger side) and see if the hex-head recall nut was installed. If it is not a hex-head, then the recall nut was not installed. (The passenger hole is easier to cut than the...
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    What'd I break when I changed my thermostat?

    RIP, '93 ATX. Sorry to hear the bad news. frown
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    Help! Double Trouble SF Bolts

    DEFINITELY install the recall-style nuts because they have a hex head on them.
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    Help! Double Trouble SF Bolts

    Chris, I recently did my front SFB's and I can at least provide some help for the driver's side. On my '89, my nut started to spin after I had loosened the bolt about 5 or six turns or so. What was happening was that as I loosened the bolt, it was pushing the nut upwards... the nut then was...
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    Rod Bearings and Oil Gallery Prelubers

    With all the talk about rod bearing changes on these forums, I wonder if anyone here has thought about (or installed) those "oil gallery prelubers" that are on the market for about $500. They look pretty easy to install. The units have an electric oil pump that pre-pressurizes the oil gallery...
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    Butterfly Assembly Disassembly

    Thanks! I read your post then went to the grage to try the vise-grip method. It ShoNuff worked! hail
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    Butterfly Assembly Disassembly

    I have a spare intake all set to send to www.KeystonePowdercoating.com but I have a problem. I need to take the butterflies apart before I send 'em in, but no matter what I do I can not get the phillips head screws that hold the assemblies to budge! I have tried a phillips screwdriver, as well...
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    Rod bearing questions... possibly new things to talk about?

    OK here is my dumb question. If somebody (like me) has two cars, why not put the SHO up on the jackstands (or ramp) and let it sit there for a few days BEFORE taking off the pan? shrug Shouldn't that minimize the drip factor? I do not see the need to take the pan off, and THEN let it sit...

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