WELL....got the tranny in, drove it 2 miles, now it sits in a restaurant parking lot!

Hardwareman · Nov 3, 2007

Well I finished everything up today and test drove the Mercury Mistake when all of a sudden the whole car shuts off!

I coasted into a parking lot and opened the hood to discover the positive battery cable was resting on the EGR tube and caught fire!!!! I walked back home to gather some tools and went out to the parking lot only to have the hardest time of my life trying to pull the damn starter!!!

So.......there she sits until tomorrow because if I try to do anything else on that car right now I'll probably burn it myself! This car is the most GODAWFUL car Ford has ever made man!!! The manual says to pull the starter from the bottom but there's no way in hell it's coming out from under. Any advice guys, I'm ready to let it sit there forever! Thanks.

Allen

kunar · Nov 3, 2007

just drop it off at my house, i need something good on gas

Hardwareman · Nov 3, 2007

This is by far one of the most time consuming pieces of junk I've ever worked on dude!

I mean I'll probably have it done tomorrow but it's really gotten on my nerves like nobody's business! I'm just trying to look at it this way "after I do the cable it's finished".

I'll let you guys know how it goes. I plan on getting up early tomorrow and just getting it over with.

Allen

kunar · Nov 3, 2007

im in the same situation. did a clutch and fawked up my fuel filter and exhaust in the process, fixed those problems to realize that my clutch isnt done right, not sure what happened. now im trying to do my clutch and have the truck done to go to work on monday. meanwhile my other truck sits under the tree getting bird shit all over it because im too strapped for cash to even try to figure out whats wrong with it.

Hardwareman · Nov 4, 2007

Dang! I know the feeling of "STRAPPED"! Finally got the Mistake done today but now the O/D light is flashing on and off with a CEL.

I don't really care right now though as long as I can get about $600.00 for the car I'll be fine. I need to get my Ranger back from the impound yard on Thursday and I'm counting on the money.

Car's was just smogged and it's in DMV system. Tags just expired last month. It'll be like $20.00 bucks to register so I'm pretty sure I'll be able to sell it you know? Good luck.

Allen

WELL....got the tranny in, drove it 2 miles, now it sits in a restaurant parking lot!

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