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- Sep 22, 2007
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- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Engine
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
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- A legend to the old man, a hero to the child...
Ok so i went out and did some messing around today...
I pulled the dash bezel off, removed the fake clock insert, shined behind the dash and *luckly* all the wireing was intact. It doesnt seem like mice really did anything to it besides chew some insulation. So im happy there.
I pulled the battery out of rusty 2.0 and stuck in, hooked back up the solenoid wires, and seen what was working and what wasnt....
Shitty pic. I know. But all the lights on the bottom of the dash (radio, hvac, wipers, etc) fuctioned fine, as did the dome light. However the cluster as you can kinda see needs attention.
I may end up having to A) source a different cluster, as the top plastic brackets disentgrated (i maybe able to washer them, i dont know) or B) Install the sport cluster i bought for it...but that requires some wireing harness work from what ive read, but its pretty cool as it has a tach and gauges instead of idiot lights
The radio, wipers, blower, and switcher doors all worked properly.
I then got ballsy and tried to crank the engine. Nothing. Damnit.
Got out wacked the solenoid (original) and hit key....we got crankage. Perfect.
All exterior lights worked, minus the ones ive stolen bulbs from over the years. So it seems the electrical system is still intact...thank god...i was worried about that.
I did rediscover a rusthole in the floorpan, but it should be pretty easy to patch with some sheet metal.
Now come friday im going to start working on that poor old windsor. As of now i need a carburator (its seized and missing parts), alternator, waterpump, radiator hoses, and probably associated brackets assuming i cant find them where i orginally started working on it in 2006 (i found the last insurance paper)
All that stuff in addition to the timing set....which i have...but needs to be put on.
More updates to follow.
I pulled the dash bezel off, removed the fake clock insert, shined behind the dash and *luckly* all the wireing was intact. It doesnt seem like mice really did anything to it besides chew some insulation. So im happy there.
I pulled the battery out of rusty 2.0 and stuck in, hooked back up the solenoid wires, and seen what was working and what wasnt....
Shitty pic. I know. But all the lights on the bottom of the dash (radio, hvac, wipers, etc) fuctioned fine, as did the dome light. However the cluster as you can kinda see needs attention.
I may end up having to A) source a different cluster, as the top plastic brackets disentgrated (i maybe able to washer them, i dont know) or B) Install the sport cluster i bought for it...but that requires some wireing harness work from what ive read, but its pretty cool as it has a tach and gauges instead of idiot lights
The radio, wipers, blower, and switcher doors all worked properly.
I then got ballsy and tried to crank the engine. Nothing. Damnit.
Got out wacked the solenoid (original) and hit key....we got crankage. Perfect.
All exterior lights worked, minus the ones ive stolen bulbs from over the years. So it seems the electrical system is still intact...thank god...i was worried about that.
I did rediscover a rusthole in the floorpan, but it should be pretty easy to patch with some sheet metal.
Now come friday im going to start working on that poor old windsor. As of now i need a carburator (its seized and missing parts), alternator, waterpump, radiator hoses, and probably associated brackets assuming i cant find them where i orginally started working on it in 2006 (i found the last insurance paper)
All that stuff in addition to the timing set....which i have...but needs to be put on.
More updates to follow.