Restoring the old Eight Nine Stang

[shane96ranger]

Looking good. You know where I can get a full set of water pump bolts with the studs on them. I need them for my power steering bracket and the previous owner just bought bolts from ace.

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The only place I know that sells them as a kit is Latemodel Restoration. They are pricey (IMO) but they are all correct. Here they are:

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-8501AHDW/1979-93-Mustang-50L-58L-Water-Pump-Studs-Bolts

EDIT: Just an FYI, I paid about 80 dollars from the dealer for my set last time I did my pump. That was the only place I could get them back then.

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[Twister]

The only place I know that sells them as a kit is Latemodel Restoration. They are pricey (IMO) but they are all correct. Here they are:

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-8501AHDW/1979-93-Mustang-50L-58L-Water-Pump-Studs-Bolts

EDIT: Just an FYI, I paid about 80 dollars from the dealer for my set last time I did my pump. That was the only place I could get them back then.

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Those are a bit pricey , thanks for the link

 

[shane96ranger]

I froze my butt off this morning getting this pulley mounted. That was some tough steel to get through!

 

[shane96ranger]

I need to go get a little shorter belt, but this is how it will look:

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[shane96ranger]

I worked on it for a bit yesterday. It was my original plan to utilize the Taurus fan upside down as-is, and mount the overflow tank to it. In fact I even went as far as mounting the tank yesterday. But I didn't like it.

After I had done this, I leaned it next to the factory shroud off my Mustang and noticed that the Taurus fan nestled into it rather well. All it would need is a little trimming. So I got out my HF Mulit-tool and went to work.

I also re-clocked the motor so the wires face the drivers side while I was at it. Then this is how it looked after it was bolted into the Mustang shroud.

This is a my mock up prior to installing the overflow. I also tested the fan while I was here.

Here is the final install. It clears everything pretty well.

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[doorgunner]

Looks good!!

 

[shane96ranger]

Thank you DG!

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[shane96ranger]

When I was at the wrecking yard, I found a low mile 98 V6 Mustang. So, I nabbed the alternator. I already had a 3G swap, but this one is in better shape.

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[BlackBII]

I haven't been on TRS in a while and I have been missing out on this thread. Your foxbody looks great man! I'm going to show this to my brother, he has a foxbody himself.

 

[shane96ranger]

I haven't been on TRS in a while and I have been missing out on this thread. Your foxbody looks great man! I'm going to show this to my brother, he has a foxbody himself.

I haven't been logging on very often lately either. I can't wait to get this thing up and going again. I had planned on working on it all day yesterday, but I spent the day doing brakes on my Dad's Explorer and then trying to fix my tiller (motor seized). I think I've seen pictures of your Brothers Fox. IIRC, it is blue?

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[-Nathan-]

looks good man. Do you have a part number for that powerstroke idler pulley and aluminum spacer?

 

[shane96ranger]

looks good man. Do you have a part number for that powerstroke idler pulley and aluminum spacer?

Nathan, it is Motorcraft part number YS291. Sorry I didn't see this sooner.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C5I0C8/?tag=959media-20

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[shane96ranger]

My Mustang has had a K&N conical filter on it for about 15-16 years now. I bought it back before I really understood what I was doing - creating a hot air intake. With all of my recent underhood changes, I decided to go back to a similar setup to factory. To do this, I had to go back to a panel filter. So, I set out to get a K&N or an Accel Kool Blue stock replacement filter. In my research, I found something that made me do something that I never thought I would again. I bought a filter made by Fram. I read reviews on the web and found a lot of praise for the Fram Air Hog. I've seen them around, but didn't realize they are quite similar to a K&N, if not better. That's right - I said better. I have held several-o-K&N filters before, and this seems to be a better construction. It is also USA made, which I love.

Let me just say that I have given Fram my share of criticism with their horrible oil and fuel filters. So much that I feel strange purchasing and even giving them props on a nice filter.

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[shane96ranger]

This Taurus fan project got kicked into high gear when the transmission decided to take a dump in our Escape. I didn't get to be as thorough as I would have liked, but I will go back over it in a few days. This is some of what I've done. Project is incomplete until the 80 amp relay I ordered arrives. Right now I am just disconnecting the battery, or else the fan would stay running.

I'm not sure that this will be the final home for the breaker, but it works for now.
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I ran the power over to the passenger side, under the MAF sensor.

I used the bracket and former home of the A/C relay to mount the Volvo relay. The wire loom you see coming in from behind the alternator goes up to the BMW switch.

And here's the switch wired up. I actually wound up using spade connectors instead of the pieces listed in the thread I posted. Those were entirely too small to fit the pins.

 

[shane96ranger]

Looking at the pics in the previous post makes me realize just how dirty this thing got over the winter. It needs a major douching.