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User Rides / Re: My 85 TBird
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This is a vent window car, so I found some good used 93ish 2 door Tempo window runs. I’ve read that they work, haven’t tried them yet. Still need to find a run that goes into the vent window part, thinking maybe a ford pickup one might work. I do have one NOS ford window run I might use on the driver door, keep hoping I’ll stumble across another one. 

I also ordered dew wipes from Steele, they are for a Lincoln Mark VII, hopefully they work out. Those are 4-6 weeks out.


I used the channel run from a Ford Ranger for my vent window convertible and that worked great. But I don't know if that works for a coupe door. It looks pretty close. Truck weatherstripping is plentiful and cheap so there's no harm in experimenting. The dew wipes should work great from a Mark VII.

I also commend you for getting new seals where possible. That's an overlooked part of restoration which most people ignore. Plus the cost is a huge factor...it's great to buy new but I've paid less for entire cars than the cost of new rubber seals LOL.

Chuck, Steele has those under p/n 70-2720-73. With sticker shock.
https://www.steelerubber.com/door-weatherstrip-70-2720-73
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Nice little progress, that's always so satisfying to bang out all the details in a row.

On my car I had to slot the throttle cable bracket to move it upward and get clearance over the valve cover (Cobra intake, tall valve covers, 1" phenolic spacer). But all that did clear the adjustable FPR. It's not uncommon to need to adjust things. The EGR spacer will do the trick though.
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Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
Gotcha. How about E5SZ-8B607-A, would that work? Looks identical...there's one on eBay and it's affordable.

I'll keep my eyes open for ya.

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Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
OK, that explains it. I did see that type of sensor when searching and thought maybe the Mark VII one would work. So you have the round connector vs. the Mark VII/Continental rectangular connector, is that what you're saying?
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Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
Paul, have you removed it? Need to see what the end looks like that sticks down into the heater tube.

I'm also not finding much with that main part number. It might have been superseded along the way.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Re: 1988 Cougar LS 5.0 For Sale
That is a super beautiful car...outstanding. Good luck with the sale.

The HO cam requires 19 lb/hr injectors, the HO firing order (1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8), and a computer swap to at least a 1987-88 Mustang HO automatic ECU in order for it to run correctly. Just FYI.
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Lounge / Re: Annual Appeal
That was a database transfer issue. Alex could probably explain it better but there was a problem in converting the old image tags over to the new database. I'm not sure if he ever got it to work properly in testing.
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Lounge / Re: Podcast?
I hate myself on video even more, so probably just audio. As for a schedule, not sure but the goal would be a few times a year, as time allows. Maybe I could batch up a few and release them every few months.

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Lounge / Podcast?
Only about a decade and a half too late but...

I'm thinking about (maybe) doing a podcast for our cars. Admittedly I don't like the sound of my own voice and my public speaking skills are rudimentary, but if there's enough interest I'd be willing to give it a try. It might be a good winter project so that's why I'm considering it.

Would anyone be interested in this?

And if so, what would you like to hear? Any particular subject?

Not sure if I could get any guest speakers but that would be a great goal. Even if it's just one of you guys relaying a story or advice, that would be great.

Just spitballing here. LMK your thoughts either way.