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Lounge / Blank Boards
Eric, The only boards I get are three sub-boards. All the rest are blank.
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Lounge / Re: Anyone still around?
Quote from: Aerocoupe – on
Still here.  Have had a really busy year with family (travel to see them, mom having to be admitted to a memory care facility, trying to talk my dad into moving in with us), buying & selling a house, wife getting a new job (best job she has had in her career), putting a new fuel system in the Mustang (old one could not keep up with the demands of the motor), and then keeping up with my projects at work.  All of that kept me from getting back to my alternator not charging on the Bird after the dash project but I plan on getting back on that as I need to put the dash back together before my dad kicks me out of his shop.
The keyed power to turn on the alternator goes through the alternator warning light in the console. (cars without an ammeter)
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Suspension/Steering / Re: Stock rear brake drums
When they are less than 1/16 inch thick. Have you ever had them re-turned to smooth them up in the life of the car?
Places that do that work will tell if they are too thin and need replacing.  They check them with a micrometer.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Considering Alternator Replacement, Weighing Options
Yeah, those manuals on CD are a pain to work with. I have to hang on to my Win XP computer to use them. They're a no go on Win  7-10.
I don't know if there is a visible difference between the  40 and 60 amp versions if the color stamps are not there.
In the text it says the stator coils are in a delta configuration in the 60 amp.
The side terminal shows the difference in the diagram.
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Engine Tech / Re: cranks no start **Diagosed**
Looks awful dry in there. However that chain is supposed to get lubed aint working.
Is the shallow end of the pan in the front?
Can you look in or stick something in the pan to see if there's oil there?
Maybe it is supposed to splash or sling oil up from the pan.
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Engine Tech / Re: Question about switching to a Mustang GT cam
Continuous memory codes are  generated while you are driving. They are stored in the KAM (Keep Alive Memory). When these are the only codes you get, you have an intermittent problem. As Beau stated, they can be reset by disconnecting the battery.

You should first clean-up any "hard codes" found by KOEO  (Key On Engine Off) and KOER (Key On Engine Running)  self tests.

Warm up the engine before the self tests.

KOEO:
   Runs self test and post fault codes or code 11  for no faults.
   Code 10, a Seperator, then posts memory codes.
KOER:
Posts a 4 indicating the ECU is for a 8cyl engine. 
    Runs self tests and posts fault codes or code 11 for no faults.

Run self tests and post all the codes here.
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Engine Tech / Re: Question about switching to a Mustang GT cam
When the cam changed the firing order it also changed the sequence of the intake valves opening.
Your stock EEC is  firing the injectors  in the wrong sequence. The injector should fire when the intake valve close to it is open.

If your EEC has a Brown/White wire on pin 30 you're OK there. The 88 EVTM shows it wired. They may have made the change in 87 but the EVTM didn't catch-up untill 88.
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Electrical Chatter / Re: illuminated switch question
In my internet searches, I have not been able to find an illuminated switch that would work for you.
They all use the switched circuit (brown wire) as part of the light circuit. You want the light on when the brown wire is plus or minus (active or inactive).
Not to say there isn't such a switch, I just can't find one.

You could use a common double pole switch to control the "Brown wire" and a light that's not part of the switch.