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Messages - dmasini

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Electrical Tech / 87 5.0 EFI Bird Wiring Issues
Cool, thanks for the tip. Do you guys clean that area up at all on your cars? Grouping wires and such? Worried about wrapping some wires together that shouldn't be put next to one another.
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Electrical Tech / 87 5.0 EFI Bird Wiring Issues
Hey guys, I acquired an 87 LX 5.0 EFI about a year ago and been getting her drive worthy. Charged the battery over the weekend and started to car to let it idle yesterday. Started fine and idled great. Let it run for 15 minutes or so then turned it off. About a half hour later I went to start it again and upon turning the key I heard a pop and a thin line of smoke came up from around the solenoid where the main jumble of wires is. Car went completely dead. Not sure where I should start to troubleshoot the issue. Since the car completely died, no power to anything I wouldn't think it is as simple as a random fuse?

The other part to all this is that the previous owner mentioned something about rewiring the harness to bypass the MAP sensor. That was an issue I was going to get around to fixing but wondering now if it could be one of the issues. Any recommendations on where I should start?
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Suspension/Steering / Rear brake question
Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;451570
Are the drums smooth, or finned?

If finned, they're the 9 inch, if smooth, they're ten inchers. :)

An '87 LX with 5.0 *should* have the 10" brakes, but won't always. I've personally came across Base 5,0 cars with 9 inch rears...I think it depends on the option package, and such. There's other folks that can break it down much more in depth than I can. EricCoolCats, TurboCoupe50, and Thunderchicken can fill in the missing pieces :)


They're smooth. Thank you!
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Suspension/Steering / Rear brake question
Finally able to get in the garage and it worked like a charm! Thanks for the help. So now I'm trying to figure out if I have 9" or 10" rear drums? I wrote down the following numbers on off the drums but can't find any reference online. These are the numbers D9BC-1126-AA and J166. It's any 87 LX with the 5.0. Anywhere else I can look for a part # or  something telling me which I have? Everything including the backing plate is pretty rusted up. **Update** Measuring the outside diameter of the drum is about 11.75"... I'm thinking I have the 10" brakes then. Would that be a good assumption? Thanks again guys!
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Suspension/Steering / Rear brake question
Quote from: jandmmustangs;451410
Make sure the ebrake isn't on....

Also sometimes a ridge builds up and the drum requires some persuasion. You could always remove the adjuster plug and retract the brakes to help a bit.


Thanks for the reply! So their is nothing that's "supposed" to be holding it other than years of build up? Do you happen to know of a diagram somewhere that would show me where the adjuster plug is? This is my first car with drums and I've been at a loss here. Thanks again!
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Suspension/Steering / Rear brake question
Hey guys, new to the forum and I've done some searches but can't find an answer. I acquired an 87 Thunderbird LX and I'm in the process of getting her road worthy again. Anyway I have a simple question. Is their a trick to getting the rear drums off? I've tried everything short of bringing out the sledge hammer. :) Once I take the tire off shouldn't this thing just slip off? Any help would be greatly appreciated!