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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Mikey97D -Hope it a quick and easy procedure for you. You'll have that new twinkle in your eye after the new lens. Maybe even see better under the hood!
Hope it a quick and easy procedure for you. You'll have that new twinkle in your eye after the new lens. Maybe even see better under the hood!
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Chuck W -I also have some downtime coming up this week that'll slow things down. Got to have cataract surgery on one of my eyes later this week, so that's going to limit me for a short bit. Hopefully I'll still be able to work on some of the underhood wiring.
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by EricCoolCats -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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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Chuck W -I needed to get the driveshaft back into the car, but I needed to replace the u-joints first. During the RnR of the U-joints. One of the balance weights got knocked off of the shaft, so I welded it back on.
Got that knocked out and got the unit back into the car.
I did pick up a new rear sway bar for the car too, so I got that swapped in while I had things up for the driveshaft install. Went with a 24mm one over the 21mm that was in there. The 21mm will wind up on the wagon. (Unless I buy another larger one for it
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The next, tedious task was to replace the bad trans cooler lines. Which took much longer than it needed to. Just used a Classic Tube set.
By this time, the temps had dropped quite a bit, so I was done for the day.
Following up on the throttle body spacer clearances.
With the thinner aftermarket spacer, it clears the valve covers and such just fine. What doesn't clear is the throttle cable bracket.
It hits the FPR on the rail. I'm probably going to just go back with a modified stock EGR spacer instead. It'll give me the clearances I need.
I need to get back under the car and reinstall the shift cable and the the TV cable.
I've also made the decision to just mod the stock Y-pipe to fit the factory headers and build the new Y-pipe later. Not what I wanted to do, but I'm just running out of time before it gets generally miserable outside.
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Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
Last post by EricCoolCats -I'll keep my eyes open for ya.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / Re: WTB-5.0 stock air intake set-up
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Other Vehicles / Re: Added another Fox to the fleet - 1985 Marquis LTS
Last post by Chuck W -One of the firsts tasks was to get the RM seal replaced. Made use of my install tool. It took almost nothing to get the old seal out.
Got the trans filter replaced and got things back together again.
While I was prepping to move things into place, I found this. A busted PS cooler line.
*sigh* Guess it's good I found it now, instead of after I filled the system up.
That wasn't going to stop me from my goal for the day, however.
All bolted down, so now to finish up the rest of the stuff.
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Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
Last post by V8Demon -Left is the base/Bill Blass Mark VII.
Right is the LSC/Cougar/Thunderbird part. I don't know the exact differences of the parts and whether or not they actually read the coolant temperature the same way. I have to dig in my shop manuals.
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Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
Last post by EricCoolCats -40
Misc Tech / Re: Part number help
Last post by V8Demon -E5SZ-18D371-A.
Revisions with B or C in place of the A are compatible. No one makes an aftermarket version of this. The one they used in the Bill Blass and base model Mark VII has a different connector. You can actually find that on Rockauto as of my posting this.
The Cougar/T-Bird/LSC one? Hunt. Hunt junkyards, hunt Ebay, hunt here, hunt other forums. It's not an absolutely necessary piece to keep the EATC working, but it's noce to have for when it IS cold out so you don't get air blasting on you from the heater before it's actually warm.
I have 3 cars with the EATC system now so I'm trying to stock up on spare parts. I haven't removed it as they are all working for me. Attached is a picture of one.