So this weekend I made some progress and had some setbacks as well on tearing down the 5.0 HO.
One problem I had was that when I pulled the injectors I found that on 4 of the 8 the "caps" on the end of the injector are very brittle and are broken. :punchballs: I was at the parts store getting some oil earlier today and they said they couldn't get a rebuild kit for them. Ideally what I would need would be a kit with all new orings and pintle caps for all 8 injectors.
Does anyone know where a guy could find something like this? I did a few searches and didn't seem to find much...tried ebay with minimal results. I figure anyone that has done a HO swap has probably run into this problem so thought I'd ask.
For the price of used great condition sets of injectors on eBay, corral, stangnet and the whatnot, I really don't see why you'd want to rebuild an old set.
Case in point. I sold a set of 19's a while back that only had roughly 5,000 miles on them. I purchased them brand new a little more than a year before I sold them. I got $50 for them and I dare say I was lucky.
got mine at O'Reilly auto parts. it's about $2 per kit(1 injector)
same here, O"reilley's!! about $2 per injector
Boneyard........ find somthing thats been hit good,and check the mileage, thats what im doing for mine......
The caps are only to prevent damage to the pintle during handling/installation, if you want to be real cheap, use the injs without them...
I did at one point on a few of my injectors,worked for me.
However if oriley has the kits just do that.
I found some on ebay a while back. Wasn't too expensive.
Napa, ebay, they are all over.
I thought about that. I really don't see why they would be necessary other than when you are installing the injectors.
I may try O'rielly's...we have a new one close to me but the people that work there are morons. hopefully they will be able to figure out what I need.
Most likely will try NAPA...thanks guys!!
Try this http://www.oreillyauto.com/EW3/ProductDetail.do?id=1527360607&line=BWD&itemNumber=274081&categoryIndex=1&didSearchFor=Injector&vehicle=1988FORDTHUNDERBIRDSPORTV8-302%20%205.0L&bid=1237984590559&cycleCount=1662¤tPage=0
I get my rebuild kits from a guy on Ebay.Mr. Injector (I believe).They come with spacers,pintle caps,o-rings,and filters,and extra pieces just in case you lose something..I have some extra pintle caps (new ones).I also have a set of rebuilt 19# injectors in the classifieds below.
i just buy a rebuilt kit from m.injector on ebay. i don't have the kit in hand but my friend tell me it's ready to pick up. it's about 40 $ for all 8x 2 oring one plastic shim and pintle cap
i ended up finding them on ebay for around $20 shipped...I think the place was called "midwest mustang" or something.