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Title: Finally!
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 05, 2005, 08:53:30 PM
i finally got my lazy ass under the dash and ran the fuel flow wire for the tripminder to my EEC

it works great now

best part was going uphill, 4th gear, 40mph, and getting 20mpg  :D
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: baxo on September 05, 2005, 08:58:09 PM
Oh, I thought you were going to say "I got a job".  :flip:
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on September 05, 2005, 09:03:24 PM
Quote from: Tbird232ci
i finally got my lazy ass under the dash and ran the fuel flow wire for the tripminder to my EEC

it works great now

best part was going uphill, 4th gear, 40mph, and getting 20mpg  :D

Better yet is going downhill in overdrive at 60 and getting about 65 MPG :D:D
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: slamedcat on September 05, 2005, 09:31:42 PM
Find a realy big hill and put it in neutral and you could hit triple digits
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 05, 2005, 09:39:39 PM
Quote from: slamedcat
Find a realy big hill and put it in neutral and you could hit triple digits

been there and done that

downhill at about 45-50mph, in nuetral, i was getting 119
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: thunderjet302 on September 05, 2005, 10:58:15 PM
I have one in my digital dash but I think it lies. I changed my gears to a 3.73 so I had to put in a 21 tooth speedo gear. When I'm doing 45 (actually closer to 40 or 41 the speedo is about 4-5 mph off still) the instant economy says I'm getting 45mpg in 3rd gear :bs: .
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: slamedcat on September 05, 2005, 11:59:23 PM
Quote from: Tbird232ci
been there and done that

downhill at about 45-50mph, in nuetral, i was getting 119


Now if we could find a way to get that average all the time!  :D

I had one in my 89 Le Baron it hit 99 at about 90mph in neutral. Took a long time for it to start reading again.
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 06, 2005, 12:03:00 AM
Lebaron....turbo?
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: slamedcat on September 06, 2005, 12:09:09 AM
Nope, but had all the part to convert it to one. Until the rocker until I put my hand throught the rusted rocker panels.

2.5l
auto
4 wheel disc
manuel windows
power locks
basical a strip down hard top

Thats when I found my first t-bird.
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: motormenace on September 06, 2005, 01:46:15 PM
Quote from: baXo
Oh, I thought you were going to say "I got a job".  :flip:


no shiznit!:D

hey shawn, now you can fix mine on the 86. :deal:
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 06, 2005, 02:07:21 PM
Quote from: motormenace
hey shawn, now you can fix mine on the 86. :deal:

fix it? it isnt broken!

is it going to be like the last time i was over, you be in the valve train, i do the tripminder  :giggle:
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: motormenace on September 06, 2005, 02:27:44 PM
yeap, but the valve train works!:D
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 06, 2005, 04:20:31 PM
but what about mine? :giggle:
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: lostbrew on September 18, 2005, 03:52:55 PM
one thing about the tripminder. i do whanna add it to my 84 cougar but... i have a cable driven speedo. how would i hook up the speed input to the tripminder?
Title: Re: Finally!
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 18, 2005, 04:20:48 PM
with the 84's, i have no idea to be honest

i do think that they have a VSS for the computer, but then a cable for the speedo

i got the one that i have in my TC out of an 84 Elan, the harness was all kinds of differnet, and it had a digital cluster