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Re: '88 5.0 starting/running problems

Reply #90 –
Drove it again today, to a whole whopping 10 miles per hour in my front yard.. heh. Anyway, I put it in the driveway so I could drop the tank and all that stuff without wondering what was lurking in the grass around us. (fire ants, snakes, etc.)

Just waiting on that watch auction to finish tonight.. that's my fuel pump/sock/filter/O-ring/kerosene/paint-thinner money. (see above, if that's to make any sense)

Hoping no one pays attention to the lack of a tag on it while it's parked there.. (I usually park the Mark and the '88 nose towards the street to hide this particular deficiency, and put the '86 ass towards the street to show I have A tag.. and just hope no one gets too nosy) I have a little over a week (and a half, counting weekends) before my fiance starts temping.. and two functioning cars would help that a LOT. (I'd still have to drive her to and from work so I had a car in case of emergency)

Sounds so much different than the Mark's HO..

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Reply #91 –
Ahh, lovely.. broke a little chunk off the front of the car while trying desperately to get up to where I could have a poke at that screen in the PCV valve hole. Not huge.. but it  me off nonetheless. (that I was that stupid) That screen looks like a solid mat of junk. I've poked it with a screwdriver several times to try and remove it, but can't get it to come out. Should I just leave it in there all mangled and full of holes? (this was something that you guys mentioned to me way back when I first got the car.. I finally decided to check it out since I had to pull the upper to get the injectors out anyway)

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Reply #92 –
Oh well, auction ped out. Didn't even make it to $100. I'll take the watch to someone to have it cleaned, or ask a friend to do it. (he works with models.. much steadier hands) But that probably means no fuel pump this coming week.

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Reply #93 –
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That screen looks like a solid mat of junk.
Just a bunch of steel wool crammed into a little can with mesh on either end. You should be able to get it out with a long skinny screw (do any drywalling?) taped securely to the screwdriver tip and used like a corkscrew, or a skinny pair of needlenose pliers.
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Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

Re: '88 5.0 starting/running problems

Reply #94 –
HAH! I just gave all my drywall screws to a friend.

No big deal, can get one back next time I talk to him.

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Reply #95 –
Got it.. used a #10 x 3" wood screw. Thanks. It was a hideous mess.

I wonder if this will help a little bit with the issue of blowing oil up into the TB via that connection to the oil filler tube.

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Reply #96 –
Quote from: Bird351
Got it.. used a #10 x 3" wood screw. Thanks. It was a hideous mess.

I wonder if this will help a little bit with the issue of blowing oil up into the TB via that connection to the oil filler tube.


Should help a lot.... You can take it apart clean the wire mesh, then reassemble it...

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Reply #97 –
Is it OK to just leave it out? I've sorta mangled it a bit.

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Reply #98 –
It wil suck oil in through the PCV if you leave it out...

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Reply #99 –
Hmmm.. guess I'll have to clean it up then. Got a couple holes in the screens, though.

EDIT: Is this a buyable part? AutoHole's site lists no such item I can see.. but I might not be looking for the right name.

Another EDIT: http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?mfrcode=PUR&mfrpartnumber=B15231&parttype=3&ptset=B

Nevermind. Looks like I was looking under the wrong name. This is it, right?

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Reply #101 –
Kool.. I should pick up a pair of 'em. (change out the one on the LSC, too)

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Reply #102 –
OK.. since I can't afford the fuel pump for the moment, I am working on cleaning the injectors while I have the upper removed.

I got all the wires disconnected.. only partially broke one little mounting tab! :D (I figured the death toll would be higher) Got all the injectors out of their holes without any apparent loss of O-rings or plastic hats. Now the big problem is the fuel rail. These little buggers will NOT come out of the fuel rail. I do not have the tool to remove the connection so that I can pull the whole fuel rail off, so I am stuck trying to pull them off with the fuel rail still sort of in place. On the driver's side, I can pull that half of the rail up and pull on the injectors horizontally. On the passenger side, I'm probably in for a knuckle-buster.

Any tips for popping these off? I'm really concerned that I'm starting to pull too hard on them and I don't want to break 'em. Even if they are 14# injectors, they're the only ones I have until I can afford a partial HO swap. (if that's what I decide to do)

I'm thinking of pulling the two CFI injectors off the '86 on the night I let everything soak.. but I don't know if I want two re-assembly projects on my plate at once. (of course the '86 takes precedence since it's my only driveable car)

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Reply #103 –
Yay, I only broke a piece off of one injector! Well, they're out. Suppose this means I should replace this one injector, though.. the piece that broke off is just under the O-ring for the fuel rail, behind the electrical connection. (yeah, I cheated to get the last one out because it was a bitch.. and I paid the price for cheatin')

$37.99 for a GP-Sorensen replacement injector from AutoHole, for injector part # E59E-A2E.

$5.99 for an O-ring kit , says "2 required". I hope the "kit" means 8 of 'em.
 

Re: '88 5.0 starting/running problems

Reply #104 –
BTW, is it a bad idea to reuse the O-rings from the fuel rail side? Aside from some tiny stress lines on them up top, they look to be in really good condition. The other (manifold side) O-rings are a little eaten up, so obviously I will replace them. Anyway, most of the fuel rail O-rings remained in the fuel rail.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the plastic hat on the injector I broke a chunk off of is also chipped.