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Enforce immigration laws including in so-called sanctuary cities and I'll consider paying cop-in-a-box alleged citations.

"The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced."

Frank Zappa

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Wow, either those cars had declined some or the buyer got a HUGE bargain. Biggest bargains ever. I looked the the other stuff in the auction. IMO, it's a bit too high-falutin a place to sell a Merkur. IMO, BAT is the place where one goes to sell an oddball car. Could try to sell it here, but this p...

All I can say is mine doesn't make any noises like that. It hates going 55, hunts for gears like crazy. Fortunately that's not the speed limit now... it would not have been tolerable back in the day. The gear hunting may indicate the downshift cable is improperly adjusted. YMMV How difficult is the...

eaton53 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2019 8:17 pm

All I can say is mine doesn't make any noises like that.
It hates going 55, hunts for gears like crazy. Fortunately that's not the speed limit now... it would not have been tolerable back in the day.

The gear hunting may indicate the downshift cable is improperly adjusted.

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This device which creates a square wave is inexpensive to make. I used one to test a Scorpio speedo/odometer.

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I've been running an 8UA ECU with large VAM and no IC but with an ACT plumbed in and connected to the ECU. Like it a lot.

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Re temp gauge reading: I'd install a new (Motorcraft) T-stat and observe if the reading holds at a lower level.

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Not a PITA job. First time, yeah (I've done it 4-5 times). But nothing complex is involved.

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I installed one of the two new Motorcraft breather grommets, I bought at a dealership, several.years ago now, It still nicely snugs up the VC breather tube.

The new Rapido isolators look outwardly identical to my OEM Ford units; no idea re what they are composed of.

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Motor mounts: what I've seen on one is the stud center portion separated from the outer body; that's not apparent from side views. I installed a set of Rapido's new gel-filled isolators (~$220+) seeking to quell an irritating metallic vibration (found the source of it later, unrelated to isolators)....

Rapido has reproductions.

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hEaT wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:23 am

True. Seems to be working well and I get a consistent MAP signal at the ECU.

You are running a MAP rather than a BAP?

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The correct size fan clutch wrench is 36 mm.

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Maybe I misspoke (from memory). I'll measure mine and post what it is in mm shortly.

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