BJL
Joined:
Apr 2001
Williamstown, New Jersey
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i wash and buffed mine saturday then went cruising. ill eventually do the ball joints.... eventually.
Brian Larkin
88TC 330,000 miles
Slightly Modified
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(04-01-2019, 04:34 PM)BJL Wrote: i wash and buffed mine saturday then went cruising. ill eventually do the ball joints.... eventually.
Yea i gotta get to the ball joints as well pretty soon here got a handful of things on the list got some upolstery done trying to get the ole girl right
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Kuch
Joined:
Sep 2016
Manlius, NY USA
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(04-01-2019, 05:34 PM)88turbobird5 Wrote: (04-01-2019, 04:34 PM)BJL Wrote: i wash and buffed mine saturday then went cruising. ill eventually do the ball joints.... eventually.
Yea i gotta get to the ball joints as well pretty soon here got a handful of things on the list got some upolstery done trying to get the ole girl right
I pulled mine in the garage after winter storage to put new KYB struts on it, new front rotors, pads, and cutting the factory springs with new isolators.
1988 Turbo Coupe, Black/Black, 5 Speed, Moonroof, T3/T4, ported E6, 255LPH, Kirban, Stinger Exhaust, MGW shifter, K&N, Gillis valve, BP1.5, PIMPx, Koni's
1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL, 390 6V, Big Solid cam, Headers,3.89's, 4 Speed, Vast and fast
1960 Ford Starliner, 292 Y Block, 312 4bbl intake, headers, 3 Speed, slow and low
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Jeff K
Joined:
Apr 2001
Milwaukee, WI
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New (not reman) PS rack, along with new pressure and return lines last weekend, and, of course, reset the toe in to specs. For some reason, the old rack puked out a quart of fluid during winter storage.
Jeff Korn
88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 24 psi, forced air IC, water injection, BPV, Ranger cam, subframes, etc., etc.
86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP N2O, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.
11 Crown Vic Interceptor
14 Toyota Camry (wifes car)
95 Taurus GL Vulcan winter beater
67 Honda 450 Super Sport - completely customized
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Kuch
Joined:
Sep 2016
Manlius, NY USA
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So I got the springs out of the front to replace the ioslators and cut the springs to give it a small drop. Both front springs were broken at about 3/4 of a coil down, was going to cut at 3/4 coil so it worked out. All going back together now. Those isolators were really corroded in their and drivers side I had to pry out with a bar. They also hold lots of moisture and crap in there as well, I bet most of our springs are busted at about the same area.
1988 Turbo Coupe, Black/Black, 5 Speed, Moonroof, T3/T4, ported E6, 255LPH, Kirban, Stinger Exhaust, MGW shifter, K&N, Gillis valve, BP1.5, PIMPx, Koni's
1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL, 390 6V, Big Solid cam, Headers,3.89's, 4 Speed, Vast and fast
1960 Ford Starliner, 292 Y Block, 312 4bbl intake, headers, 3 Speed, slow and low
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50RACER
Joined:
Jan 2010
Manassas, VA
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I just took my tail lights apart. Replaced a cracked passenger side lens, polished both lenses, disassembled them, cleaned, re-sealed with black RTV and put them back together.
87 TC Medium Canyon Red
88 TC Black Beauty
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andrewjs18
Joined:
Aug 2012
Philadelphia, PA
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I pulled my headlights out last week to prep them for an HID kit (one was leaking and needed to be resealed anyhow) as well as pulling out my steering column so it can be replaced. I have a custom steering set up in my car - electric power steering from a toyota prius.
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50RACER
Joined:
Jan 2010
Manassas, VA
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I installed a Gillis boost control valve in my automatic 88 TC today. Wow! Talk about a wake up! I set the max boost at just about 18 lbs. Incredible how much these cars wake up with just a little more boost!
87 TC Medium Canyon Red
88 TC Black Beauty
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Jeff K
Joined:
Apr 2001
Milwaukee, WI
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Be aware that the A4LD tranny is a POS and can barely handle the engines 150 Hp power output with the boost at 10 psi. Lots of 18 psi WOT runs my lead to the quick death of the A4LD, which would give you the perfect excuse to convert to a T5
Jeff Korn
88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 24 psi, forced air IC, water injection, BPV, Ranger cam, subframes, etc., etc.
86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP N2O, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.
11 Crown Vic Interceptor
14 Toyota Camry (wifes car)
95 Taurus GL Vulcan winter beater
67 Honda 450 Super Sport - completely customized
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