roushracing6
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Joined:
Oct 2002
Farmington, NH USA
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When you change your clutch do a complete job. NAPA has a kit rebuilt that include everthing except pilot. My bird had a clutch done just before I bought it. However they only changed the disc and bearing. It went less than a year later. When I replaced it I had the flywheel turned my local tranny guy said it had never been turned. Do it right the first time and it will work like a charm.
The heater cores a bitch be careful I cracked my dash when removing it....
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88 Tc 211,000 miles slowly rebuilding to stock. Silver with red leather interior loaded with all the toys. My second TC in 1988 bought one as my first new car purchase missed it ever since I sold it in 1991.
88 Tc 211,000 miles Silver with red leather interior loaded with all the toys. My second TC in 1988 bought one as my first new car purchase missed it ever since I sold it in 1991.T-bird died but not forgotten...
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DamnSkippy_87
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Joined:
Jul 2002
Ely, NV USA
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So how do I know if its a headgaskest blown or not?
1987 Turbo Coupe
K&N Stock replacement
150,000 miles
formula 1 tint %15
Centerline Wheels 17"
Kenwood Excelon Deck with MASK. Boston Acoustics speakers all the way around
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Kev
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Joined:
Apr 2001
Harrison Arkansas
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Kev
Posting Freak
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Compression check.
Kev
1988 TC 5spd
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Pete D
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Joined:
Apr 2001
Northern OH
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Skip, headgaskets can blow in different ways and have different symptoms. Sometimes just 1 cylinder will be low on compression. Sometimes it will blow between to cylinders and both will be low on compression. Somtimes it will blow so that oil get in the coolant or sometimes it will be coolant in the oil. Sometimes oil will leak down the outside of the head. Also these engines are nortorious for wearing the lobes off the camshaft which will give a low compression reading in the affected cylinder(s). I would suspect a worn cam before a bent valve. Clean the EGR and see if that helps your idle problem. If not then pull the upper intake and the valve cover and look at the cam.
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NATO Member. it's not a vice, it's an obsession
"The nice thing about each new day is nobody ever used it before" Barnaby Jones
88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
http://www.turbotbird.com/showroom/pd_88tc.htm
Pete Dunham
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Walsted
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Joined:
Apr 2001
Fort Worth, TX
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Quote:Originally posted by Pete D:
... Also these engines are nortorious for wearing the lobes off the camshaft which will give a low compression reading in the affected cylinder(s)...
I had a noticeable clicking, especially at idle, when I had a worn lobe. An Escort I had previously ran real rough with a worn lobe, but that lobe was probably worn more than the one on the TC was.
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Mike Walsted - NATO member
1986 5-speed TurboCoupe and 1985 5-speed XR7
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