Bought A Douche/Mid-Life Car...

[Amber Lamps]

W00t!!!

[Avatard]

I got my kid an '87 Mustang 5.0.

2K, it was cheap, and no one had hacked it up.

Needed a water pump. Takes 15 minutes to do a Chevy, so I bit.

I've got over two days in it so far. Everything that could possibly be a clusterfuck has been, including two stuck, sheared bolts (corroded from their mixing steel and aluminum), resulting in a cracked timing cover (made of hopelessly thin cast aluminum).

Every single bolt in the front cover assy. must be in before you tighten a single bolt [no dowel for location], the water pump is caught up in all this mess, and needs all of its bolts in at once to line up also. Front accessory drive? Large bracket on driver's side needs - you guessed it; all bolts in before you snug ANY, or it's a clusterfuck.

Ford. Now I remember.

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

My gf has a 99 yellow drop top with 220,000...zero problems. Ah you roll the dice and you take your chances...at least this lot gives you a 90 day 3,000 mile warranty. Better than nothing.

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Hate to say this Tigger, but that car is a total chick car. Convertible in all. lol

My thoughts exactly. Especially after he said his gf has one.

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

I wanted a stick until I drove one...The clutch travel is a dang foot! I thought I was back driving a 2 1/2 ton truck in the Army! I settled on the auto...to be honest, I'm not trying to go fast in this car. This is for cruising the beach or whatever.

An automatic makes it even more douchey... but if you like it, that is what is important. I hope you don't have the trouble that others have had.

[TommyHotWheel]

Originally Posted by Avatard

I got my kid an '87 Mustang 5.0.

2K, it was cheap, and no one had hacked it up.

Needed a water pump. Takes 15 minutes to do a Chevy, so I bit.

I've got over two days in it so far. Everything that could possibly be a clusterfuck has been, including two stuck, sheared bolts (corroded from their mixing steel and aluminum), resulting in a cracked timing cover (made of hopelessly thin cast aluminum).

Every single bolt in the front cover assy. must be in before you tighten a single bolt [no dowel for location], the water pump is caught up in all this mess, and needs all of its bolts in at once to line up also. Front accessory drive? Large bracket on driver's side needs - you guessed it; all bolts in before you snug ANY, or it's a clusterfuck.

Ford. Now I remember.

Man, I replaced the exhaust, pulley in place of the smog pump, cleaned the combustion chambers and rebuilt the carb...all in one day on my 85' GT. I wish I could help ya with the pump. Throw it on a trailer and bring it to me, we will fix it, and throw a 5 lug conversion on it to boot.

[TommyHotWheel]

Lon, throw a good shift kit in that tranny and laugh all day long buddy.

[z06boy]

I know this is a Foxbody but same principal...

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Avatard

I got my kid an '87 Mustang 5.0.

2K, it was cheap, and no one had hacked it up.

Needed a water pump. Takes 15 minutes to do a Chevy, so I bit.

I've got over two days in it so far. Everything that could possibly be a clusterfuck has been, including two stuck, sheared bolts (corroded from their mixing steel and aluminum), resulting in a cracked timing cover (made of hopelessly thin cast aluminum).

Every single bolt in the front cover assy. must be in before you tighten a single bolt [no dowel for location], the water pump is caught up in all this mess, and needs all of its bolts in at once to line up also. Front accessory drive? Large bracket on driver's side needs - you guessed it; all bolts in before you snug ANY, or it's a clusterfuck.

Ford. Now I remember.

I did a waterpump on a 86 5.0...fuck 20 years ago. SUCKED.

Have fun.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by Avatard

I got my kid an '87 Mustang 5.0.

2K, it was cheap, and no one had hacked it up.

Needed a water pump. Takes 15 minutes to do a Chevy, so I bit.

I've got over two days in it so far. Everything that could possibly be a clusterfuck has been, including two stuck, sheared bolts (corroded from their mixing steel and aluminum), resulting in a cracked timing cover (made of hopelessly thin cast aluminum).

Every single bolt in the front cover assy. must be in before you tighten a single bolt [no dowel for location], the water pump is caught up in all this mess, and needs all of its bolts in at once to line up also. Front accessory drive? Large bracket on driver's side needs - you guessed it; all bolts in before you snug ANY, or it's a clusterfuck.

Ford. Now I remember.

I changed the water pump on my 83 GT is less than 20 minutes. Twice.(don't ask)

How are you finding the car? I am starting to look for a GT vert of that generation, because they are so damn cheap!

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by TommyHotWheel

Man, I replaced the exhaust, pulley in place of the smog pump, cleaned the combustion chambers and rebuilt the carb...all in one day on my 85' GT. I wish I could help ya with the pump. Throw it on a trailer and bring it to me, we will fix it, and throw a 5 lug conversion on it to boot.

Well, thanks Tom, I'm actually almost finished...I need only put back the last few bolts and brackets, and the fan & shroud, and I'm done. I only got sidetracked a few days because of the rains and floods here in NJ, and I should be able to finish one day later this week.

I just can't get over how much better the packaging on the small block Chevy is.

[Avatard]

Looks nice, but please change the tail lights ASAP. That shit belongs on a kid's Civic. Other than that, it's pretty stylin'. Congrats.