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Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :
 
Anyone have any of these problems before?

Last weekend i took my Fastback to a car show, after the show after starting my Fastback up about 100 times for people it wouldn't start. Figured i burned out the starter, replaced it, didn't start, found the ignition wire was grounding, tore the entire dash part never found anything wrong, wired around the ignition wire, still won't start.
Problem = Bad battery ground on the body.
Anyone have something like this happen to them? I know several of my friends at work have had issues like this happen. Can't find problem and tear apart your car trying to fix it and then find out its something easy to fix.
 

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Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 
Got a random misfire code and the car was vibrating at start up so I thought something was wrong with the motor. Light went away and never came back. Swapped coils numerous times, ohm'd the coils, drove to roseville to get some other coils, checked the plugs numerous times, gapped the plugs. Called and email'd shaun at, took it to a shop to get the electrical system checked but everything was fine. Get a call from Cal Rewire saying they found the problem....

BAD MOTOR MOUNT

Good thing I didn't spend any money on new coils and such. Total cost of the fix was about $200 for new poly mounts and the cost to check the car. Oh and hours of wasted frustration for nothing. Gotta love the little battles you thought were gonna be wars
 

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Posted by theturbofrdguy (Member # 10224) on :
 
Driving the SVO home, electric fan cuts out and almost overheats in traffic. Enough for steam to come out the overflow. Park the car let it cool down and traffic die down, and start it...bad miss at idle. Driving it home it had a nasty miss, and the RPM's would get stuck high. Also there was what i though bubbles in the coolant.


Well after many hours of checking compression tests, leak down tests, changing plugs, checking for vacuum leaks, cleaning all fan grounds ect...

The TPS came loose, tightened it up at the correct voltage and the car was fine..

Many wasted hours
 

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Posted by sic70stang (Member # 4347) on :
 
Fastback I had the same issue as you.
 

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Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
my `89 coupe would break up and misfire and act like running into a bring wall whenever I would powershift at WOT or run it hard in the lower gears, but was fine at WOT in 4th and 5th gear.

found the constant +12v power lead on the starter (mini starter) was touching part of the chassis as the motor twisted over under heavy load causing a short

easy fix but I was completely stumped for a couple months.
 

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Posted by Adam5.0 (Member # 6995) on :
 
at one time the only car I had was a mustang, then one day out of nowhere it had a dead cylinder only a few hundred miles on a rebuild. so I went and bought a cheap 1k beater car because I though the mustang would be out a while.

come to find out a rocker stud had backed off. I was too lazy at the time to pull the valve covers off before I bought another car. only took literally 30 min. to fix. I was pissed
 

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Posted by SydeWaySix (Member # 3596) on :
 
After getting all my suspension stuff installed I started getting a clunking noise underneath the car. I lifted the car up several times to check for any loose components and nothing was ever found. I did strenuous research online on other mustang forums and I read it could have been a body panel in the trunk, loose wheel components, bad rear shocks, etc, etc...

I finally brought the car back to my installer and he said the exhaust flange was hitting the front part of my torque arm whenever I made a turn. We shaved a little off the flange to give some clearance it viola! All fixed!
 

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Posted by 66_5.0 (Member # 9974) on :
 
Had an overheating problem once..changed the radiator 2x, the hoses, thermostat and kept doing it. Came out to be the radiator cap
 

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Posted by Mach 5oh (Member # 9497) on :
 
I remember I had messed with the timing on my first 5.0 and as I was dialing it in, it died on me...and I couldnt get it back.. So a week goes by and I cant figure out whats wrong, im gettin spark and the gauge says I have gas...I finally said hey Ima push the shrader valve...no gas comes out so Im like damn...I did Just paint the gauge needles red maybe its stuck...went and got some gas and the sumbitch fired right up
 

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Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
Car will start then immediately die like it was out of gas test for spark check ground so towed car home checked coil checked computer changed fuel pump and had a wonderful gas bathcuz this happened after a full tank was added changed dizzy cap and rotor ended up being ignition module
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 
Where do I start.. Lol. My old '92.used to shred blower belts ( I didn't know shot about blowers then) turns out I didn't read the part of the instuctuona about shimming the tensioner. 10 min fix
 

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Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :
 
Had the same problem with my cougar... some days it would start others not... when you went to turn the motor over it would click once and all the lights would dim down... Checked all the wires and it ended up being a dead cell in the battery.
 

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Posted by shiftylx (Member # 2670) on :
 
the droptop would not want to start when it was hot (in chico this happened a lot lol), it would turn over very slowly. thought it was a starter problem, bought a new one, same problem, heat wrapped the starter, kept happening. after many wasted hours a buddy asked me about my ground wires. turned out the trunk mounted battery had a faulty ground, so i bought a heavy gauge cable and installed it properly and it ran fine! such a PIA, i was having to leave it running at the gas station and having to plan my errands and shit so i wouldn't have to start it too many times!
 

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Posted by CobraKilla (Member # 1449) on :
 
Had a customer who couldn't get his Corvette started... He replaced the starter, coil, plugs, wires, etc etc...

All that it needed was the door-key to be cycled through the driver side, since he unlocked it from the inside and it killed power to the car (theft deterrent)
 

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Posted by Pure Stang (Member # 7251) on :
 
I had a mis fire that drove me crazy! I posted it on here and a few of you tried to help me out and got nothing from it. Found out my alternator is weak and the bat was no good. replaced the battery and the car moved like bat out of hell lol
 

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Posted by kennebellgt (Member # 8395) on :
 

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Originally posted by 66_5.0:
Had an overheating problem once..changed the radiator 2x, the hoses, thermostat and kept doing it. Came out to be the radiator cap

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Originally posted by 66_5.0:
Had an overheating problem once..changed the radiator 2x, the hoses, thermostat and kept doing it. Came out to be the radiator cap

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if you get a new radiator spend the five bucks to do the cap too
 

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Posted by kennebellgt (Member # 8395) on :
 
Had a misfire/ bucking problem at wot, replaced the coil twice, replaced the air filter, replaced the dizzy, ran codes, checked for shorts, checked fuel pump, replaced tfi module, replaced cap, rotor and wires, did compression check, AND STILL NOTHING! drove me crazy for a few months, ended up being a clogged muffler
 

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