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My buddy and I did all the engine work, with him instructing and me learning. I did the rest. I can't bother him anymore. I already owe him several days of body and paint work on his mustang in exchange.

thanks for the ideas. I'm going on vacation and need to sort this out My mechanic friend says not to use the head gasket sealant stuff. It mostly likely wont work and Ill be leaving a mess for whoever wants to fix it after me. The rig just needs more and more and more $.

New work and parts in early 2016: new timing belt, cam seals and water pump new Oxygen sensor new fuel filter Cleaned EGR valve Cleaned MAF sensor New PCV valve New Idle air control valve 6 new injectors New plugs, wires, cap, rotor and coil Replaced about 20 hoses repack front bearings and hubs new radiator new thermostat new headlight/cruise control switch replaced one front fender replaced master window regulator replaced rear glass struts replaced rear door struts New stereo / speakers added 12v power outlets to dash ran 12v power to center console on a new circuit added a Marine fuse box for extra circuits new battery new 235/75 15 General Grabber IIs Also did new front rotors, calipers and pads. Driver door sags badly. Body shop said top hinge needs to be removed and new piece welded in where the top hinge bolts on.

white smoke pouring out the tailpipe. I didn't see a lot of action on the vehicles for sale section; is it worth trying? Rather one of you got it than Craiglist, if possible.

I think I may have had a non stock battery in there, as it was so long that the positive terminal was about 1/2 inch from the fender. Luckily my spare battery was an inch narrower side to side as you look at the engine bay so it's nice and further away now. I had changed the timing belt last January with my buddy so I was hoping it wasn't that. thanks, folks.

replaced Battery terminals. Probably could have tightened things but one of the terminals was split, so I did that. Fired right up. Not enough juice coming through the loose terminals?

No backfire, just a single click from the starter. maybe it felt like a bang because the hood and door are open making the sound louder than usual. Going to check fuses as I had wire brushed the battery terminals yesterday and caused some sparks when I contacted the positive terminal and the fender at the same time.

Hilarious, Yes. It was the set screw and part of the rotor. put in a new one but now all I get is a single bang from the starter when I turn it on. charged the battery, used a jump starter, same symptoms

My rig died on the road a few months back, just getting around to looking at it as the rain has subsided for now. I was going to check for an intact timing belt by watching the distributor spin. Took off the cap and this is what I see. a large chunk of plastic a a screw just lying there. wth? any ideas? Thanks

Thanks, I'll try those things if the rain stops this weekend. Would the timing belt go with no noise or anything? Also, does this have a crank angle sensor?

All new in Jan 2016 when I bought it- O2 Sensor, cleaned EGR valve, 6 fuel injectors, spark plugs, wires, cap, rotor and coil, cleaned MAF sensor, PCV Valve, idle air control valve, Timing Belt , water pump, seals, thermostat, radiator. It ran fine till the other day when the motor just shut off. It'll turn over fine, but no spark. Obviously I'm no mechanic. any ideas what it might be? Thanks

Used to have one on an old Toyota, gave a nice increase in power. Which model do you need for a WD21? I see the stock replacement filters available but was wondering about the cone shaped ones.

Update on all this: * Headlights fixed with a new headlight/cruise control switch * Backup lights still broken, have not gone looking for the switch on the trans * Still no horn, haven't looked into it. Where is the damn thing? * Doors lock! Found a good locksmith, It WAS the key I had just being worn down. * Windows roll up AND down, whenever I ask them to. Replaced Master controller, that fixed one read door; the other rear one was simply unplugged inside the door. * Remedied the dash mess, now have an actual stereo and accessory plugs in the dash and more in the console. The kids will actually drive in it now. I must be doing something wrong. On another note, is a backup camera foolish? I cant see squat out the back, day or night. Don't they have them that work on your smart phone?

Thanks, I use irfanView, tried and true. I shrink the smartphone pics to 20% of original size and they go down to under 100k in size. They are still like 800x400, plenty big. With irfanview you can batch resize a whole folder of pics, among 1000 other things. Windows only, I believe.

Seems like you can't embed Dropbox pics, maybe because the link is https? https://www.dropbox.com/s/cihdo7k0ta5p63p/IMAG0004.jpg?dl=0

Ok, folks. Radio is in, Fender and antenna are in, console is wired. yay. I can't say enough about Sony head units. This thing picks up twice the number of stations I can hear on any other radio, even in the house. I know the fender doesn't match, it's Rustoleum fer chrissakes, good enough for now. At least I have a corner light that's actually bolted on, and there are zero zip ties holding the flare on. And now we have an antenna. I went Milspec on the console. Actually there wasn't much plastic left so I went with a piece of steel. Can't seem to get Photobucket to cooperate and let me upload the last shot of the dash. the damn files are < 100k, jeez. Between the slowness, the endless popups and it forgetting I'm logged in constantly, I'm ready for a move. Does anyone use Dropbox for NPORA pic files?

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I was going with a straight non retractable antenna with a spring at the bottom. For the power, I'm using the cig lighter Hot for my new power outlets. I was hoping to grab the constant and switched off of the radio harness. I've found them using my multi meter. Do you see and problems with just removing the radio harness? I don't have any rear speakers and I wasn't going to try and use the power amp in the dash, just new speakers in the front doors.

I hear you. I had the 2 prong plug under the dash, but when I pulled the broken antenna out of the broken fender, the antenna plug looked like a normal Motorola plug. It must have connected to another line somewhere. I don't need a "dual" antenna anyway. I've read that anything other than a 30 inch steel one doesn't do much but pick up already strong stations anyway. I think I'm going to be bypassing everything stock and just looking for a switched and constant hot.

Thanks, I've bought a nice stock 30 inch non powered antenna to put back in that hole. The fender and glove box are both out, as soon as I paint the new fender we are ready.

Thanks for the compliment, and thanks for the link. Displaying Step 1 of replacing the factory antenna when it's been ripped out by the PO. I need a new fender anyway. Ha. Puliing the fender was not that rough, save the bolt behind the bumper and the one under the cowl at the windshield. Good reason to buy more tools.

So you think losing the harness in my case would be ok? I just need the 3 hot wires.

Thanks for the compliment. Who needs extra fuses with this mess of wire in there? Actually you could carry about 100 in the ashtray. Maybe I oughta rethink this... Yeah, I have a box full of cig. lighter replacement elements. I'm trying this setup for now. Next I'm planning to add a set of extra circuits via one of these https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000THQ0CQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so I can be ready to add aux. lights, Ham radio, etc.

thanks folks for all the tips. The AC is long dead and I no longer have a fender antenna or a cig lighter. I still listen to the radio sometimes. Sony heads have the best radio tuners I know of, I'm going with that. So I'l lose the factory antenna wire and just get a whole new antenna unless someone has a better idea. I'll reuse the cig connection for some accessory, maybe a CB . I was going to just forget about the amp, so I can tuck that wire away too. Going to just run 2 new speakers into the front doors with fresh wiring. Do you think I should snip the power connectors or keep them? I've found 2 of 3 hot leads ( illumination and memory, can't find the accessory ON wire in the connector). What do the other pins do? I'm just going to run the front speakers as I mentioned with new wire. The PO also snipped the speaker wires and installed stupid monster type cable connected to a little 4 inch speaker hung with a single sheet rock screw in each door. YAY. I've built a set of accessory plugs and a voltmeter that go where the ashtray and cig lighter went. Cant get enough micro USB power slots.

Trying to clean out the PO's wonderful 'pumpin' audio system. What's the 2 pronged thing in the lower right of the picture? A power antenna? If so, I have no antenna.I know the light blue wire is an amp power-on signal. Also, if you can ID the small white connector to the right of the 2 audio connectors, and the black, flat connector with the pink outer part in the top center of the shot, that would be great. Thanks