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I love this interior but I'd dig it in red too... especially in this black or in white. Agreed that red on red might get a little manic! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I put it on eBay for $5250 and have had offers at $4000. Looks like that is about my value right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As a completely partial and entirely self interested party, I'd say anyone who has wanted to do anything to their pathy should just pony up and buy this gal! :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

She is pretty damn clean, inside and out. A 1990 and only 93k on the clock! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Both problems (ac clutch not engaging and engine bogging/flooding) were solved by replacing the ECU. I was planning on selling this after accepting it as a trade... didn't expect a five-month ordeal! She runs great now though. Wish I had room to just keep her around long term! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Shop took THREE months to "evaluate" it. It was sitting for most of it, they put maybe two hours into looking at it. Their evaluation for the engine issue was a bad MAF. Installed a new one today and the problem persists. Now it stalls at start up, when put in gear, and then bogs completely with any throttle. If I keep the RPMs low I can get it up to speed, but the second i give it gas, it bogs right down. Next step is probably to pull the ECU as the current one won't go into diagnostic mode, which makes the process that much harder. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah mine ran beautifully after the injectors. Felt like a new engine (I too did a bunch of other stuff, but none of it mattered until the injectors were in, as I had a bad miss). It was great... Until the now infamous car wash, of course!

She is in the shop. I will update if they can figure it out. While checking fuses, I noticed the "shift lock" fuse was blown. When I replaced it, it immediately blew again. I have no idea why the shift lock even has a fuse in the first place...

That is a good idea. The problem is: two days in the Florida sun after this happened and everything is dry... But the problem is still happening. Today she started right up, then stalled. Then she started again and I could give her gas in park or neutral and the engine did fine, but the second she was in gear, throttle just completely flooded the engine and I couldn't accelerate. Only by barely using the throttle could I keep the engine from flooding. AND the compressor still isn't coming on. From a truck that pulls like a beast with ice cold Ac to a truck that won't accelerate and has no AC in a ten minute span (of a car wash) is a tough pill to swallow! The windshield certainly doesn't look well sealed, but I poured a gallon of water over the stripping and nothing seemed to get wet inside.

Quick update: went to check ecu for codes. Light is solid red when key is placed in the on position, and I can't get it to do anything else. It just stays solid red no matter how/when/where I turn the diagnostic dial. Even if it is a bad ecu, I'm just not sure how moisture would trigger it (being under the seat and all). The precious equation was Moisture from car wash = bogged engine (running rich) and AC compressor won't turn on. Two separate connectors/relays? A common ground? A bad ecu? I'll have to take it to a shop tomorrow if I can't figure out a lead or two! Help!

Cleaned every electrical connector I could, including all the relays along the body (even the three that required washer reservoir removal) and coated all in dialectic. Still the same problem. Starts, idles high, runs ok right away, but give it gas and the engine bogs way down. The AC compressor is not engaging either (though the system is fully pressurized). I'm at a loss for how the compressor is related to this power loss/bogging down of the engine with throttle, but because of the immediacy of this happening after a car wash, I have to still believe it is something electrical somewhere. Help is appreciated.

SO... Found a great deal on a set on injectors. Job took me longer than expected. Replaced all six, cleaned the throttle body, replaced the intake plenum and tb gaskets. When i started her up... WOW! Couldn't believe how much power I had been missing! She ran like an absolute dream! Then... This afternoon I got a car wash. After vacuuming, I started her up, and the idle was over 2k. When I pulled out, with minimal throttle, she ran fine, but when I gave her any gas at all, the engine completely bogged down. Then when releasing the gas pedal, she would start firing normally again at minimal throttle levels. Def not burning all the fuel whenever throttle is higher than a minimal level. Also... Ice cold AC on the way there (and since I've owned it), but no AC after the car was either. I'm going out to clean every electrical connection I can, clean the grounds, apply dialectic grease, and then check the pressure on the AC. Anything I should specifically look at? The main relay maybe? Help is appreciated... This has been a challenging project and this car was business was a bit demoralizing.

Far back right corner of the fuel rail. If you take the intake plenum off, take a pic for me! Trying to make sure I have these injectors connected in the right order right now on the drivers side...

Hey guys... Just put new fuel injectors in my vg30e and cleaned up the connections. When I removed the fuel rail, I had to get the injector harness out of the way, and now that I am reinstalling, I can't quite remember how the even side cylinder's harness was routed. I went under the bottom part of the manifold to get the harness to that side, but now that it is over there, it is difficult to tell which connector goes on which injector. They are slightly turned around on that side (have a pic but don't see a way to attach it) so I'm also wondering if I routed it wrong. I figured where I got to that side wouldn't matter, but now that the harness is over there, there isn't an obvious order they should attach in (e.g. Each connector can reach multiple cylinders). I could figure it out from a picture of a them all installed, but I have yet to find one. Any help is appreciated!

It absolutely could be the timing. Nothing looks like it has been messed with... The thing seems like it hasn't been administered any maintenance in a decade. Was sitting just in a garage (which could also mean an injector is just clogged, but if that is the case, I may just have to replace regardless). I def need to get a timing light though (as my ford needs a new distributor soon anyways).