fordfan20

well i put 100 miles on the car sence i have had it, they put about 1000 on the car, and parked it for like....4 years

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ted

fordfan20

Trannyman, and everyone eles that posted, thanks for your help. I took it to my mechanic this morning (coz its raining and I no way to get out of the rain to work on it) and he put the new deal on it, and it shifts and drives like a Mustang should, but damn its tall geard :/. Thanks again guys

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ted

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i have a dumb question.
Is checking the codes when u go and have ur computer checked and see what it brings up? If so, do u only do this when the check engine light comes on, or will codes come up even if the check engine light is not on?

bobby

checking codes means hooking up a computer diagnostic scanner to your ecu, on fox bodie stang its in the back left corner of the firewall, you plug it in and read codes with the engine runnign and with it off, codes can definetly come up even if the check engine light isn't on.

Trannyman

Some codes will not throw a CE light. As an example, my 5.0 has a Thermactor Air code, but it does not request the CE light. A more serious code will turn on the CE and if you have a blinking CE engine damage can occur. But, an AOD will not throw codes. This tranny is completely hydro/mechanical in operation.

On pre-96 (pre OBDII) you can pull codes manually, meaning you don't need a code reader. You have to jumper the DLC (Data Link Connector), at the moment I don't have the info to tell you which pins to jumper.

Fords store codes in three places, Key On Engine Off, Key On Engine Running, and Continuous Memory. KOEO/KOER codes are 'hard' codes meaning they are happening right now, Continuous Memory contains stored codes or 'soft' codes, meaning, it's happened but may not be happening right now.

bobby

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ knows his stuff!

sprtrdr6

This spring talked about previous. Might be my problem on my 89 vert. 1st to 2nd shift normally but 2nd to 3rd too early and rpms drop to almost 450-500. Any opinions????? Fluid normal color, no burnt smell.