Big question...kinda
12-31-2007, 01:36 PM
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Big question...kinda
hey everyone, been a long while since i've had to come here....
i used to own a 86 5.0 with an auto tranny.
i now own a crappy lil 3.8 95 mustang.
i've had to use it for winter driven cuz i can't afford anything else and it's been hell lol.
it gets stuck really easy from what i'm guess is a mix of the all season tires and no wieght in the back end. so the other day on christmas i was out on my grandparen'ts farm and i left around midnight. so what happened? i got stuck in the lane. took me about 20 mins to get it out and when i got it out it seemed to wanna die on it's own at first it would try to keep it's self running but the longer it stayed on the more i had to hit the gas to keep it alive. i also noticed a slight clicking noise coming from the engine. so i figured somewith was up but i had to get home. the whole drive home it was gutless. i could step on the pedal and it would reach 115km/h if i was lucky. and if i put it into neutral or took my foot off the gas it started to turn it's self of instantly. so by the time i got home the clicking noise was loud and scary to the point i thought it was gonna blow up...and it wouldn't stay started without the gas being pushed...( oh the oil pressure gauge would be a 0 or w/e with the gas not being pushed but if i stepped on the gas it would go into the normal range) and it was getting harder to start. so i got a guy to somewhat look at it and he thinks i blew the bottom end of my motor.
now we're deciding what to do with it. i can get the old motor from my 5.0 from the junk yard for around 500$... the guy said i'd need the auto tranny from it though.... now would that be a problem putting a auto tranny into a manual one. also would it be worth the swap? would it be hard what other things will i need from the old car for this too work? i was gonna just buy the whole car back but they won't sell it because it's been written off... if anyone could help it'd be greatly appreciated... if i can just use the v6 manualy tranny on the 5.0 86 engine i think that'd be even better.
i used to own a 86 5.0 with an auto tranny.
i now own a crappy lil 3.8 95 mustang.
i've had to use it for winter driven cuz i can't afford anything else and it's been hell lol.
it gets stuck really easy from what i'm guess is a mix of the all season tires and no wieght in the back end. so the other day on christmas i was out on my grandparen'ts farm and i left around midnight. so what happened? i got stuck in the lane. took me about 20 mins to get it out and when i got it out it seemed to wanna die on it's own at first it would try to keep it's self running but the longer it stayed on the more i had to hit the gas to keep it alive. i also noticed a slight clicking noise coming from the engine. so i figured somewith was up but i had to get home. the whole drive home it was gutless. i could step on the pedal and it would reach 115km/h if i was lucky. and if i put it into neutral or took my foot off the gas it started to turn it's self of instantly. so by the time i got home the clicking noise was loud and scary to the point i thought it was gonna blow up...and it wouldn't stay started without the gas being pushed...( oh the oil pressure gauge would be a 0 or w/e with the gas not being pushed but if i stepped on the gas it would go into the normal range) and it was getting harder to start. so i got a guy to somewhat look at it and he thinks i blew the bottom end of my motor.
now we're deciding what to do with it. i can get the old motor from my 5.0 from the junk yard for around 500$... the guy said i'd need the auto tranny from it though.... now would that be a problem putting a auto tranny into a manual one. also would it be worth the swap? would it be hard what other things will i need from the old car for this too work? i was gonna just buy the whole car back but they won't sell it because it's been written off... if anyone could help it'd be greatly appreciated... if i can just use the v6 manualy tranny on the 5.0 86 engine i think that'd be even better.
12-31-2007, 01:41 PM
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RE: Big question...kinda
i think you can use the tranny you have, i believe the v6 5sp's were t5's which will bolt up.
altho your gonna need to change the computer and crap to make the motor work, as well as a new kmember to bolt it to.
but get it checked better before you do anything drastic.
altho your gonna need to change the computer and crap to make the motor work, as well as a new kmember to bolt it to.
but get it checked better before you do anything drastic.
12-31-2007, 03:53 PM
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RE: Big question...kinda
You can slap that t-5 on it with no problems! The only thing is that you might need a flywheel because I do not know if the 3.8 is balanced the same as the 5.0. BTW Just go carb, it is easier
01-01-2008, 07:27 PM
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RE: Big question...kinda
The T5 the V6 got is the same as the 5.0L uses. Also, the 94-95 V6 got the same K member as the 5.0L, so there's no need to upgrade. I'd get a newer 5.0L though. MAF is much easier to deal with when compared to the old SD motors.
01-03-2008, 01:40 AM
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RE: Big question...kinda
because i dunno what a explorer one would be worth. i know i can get the 5.0 for somewhat cheap and know it runs good cuz i used to drive it.... how hard is it to switch the comp stuff to make the engine work?