Okay, we got the motor out (took about forty five minutes but it's done. The only snags are he needs a new oil dipstick and a bolt sheared off in the back of the passenger side head but I don't think that head had anything in it anyways. Thanks for the help and I'll probably be asking for more help from you guys as the installation process starts. thanks
So, the motor went into the shop yesterday and aside from a blow in the gasket the guy at the shop said there was damage to at least two pistons. Because of this, the guy at the shop said the block is toast. I thought that he said that because there was a crack in the cylinder wall or something (which I didn't see so far). I have some pictures I will be uploading later but I'm not sure if that is enough damage to fubar the motor, let alone it's just the piston domes.. Also, the guy told him that the 1996 3.8 from the mustang could ONLY be replaced with 3.8 from a 1996 mustang. I'm not very ford savvy and I have heard that they build the motors part specific, but I wouldn't think it would be THAT specific.
94-98's fit as long as you use the motor mounts from your current motor. The 94-95's use the 5.0 platform, and the 96+'s use the 4.6 platform. So basicaaly a 94-95 motor could fit as long as the 96 mounts are used.
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Okay, long time since I've updated on this. My buddy decided that it was too big of a job for him so he traded his mustang for someone elses broken car. That being said, the guy who he traded was actually pretty good about getting it back together and out of my driveway. I was pretty involved in getting it back in and buttoning it up. I know that there was small damage to the piston heads but I doubt that they were going to have any problem as far as getting it back on the road for a while longer. Well, the new owner of the mustang(a friend of the former owner) keeps on coming by to use my code reader because he still has a trouble code popping up. He is convinced that the problem is the computer so I thought I would try to get another(possibly more informed) opinion from some Oval guys. The DTC is P0122. It states itself as both a pending code and one that has already tripped. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm getting tired of him coming by SO MUCH, and I'm just too nice of a person to tell him to stop coming by ha ha.
make sure your TPS is reading within spec at all positions all the way from C/T to WOT. it should also be reading 0.96v with the pedal all the way up (C/T, or "closed throttle".)
if the readings are all out of whack i'd suggest replacing the TPS.
How would I go about checking that? I also need to find out what he's changed out and what he's done to try to fix it. I know he changed so vacuum lines and a couple other things. I think he said he was replacing the wires that went to "it". at least, that's what he said.
How would I go about checking that? I also need to find out what he's changed out and what he's done to try to fix it. I know he changed so vacuum lines and a couple other things. I think he said he was replacing the wires that went to "it". at least, that's what he said.
a handheld tuner or an obd2 scanner with live data capabilities would be the easiest way.
if you have a dvom i can tell you how to check it that way as well. it's a bit more involved, but still easy.
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