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Hey so this will be my intro/question post. I've always wanted a foxbody and I finally found one in the price range I was looking at in decent shape. It's a 1993 Mustang GT with T5 tranny. Finally have a 5spd 5.0! :gringreen
I work on my own cars and rarely ever let shops do anything for me, so I have a lot of simple questions to make sure I have all of my facts straight.
#1 - The clutch is bad (have to depress the clutch pedal ALL the way down for the clutch to engage) and makes some grinds in 2nd and reverse only (sometimes, not always). Previous owner also installed a clutch adjustment in the firewall, so I'm going to play with that a little. PLEASE tell me this is just the clutch and my synchro's aren't gone?
#2 - Following up on #1, I'm going to change the tranny fluid to royal purple synchromax. How many quarts/litres (I'm in Canada) does this tranny take? I've heard 2.8 - 3 qts. I hope this gets rid of the grinds.
#3 - My idle is at about 1100 rpm's, is that normal for these beasts? The car does have 3.55 gears apparently, if that makes a difference.
#4 - How much engine oil does the 5.0 take? I've heard 5 qts.
#5 - There's a squeek from the suspension (I'm pretty sure) when I give a little gas. Any idea what it could be? The car is lowered, but I don't know what suspension it's on yet (haven't been under the car yet, just got it 2 days ago).
I think that's it for now. I'll post some pics very soon once I get some good ones uploaded. Other than that, I love this car!!!!!!! :gringreen
Thanks in advance for your help!
I work on my own cars and rarely ever let shops do anything for me, so I have a lot of simple questions to make sure I have all of my facts straight.
#1 - The clutch is bad (have to depress the clutch pedal ALL the way down for the clutch to engage) and makes some grinds in 2nd and reverse only (sometimes, not always). Previous owner also installed a clutch adjustment in the firewall, so I'm going to play with that a little. PLEASE tell me this is just the clutch and my synchro's aren't gone?
#2 - Following up on #1, I'm going to change the tranny fluid to royal purple synchromax. How many quarts/litres (I'm in Canada) does this tranny take? I've heard 2.8 - 3 qts. I hope this gets rid of the grinds.
#3 - My idle is at about 1100 rpm's, is that normal for these beasts? The car does have 3.55 gears apparently, if that makes a difference.
#4 - How much engine oil does the 5.0 take? I've heard 5 qts.
#5 - There's a squeek from the suspension (I'm pretty sure) when I give a little gas. Any idea what it could be? The car is lowered, but I don't know what suspension it's on yet (haven't been under the car yet, just got it 2 days ago).
I think that's it for now. I'll post some pics very soon once I get some good ones uploaded. Other than that, I love this car!!!!!!! :gringreen
Thanks in advance for your help!