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Topics - Crazy88

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Engine Tech / Front Cover Locating Pins
I have a missing front cover locating pin and need to find a source of these things as quickly as possible.  They are, according to Joe at the local Ford house, still available in Detroit stock, but no one else, and I mean NO ONE is able to locate these from a 3rd party.  It could be because they might be called something else, it could be that no one else makes them... I just don't know.

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Ford Description / Part Number

Locating Pin / 388192-S
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Engine Tech / Flex Plate Clocking
Can any one tell me how the balanced weight on the flex plate is supposed to be clocked? I noticed that their are three "slots" inline with the weight and I know that there must be  proper way to install the darned thing, but before I wasted time on researching the subject, I thought I'd ask you guys.

Thanks!
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Engine Tech / Cam and firing order
What is the best, fastest and cheapest way to verify the firing order matching the cam in an explorer with the 5.0?

My Dad had his 2000 Explorer engine replaced with a reman last year, but it has never run right and the mechanic has thrown up his hands and told my Dad, who is 71, that is as good as you're gonna get from me...  nice guy eh?  It seems like it is missing on at least 1 cylinder, has no power, etc.  It occurred to me that there could be a cam/firing order mismatch since this was a reman engine and God only knows which cam is actually in the reman'd motor. 

I verified that the plugs are in the correct order, so short of a failed lifter, it seems like the cam could be most likely culprit.  I want to get this fixed for him, as it drives like , gets horrible mileage, but looks almost showroom new.  The old engine suffered an oiling failure between 7 & 8 and chewed up a couple of rod bearings.  Dad being disabled wasn't able to do the necessary work himself, and was afraid to take the chance in rebuilding the engine with oil starved parts.

Thanks in advance guys!
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / WTB 2.3 head
My bird is down and out at the moment. After pulling her out of storage and getting her ready to run, noticed coolant in one of the cylinders.  I had hoped that is was nothing more than a head gasket, but once I pulled the head and had it checked, it was discovered that it has cracked all the way from the exhaust seat into the water jacket.

Still, she has over 200K miles on her and I'm not quite ready to do a complete Coyote swap just yet.

If anyone has either a head in good shape or even a complete motor for a reasonable price, let me know.