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Topics - kylesburrell

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Electrical Tech / Instrument Cluster Lights out
Hi all,
The illumination for my instrument cluster works normal, until I turn the headlights on. Then they just go black. Not illuminated at all. And its not just the cluster, the illimunation on the radio goes out too.

Is my headlight switch bad? I didn't really dig into it yet. Just drove it for the first time since getting parked for the winter.

Thanks,
-Kyle
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Electrical Tech / Dash lights turn off
Hey,

Just today, whenever I hit the brakes the instrument cluster goes dark (full digital cluster). I can still read the values, but all the illumination is cut and the "rear light out" indicator turns on as well. Any ideas?

-Kyle
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Suspension/Steering / What's the best steering rack?
In the Time that I've owned my car, about 6 years, it's gone through 3 steering racks. And the shop just told me my inner tie rods are bad. Thankfully, I've utilized the "limited lifetime warranty" on steering racks from advance auto. So I've only paid for 1 rack, and keep getting re-manufactured units. It's Kinda a pain to keep doing this repair over and over. And the bottom of my car isn't getting any cleaner. My racks always leak out the boots after some time.

So, who makes the best steering rack for our cars? Best steering ratio? Rack that resists leaking the best?

Thanks,
Kyle
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Lounge / Maximum Motorsports
Hey, I ordered a steering shaft from maximum motorsports. UPS shows it was delivered, but its not here. I checked with a few neighbors, I swear no one answers their front door anymore wtf?! Whats the MM policy on stolen packages?

-Kyle
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Suspension/Steering / Wheel Fitment
Im looking at getting a set of 2000 Cobra R wheels. 18 x 9.5 in. 6in backspace. Will I have fitment issues?

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Thanks,

Kyle
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Suspension/Steering / SFC Questions
Has anyone tried full length connectors, with seat brackets AND the global west units? Cuz the global west units kick out wider toward the doors. So they might not interfere with one another.
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Vendor/Seller Feedback / Lodemia = Good Guy
Just wanted to take a sec and thank Lodemia (hope I spelled that right). Very knowledgeable about our cars, not going to scam you on something.

-Kyle
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Audio & Other Aftermarket Electronics / Aux input?
Hey,
has anyone added an auxillary input to our cars? If so, how difficult is it? I would use the cassette -> aux cord thing, but my cassette player is stuck in "chipmunk" mode where it plays everything fast forwarded lol
my car has premium sound, but no EQ slidey thing

-Kyle
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Electrical Tech / Anyone tried these???
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Has anyone heard anything about these? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Theyre probably better than the sealed beam halogens that our cars have.

Kyle
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Lounge / Opinion?
Hey all,
So i have a 5.0, AOD, 7.5in rear tbird. Not exactly fast by any means. I looked into doing 8.8 TC rear swap, T5 swap, 5.0 HO swap. I know its all pretty easy to do. But at what point does it become easier to just buy a cheap mustang foxbody off craigslist? Most fox mustangs i see already have sfc's, cam, heads, and other things.

-Kyle
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Electrical Tech / Charging System
Hey guys,

the voltage gauage on my tbird was reading low, pulled out the multimeter: got like 12V across the battery with the car running. So i figured my 3G alternator died :( went out today to get my alternator tested at advance and it passed. Had the battery tested aswell and they said it just needed recharged. I cleaned up the battery terminals with a wire brush. For the meantime the battery will sit on a charger over night. Anything else worth checking?

Thanks
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Engine Tech / Cold Stalling Problems
Hi guys,
As of lately my car likes to stall out when the water temp is cold. Once it warms up to within the "normal" range itll behave. My original thought is vacuum leak? Or my cat is clogged and once it heats up it works better.

I pulled codes on it and got 31(EGR valve position),81,82 and 84(EGR has been blocked off).

I believe codes 81 and 82 are thermactor related. I removed that as well.

Any thoughts?

-Kyle
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Electrical Tech / Cluster LED conversion excitement
Hi guys,
tonight i swapped over the bulbs in my instrument cluster to LEDs. It was going well. I had to drill some clear plastic from the inside of the cluster cuz it melted around the bulb and the LED wouldnt fit. Fixed that, no problem really.

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So it looked really nice, bright and crisp image.

Pushed the cluster back into its home..

Until i smelled smoke. I had an "oh shiznit oh shiznit oh shiznit" moment. And this is the damage done.

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Looks like two wires touched eachother and one burnt up. I really hope the cluster is still working and that the LEDs didnt cause it.

Any input is appreciated.

-Kyle