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Suspension/Steering / Re: Poking help
Unfair comparison. 94-04 Mustang have wider fenders and will take more wheel and tire width and/or less wheel backspacing without the wheels poking outside of the fender edges.  I've seen street driven 94-04 Mustangs using 315mm section width tires on the back and 285's on the front with no fender mods and not sticking out.  Try that with a stock Fox anything. They also have larger wheel openings which allows for larger diameter wheels without tire rub on full turn.
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Suspension/Steering / Re: Poking help
Pretty sure we've beat this horse (bird?) in other threads here before but mostly comes down to 3 options, depending on how attached you are to your existing wheels, and willing to mod the car around them? Or switch to different wheels.

1.Swap to new front wheels with same offset, but not as wide, like an 8".

2. Swap to new front wheels that have same width, but more positive offset, but first check inside clearance between rim and strut, rim and front control arm at full steering lock.

3. Keep all existing wheels, swap to shorter front control arms, bringing spindle inboard approx 3/4", ie Fox Mustang which is 13" from centerline of mounting bolts at Kmember to centerline of balljoint, whereas 87/8 Tbird and SN95 Mustang use basically same 13 3/4" spec control arm. This mod WILL create an undesirable positive camber condition UNLESS you elongate one of the strut mounting holes at the spindle OR elongate the upper strut mount holes at the top of the strut tower and use the MM tbird caster/camber plates. If you do the proper mods, you can regain adjustability back to desirable negative camber of between 1 and 2 degrees...but probably not a whole lot more than that.
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / Re: Heater Hose Fitting for 5.0 CFI Intake Manifold
Not sure but think I may have one, but will have to check tomorow to be certain. I'll take a pic of what I have and try to post it up tomorow.

Edit to add:. The one I have has the sensor straight up coming out of the top. Took a pic but had forgotten this site requires a URL to upload pics, which I'm not doing, so sorry no pic.

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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Re: 1985 Anniv parts cars
It's all or nothing, don't have the extra time for anything else, they are at an extra property I am selling, so have to move them out.  Wanted to give the board first crack at them, but it'll need to happen quick.  Giving it 2 wks, then they will be sold to syard. Pretty sure at least one of them has the original anniversary key sets plus some Ford copies. 
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / 1985 Anniv parts cars
EDIT: 8/29/22 SOLD to s yard, no longer available.

Selling 2 complete1985 birds, both are anniversary cars, neither are running, have titles, rough shape but not wrecked, good parts cars or restore them. Both for $500, come get them, they are located close to Gainesville, FL.

ETA: I had forgotten but there is a complete 88 TC rear axle with the factory posi 3.73 and disc brakes on it that can go with the cars. It has the e brake cables and the control arms/quad shocks still all attached.  Also have the complete front brakes and control arm assemblies.  They have new hawk pads, new powerslot front rotors, new wheel bearings and new Moog ball joints already installed. It all goes with the cars. That's probably $700-800 worth of rear axle and brake hardware stuff for whoever gets it
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / Need any parts? '84 Cougar in local junkyard
Found an 84 Cougar in the local yard that appears to have ended up there due to mechanical failure or maybe lost title, whatever, wasn't in a wreck.

First foxbody anything I've seen in a yard in a long time.

Sorry I accidentally deleted the 5 pics I took of it.

Nothing special about it, not an XR7, not a vent window car, just a 3.8l average option and trim vehicle.  It does have good front fenders, good, header panel/grille/headlight trim. Tail lights good, trunk panel had a bit of rust. Interior is there, bit rough, but mostly original.

Let me know soon if u need something, the vehicles only have a 2 or 3 wk lifespan before being cycled out.
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Engine Tech / Re: Charcoal canister routing diagram
Apologies, misread your post or was apparently half asleep.  They both had the mushroom-like caps on my 87 as I recall.  If your cannister is missing one of the caps, just do your best to not let water get into it until you can obtain a replacement cap.  The purge line I described earlier is the  only thing going to the engine from the cannister.
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Engine Tech / Re: Charcoal canister routing diagram
Don't have a diagram but its not complicated.  The outlet obviously goes via a fuel vapor rated hose to the intake manifold..more specifically to a fitting located at the underside of the upper intake plenum.  The fitting is on the center throat of the upper intake pointing forward towards the distributor cap.

  From there, the hose routes between the distrib and intake on its way to the forward side of the passenger valvecover.  Here, the hose goes to a small, computer controlled, flow/interupt solenoid. Then, from this location behind the alternator, the hose continues down along the passenger framerail to the charcoal cannister.

Often, the hose will get brittle or fall apart due to age/heat at the intake fitting. I've seen a lot of rubber hose caps clamped over that fitting over the course of removing upper intakes from 5L Fords over the years.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: need a seating solution
I haven't tried the seats you linked to from Lmr but I agree with Chuck, the Sn95 seats bolt right to the Tbird tracks, they are comfortable and supportive (I'm 6'1 and 242) and I love mine. They have held up better than any of the fox era stuff I've used in the past.

And I think I paid 40 bucks for the pair at a swap meet, although I don't think the salvage yards would charge much more as long as you take them without the sn95 seat tracks which you can't use anyhow. They want like 15 bucks per side for seat tracks at the yards I have hit.

Skip the leather, Ford's leather has been, still is, and apparently always will be... junk. Get cloth ones and make sure you keep the seat track bolts if you are taking the sn95 tracks off.
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Lounge / Re: covid in my household..
Sorry to hear you've got a sick bunch there, hope your condition continues to steadily improve.

 Some people are taking the Ivermectin pills with good reports if they are already have it, some are taking to lessen the worst symptoms if they do get it.

Everyone in our home and our neighborhood has managed to stay healthy all this time, very grateful for that.

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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Re: 88 Cougar Looking for New Home
Its a real shame you cant put the car off to the side temporarily, out of the way of the construction activity, for like a couple weeks. 

Someone from the site would probably buy it.. but unless they happen to live in Boston or Mass also, 2 days isnt enough time for them to get there and get it done.

 I'm in FL, so about as far as I can be, but someone close should pick it up to either save or part out.. It'll just get the convertors taken, and sent straight to be crushed if anyone else grabs it.
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User Rides / Re: 88 Turbo Coupe Project
Sounds like an awesome project and you weren't kidding...you have been pretty busy.  Keep us updated on the progress, some inspiration is always a good thing.
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Drivetrain Tech / Re: Axle swap
vintage it seems that my door sticker is very similar to yours. Definitely have the same axle codes

Yeah, you might have the 8.8 axle since your build date is getting close to mid-1988. If you dont have time right now to jack it up and look to make sure, then turn on the flash for the camera on your cell phone and lay down next to the back tire and take a pic of the diff cover. 8.8 has 4 straight sides, the 7.5 has curved sides on left and right.