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Engine Tech / Re: Help Please, Energy Drain
That's something like 12-30W to kill it overnight.
You can get more precise by putting a multimeter with a 10A fused setting inline with the negative battery cable. Start systematically disconnecting stuff and see when the draw stops.
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Misc Tech / Re: Radiator Caps
Looking at the Gates interchange page - https://ww2.gates.com/if/automotive/partslookup/Interchange/index.cfm - the RS-50 interchanges to 31527 and the RS-51/53/60 all interchange to 31528.
The 31527 has identical specifications to the 31528 except for the operating pressure.
31527 is 13 psi and
31528 is 16 psi.
Both will fit your car.
https://www.gates.com/us/en/other-products/caps-and-thermostats/radiator-caps.p.7410-000000-000012.v.7410-00225.html
https://www.gates.com/us/en/other-products/caps-and-thermostats/radiator-caps.p.7410-000000-000012.v.7410-00226.html
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Misc Tech / Re: HR980 A/C Issues
Toss the acspoogeulator and buy a new one. You don't want a 25+ year old desiccant bag.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Re: 83-84 Instrument Cluster - Anyone Installed Aftermarket Gauges?
I plan to eventually 3D print a base for a custom cluster in my '87.
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Engine Tech / Re: Upper Radiator Hose Inner Diameter
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Engine Tech / Re: Upper Radiator Hose Inner Diameter
I believe it's 1.25" all the way until you get to the thermostat.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=3757926&cc=1140220&pt=2172&jsn=950
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=346800&cc=1140220&pt=2058&jsn=941&jsn=941
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Engine Tech / Re: 3.8L Mechanical Fuel Pump interchangeability ?
You can get an intake from SuperSixMotorsports or Tom Morana.
The 99+ 3.8s don't have a distributor, but still use a cam position sensor that uses the same spot as the distributor in older motors that sits in the timing cover.
The timing cover gasket interchanges between '94-'04, so I'd guess the interface between the timing cover and cam stayed the same. You may be able to use a carb'd distributor. You'd have to get your hands on a '99+ camshaft synchronizer to confirm the dimensions.
SuperSixMotorsports and Tom Morana both have EFI-to-Carb kits for the 3.8. I'd just ask them what the deal is and if you could use your own distributor if theirs is too expensive for your blood.
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Engine Tech / Re: 3.8L Mechanical Fuel Pump interchangeability ?
Maybe? However, I think you'd need to cap the oil passages for the balance shaft.
What exactly are you trying to do?
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Engine Tech / Re: 3.8L Mechanical Fuel Pump interchangeability ?
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Engine Tech / Re: 3.8L Mechanical Fuel Pump interchangeability ?
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Engine Tech / Re: 3.8L Mechanical Fuel Pump interchangeability ?
The answer to your FEP post is no. Won't work.
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Engine Tech / Re: 3.8L Mechanical Fuel Pump interchangeability ?
How long the actuating eccentric stayed on the cam shaft is another question.
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The cam thrust button was replaced by a half-moon thrust plate as a running change very early in 1984, so there were two drilled pads added to the front of the block to accommodate the change. Look for an E4AE casting.
It sorta looks like the '87 cam has a pump eccentric on it...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184539147784?nma=true&si=sXGbqGUdBDK7LwkJrONdB0o%252FPts%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Here's an article that goes into various parts on the engine that changed over the years:
https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2001/09/rebuilding-the-ford-3-8l-engine/
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Misc Tech / Re: HR980 A/C Issues
The FS6 mounting ears are slightly further apart, so you'll have to slot the rear mounting bracket, at least I had to:
https://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/index.php?topic=41436.0
I had to grind a mount on a compressor for my '87 D150 recently because the casting had changed from factory. I'm guessing that's what happened on your FS6. The manufacturers don't have any institutional knowledge for the reasonings behind the original dimensions and change them because they are unaware of all of the application interfaces.
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