Last post by 6hayden9 -
I am selling a 1988 Cougar LS 5.0 with 65K original miles, is the Cinnabar color outside and inside with the digital dash, and has been in the family since it was bought. I have put in almost $9K in the mechanicals about 4 years ago to include an HO cam. The car sat for about 5 years in it's life and I went through the entire car from seals, exhaust/cats, fuel lines, gaskets, shocks, and too many other things to list when the cam was put in 4 years ago.
The only issue is that due to everything in the motor being original, the engine does not run as smooth as it should with the HO cam, and if I did it over, I would not have changed it. I think it needs some additional engine upgrades to run better and get the most from the cam. The car will had a rough idle, and can stall at times when shifting into reverse, or from reverse to drive.
The car is located in Williamsport, PA and am asking $6K for the car, and I have a majority of all the service records since 1988.
Yeah, that's not gonna happen here. I have other creeping projects I need to keep a handle on.
The only creep that has been added is redoing the Y-pipe. I did a quick patch up to get the car on the road, but now I need to change the f langes to accommodate the larger outlets on the factory headers vs the manifolds. I can't cobble bigger f langes onto this and feel good about it.
I'm also going to make a new dual tip, to mimic what they came with originally, as I just did the single when I built the rest of the exhaust. No duals on this car.
Last post by Mikey97D -
quietly in the background, "Project creep, pull the heads, project creep, roller rockers, project creep, roller lifters, project creep, project creep......."
edit: I have a nice set of heads with 1.9 intake 1.6 exhaust, with some bowl porting that would look really nice on that motor. LOL
Last post by Chuck W -
At least it doesn't look too terrible in there.
While I have the rocker arms pulled for the valve seal replacement, I'm going to do a leakdown test, just to get a general idea of engine fitness. It ran well enough and didn't show any signs of problems, so it's more for informational purposes.
Last post by Chuck W -
This is honestly the first time I've had any help getting any help getting a drivetrain pulled/installed. I was in a bind. Luckily she hadn't left to run errands yet. :p Yeah, full time job. 2 young kids (8 and 6). Trying to get back in shape after the hip surgery, etc. She supports my mania, but I do have A LOT of projects currently cooking. This doesn't even count the house projects that I'm peppering in.
I like to keep moving, but it's getting a bit more rough as I'm closing in on 60.
The front main isn't any better, Eric. If the PS hadn't given up on me, I'd probably still be driving it around, like I was. Time to get it fixed now, though.
Last post by gtbird -
I’m retired (still have a lot of energy) and I can’t imagine undertaking all the projects you tackle (and succeed at) and have time to breathe. I assume you have a full time job, helpful, supportive wife, kids maybe. Kudos to you for forging ahead with all you do and contribute here. Rick
Last post by EricCoolCats -
Mannnnn that is a nasty leak. In the worst possible place too. Seemed to clean up nicely though, and you had help which means the world. Great to see progress on this....wish I had that kind of motivation...
Last post by Chuck W -
Got this done today It wasn't playing nice on the hoist, so I conned my wife into being a second set of hands to get it out without damaging anything.
As I mentioned, the seals on this engine are merely suggestions.
There is nothing open here. That is oil actively draining from the oil pan or rear main seal
Messy, messy.
The engine is on the stand and hopefully I can get the powerwasher out tomorrow and clear off the crud from the engine and transmission and start getting things taken care of.
