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Thats cool. So the engine is just "freewheeling"? Definitally not a head gasket failure because you'd still have compression in atleast some of the cylinders. Any previous history on it.....or do you even car to try to get her running first? Could have a bad CPS.
 
J said:
Thats cool. So the engine is just "freewheeling"? Definitally not a head gasket failure because you'd still have compression in atleast some of the cylinders. Any previous history on it.....or do you even car to try to get her running first? Could have a bad CPS.
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Well the guy I bought it from said that the car had been in a "minor flood", but swore up and down that the car ran and drove after that. I have a feeling that might not be the case. I tried to start the car but it just turned over for a while and then when I started messing with the throttle it went and make a huge backfire up through the intake. The car is enough of a basket case that its not really worth the time and effort to go in and try and make it a driver again. I have a few interioir pieces and the drivers side marker light that my brother can use on his car and then I want the motor. Other than that I will start pulling off the other pieces and list them up for sale here for anyone needing some parts from a silver first gen with gray interior.

Chris
 
Lol a "minor flood"! Isn't the point to KNOW you have a good running motor rather then just tearing it apart to find out its trash? Even if you're going to rebuild the thing, it'd be cheaper to buy a running POS Mark 8 or a used engine you KNOW ran then to try to diagnose that thing after you pull it out?
 
Yeah he broke out the flood comment after I had driven 2 1/2 hours down to go pick up the car and I asked why the carpets were damp and why there was some corrosion on anything with bare metal in the engine compartment. At that point, the car was still cheap and I was already there with the truck and trailer so I went ahead and bought it. He was selling it since he thought the head gaskets were blown. He had gone a head and ripped the engine compartment all apart thinking that he would just "get right in there and put new gaskets in it". He stopped when he realized he was in over his head. I bought the car with all of the coil packs, wires, induction, etc... in the trunk. I put it back together enough to where the car should have started. I still want to go and run a quick compression test, but really for what I want the motor for, all I need is a good block, heads and timing cover. All the rest will end up in a trash can when it gets forged internals. As for the car, its not worth the time or effort to put another motor back into it. The front air bags leak, the carpets are damp which worries me about what else may have gotten wet, and the grill is cracked. That all combined with the need for some of the parts for my brothers car made my mind up for me on saving this one.

Chris
 
It wasn't quite that cheap, but its worth it for the parts sales and for the motor for myself. Here are a couple of pics I just took. Pardon the white specs in the pictures, it just started to snow :(

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Chris
 
Minor means it only got up to the beltline. LOL

A major flood would've been up to the windows. :D
 
Lol DANG. I'll take the wheels!! Oh wait, they're on backwards. :eek: Make sure you do some research when you part it to get all your money back. There are still some valuable things on it. ;)
 
I got a few parts pulled off of it in between snow storms. Hopefully the weather will clear and I can get some more parts pulled off and listed up for sale.

Chris
 
The weather is finally clearing up around here. I went ahead and ripped the motor and trans out of the car for use in my 65 Mustang. I'm going to start next week on parting out this car and getting it out of my way as it looks like I am picking up a 95 Mark this weekend and I am running out of room at the house. At least this one runs and drives :)

Chris
 
Injected65 said:
The weather is finally clearing up around here. I went ahead and ripped the motor and trans out of the car for use in my 65 Mustang. I'm going to start next week on parting out this car and getting it out of my way as it looks like I am picking up a 95 Mark this weekend and I am running out of room at the house. At least this one runs and drives :)

Chris
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Well i am still interested in the grill if you want to part with it. Let me know....
 
imtbear69 said:
Well i am still interested in the grill if you want to part with it. Let me know....
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It's broken (cracked through) the the top center (common I assume since my brothers 93 is the same way). If you would still be interested in it like that I would be happy to get it pulled off and shipped your way. I'm headed out after work for the weekend to go get that other Mark, but I can snap some pictures of the grill when I get back to town.

Chris
 
Injected65 said:
It's broken (cracked through) the the top center (common I assume since my brothers 93 is the same way). If you would still be interested in it like that I would be happy to get it pulled off and shipped your way. I'm headed out after work for the weekend to go get that other Mark, but I can snap some pictures of the grill when I get back to town.

Chris
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Sure let me some pics and we will go from there
 
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