[Shotimes] Replaced much of front end... still get**CRUNCH**

[1badsho]

neno

bought a perfectly running sho .. ok condition .. but had the cinncy hood and police gril .. etc ... for $500 about 3 years ago when cars were fetching more money.

He ran over a pot hole .. and the engine died. 

So he thought he  f **** his motor up.

So i bought it ... since I had a buyer for the motor ( $500 ) and saw the dis cap was damaged .. :)

Waited till i had the car on my trailer... went around the block ... pushed the connector back in .. and started right up! 

dond

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Neno Albert <neno@sbcglobal.net>
Date:  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:52:34 -0800 (PST)

>--- van Oss <vanOss@centurytel.net> wrote:
>> I concur on checking the subframe bushings.
>> 
>> A local pal with an 89 SHO was having starting problems.  Turns out the DIS
>> was cracked by impact with the roll damper.  I know, you're thinking, how
>> could that happen?  The DIS is not that close to the damper.  When we parked
>> my 91 next to it, we noticed that his engine sat significantly lower than
>> mine.  I'm embarrassed that it took us 20 minutes to figure it out.  His
>> subframe bolts were shot (recall had not been done) and worse than that,
>> they had backed out over an inch.  That car was a disaster waiting to
>> happen.  It's lucky his DIS kept it off the road.  As it turned out, the
>> local Ford dealer not only did the recall without question, but they also
>> replaced the DIS free.  Wow.
>> 
>> Joseph van Oss
>
>I had the EXACT same problem with my 91! The RR Subframe bolt snapped due to rusting and the
>dampner cracked the DIS where you plug into it on the firewall side. Only problem was, Napleton
>Lincoln/Mercury (friend worked there) promised me a new DIS, however this was at the time they
>were not being produced.. Had to visit the local bone yard.
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