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    Big problem on my motor

    Could be, I can tighten up the interval a little bit. I'm gonna bubba it back together tomorrow so it can run since it's due for a smog check and keep the mileage down until I decide what I want to do with the car. It's kind of needed a lot of attention for what was supposed to be the trouble...
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    Big problem on my motor

    Bruce: Thanks for the oil galley info NickD87: I always used K&N oil filters except for one time I used a wix. If I changed every 3k miles I would be changing oil all the time considering I drive 150 miles a day 5 times a week.
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    Big problem on my motor

    I wondered about that, I'll google for a diagram of where the passages are. Yes, running the weight oil it says to use on the filler cap. So before the 10k mile mark with synthetic? I just dug up my records and the car had 47k when I bought it, oil changes happened at 11k twice, at 9k three...
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    Big problem on my motor

    And here I thought these were super reliable motors based on the fleet duty they see in other cars
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    Big problem on my motor

    What a pain in the ass. Thanks for all the replies. Any idea what caused this? I figured with good regular oil changes I would prevent this exact kind of issue. The whole reason I bought this car was I was sick of timing belt motors since I drive so much that the 100k timing belt interval was...
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    Big problem on my motor

    Here is a pic of the cam lobe.
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    Big problem on my motor

    Ok that's good news on the cam, thanks. I can Amazon prime one over hopefully. I am really hoping to just go cheap for now, and once some other projects are taken care of them do this one right. Are the bolts reusable if I do pull the cam? Thanks!
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    Big problem on my motor

    Are you thinking of the rocker? The lifter itself I can pull up part way but then it hits the cam lobe. I'm doing this by feel since it's one of the lifters on the exhaust manifold side of the cam so I can't see it. Hope I made sense. Thanks!
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    Big problem on my motor

    About a week of so ago my stang started to tick but I had no time to do anything about it, yesterday I isolated the sound to the valve train on the driver side and took the cover off today, the roller on the rocker is seized and the cam lobe is a little rough. This leaves me with a some...
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    New front control arms, clunk clunk clunk

    I didn't really ask but I think installed, I knew I wasn't gonna be buying them anytime soon.
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    Can a battery charger kill an alternator? Answer inside...

    I almost always unplug my charger before disconnecting it from my car.
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    New front control arms, clunk clunk clunk

    Cool, I'll look.
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    New front control arms, clunk clunk clunk

    It was the large nut. Just got back from the alignment shop, they inspected it and set the toe. They said some camber bolts wouldn't hurt but I'm good to go. They want 70 per side for the bolt, won't be doing that soon!
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    New front control arms, clunk clunk clunk

    Ok solved. I have no real idea why, but the tops of the struts loosened up a ton. I rechecked all the bolts from the control arm installation and as soon as I test drove to the end of the driveway I heard the clunk again when going off the edge of the curb. Went back and forth on that spot with...
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    New front control arms, clunk clunk clunk

    On my 05 GT the lower BJs were going out so I ordered new control arms. They are supposed to be an upgrade that was on the GT 500 but the box says 07 Cobra, that's only a mild WTF. The big WTF is after I put them in there is a lot of clunking, it sounds like the wheels are loose. I also put a...
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