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    What do you make of this part (resolved: sound insulation?)

    My car had a very bad rat infestation and I believe they chewed this thing up pretty badly to the point where you can just push what's left of it back and forth. If you were to take the front fender off, this would be attached to the body a few inches before the door. I'm not quite sure what...
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    What's on your obsolete parts list for s197?

    Yesterday someone on the s197 fb group was looking for a thermostat housing for an 05-06 GT and said he'd looked everywhere; having a background in auto parts I was determined to track one down but indeed nope. A group member ended up having one to sell him. That made me wonder how many...
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    Which of these (modded Bullitt vs GT500)

    If work allows I'd like a second car to screw around with; nothing insane. The Bullitt is sharp looking with a starting hp level to keep you out of trouble. There are only 7 on cars.com and the closest one to me upon further inspection the guy went pretty hard on; supercharger, six-speed...
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    Which of these s650's would you rather

    Basically one is a DH close to optionless and the other is a GTPP with a lot of stuff I really don't want or need. Same price. I have heard great things about Magneride; other than that the AVE pushes the price of a catback exhaust up some, I don't need 360 and I drive with the radio off...
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    Doing the Lord's work

    Went to the car show today and there usually aren't any mustangs but In addition to a 70 Mach 1 351 and a 68 428 there was an 08 gt500 and a 10 GT. Neither had removed their cowl drains or even heard of the issue. Had to educate them and save them hundreds on ebay bcm and flash. Maybe...
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    What different color did/would you repaint your car?

    My car is in desperate need of a paintjob. It's white because well, that's the color they had with the wheels I liked and the price I wanted. It looks fine but I wouldn't mind a color that says "look up from your phone and don't hit me." Not worried about arrest-me colors because I'm a fairly...
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    Might be 05-09 for life for me

    I was born in '76 so not really into gen 1. The 79-04's are buckboards compared to the s197. The 10-14 redesign makes it look less like a retro and I don't like the way the coyote sounds. I guess the body tweak was to try to fix slumping sales although the real issue was the 4.6 3v being...
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    Anyone running the MGW for the tr-3650

    Rail flex is awful on these tr3650 cars to the point of the dealer swapping out my tranny for a blown second gear at 3500mi even though it had obviously been beat on. I installed the CHE brace with torque limiters and may have even done it correctly but issue persists; using the slow notchy...
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    Wow it's still leaking (seam sealer?) Edit: body harness grommet

    I thought I'd narrowed my driver's side leak on the front carpet down to a cowl and/or grommets; not knowing what direction I'm going in for now I just flex-taped the cowl to the windshield lol. Seemed to fix it for now but just this morning after light rain overnight I found a damp dot under...
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    Old trauma unlocked (interior door trim)

    Was scrolling the s197 group on fb today and saw this GT/CS in a show. I noticed the very top of the interior door trim start to come away and had totally forgotten about mine. I do recall lazily propping them back up with thumb-tacks; quite the mad max effect. After rats chewed up all my...
  11. s197richie

    water leak (solved: cowl grommets)

    Okay looks like it's the cowl grommets; here's a handy PDF if anyone has similar issue. Props to Dino Dino Bambino for the original link long ago https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QI-yYak90zmaMHGte5QN0ye-FYGzAUAP/view
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    Any source for door weatherstrip screw retainers?

    So as I mentioned earlier I resealed my driver's door for the second time after finding some dampness on that side of both front and rear carpets. At least one of the retainers that the fasteners screw into was compromised; I searched around the internet and went down to Ford today who told me...
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    Warm start stumble/bog after cmcv system disabled

    My car had been sitting a long time and rats made a real nest in the intake valley. There were too many rusted fasteners for me to deal with it so I farmed it out to a local guy who specializes in performance, restoration and repair of all gens. He suggested an unhook of the cmcv system while...
  14. s197richie

    Door reseal only lasted five months

    So I had the usual issue with the rear carpet flooding and I resealed both doors; not with the expensive Ford seals but with 3/4" wide 3/8" thick a/c weatherstripping. It came out fine and held through a lot of bad FL weather but yesterday my car had a musty smell and whaddya know; the driver's...
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