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thdrcat · 01-09-2003, 02:59 AM

some of you might remember my post a while back introducing myself and my car. WELLLL...... i need some help.

i recently had an alterntor go bad, or so i thought. it turns out that when i replaced my instro cluster with a 140 mph one, i screwed up the wiring in 1 (count it: 1) place and that caused my alternator to not work. just an an fyi, the accsesory wire from your volatge reg actully goes through the dash light.

anyway, i replaced the alternator with a 3g to supplement my thump thump stereo and underdrives. it took me 4 days to trace the problem to the dash. I fixed it last night and drove the car to work. When i went to lunch the damned fuel pump went out and stranded me at the food place.

here is the point:

what rate/brand fuel pump do i need? i was thinking a 190 lph one from BBK would do. No reason to get the $200 ford racing one, since my car is mostly stock..... although that is going to change VERY soon.

some of you might remember that my t-5 is dead in 2nd gear. i found a place in town that will rebuild it for 150$ + parts, and i can bring my own in. any recommendations as far as what rebuild kit to get to make my t-5 uber?

on one of my many trips from the parts house to my home, at about 50 mph my hood came up. Luckily it smashed niether my sunroof, nor my windshield. The hinges, cowl grill, thost metal things to the right + left of the cowl grill, the hood, and some parts of the roof are horribly mangled. anyone know of a good brand of hood, perferable with a 2" cowl at this point i say **** the hinges, i'll go with a lift off hood.

01-09-2003, 02:59 AM	#1
thdrcat Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 100	need lots of advise + a funny story bout a hood. some of you might remember my post a while back introducing myself and my car. WELLLL...... i need some help. i recently had an alterntor go bad, or so i thought. it turns out that when i replaced my instro cluster with a 140 mph one, i screwed up the wiring in 1 (count it: 1) place and that caused my alternator to not work. just an an fyi, the accsesory wire from your volatge reg actully goes through the dash light. anyway, i replaced the alternator with a 3g to supplement my thump thump stereo and underdrives. it took me 4 days to trace the problem to the dash. I fixed it last night and drove the car to work. When i went to lunch the damned fuel pump went out and stranded me at the food place. here is the point: what rate/brand fuel pump do i need? i was thinking a 190 lph one from BBK would do. No reason to get the $200 ford racing one, since my car is mostly stock..... although that is going to change VERY soon. some of you might remember that my t-5 is dead in 2nd gear. i found a place in town that will rebuild it for 150$ + parts, and i can bring my own in. any recommendations as far as what rebuild kit to get to make my t-5 uber? on one of my many trips from the parts house to my home, at about 50 mph my hood came up. Luckily it smashed niether my sunroof, nor my windshield. The hinges, cowl grill, thost metal things to the right + left of the cowl grill, the hood, and some parts of the roof are horribly mangled. anyone know of a good brand of hood, perferable with a 2" cowl at this point i say **** the hinges, i'll go with a lift off hood.