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dreaded tail shaft bushing replacement

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So I have decided to tackle the dreaded t5 tail shaft bushing replacement. As of now I am only in the planning stages but the reason for this is because if I add a quart of fluid to the trans my shifts go smooth for about 3 hours and then 1-2 shifts become more and more jarring and notchy. It's so harsh it's not fun to drive. I have decided to pull the tail shaft housing with the transmission still in the car and hopefully with the h-pipe still in place. It's difficult to get the driveshaft out but not as bad as fighting with the catted h-pipe. I have also set my sights on adding v-band clamps to the exhaust at the crossover. So you can put in one side at a time. If I do that at the same time remains to be seen but it would allow me to weld in the wideband bungs. I will also be changing the slip yoke and the trans tail shaft seal. Heres a rough parts list, 28 spline slip yoke $58 lmr.com Tail shaft seal $16 lmr.com Tail shaft bushing $13 lmr.com Friction modifie...

fuel pressure, and some new gauges

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I have been driving the car 2-3 times a week since the weathers been nice. I have been playing with the fuel pressure and backed it down from the 38lbs. I closed the throttle stop and backed off the tps a little more and than open the throttle stop until it stopped surging. It drives pretty nice now. I now own an Afr wideband gauge but haven't installed it yet, also invested in a tweecer RT but have not gotten to that yet either. I did install a digital water temp gauge and moved the volt meter into a spot under the radio with some charge ports.

mostly fuel stuff

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Not much going on on the fox body project. Honestly haven't had much time to enjoy driving it. Family/work gets in the way of wrenching and cruising. I have been working on the fuel system for the last few months because of the lean pops on startup before it's up to temp. I rolled the dice on a cheap set of ev1 24lb injectors. At the same time I got a injector tester. So the injectors all ended up being fine but the tester lasted 2 tests and then made me think the injectors were bad.  That discouraged me for 2 weeks but then I put the injectors straight to a 12v source and they all clicked just fine causing me to go back and check the tester. a multi meter showed it wasn't pushing more than 4volts on any of the tests.  When I went to install those I noticed a great deal of oil in the upper intake. Pcv can be a problem on foxes so I installed a cheap catch can between the pcv and the intake. That's been dry so far so I need to investigate further. i finally broke down an...