Motorcraft oem fuel filter has been ordered as well as a shop manual. max strength Seafoam fuel system cleaner (I'll have the 3 year old gas until my fuel filter comes in and I can drop the tank while the car is on stands). topped off power steering reservoir with LucasOil fluid with conditioner.4.5 quarts of the EDGE high mileage 5w-30.It needs a plethora of small interior parts and I have already begun going through all the general tune up things. I call it my spaceship and I love it already. All of the lights work (even fogs) except the passenger headlight and the driver turning light side marker thing. While I want a drifter, I'm going to be happy getting it somewhat restored first. By no means perfect, but actually runs and drives. Clutch feels tight, and brakes are halfway decent. We drove it through the neighborhood and at one point he stepped into it for a quick 2-4 and the car honestly responded. He basically kept it alive under a tree at his house for 3 years before I got it with 3 year old gas in it. The PO is a ford guy with a built up fox stang and wanted the 2.3l and t-5 for another project. I went to check it out and it wasn't completely horrible. Everything a mid 20 something wants in a project drifter right? Not selling my organs to find a clapped out mid 80s-90s 3 series coupe with a welded diff no sir. A "runs and drives" car with a factory turbo, 5mt, and lsd. In the midst of some window shopping the local craigslist scene, I noticed this one virtually in my back yard. I come from a long line of GM gearheads so Fords have never been at any family event ever, not even spouses that married in with projects and hotrods. I am new to the forum as I have just bought a 1988 TC 5MT and this is the first ford in my family.
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