{"id":503,"date":"2009-02-15T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveocd.com\/?p=503"},"modified":"2012-09-18T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T12:06:00","slug":"the-ltd-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fiveocd.com\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"The LTD emerges."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>After a lot of digging and chiseling at the ice and snow engulfing the LTD, we were able to pull it out from the snow bank and the spot it has sat for probably more than a year. I put in a battery, pulled the distributor and primed the oil pump with a 1\/4&#8243; deep socket and long 1\/4&#8243; extension spun (counterclockwise) by an electric drill, topped off the coolant, added a little fresh gas, and fired it right up! It died a couple times, but idled nice once it was warmed up. It has no brakes and the rear passenger drum\/wheel was dragging and frozen up so after a little trouble, we got off all the old brake hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my list of needs that I would like to address to reach my goal of driving this to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mustangsunlimited.com\/Carshows.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Mustangs Unlimited show in Manchester, CT on April 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Needs:<br \/>\n<\/strong> &#8211; brake proportioning issue<strong><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; mount vac. res.<\/span> <em>deleted<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; retorque trans pan<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; reinstall visors<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; wire horn<\/span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; hanger for exhaust at rear<\/span> <em>skipped<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; swap back to off road h<br \/>\n&#8211; stock mustang h pipe swap<br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; cold dying issue resolved<\/span> <em>throttle stop screw<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; Mustang shifter swap<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; permanently mount interior wiring<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; wipers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; put back interior pieces that are off<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; front license plate bracket<\/span> <em>fabricated<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; tail light bulb<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; convoluted tubing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; new dipstick<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; battery tray<\/span> <em>mustang<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; shim ac delete bracket for better pulley alignment<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; new serpentine belt<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>060733<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> &#8211; brakes: shoes &amp; springs<\/span> <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pads ok<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; weld trans crossmember<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; center console gauge mounting plate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; heater hoses<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; timing, stumbling, running issue<\/span> <em>dist. stator, cracked plug, in tank pump<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; timing cover gasket<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; timing chain<\/span> <em>summit<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; fuel filter<br \/>\n&#8211; door striker bushings<\/span> <em>50resto<\/em><br \/>\n<strong> low priority:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; interior turn signal lights<br \/>\n&#8211; passenger door able to open from inside<br \/>\n&#8211; new beefier battery cables<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; some rubber floormats<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; battery hold down<br \/>\n&#8211; shifter cover of some sort<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">&#8211; ac condenser removal<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; matching front seats would be nice<br \/>\n&#8211; replace top end parts with powdercoated ones so the engine&#8217;s not so ugly <em>temporarily painted<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1520\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveocd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cocoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1520\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1520\" title=\"cocoon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveocd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cocoon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The LTD emerges from its cocoon.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The LTD emerges from its cocoon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lot of digging and chiseling at the ice and snow engulfing the LTD, we were able to pull it out from the snow bank and the spot it has sat for probably more than a year. 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