your idle problem could very well be the idle air controller.

Another thing to consider: Given the car was sitting over grass, take a good look at the underside of the car and clean up any rust. Hopefully nothing is badly rotted.

Have fun with your project!

 

nice car!

good luck fixin her up, and be sure to post plenty of pics

i love the four eyes :P

 

My friend cleaned her up Friday after work and we took some pics. She really cleaned up nice. I will post the pics hopefully tonight after work. The idle is actually seeming to smooth itself out. Could have been that it just didn't run for so long. The reason it sat like that was b/c the previous owner was an older guy who had bought the car for the occational joy ride and really just didn't get around to it much so he just parked it off the driveway and covered it up. Anyway, my friend plans on continuing to clean her up, changing all the fluids etc over the winter and then putting her on the road next spring.
Lots of little minor problems to fix but nothing major so it should be fun for him. I will post the pics soon.
On a side note I was working on my fox project (91 LX Notch) this weekend and was finally able to get the drivshaft off. The bolts on the rear flange were stuck pretty bad but I freed them up with some liquid wrench. I am one step closer to getting the engine and trans out!

 

i dont think anyone asked...its it an auto or a stick? and you said something about the wheels being lopsided lol..did it look like the "wagon queen family truckster" off of national lampoons vacation after it does the big jump?


Wagon Queen Family Truckster - "You Think You Had It Now, But Wait Till You Drive It"


ha ha

 

It's a manual trans and when I was driving behind him bringing the car home the wheels just looked as though they were wobbling all over the place. They just must have been totally lopsided from all the weight sitting on one part of the tire for so long.

 

Here are some pics of her cleaned up.

 

One more...

 

There is a little whine sound coming from the rear. Might be the diff. Anyone ever get something like that?

 

Sorry, cant help on that, but man did that thing ever clean up nice. Good job.

 

Good job.
Are you planing to keep that car?

 

Lookin Good!

 

It's my friend's car and as of now yes he does plan on keeping it. Basically he just wants to do some routine maintenance over the winter and then get it registered and on the road next spring.

 

The guy who actually owns the car started this thread:
http://franksperformance.com/Forums/index....&st=0&#entry588

 

looks good

 

nice man! cleans up good. now i really miss my 86. i think i am going to get an 86GT w/ t-tops if i can find a good one this spring.

 

cleaned up real nice.....just need to throw a set of wheels and tires on it lol....

 

I love the T-tops. The guy who bought this one had another '86 with T-Tops...should have never sold it IMO.

 

looks good!

Thats funny, I'm looking for an 86 with t-tops too.

 

Yea, unfortunatly he sold it about 2 years ago now. It was in good shape too...ran strong. Not a ton of mods but I know he had flowmasters and underdrive pullies on it.