austinkli

Will do, probably Sunday. Been working. Gonna head up to the shop must likely Sunday.

austinkli

Tool came in today to set the timing, car should be done tonight or tomorrow! So excited!

Fear

grats!

austinkli

Should be home tonight!

Sjnagy

Looks like a fun adventure.

3point7

A woman who doesn't mind getting off into an engine bay and turning a wrench. Freakin awesome. Tell her I said she's a hell of a woman Austin. lol

austinkli

Lol, that is not my wife, just one of the mechanics that's working on my car.

This is my wife.

3point7

lol Yea I know, you've posted some pictures of the wife before. She's awesome too just for the fact that she likes Mustangs. Most women just want to drive around in some rolling appliance like a Camry or an Accord. You got a woman who actually has taste in cars. Hang on to that one.

I knew the other girl must have been a mechanic, still awesome just the same. If you see her at the shop again tell I said she's alright with the Mustang guys. lol

austinkli

Well I went and picked the thing up last night, let it run for 10 minutes while I talked to the mechanic. Checked, no leaks or fluids so I got in and headed home. About halfway home steam was pouring from under the hood. I checked and coolant was pouring out. Unfortunately, it was dark so I couldn't tell where, but it looks like possibly the water pump. Not sure.

Glenn

well crap

austinkli

I'm standing here working on the car now. Looks like it's the thermostat housing. Easy peasy fix.

stupidgenius36

That's what I was gonna guess...the thermostat housing is easy to crack, so be careful.

Fear

Whats the common ways to crack the housing? i cracked mine 4-5 months ago and dumped coolant everywhere and fixed it but kinda wondered how i did it tbh

3point7

The 4.0 motor is notorious for thermostat housing failure.

Fear

so i've heard... i wonder why

stupidgenius36

The plastic is just easy to crack if you over-tighten the bolts. I'm sure it just gets worse over time.

austinkli

Well the good new is, after driving it last night and this morning, no leaks!





Drove it to work today and it seems to be doing well.


Turns out the thermostat they had ordered online for me was not a good one. Got a cheapo one from O'reily's auto for now just to get it driveable. I will replace with the better one later.

shaneyusa

Nice to see you got it back on the road. Looks like some hard work, and a little bad luck. Best of luck from here forward.

Glenn

congrats! Whats the new total dollar investment at this point?

austinkli

$1,300 purchase price
$80 for the tires,l
$20 cleaning materials
$1,040 motor repairs.

About $2,440