I'm new to Ford, so bear with me. My grandfather left his SHO with me (with the intentions of eventually giving it to me), and it was making a huge whining noise, which I figured out was the altenator. I took off the belt to see if the car made the noise without the altenator spinning, and the breaker bar I was using snapped back on the tensioner and swung into the credit-card sized sensor on the intake runner. The car ran fine with it's whining altenator after I put the belt back on for about 5 miles, then it started bucking and surging. It ran well enough to get me home, and now it barely runs. I can't even move it up the hill in front of my house to get it into my driveway.
I was hoping it was the altenator finally giving out, so I replaced it The noise stopped, but the car still barely runs at all. Actually, it runs worse, probably because I tapped the sensor with the wrench again. If I smack the top of the intake with my palm right over that sensor the intake runner right above that sensor (if someone would describe it's name and function to me, it would help me greatly!) the car's state will change, meaning that it will either stall completely or run slightly better for a bit. Anyways. Would me hitting that sensor with the breaker bar actually cause these symptoms? What does that sensor do, and what's it going to cost me? I know there are some SHO's in my friendly local junkyard, so would it be viable to pull that part from a junkyard? Any help is appreciated!
-Sam (ford is not making a good first impression! jk)