PING - STuK

Thanks, Good to know. Checking for corroded connections is pretty much "business as usual" up here in saltsville and just good troubleshooting in general. Glad you found the problem. Starting to get ready for the snow up here now. Had some on the windshield this morning, just a dusting. I need to get that damn 289 block of my garage floor! I hate scraping! Grrrrrr. I cheated today and poured water on the window today. StuK

"business as usual"

Yeah, thanks, me too. Something new learned. So elementary... kind of a forehead-slapping experience You remind me of living in CT, where winter was longer, and the salting ridiculous (but necessary) in da tri-state area dere. I'm sure up there it's much worse in terms of general rust and rot on cars than in Mo. We're still in the 50s and 60s. We'll get an Alberta clipper or two every Jan. with wind and below zero F, but then it might be 60-70 the following week... went from 72 to 5 above in less than 24 hours once

Yeah I bet. I hate it too. Man, do I ever, because "I get the garage" was countered with "ok, then you scrape my car" :) I still have (maybe) 2-3 weeks before I'll have to put my car to bed for the winter. I also had to replace the washer tank and spray nozzle, which had crumbled to dust after 15 years. Weird things start going after a certain point

Have fun... don't hurt your back on that lil 'ol 289 ;)

That's interesting because for a while, the replacement 4 cyl alternator on the mustangs came with a new lead which was to replace the original, the problem was well known in the early-mid 90's.

Wound Up opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net:

And as useless information of the day, I believe these are made somewhere in Ohio. I work for the power electronics / power electrical division of Mitsubishi Electric US.. I believe our cohorts in Ohio make starters, alternators, and other such things.

For all their hard work, I get the X-plan.

JS

Thanks. And no information (esp. automotive) is truly useless IMO. Tuck it away, it might come in handy at some point! The parts guy flipped the unit over, and said, "there, in the middle, I expected to see the tri-star emblem. I guess this is an original Ford core."

X-plan?

Eh, at least you know there's some guy in Mason, OH that you can call... lol. I don't know what good it would do though, he probably has no control over it. I could get the website. I think the official company name is Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc.

Supplier discounts on new Fords (even SVT), including Mazda, Volvo, and who knows what else (but not Jaguar).

JS

Yeah... well, interesting to know anyway. I like random facts about stuff I'm interested in.

Right. Got a friend whose dad worked at Ford his entire career, and has been retired for a while but still gets his discount. They've gotten countless new cars, Mustangs, Crown Vics, Probes, SVT Contours, Explorers, Expiditions, an S80, and now a Lincoln LS with his discount. Do they own Aston Martin? I would bet you wouldn't get that on one of those if so.

Maybe someday I can write him a check for a new Mustang. Not sure if it's the same plan, but I believe 20% is his deal. Yes, but not JAG-U-AR!!

GOD I HATE those commercials :)

Wound Up opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net:

As long as you understand that they arent the same engines, at all

All they share is "2.3" and maybe the alternator

Yep, I do.

The Mustang engines are OHC and differ from mine in just about every other way you could think of.

Mine is a re-done pushrod tractor motor, essentially, with EFI and the HSC head.

The "and maybe the alternator" part is why I posted my story here...

-J