I am selling the Night Cat. I wanted to give members of this board an advance chance to get it before I put it on craigslist. it has it's issues, but is still a solid car. I need a vehicle that is bigger for my family. I am asking 500 for it. it is in Kansas City. it does have a few things wrong with it, the biggest being needing a new rear main seal. please contact me at michael_dolan@live.com if you are interested. it is going in the classifieds in 2 weeks. thanks!
I won't be up there for another month at least. I just wanted to make sure people knew about it. they aren't all together in a spot, they are scattered around the ford section, but they are ther. I don't remember any red interios, but there were alot of tan interiors. although they had an royal purple 85 cougar I wish I could get, it didn't look too bad body wise and it would have been good to restore. one had turbines on it, but the driver's side were toast, shredded.
Not sure wich area to post this, but here goes... I was just down to pick and pull yesterday. there were at least 8 fox cougars there, and probably 5 or 6 T-birds, a lot of them 4-eyed. if anyone is around Kansas City, i would suggest making the trip , these cars have a lot of great parts. most have all unbroken headlight shrouds and tailights. most have only the usual rust issues, suprisingly few body damages. it is at I435 and Truman road.
With my Cougar having so many small issues to deal with I've decided to get a DD and garage my 86 so I can do what needs to be done to it and still get around. I am thinking about getting one of the newer Cougars. there is a 2001 around here for around $2000. if anyone knows, what should I look out for on those years of Cougar? is there a certain engine to avoid? Were there major known issues for the model? I want something reliable, as I have to go back and forth from KC to St. Louis to help care for my mother who is dealing with cancer, and my 86 is really starting to have issues due to age and needs an overhaul. any suggestions would really be appreciated.
something odd happened this morning. I went out to warm my car up this morning and I had left my wipers on last night when I got home. we had ice overnight and when I started the car, the wipers tried to move. I heard a loud pop. I turned them off and made sure they were broke loose and tried them, and they work, but now they don't rest at the bottom of the windsheild any longer, and when I turn them off there is a buzz from under the dashboard. if I turn them on, even in intermittent mode, the buzzing stops, but as soon as they turn off and go to resting position, the buzz starts. it almost sounds like a waek piezzo buzzer. Any ideas about how to fix this?
problem solved! it was the Idle Air Control Valve that was causing the stalling. I am still going to check out why the wire was causing it to run so rough. the only wires it was touching were the plug wires.
to the air conditioner compressor. the previous owner ran it to a switch to turn it on and off. not sure why, but when I moved it the car stopped cutting out. it still dies at stopsigns though or when I try to shift into drive or reverse. a friend of mine suggested that it might be the TPS.
sorry, I have a 302. I found a wire that was laying on the headers, I tucked it away and it started running better, it was grounding out i think. but it is still dying. I checked the rotor and cap and it didn't look bad except a slight buildup of corrosion, I cleaned that up, but it doesn't seem to help.
just fixed a broken motor mount and now the cougar is running like . I need suggestions. it goes down the road fine, has power, but when you stop, or go to shift from drive to reverse, it will die. it also is idleing rough and dying. I replaced the fuel pump about a year and a half ago, a freind checked the pressure on that for me and he said it was good. when I park it, I can smell fuel like it has been running rich. any ideas? Also, Auto Zone won't pull codes here for anything older than a 96. what is the trick for pulling them yourself? I seem to remember using a paper clip and counting the blinks of the service light.
