I thought that maybe you'd not read the whole string of posts about what was going on and just jumped in at the end thinking the problem wasn't what it appeared to be on the surface. Doesn't matter, I guess. I think it's fixed, thanks in large part to that fellow in the white hat with the silver bullets (Bubba). Still have to drive it more to confirm though."...not right...."
no, agreed. (U dont seema jerk ta me) but trying to get better/best I thought.
May B I'm da jerk !
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love it if I was...
(was it Abby Hoffman? Donald Trump?) said: any attention is good, even if bad as it's attention...
I also believe that your axle ratio is numerically to low.Hey,
I’m thinking it could be your final drive ratio. With the T5’s overdrive being .72? and your rear being 3.00, your final drive ratio would be 2.16. You’re probably using more throttle than necessary because the engine is lugging at a very low rpm.
Hi John, I came across site member "FTF" old post the other day, on adding more Degree marks on the Damper and then remembered your above post so though I would put a link to it for you, its a good easy and low budget way to do it. Have you made anymore improvements in your MPG? Here is the Link. https://fordsix.com/threads/degreeing-the-damper.78838/Thanks! Sorry, forgot to mention that I'm running a DuraSpark II setup. [Edit to add] I got the distributor from O'Reilly and I think it's for the 75 Maverick. I did the mods to the springs and tabs laid out in the tech section. It seems very happy with a base timing setting of about 17° - has about 19 inches of vacuum at idle. I don't know what the total advance is yet - I need to make a tool so I can measure that. It doesn't ping under any circumstances using 87 octane fuel so I'm thinking it's OK and not too worried about it.
I got the fuel pump changed yesterday but now the flare fitting on the pump outlet is leaking (it wasn't before) so I need to fix that before I check mileage again.
Thanks Bubba! I have bookmarked the page.Hi John, I came across site member "FTF" old post the other day, on adding more Degree marks on the Damper and then remembered your above post so though I would put a link to it for you, its a good easy and low budget way to do it. Have you made anymore improvements in your MPG? Here is the Link. https://fordsix.com/threads/degreeing-the-damper.78838/
I know what you're saying about the modern cars. I've had a few (starting with an '88 Volvo) that were so complicated that no one, including dealers with their "certified technicians", could find a fault, let alone fix them. It's very frustrating. All the systems are so interconnected that a degradation in one sensor can have effects in something completely unrelated. Sigh.Hi John, that is encouraging that your Mustang its running so much better now! Been also working a little on my wife's pickup trying to get back to the excellent MPG it was getting last summer. Got it up in a .1 at a time in several small steps getting back about 3/4 of a mile per yet am still down an another 1 mile per. Its been frustrating as I found things that I expected should have made a lot more difference, but that's the joy's of late model vehicles they run great until they don't. Then you got all the electronics to test, I still need to check the fuel curve yet. It's been my thought that maybe they have degraded our fuels somewhat too over the past year. Yet I am not hearing of any others that are noticing any difference from last year. Best of luck