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 The mustang is starting to look like a car.

I worked on a Honda cbr600rr that sat for too long with fuel in it. It corroded over the fuel pump and fuel gauge connections. I had cleaned them up and reassembled the pump. Back in the tank and no power. I removed the pump and took apart the wire connector. One of the contacts on the wires fell apart. I installed 2 insulated connectors and put the pump back in. Now the bike runs. It was surprising at how much corrosion the ethanol had done to the components. This bike was stored in a garage with pretty consistent temps. It's ready to have body panels installed and find a new owner.

Jaybee, no wideband, Matt, not a bad idea but I still think there is something malfunctioning on the system. I just pulled plugs and checked the spark plug wires for resistance. I didn't find anything, once again. It's not in my behavior to give up but I have about extinguished my thought processes for this.

Matt, if I was close to you, I'd take that old G.P. out of your yard.

Yesterday, I pulled the plenum of the intake and vacuum tasted everything I could. I found nothing. I glued everything back together including the throttle body. It still has the intermittent miss. However, the oil pan is dry. I put about 30 miles on it today ranging from 60 to 80 and there is no regularity to the miss. I have used my Torque program and all of the numbers it puts up are within the Ford obd2 manual that I found. I have wiggled wires, rechecked connections and most items twice. I also think it's weak on power in 5th gear. I'm wondering if the explorer tune was soft because of emissions or fuel mileage. I'm about to make a decision as to pursue or change efi systems.

O&S is very pleased to report that the oil pan on the 48 is dry.

O&S earned the title today. I was going to remove the alum oil pan and install a steel one left over from the 32. Should be 2 hours worse case. Many hours later, the front crossmember has been trimmed in stages. I'd cut some and trial fit. Cut some more and repeat. When I removed the alum pan, I looked as best as I could and I don't think the front seal was leaking, not positive about the rear. After installing the steel pan and letting it run for a while, I changed oil and went for a short drive. I'm cautiously optimistic one more time.

Minor work today. I set the tail pipe height with the truck in the air. When it was on the ground, the pipes were 2" lower than I wanted. That got remedied today. Lower a arms were what I used for height the 1st time. Sheesh, where's the brain power?

Looks good, Matt.

O&S tackled the exhaust leak that seemed to be coming from the left side. I removed the header. The front tube was leaking from the bottom where I couldn't see it. I used 3 pieces of 2X6 tubing for risers to hold it in place in the mill. I removed about 20 thousands to make it flat. The flange on these is better than 3/8" thick. I think the reason for that is so that don't have to mill them after welding. LOL. The 2 pics are from that operation. I have installed and gone for a test ride. It's better. There's a tiny leak but I don't know if it's from the collector flange or the seam on the muffler that I put the silicone on. My hearing isn't good enough to tell.

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That's pretty good for a blind old guy.

O&S installed the new dome light switch today and raised the rear shock preload just a bit. I have about 5/8" of rake, and there is not quite 8" under the frame rails. That part is about where it needs to be. I gave the machine shop owner a ride today. He said it rides good. I said "it does now. " LOL.

O&S is pleased to report that the latest spring change has resulted in good ride quality. I'm going to lower the front ride height about .5" but the short ride I took over known bumps and railroad tracks left me with a smile. This was the 3rd change. LOL. I used an online calculator as well as previous exp. to pick the 1st set of springs. After that, I've been going down 100lbs at a time. I would say that my original calculations were very poor.

I had some sound mat left. I jacked up the truck and wire brushed and blew until it was as clean as it could be short of media blasting and then put 2 pieces that are approximately 17" x 17" under the floor. Now I feel better because it's all used up.

I got sidetracked today. The bike at my son's which has been sitting for around 2 years became next in line. He brought over the fuel pump and tank. The pump was not operating. After disassembly of the pump assembly, I found that corrosion on the electrical connectors was the problem. The strainer was real ugly. It's probably good that it didn't run. The tank has an opening large enough for me to get a hand and stainless wire brush in there. After about an hour of scrubbing, the tank is much better. I ordered strainers for it but it looks like it could be better than a week before they arrive. I think when it's reassembled, it will run as it should.