Smoke from the Shifter

GTXRacing · May 19th, 2006, 12:20 PM

1988 Stang GT Beast Carb Coversion

After ridding the smoke from my valve covers thank god, I do have a little splash of smoke coming from the shifter. Now the boot and the leather boot is all worn so it doesn't fit the holes anymore but I do get a tad of smoke from the shifter.

It doesen't smell like anything major just a normal burn off smell. It's not coming from the shifter cover... Please help me out.

99mustang232 · May 19th, 2006, 07:25 PM

maybe some main seal leakage on the exhaust?

GTXRacing · May 19th, 2006, 07:36 PM

Actually just found out...

My dag um heater core was out. After plugging in the senser plug to the overflow tank I guess everything for the radiator started working again, and in return pumped out antifreeze on my hot damn near fresh Flowmasters passenger side pipe which caused the smoke to go straight up.

So now The heater core is f'ed up so have to ebay for a heater core. I was wondering why in the heck it was always wet under there on my pipes and stuff until today where it was a bon smoker.

AtlanticBlue99 · May 19th, 2006, 07:40 PM

Get a copper heater core, not aluminum, or else in 6 months, you'll be doing the same damn job again.

GTXRacing · May 19th, 2006, 08:24 PM

how much do those things run? For the time being, how can I bypass this leak?

stang fanatic · May 19th, 2006, 11:16 PM

go by one of the hoses (or take one of the old ones) and just conect one pipe to the other.....

GTXRacing · May 19th, 2006, 11:50 PM

LOL i'm confused, take both the hoses from the heater core enterance and adpator those together?

stang fanatic · May 20th, 2006, 12:34 AM

no, no, no......take the 5/8 hose off, swing the 3/4 around and clamp it to the tube the 5/8 came off and walla? ( however so spell that word) you've bypassed the heater core.

AtlanticBlue99 · May 20th, 2006, 12:36 AM

Voila :wink

We just bought a new copper heater core for a 1996 v6 Mustang this week: it was $64 after tax

stang fanatic · May 20th, 2006, 12:48 AM

I honestly never looked hard enough...since the pipes and caps were copper..are the rest not?? bought mine at auto zone, not that i really want to admit im an auto zone fanatic..

its true....its just that they are 5 minutes away...

AtlanticBlue99 · May 20th, 2006, 01:02 AM

If the pipes are copper, the core is most likely copper too. We got ours at Napa since it is directly next to the Lincoln Mercury dealership a buddy of ours works at, and he hooked us up.

stang fanatic · May 20th, 2006, 01:15 AM

ok, yeah, the pipes were copper, the header was coppper and the fins aluminum

AtlanticBlue99 · May 20th, 2006, 01:21 AM

That is a copper core. Just be sure and put a copper one in or you will be taking the dash out again in 6 months...

stang fanatic · May 20th, 2006, 01:23 AM

i dids....just had to be sure here...didnt know they made them in lazy aluminum

AtlanticBlue99 · May 20th, 2006, 01:25 AM

Oh yea, we replaced the original with an aluminum core and it didnt last long

GTXRacing · May 21st, 2006, 01:51 AM

Ok all of the 58 and 3/4 stuff I don't know. I just took the two hoses that are from the firewall and adpated those two together and that was it. no more leaks other the the access in the core running out.

May 19th, 2006, 12:20 PM	#1
GTXRacing Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenville, Texas Posts: 734	Smoke from the Shifter 1988 Stang GT Beast Carb Coversion After ridding the smoke from my valve covers thank god, I do have a little splash of smoke coming from the shifter. Now the boot and the leather boot is all worn so it doesn't fit the holes anymore but I do get a tad of smoke from the shifter. It doesen't smell like anything major just a normal burn off smell. It's not coming from the shifter cover... Please help me out. __________________ THE BEAST IS FOR SALE!!! GTX RACING & PERFORMACE CLUB OF TEXAS Meets and greets, drag racing and good eats, you know you want it. GTX Racing Tony P. 214-257-3635 http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...vehicle&CID=43

May 19th, 2006, 07:25 PM	#2
99mustang232 MM Fanatic 1999 Ford Mustang V6 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: newport news, va Posts: 3,719	maybe some main seal leakage on the exhaust? __________________ ...even fire and single cammin

May 19th, 2006, 07:36 PM	#3
GTXRacing Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenville, Texas Posts: 734	Actually just found out... My dag um heater core was out. After plugging in the senser plug to the overflow tank I guess everything for the radiator started working again, and in return pumped out antifreeze on my hot damn near fresh Flowmasters passenger side pipe which caused the smoke to go straight up. So now The heater core is f'ed up so have to ebay for a heater core. I was wondering why in the heck it was always wet under there on my pipes and stuff until today where it was a bon smoker. __________________ THE BEAST IS FOR SALE!!! GTX RACING & PERFORMACE CLUB OF TEXAS Meets and greets, drag racing and good eats, you know you want it. GTX Racing Tony P. 214-257-3635 http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...vehicle&CID=43

May 19th, 2006, 07:40 PM	#4
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,310	Get a copper heater core, not aluminum, or else in 6 months, you'll be doing the same damn job again. __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

May 19th, 2006, 08:24 PM	#5
GTXRacing Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenville, Texas Posts: 734	how much do those things run? For the time being, how can I bypass this leak? __________________ THE BEAST IS FOR SALE!!! GTX RACING & PERFORMACE CLUB OF TEXAS Meets and greets, drag racing and good eats, you know you want it. GTX Racing Tony P. 214-257-3635 http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...vehicle&CID=43

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May 19th, 2006, 11:16 PM	#6
stang fanatic Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 855	go by one of the hoses (or take one of the old ones) and just conect one pipe to the other..... __________________ "The gods too are fond of a joke." "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. "

May 19th, 2006, 11:50 PM	#7
GTXRacing Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenville, Texas Posts: 734	LOL i'm confused, take both the hoses from the heater core enterance and adpator those together? __________________ THE BEAST IS FOR SALE!!! GTX RACING & PERFORMACE CLUB OF TEXAS Meets and greets, drag racing and good eats, you know you want it. GTX Racing Tony P. 214-257-3635 http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...vehicle&CID=43

May 20th, 2006, 12:34 AM	#8
stang fanatic Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 855	no, no, no......take the 5/8 hose off, swing the 3/4 around and clamp it to the tube the 5/8 came off and walla? ( however so spell that word) you've bypassed the heater core. __________________ "The gods too are fond of a joke." "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. "

May 20th, 2006, 12:36 AM	#9
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,310	Voila :wink We just bought a new copper heater core for a 1996 v6 Mustang this week: it was $64 after tax __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

May 20th, 2006, 12:48 AM	#10
stang fanatic Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 855	I honestly never looked hard enough...since the pipes and caps were copper..are the rest not?? bought mine at auto zone, not that i really want to admit im an auto zone fanatic.. its true....its just that they are 5 minutes away... __________________ "The gods too are fond of a joke." "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. "

May 20th, 2006, 01:02 AM	#11
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,310	If the pipes are copper, the core is most likely copper too. We got ours at Napa since it is directly next to the Lincoln Mercury dealership a buddy of ours works at, and he hooked us up. __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

May 20th, 2006, 01:15 AM	#12
stang fanatic Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 855	ok, yeah, the pipes were copper, the header was coppper and the fins aluminum __________________ "The gods too are fond of a joke." "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. "

May 20th, 2006, 01:21 AM	#13
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,310	That is a copper core. Just be sure and put a copper one in or you will be taking the dash out again in 6 months... __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

May 20th, 2006, 01:23 AM	#14
stang fanatic Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 855	i dids....just had to be sure here...didnt know they made them in lazy aluminum __________________ "The gods too are fond of a joke." "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. "

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May 20th, 2006, 01:25 AM	#15
AtlanticBlue99 The Nice Guy 1999 Ford Mustang V6 14.79 @ 92.15 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: University of Georgia Posts: 8,310	Oh yea, we replaced the original with an aluminum core and it didnt last long __________________ ModdedAutos 1999 Mustang V6 I used to list my mods here but stopped when I exceeded 255 characters.

May 21st, 2006, 01:51 AM	#16
GTXRacing Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenville, Texas Posts: 734	Ok all of the 58 and 3/4 stuff I don't know. I just took the two hoses that are from the firewall and adpated those two together and that was it. no more leaks other the the access in the core running out. __________________ THE BEAST IS FOR SALE!!! GTX RACING & PERFORMACE CLUB OF TEXAS Meets and greets, drag racing and good eats, you know you want it. GTX Racing Tony P. 214-257-3635 http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...vehicle&CID=43