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Old 07-28-2014, 09:10 PM   #9
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Default Re: 90 Ford T-Bird Super Coupe

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Originally Posted by Charlie A View Post
A friend of mine worked for Ford when those first came into the market. If I remember correctly there was a pretty common issue of broken crankshafts early on.

Might be a foggy memory.

Maybe this was the issue????? It's been a few years.

http://www.35thatr.org/Tips/HarmonicDamperBreak.htm
the early 1989 models had a cast iron crank but on 1-30-89 they changed them to forged steel. there must have been a problem because a car company will not spend a dollar they don't have to.
regards, Roland
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