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    #31
    Originally posted by Kodachrome Wolf View Post
    It works, for now. I'll likely find a correct connector and clean that mess up later.

    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
    rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
    Originally posted by gadget73
    ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
    Originally posted by dmccaig
    Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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      #32
      Originally posted by sly View Post
      ewww... vampire taps...

      My thoughts exactly.
      1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
      1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge

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        #33
        1985 Ford/Mercury EVTM has arrived. Click images for full size on Flickr, or I'm going to attach them in a zip.

        Pages 77 and 78 - Tripminder





        Referenced on page 77, here are pages 45 (EEC) and 126 (Speed Control):



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        Current driver: Ranger
        Panthers: 83 GM 2dr | 84 TC | 85 CS
        | 88 TC | 91 GM
        Not Panthers: 85 Ranger | Ranger trailer | 91 Acclaim | 05 Focus
        Gone: 97 CV | 83 TC | 04 Focus | 86 GM
        | Junkyards

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          #34
          Sweet, thank you.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Tiggie View Post
            Maybe. Look for an unused connector around the parking brake and flasher.

            Something in my brain is recalling a difference in CFI vs SEFI and that ground jumper from 7 to 9. I may be totally off base but somewhere, sometime like ten years ago, I read of someone having to add the jumper to make a CFI harness work with SEFI or vice versa. I'll go check my EVTM's if no one can confirm or deny my very cloudy memory.
            To follow up on my previous comment, I checked my 82 vs 88 EVTM and found no such difference in the ground jumper. Must have been a dream.
            1990 Country Squire - weekend cruiser, next project
            1988 Crown Vic LTD Wagon - waiting in the wings

            GMN Box Panther History
            Box Panther Horsepower and Torque Ratings
            Box Panther Production Numbers

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              #36
              I wonder if all the cars have the speed sensor on the transmission or only the cars originally equipped with the tripminder option ??
              1987 Colony Park LS wagon
              1988 Grand marquis LS sedan

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                #37
                It is there especially if the car has cruise control. If the car does not have cruise it may or may not be there; I've actually never seen, in person, one of these cars without cruise so I don't know for sure.
                Vic

                ~ 1989 MGM LS Colony Park - Large Marge
                ~ 1998 MGM LS - new DD
                ~ 1991 MGM LS "The Scab"
                ~ 1991 MGM GS "The Ice Car"

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Tanner02480 View Post
                  I wonder if all the cars have the speed sensor on the transmission or only the cars originally equipped with the tripminder option ??
                  It's actually cruise control that makes the determination, after the first few very early years which are weird (sensor on the back of the instrument panel, which is supposed to be for dealer-added cruise, but I found it in a car that may have had it from the factory too).

                  Up to 89 you'll find the speed sensor in cars with cruise or tripminder. I don't know if there is such a thing as a car with tripminder and without cruise. I do know the sensor is not there if you don't have either option.

                  The 90 new dash does not have room for a tripminder but those cars all have a speed sensor because the speedometers use electronic signals, not a mechanical cable.
                  Last edited by kishy; 08-11-2018, 04:15 PM.

                  Current driver: Ranger
                  Panthers: 83 GM 2dr | 84 TC | 85 CS
                  | 88 TC | 91 GM
                  Not Panthers: 85 Ranger | Ranger trailer | 91 Acclaim | 05 Focus
                  Gone: 97 CV | 83 TC | 04 Focus | 86 GM
                  | Junkyards

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Kodachrome Wolf View Post
                    Since I was under the hood today, this is where the connector was on my '87 for the fuel feed. You can barely see the factory wire colors due to how grungy it was after 30 years of being tucked in a corner.

                    Can you comfirm the connector you used is this one by looking the shape of the end of it?
                    Thanks,
                    1987 Colony Park LS wagon
                    1988 Grand marquis LS sedan

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Tanner02480 View Post
                      Can you comfirm the connector you used is this one by looking the shape of the end of it?
                      Thanks,
                      Yep, that’s the connector.


                      My Cars:
                      -1964 Comet 202 (116K Miles) - Long Term Project
                      -1986 Dodge D-150 Royale SE (112K Miles) - Slowly Getting Put Back Together
                      -1987 Grand Marquis Colony Park LS (325K Miles) - April 2017 + September 2019 POTM Winner
                      -1997 Grand Marquis LS (240K Miles) - The Daily Workhorse & March 2015 + January 2019 POTM Winner

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                        #41
                        Thank you !
                        1987 Colony Park LS wagon
                        1988 Grand marquis LS sedan

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