new kid on the block

[gypsy]

I am the original owner of an 89SC 5 speed Titanium
I have always loved the car and have kept it stock.
Would love to join the club and attend a gathering sometime.

John

ps I reside in Chiefland, Florida

[TbirdSC93]

Welcome to the club...not much to joining, just get into the chit chat. Check out the other posts on where the next meet may be.

I believe we've been talking about moroso motorsports park in west palm beach. If you have a pic or web site of your car post it on here and we'll get it on the website.

The website address is in my signature underneath this post

[JJanney]

Since you're an original owner, I guess I copied you with my 89 5-spd...

Just send me your info, and I'll stick it on the web site.

[kamakazie_1]

Wow, that's to wierd, my ex-father-in-law lives in Chiefland... Welcome and by all means come join us on our next meet, the more the merrier!!

RJ

[XR7Kurt]

Welcome! How many miles are on your car? What have you needed to due as far as repairs since new?

Kurt

[lessonintorque]

Whats up? welcome to the club, wait maybe you should welcome me ive only had an sc for about 5 months, but I know most of it by now (cuz it all had to be replaced:rolleyes: ) but its cool to have an original owner.

[gypsy]

I will aatempt to reply to some of the comments.
The car has 107,400 miles on it. It still runs very strong.Probably 95% are road miles. I drove 100 miles a day to work for several years. The car has always been serviced at regular intervals. I have all the records. As to repairs I really don't think Ford would like to hear about that because everytime I took the car to Ford for repair it came back with other problems. Ex.
At 90,000+ miles I took the car to ford to have the clutch replaced, when I got the car back I found problems with my ride control system. I found the shock tower under the hood had been disturbed. I took the car to ford to have a new waterpump installed and when I got the car back the spring housing on the belt tension roller was cracked and had a chunk of metal on the housing missing exposing the spring. About a month later I discovered a leak in the pipe that holds the thermostat. Ford found that the housing was bent and would not maintain the proper seal. Guess who bent it. Its a shame that a manufacturer can build a high tech car but not manage to provide proper training to their mechanics.
I now accompany the car to the dealer and verify all work prior to leaving. This seems to help somewhat. I have lots of horror stories regarding Ford's service. I still drive the car everyday. In closing all the damage to this car has been done by Ford.

[onequiksc]

Welcome. :)

[XR7Kurt]

I think the blame for the cracked spring tensioner is just on Ford and not the mechanics. Mine is cracked and at the meet I noticed Bryan's was also cracked. Last week I was looking at a picture in the for sale column and noticed it on that XR7.

How have you window motors held up?

Kurthttp://www.sccoa.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=156034

[gypsy]

The cracked spring did not exist until ford worked on my vehicle.
the cracked spring is a result of the wrench slipping when attempting to replace the belts.
The window motors have not been replaced however the gears for both windows have, they both stripped out within a month of each other.