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Taurus Sho!!!
Hey gang, hope all is well.
i just purchased a 1992 taurus sho,and i am not familiar with them. i was wondering if anyone could tell me where and how to put the manual tranny fluid in? i can't seem to find a hole for it and also does anyone know what to use? dexron,mercon,atf,gear oil? any opinions are greatly appreciated. thanks
i just purchased a 1992 taurus sho,and i am not familiar with them. i was wondering if anyone could tell me where and how to put the manual tranny fluid in? i can't seem to find a hole for it and also does anyone know what to use? dexron,mercon,atf,gear oil? any opinions are greatly appreciated. thanks
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Taurus SHO has a plug on the front of the case (3/8" square) use a socket extension, btw there is NO drainplug but on the shotimes page there are directions on where to drill and tap for a drainplug. the fluid is dexron II and I added a pint of Lucas oil for automatics which really helped smooth out the shifting, I think my syncros are a little worn.......208,000 miles on my '92
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I thinhk thats got the Yamaha Motor in there, good to 12000 RPMs. Torque is rather sad though, so its not for racing.
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From: colorado
i had a '91 sho 5 speed, at the time it was the fastest and quickest 4 door sedan you could buy for under $50,000, yes it had a dohc 4 valve per cylinder twin tune port injected v-6 built by yamaha, 220hp, 220ft/lb. it red lined at 7000 rpm.once on a trip to moab utah my buddy said this thing was like a 140 mph living room. now on the flip side the thing eat clutches like patato chips, i went thru 5 while i owned it (1 under warrenty and 4 not)at about $1000 a pop.do yourself a favor dont run the ac while you are pushing the engine to redline, even though the engine can do 7000rpm the ac compressor can not. that was about $600.
dont play with the climate control to much because at some point it may get a mind of its own. that would have been about another $500 so traded it in on a '95 bronco. i got to say, i have got alot less tickets since.
dont play with the climate control to much because at some point it may get a mind of its own. that would have been about another $500 so traded it in on a '95 bronco. i got to say, i have got alot less tickets since.
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I had one - a 92 red one
It was fun when it wasn't broke, and it was broke a lot.
www.shotimes.com is a good website and get ready for expensive repairs. $220 for a water pump, $80 for plug wires, etc....
I also went through a few clutches and the climate control system. I have to say that out of all the cars I have owned, the SHO was by far the worst one as far as reliability. I never knew if the thing would get me where I was going.
good luck
It was fun when it wasn't broke, and it was broke a lot.
www.shotimes.com is a good website and get ready for expensive repairs. $220 for a water pump, $80 for plug wires, etc....I also went through a few clutches and the climate control system. I have to say that out of all the cars I have owned, the SHO was by far the worst one as far as reliability. I never knew if the thing would get me where I was going.
good luck
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oh yea my waterpump went out as well,on the thursday before memorial day one year. i soent the whole weekend replacing it. that was a pain, you had to pull the intake,the inner fender well and the harmonic balancer, just to get at it.
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What I have read is that the SHO engine had a technical redline of over 10,000RPM, but it had to be limited to 8,000 because the AC Compressor would blow. Guess one guy discoverd the AC blows at even lower RPM.
I had an 89 SHO, first year model, and it was nothgin but trouble. Lots of fun to drive but cost way too much to maintain after it had about 60K on it. There was a class action lawsuit on 89s due to the bad clutch and throwout bearing shaft failure(required replacing the bell housing ever 30K) Cost me about $2K per year to maintain after 60K.
Liked driving the car, but terrible mechanicals and incompetent dealer mechanics. Guess it was too far off the vanilla flavor car model.
Now I have a Impala SS, and at 100K it is a whole heck of a lot better than the SHO, and something of a collector item to boot. Don't worry, all my other vehicles for the past 20 years have been Fords, and there are 2 other Fords in the garage.
Jim Henderson
I had an 89 SHO, first year model, and it was nothgin but trouble. Lots of fun to drive but cost way too much to maintain after it had about 60K on it. There was a class action lawsuit on 89s due to the bad clutch and throwout bearing shaft failure(required replacing the bell housing ever 30K) Cost me about $2K per year to maintain after 60K.
Liked driving the car, but terrible mechanicals and incompetent dealer mechanics. Guess it was too far off the vanilla flavor car model.
Now I have a Impala SS, and at 100K it is a whole heck of a lot better than the SHO, and something of a collector item to boot. Don't worry, all my other vehicles for the past 20 years have been Fords, and there are 2 other Fords in the garage.
Jim Henderson
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