This 92 Foxbody was Restored by an "Expert" You Won't Believe What We Find...

[@ryandoyle4344]

May want to check before replacing the fan; First thought was running lean, makes it run hot (adj fpr needed). Timing needs to be checked/adjusted. Some common oversights: Fan clutch not working; Lower air dam & two radiator trim broken/ missing

[@nunya2814]

My thoughts exactly, I run my 93 in Florida in the summer daily and never an overheating issue with the factory fan on a motor with a trick flow track heat top end kit.

[@89G]

That tach straight up PEGGED when you gave it the onions. Almost seems like it has a 2.3 tach in it.

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL I've come to find out that it does 😂

[@89G]

@@KASLCustoms I'll be dammed! Lol

[@chrisgormally4988]

Yeah.....that entire cluster has to be 2.3 that car should have a 140 mph speedo too. 😊

[@John.Flower.Productions]

I bought a top for my '91 GT with the intention of replacing it myself (which was obviously never going to happen), after some coward sliced a moon-roof into it. After searching the surrounding 100+ miles area for anyone capable of doing it, I finally found a furniture upholstery shop that agreed to do it. The man was from Mexico and told me that he had never done any work on a vehicle, much less a convertible top. It took him 4 days and cost me $250 but the install was perfect.

[@KASLCustoms]

Very nice!

[@dm7097]

Wow!! Talk about a gamble. I’d be hard pressed to pull that trigger. Especially when he said he had never done a vehicle before. Glad it worked out for you.

[@slickrick4202]

That’s super cheap. 250$ I paid 600 in Michigan on mom’s 04

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@slickrick4202 My main concern was with the quality of the work but he did a perfect installation, which seemed to surprise him as much as it pleased me. I took it straight to the carwash, drove inside and literally held my breath until it had made a pass around the entire vehicle.

[@T-bird_Johnny]

🇲🇽 Mexicans seem to have a knack for upholstery & autobody, idk why, but I've heard lots of stories like this lol 😂

[@stephenroberts7816]

This bunch of videos is going to be great. Not to many out there on verts. Oh and those spacers were good for like 100 hp back in the day

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL its true 😂

[@Skidmarks368]

I'll be keeping my '89 vert 100% stock. Still more fun that that all those problems. I am sorry about the issues with this beautiful car.

[@257Tony]

Without knowing what the conversation between the customer and the shop, we have no idea if the job was done well or not (except the bumper cut, that's terrible) . If you want an Explorer intake, let me know, the local JY here in Utah has 4 or 5 of them, not sure what the freight would be.

[@KASLCustoms]

Good point. I have a feeling they were in over their heads... ok thanks buddy!

[@VansenJenessa]

That sucks! CANADIAN SUPERMAN APPROVES

[@musclecarcamaroman9092]

It definitely appears to be a case of miscommunicated expectations. For example, no shop is going to voluntarily wire tuck the engine bay just because and if the customer wants a stock intake then they are gonna keep what you got. Too many times customers just drop off a pile of parts at a shop and ask them to put them on the car whether it's what the car needs or not.

[@ogsuperflygarage]

Good video Brother! Man some shops know how to leave a customer in bad shape! Sort of reminds me of how a shop screwed me with my red Foxbody! This persons Vert is in awesome hands now that is for sure!

[@KASLCustoms]

Thanks dude!

[@gerryj8839]

I'll bring you that LMR shipment if I can bring that firebird back with me.. 🙂

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL I know you're good for it so I better not make any promises I can't keep 😉🍻

[@brucecard5213]

We just had one looked just like that at Albion tire today

[@Slo_Fox_Canuck]

Looking forward to this one buddy! My vert needs some spring love here!

[@KASLCustoms]

Yessir!

[@ferdinandcuevas8457]

So basically You are suspecting that this vert is cloned GT ⁉️ No matter what it is You will get it right as long as the owner is on board with Your proposal . Best Wishes Please keep Us updated on Your progress , Thank You 🇺🇸🇵🇷🦊👍

[@KASLCustoms]

Thank you!

[@jeffreymuller3147]

You mentioned that the idle bouncing around screams vacuum leaks. I have an 86 Vert, and it idles very low, when cold (you actual have to keep giving a little gas, to keep it going till warm). When warm, it idles super high, so much that you have to hold the brake at stop lights (yes, its an automatic 😢), since it will take off. Im sure this is a rabbit hole, but any suggestions on where to start?

[@KASLCustoms]

I agree. Have you seen my video on finding vacuum leaks?

[@michaelakers8698]

I'm working on my 92 GT vert too ain't that just cool!! I have to refurbish everything cause mine was sitting for years with the trans out. and the previous owner didn't take care of it after an angry dude customized the top with a claw hammer.

[@KASLCustoms]

Nice!

[@CharlesAsh-ke7jg]

Enjoy your videos, have been lurking around for a couple years now. First time commenting, because I think I see a glaring issue that just might be the root of a lot of the other problems. You mentioned a breather on one of the valve covers. People do this without understanding how a MAF car works. That breather is now providing un-metered air to the engine, and possibly a lot of it. That air is being pulled through the breather, into the crankcase, and through the PCV Valve into the lower intake. There's a reason FORD put that tube from the bottom of the original oil fill into the throttle body/EGR area - that air is metered. I found this out after years of a drivability issue and popping through the intake. I guess it could be addressed though a tune, but any shop that will put a good set of heads on a car and top it off with a stock intake probably isn't capable of figuring that out either.

[@KASLCustoms]

Thanks for weighing in my friend. You bring up a very good point. These valve covers are one of the first things coming of this debacle 😂

[@thomhagan8297]

I hope that heating issue isn't the wrong head gaskets were put on blocking a coolant port...(or wrong water pump) Anyway my car has heads/intake/aluminum rad and stock fan like this one and it runs super cool.

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL I am with you on that

[@cericj99]

I really wanna find out about the Door gremlins as I have the same issues bothering me plus a cold air intake hitting my shock tower(I think/hope motor mounts), the electric fans help with my heat under the hood but I need a better fan shroud though. cheers from ON.

[@KASLCustoms]

Thanks buddy - stay tuned 👍

[@Kevins93cobra]

There are plenty of bad shops that are willing to take anyone's money. I saw a guy selling a 86 GT, asking like 12K because it just had 10K worth of work. He had receipts. He posted pics. It was like a 100K mile car that he paid a shop to do a clutch/flywheel and head gaskets. Yup, 10K. The shop replaced every sensor possible on the engine, painted brackets, new belt, new water pump, new hoses, and with each part came more labor hours. I forget the ratio of parts vs labor but the total did cross the 10K mark just most could do in a weekend.

[@gnatsum1988]

I would I would check the AIC and the voltage on the TPS. Just to make sure they were set the build.

[@Staytuned405]

Man Gary would be awesome if the owner would go with the fathead garage ac kit!

[@KASLCustoms]

True! We've ordered a stock replacement

[@RestorationDave]

Wow dajavough. For me My vert sat for 19 years. Mice galore. But a winters worth of new carpet and cleaning. Now clean as can be. Gary your the man.

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL those little buggers! Thx buddy

[@gnatsum1988]

you can put in a police interceptor 5.0 clutch fan. They have stiffer Springs in them, which draws more air through the radiator because they sat idling so much. The drawback if you go on any dirt roads or dirty pavement it sucks all the dust into your engine bay. If you can't find one I have an old one

[@hotrodray6802]

Mine sounded like a C47 taking off until I hit 74 mph. Went back to new stock.

[@sto1asgoetia600]

If we can, I would like to maybe parterre with you to get my 91 fox vert lx running good, my 5 speed stick transmission is acting up and is both slipping and jerking me around between each shift, the idle is also not good, stalls all the time and can’t keep a steady rpm. And she has an aftermarket stage 1 cam and bbk headers and xpipe

[@KASLCustoms]

Send me an email

[@sto1asgoetia600]

@@KASLCustoms right here?

[@red_fox_flareside]

I feel like that ride with some makers cobra wheels would look bad ass.

[@KASLCustoms]

Agreed!

[@hotrodray6802]

Itza 4 bolt... Limited wheel selection.

[@red_fox_flareside]

@@hotrodray6802 It is but doesn’t have to stay that way.

[@316Autos]

This screams "I bought a Mustang that's been sitting forever, found the cheapest guy possible, and expected a Barret Jackson showcar". It's probably running hot because it's running super lean with a potential vacuum leak, aftermarket heads, and stock injectors.

[@Stanggt8587]

Glad to see another vert build. Look forward to the content

[@sportfreak97jeff32]

Great video and this car is going to need a colonoscopy! Good luck sir!

[@KASLCustoms]

😂😂😂

[@clangdon1436]

You will probably find a version of 303 cam . Taller valve covers may be because of roller rockers . A trick flow upper and lower intake should have been part of the build . Trick flow flows better then the GT40 with heads .

[@SCOTIAN_]

This is is going to be a good series for sure ! If you need rear brackets for gt calipers ….my dad has new ford ones back in NS that he isn’t using.

[@KASLCustoms]

Copy that bud! Thank you!

[@chrislowe8085]

love the colour i had an 88 GT hatchback same colour, it was all stock minus the deck, other than the blowen up stock motor which got rebuilt to an 306 that motor was sweet. i had an 92 GT vert which I was t-Boned in put me in the hospital for 6 months i miss that car alot many mods to it engine inside stock everything else after market fast loud

[@paulhudgins5120]

Can't wait to see this one, check for thermostat being in wrong, for sure you have a couple of furry passengers hanging out causing all kinds of electrical problems.What don't like extra tall not needed valve covers.

[@KASLCustoms]

Yup 100% buddy!

[@FootWedge68]

Can’t wait to see what you find out with the over heating issue, I developed the same problem last year, so this spring I’m replacing rad, fan (cracking) new heavy duty fan clutch, thermostat (180) & housing, water pump & a sticking throttle body all appear to still be original. As suggested by Ryan Doyle I’ll check his suggestions and whatever you find if my problem still exists after aging parts are replaced.

[@alvarohernandez9580]

This is where I’m at with my 87 vert! Bought it 3 years ago. I’m the 3rd owner. Took it in to get a new oil pan. Figured that since the engine was gonna be out might as well have the engine resealed, replace long tubes with shorties, upgrade exhaust system with a Mac’s, replace h pipe with x pipe and upgrade the master cylinder for an eventual rear disc upgrade. What was suppose to be about a $2000 job has taken a steep nose dive! 😂😢. About $6000 into it now. No upgrades just repairs due to many years of neglect by the second owner. Hey, but at least it’ll be reliable ish when I get it back. FML!!!

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL - the rabbit hole is real bud!

[@alvarohernandez9580]

@@KASLCustoms no lie! Lol. Got a call from the shop yesterday only to be told that the was taken for a test drive, everything went well, got back to the shop and a coolant leak sprung form somewhere! Engines coming back out at no extra cost to me. Dang it man, this rabbit hole needs to hit bottom. Preferably before funds hit bottom. LOL. Expensive hobby these Fox bodies are.

[@kirkabkes]

Really like the color. Is that a stock blue?

[@KASLCustoms]

Its nice! I'm not sure as it has been painted

[@Cbrowns72]

Man the different size holes!

[@KASLCustoms]

yeah bud - not good...

[@brandonjusblong]

Cobra back bumper and he won’t have to worry about them holes

[@KASLCustoms]

@@brandonjusblong​​⁠it’s been recommended 👍

[@out_foxed_gt]

🤘🏻😀🤘🏻

[@dobs78]

Thanks again for some great information, I guess to anyone looking to go buy a fox, these are some good things to look over.

[@KASLCustoms]

You bet

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

Dammit I didn’t need to see that thumbnail. I’m about to jump into a Foxbody rebuild. I l ready have a 1989 Bronco II , and 1996 Dodge Ram that requires wrenching constantly.

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL sorry buddy

[@flahardwood]

U can fix everything and the car will still be gross with those exhaust tips/cut outs. Yuck

[@coolbluebell6528]

Love the color and the Top blue and white look good as fuc** together

[@KASLCustoms]

Agreed!

[@CollideFan1]

Exhaust first thing I notice. That's a pet peeve of mine like the spacer is for you. Doesn't make sense there's a stock intake on there. It's choking off the heads. An AC and it's not hooked up. 🙄 the white has to go. Shows everything on it. My white top was the first to go on my car.

[@philolen481]

Good lookin car luv the color combo. Should be an interesting project

[@KASLCustoms]

I think so too!

[@imakeituptoyou]

Back in the day the spacers were to keep the upper intake cooler. This is no longer the case???

[@BlueOvalTavern]

love to see vert content... i spent 2 years restoring my dad's! Regarding water temp, I would wager that the entire gauge cluster is out of a 4 cylinder so none of the gauges are likely reading accurately. I would check the hose temperatures with a laser to verify. Look forward to the rest of the vert vids!

[@KASLCustoms]

Yessir you are correct. Its a 4 banger cluster

[@ponyupgarage2960]

I just finished a customers 65 mustang with the same story. Also blue with a white top ironically. Supposedly completely "restored" at a shop out of state. 51 individual issues addressed and 16 grand later it's now the perfection the customer thought he getting at the crony restoration shop. It's a shame how often this happens to people with their classic cars. It really spoils the fun of the hobby for a lot of people out there.

[@KASLCustoms]

Amen to that bud!

[@89stang8]

looking forward to seeing what you do

[@kellyriffle4750]

I’d say the heater core needs replacing since the heater hoses aren’t hooked up?

[@KASLCustoms]

The heater is, its the AC not hooked up that you noticed

[@kellyriffle4750]

@@KASLCustoms I can see the heater core attachments coming out of the firewall. It’s not super clear but I see them.

[@KASLCustoms]

@@kellyriffle4750 That is the A/C Evaporator you're looking at, not the heater core

[@normanburns-ko4ro]

Beautiful car except the convertible top

[@red_fox_flareside]

Stoked on this mini series brother. I’ll work alongside on my vert! 🤙🏻

[@KASLCustoms]

Yeah buddy!

[@draughnkoonce4719]

I’m all factory and have all the parts

[@wayneselman9481]

Mouse in the door LOL

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL I think I've got them all now...

[@Gramps83]

210 is normal operation temp.

[@Fredness2300]

LOTS of "Air Quotes"...

[@michaelshipman140]

Awesome; I have some of the same window/door lock issues. Keep em coming.

[@KASLCustoms]

Will do!

[@chrisarnold769]

215 isn't hot. That's fine.

[@blackenigma1054]

You already know!!!!😅😅😅👍🏿

[@tinyhuizar1834]

I'm the owner of my 5.0 ho GT Mustang and my pump keeps going out where can I get me a pump please help

[@tinyhuizar1834]

What's the name of your shop and where are you at

[@bigslim492]

So it’s a p.o.s. AND it’s an automatic? Are you sure that you want everybody to know that you’re working on this car? 😂

[@KASLCustoms]

LOL we gotta save as many as we can!

[@bigslim492]

@@KASLCustoms I know I just feel the need to tease with you occasionally.

[@curtismccombs2212]

He'll be pretty damn happy when he gets to see your work.

[@KASLCustoms]

Awe thanks buddy!

[@Toby_the_Glen]

Everyone knows that just starting a KZbin channel instantly makes you an expert on anything?

[@jk1203]

Excited for this series ! Get vid Keep em coming

[@KASLCustoms]

Will do!

[@cassellracing]

Vert time baby !!

[@KASLCustoms]

Yeah buddy!

[@hotrodray6802]

FAN CLUTCH

[@sovereignst-6633]

Nice color combo

[@KASLCustoms]

I think so too!

[@Noobz-347]

The spacer is likely because of the TFS Twisted Wedge heads. The intake probably doesn't clear with the extra head height.

[@KASLCustoms]

Yeah that is definitely why they ran it. Just not sure why a person would create another problem to fix a different problem. I've never been a fan of spacers

[@Noobz-347]

I would address the [lean] condition before chasing down cooling system issues. If the fan clutch is working correctly, you would be hard pressed to move more air with an electric fan.

[@Noobz-347]

@@KASLCustoms - Initially, the TFS heads were an easy addon to a stock bottom end with or without flycut pistons (i.e. 86 flat-top pistons) and without worrying about P to V clearance. It's why many folks chose those heads over the say, AFR. Of course, you see the side effect. So, you're def right about the "bandaid". hehe

[@KASLCustoms]

@@Noobz-347 Lots to come on this bad boy buddy. It's going to be fun to dig into and see what's really going on

[@Noobz-347]

@@KASLCustoms - I think you found its name, "Bad Boy Buddy" / "Triple B".

[@filthyfoxbody]

The one guy I'd love to look at my car..but also I'd be terrified lmao

[@KASLCustoms]

🤣👍👍