Nice! So glad we live where we do...Almost everyone here is a gearhead and loves the sound of the vehicles starting and reving...I guess we just got really lucky

 

I have two garages and I am a mechanic... so yes I loves working on stuff at home. However my new neighbour across the alley has parked three dead vehicles in the alley. Now it is a total eyesore. Really pisses me off. Would I be an a** if I called bylaw?

As for your Mustang... you are right, you have the right to run that sucker all day long. Never hurts to be nice to the neighbours though.

 

DAYTIME DECIBEL LIMIT – RESIDENTIAL 1 (1) A person shall not cause or permit any sound exceeding 65 dB(A), as measured at the property line of a property zoned for residential use, between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
(2) A person shall not cause or permit property they own or occupy to be used so that any sound coming from the property exceeds 65 dB(A), as measured at the property line of a property zoned for residential use, between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
(3) This section does not apply to sounds up to:
(a) 70 dB(A) lasting a total period of time not exceeding two hours in any one day;
(b) 75 dB(A) lasting a total period of time not exceeding one hour in any one day;
(c) 80 dB(A) lasting a total period of time not exceeding 30 minutes in any one day; or
(d) 85 dB(A) lasting a total period of time not exceeding 15 minutes in any one day.


OVERNIGHT DECIBEL LEVEL – RESIDENTIAL 2 (1) A person shall not cause or permit any sound exceeding 50 dB(A), as measured at the property line of a property zoned for use as residential, before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m.
(2) A person shall not cause or permit property they own or occupy to be used so that any sound coming from the property exceeds 50 dB(A), as measured at the property line of a property zoned for use as residential, before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m.

 

wow

 

ya but it only takes every residential owner 15 mins to mow there lawn wait it takes me an hour

 

Hey Mike...

How do you adjust ignition timing... I think I ahve a timing issue...

 

Jordan,

The stock 5.0L harmonic balancer is degreed. 10* BTDC initial timing is fine, mark the balancer with some white paint or chalk.
The timing pointer is on the passenger side. #1 cylinder is the front cylinder on the passenger side.

Pull the "spout" connector on the harness right near the distributor. This connector loopback plug disables the ECM from advancing the timing.

Loosen the distributor until the pointer is pointing at 10* with the timing light flashing.

With the "spout" connector still out, rev the engine. The timing marks should not wander very much.
This tells you that the timing chain, the distributor bushings & the electronics in the distributor is stable.

Turn the car off, replug the spout connector.

Now you still have to set the idle speed. The throttle screw should not touch the thottle.
The ECM thru that idle air bypass controls the idle speed.
The TPS should be set at 0.95V or so at idle, key off.

The mass air conversion is a great idea. A9P is an automatic trans ECM but should work fine if your car is a manual trans too.

Is your check engine light connected or working in the dash? If not, & for conversions, some guys connect a homemade LED light under the dash.
The check engine light is your only "window" into the ECM since the 5.0L ECM is pre-ODB.

Tons of info on the Mustang forums as I'm sure you're already aware.

I hope this helps..Joe

 

Thanks guys.

 

Take a good look at the cap and rotor to. if you grab the cap with the engine running and it gives you a perm that is not a good thing

 

I think a good tune up is in need for it.

Plug wires rotor and cap etc.

 

when you rewve the engine the timming will adavnce from the mac adavnce so with the car at 2000 rpm you should be at 32 deg total timming

 

hey jordan dont feel bad i have a neibour who lives next door and every time i fire up the monte (open headers its a drag car ) she either phones here and complains or she calls the cops if she happens to be outside when i do this she runs and hides inside crazy old bat

 

I wouldnt mind her if she just complained about noise.

she scares me the one day we left the garage door open all day and she phoned my mom as soon as she walked in the door and said "the garage door is open but don't worry I have watched it all day no one has gone in there, and your power bill is gonna be horrible you left your bathroom light on" scary eh?

 

That mustang does not have the plastic intake by chance does it? Just went thru this with my ford excape, plastic intake has so many leaks at the seams its not funny, cause a CEL and surging 500-1200rpm, I poured water over the intake...sure enough engine ran rough and you could hear it sucking, removed the intake and as a temp measure I sealed the seams with RTV... its a backwards repair, that was 3wks ago once it starts doing it again I'll replace the manifold, I never priced it but I'd bet I'll need my wheel barrel to carry in the cash to the Ford dealer..

 

nope 5.0 liter intake is metal but I see signs of blown gaskets through out the motor. I took the hood off today as well as the CAI and behind the engine is SOAKED in oil.

Pulled a plug out and its so damn carboned up its gross. not to mention its a cheap gimmicky knock off spark plug.

 

yea i have them kind of neighbors too,,my 1 neighbor has a bodyshop out of his garage ,and he always gets the bylaw called on him for making to much noise at 1 in the afternoon,, amongst other things to many cars in the ally ect ect.. and its always the 1 guy too who calls on him and me the bugger,,anyways you'll never get rid of them ,if ya shut her up there will always be somebody else,,good luck with her jord:thumbsup:

 

This thread is funny. You are complaining about your neighbor complaining. Ironic no??? At least she has a good reason... smoke and lots of noise. No doubt she is on some forum for nutty old ladies complaining about her neighbor (you).

 

No doubt she is on some forum for nutty old ladies complaining about her neighbor (you).

www.nuttyoldladiescomplaining.com

or www.nuttyoldladieswithtoomuchfreetime.com

 

That's hilarious!

 

I suspect the entire fabric of civilized society would completely disintegrate if there were no little old ladies complaining! And yes, I have one too across the street. Margaret. You should offer to shovel her walk, that often helps.

 

It's a fact of life people will disagree with you. Grow a backbone and move on!

You want peace? Bake her a pie and walk over and explain the situation to her. Offer to shovel her walks as said above or another small favour. You scratch her back and she'll scratch yours.

 

i live next to an old folk home and they seem to make there daily walk up to my house and complain but i just tell them if they dont like it they can move to another home there everywere here we pay good money to live were we are and i aint gunna restrict my self from doing the things i wanna do

 

So am I a jerk then for wanting my neighbour to do something about the three POS rusting in the alley behind my house? I don't know them and they are not making any noise or anything. Just the cars back there look like crap. I don't live in the nicest neighbourhood but I don't want it to become a dive.

BTW none of my neighbours have complained about the straight pipes on my 1100

I am sure I am not their favorite but I do snow blow my immediate neighbors back lane to their garbage cans

 

How kind of you! You are certainly not a jerk. There are bylaws in place to ensure that, for example, land uses are appropriate in residential areas. A "junkyard" is not one of those uses. The problem is filing a complaint - you cannot do it anonymously as far as I know, and the issue is once these knuckleheads find out who called the bylaw officer they may seek some kind of retribution. They may not very respectful people in the first place. I have a similar issue with a neighbor across the back alley who burns GARBAGE every other day in their fire pit during the summer months. Also against municipal bylaw. It stinks and it is just not healthy, especially for kids. But they are total jackasses, and I know they will make my life "problemmatic" if I call it in. Maybe they will die off from cancer or something with all that sh!t they are breathing in.

 

Get 10 cans of Tremclad and spray them down when they're on holidays

 

but then it will just look like spray bombed POS behind my house

 

hey oi kiss my neibours cause i know my car is loud but what can you do you gotta tune it some how not one of my neibours on my block have to shovel it snows im out at 6 in the morning blade on quad and go around the block do the front street and the back alley and ive been doing this for 3 yrs now i figure if she calls this year next winter ill pile alll the snow on her sidewalk lol

 

Lol I've had my neighbors complain before about my truck, one and old lady yes, she politely informed me my truck was very annoying. Another time I had a buddy come out on his balcony and yell at me for idling my truck for fifteen or so minutes on a cold morning, and that it was pissing everybody off. So yeah, if your vehicle is loud, people aren't gonna like it. Best suggestion would be to make peace with the woman, if she is still a crazy wingbat then just ignore her and keep living your life, just make sure you know all the bylaws so you can't get in trouble. lol.

 

the fact she watched my house all day knew when my mom got home and also informed her the bathroom light was on all day....

Yeah shes a few cans (5) short of a six pack.

either way I was not reving my engine I was not smoking excessivly and if it was so ****** smoky why do you have your bedroom wide open at -10 close the damn window. the fact she had it open makes me think she did it just to have one more thing to ****** about.

This world would be a better place if stupidity hurt.

 

We have already asked all our neighbors if they are ok with noise...All of them are fine with the diesels firing up and making lots of noise. They also said if we have noisy cars that they would be fine with that as well....I love where we live now It kicks ****