1989 Ford Mustang GT Other - General

Question: I don't have a clue as to what is wrong with my car. Yesterday it was running fine, I came to a stop signal and when I started out the gear shifter started shaking (it is a 5 speed). It shakes like a shimmy, but only on the shifter, I don't feel anything in the steering wheel or car itself. I did notice that a little later I could possibly hear a slight exhaust leak at an idle (maybe), and then I started for home after work, drove 1/4 of a block and the entire car died. It wouldn't start and when I tried to get it to start the starter just sounds like its spinning extremely fast, but the car won't start. At an idle (the last time it did run yesterday), it felt slightly rough. The car has always run extremely well - I've had no problems with it. Whoever has the car before me changed the belts in the front (I guess to get more horsepower), I had a problem with the car not starting, but the mechanic changed one or two of the belts and told me to "hit the gas harder" every one in a while to charge the system. I drive very calmly. My brother thinks the mount on the transmission broke or wore out causing the shimmy, and the shimmy might have cause the starter to strip or disengage...I have no idea...

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Technican: I think your brother is correct. A broken transmission mount could cause this problem. The only way to increase horsepower would be to change the engine timing, amongst other more technical methods. Changing engine timing, if you do not know what you are doing is not a good idea. I believe your car is fuel injected. That is, it at least has a throttle body 'carb'. Hitting the gas was good for older carbs, but not the new ones. There is no "dash pot" to splash extra gas into the manifold for that quick get away. All of those controls are built into the computer. The rough idle can be a computer fault, distributor, wires, plugs, a sensor damaged by the transmission, any one item named or all of the above. The spinning starter means the "bendix", the device that engages the flywheel is bad. I think you need to spend some time up close and personal with this car, or give the car and you wallet to a repair shop.

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