I just bought a 1991 Taurus SHO 5 speed & I'm a little unhappy. This car is really fast and handles well, but my problem is the gear shifting. When I try to shift gears, it is really hard and almost impossible. I had the tranny serviced with new fluid, but I think they put regular transmission fluid. After the service, nothing changed. I'm still having problem shifting. Does anyone know what I can do about this? I would like to sell it too. It only has 80K miles. Red, clean inside out. Please reply e-mail: comefindus@hotmail.com.
I have a 91 sho plus. For the last 6 years no problems. however, the last 3 weeks driving along the engine dies, the check engine lites up on the dash. after about 20 minutes or so she starts up normally and I'm on my way. I was told it needs a crankshaft position sensor (cps). how much labor is involved to install another one and about the cost. would appreciate some answers please.
For the first question.
I had the same problem, it is one of two things, first most likely it cause your throw out bearing in your clutch ass. is messed up (needs a new clutch). Second, the synchronizers are going out (Due to not being driven/shifted right). For the second question it is not so easy to put a cps in. As you can tell in the SHO they didn't give you much room to work with so almost every job includes taking 1/2 the motor apart. I would say it would be better to let a shop do it, might run around $400 to do it though.
I own three SHOs now. I first bought my 1992 MTX in 1997 and love the car. Very solid car. I always use Mobil One. I do my own work. Buy the shop manual. Read the Shotimes. com home page. Get some decent tools. Every 60K, plan on spending some $$$ on water pump, timing belt, crank position sensor, spark plugs, and cables. Its worth the investment. Every 80K expect to do the valve shims. Its not difficult, just take your time.
The car is not for the average person, its for the enthusiast. It costs $$$ to keep it running strong. But when it runs, it runs like a bat out of hell. I like the flexibility to slide it into 3rd on the highway, step on it, and pass the jerk that just makes that morning commute a bit too frustrating. So, if you want to have fun, learn to appreciate that SHO, and it will love you back.
My last two were recent purchases for parts and additional transportation (1992, identical to my first, and a 1990 from a friend).
Happy Motoring, JP, Manassas VA.
I purchased a 1991 SHO + in June of 1991----It has been a “love-Affair” ever since---
The first major service was @ 125,000 when timing belt, spark plugs Clutch & pressure plate valve adjustments, etc. were performed---$ 4,000 but what a bargain for another 100,000 miles of pure fun---I was 50 yrs old when I purchased this “JEWELL” and it
reminded me of my teenage years driving my dads 1957 283 Chevy---9 yrs later I elected to give up the daily drive to work in my baby due to knee problems and traffic jams with the 5 speed and bought a 2000 Caddy De Ville—I could not break down and buy the 2000 Taurus SHO because I thought the 1993—2001 Taurus was worse than ugly. IF the 2002 Taurus was available in a “SHO” I would have bought one.
When I elected to drive my baby only on week-ends in 2000 it had 236,000 on it.
Each week-end I still run it up to 7,000 and it is a “pure thrill” to drive this wonderful machine.
Hello all I have my 3 SHO and I think I'm retiring from them they do cost a lot of $$$ to keep up and dang they are some fine machines out there on the road GT's ain't got nothing on them I have had 2 and I will say the SHO rules on handling and top in there a little slow on the up and go, but it will catch them.
I have 160,000 miles on her and have put a knew trans,3 starters 3 altenators 1 set of brakes and 2 crank and cam censors and 1 water pump so I guess for giving this one so much pedeal I can't complain to much.
I bought a 91 sho from a friend, starts and runs, but has a miss somewhere. car is in great shape, few minor dings, but would like to sell it or trade it for a street bike, no crotch rockets please!if interested e-mail me at jasoncooley@yahoo.com thanx.by the way....ill take 1000 cash,its white with black leather interior all electric 5 speed
Hey Guys,
Oct of last year I bought a 1991 SHO White on tan. I bought this car for three reasons. One back when I was about 8 years old my father worked for FoMoCo. in GA. he brought me
Motor trends mags home all the time I still remember that
mag very well it had the sho on the cover and it was the car that changed sedans forever in the USA. Even though the engine was built by yamaha its all about the idea that ford
wanted their customers to enjoy the car in every sense. Car
of the Year. The aerodynamics of the car changed all sedans looks and sales when the sho was first sent out to those wonderful road trips that ford does. So 1 is that the car was a piece of history for the 4 door sedans. 2 the performance of the car is a fact. No other v6 Powered american can could hold with this one. (stock) Even in the 80's the V8 powered cars only had 200hp 305 had 190hp and the 302 5.0 had a whopping 205. Chevy had to put 350's in the camaros just to say that they were faster. but even though camaros had 350s 240hp and a top speed of 130ish mph and don't play games look in M.T. Mags online if ya have to
But a V6 Powered 4 dr sedan made for the family with a 5 speed tranny could out run and out play all that came. and finally 3 SHO (super High Output) taurus is the GTP SSE eater motor trend put it in writing and MT puts all cars to a real test. Comfort compared to most seats that have side lumbar back lumbar and 6 other dir. Climate cntrl.4 wheel disc brakes, power windows and locks, remote trunk release next to driver seat 16 in wheels ground Effects 3.0 v6 247hp 153,000 same clutch now since I bought it 2 oil changes in less than 3000 miles no problem except for owners that don't know anything about autos. My plans are to put that V6 vertically in my SHO taurus and I have a twin turbo setup maybe just one and a new custom computer chip and a tube chassis 4 wheel IDS and I bet there will be no other v6 powered car that will run with it.
Last 2 mths I have added a 85mm TB and a new MAS found my rear end and tranny I own already and put a shift kit and trannypac in it with a reg 3.0 v6 in a aerostar it will chip 2nd only wait until the 3.0 yamaha and turbo and chip is added I have had a friend at Roush racing est hp on a computer gen dyno at 536hpout of WHAT 3.0 LITERS NOT 5.7
SHO is the best dependable Car Truck Ect. ever Built and It will always have a place in my garage if you do not like shos call me I will pick it up for FREE
Jason R.
WIXOM MI
Wait for deatils on how car is coming in the early parts of 2005 I will come back here with urls later to show progress...
I know all you Sho lovers will love this story. I had bought this stereo system for my pathfinder about 1 1/2 years ago and I got bored with it. My buddy bought it off me for a few hundred dollars. About a week later he traded the system for a 1991 sho plus. I had let him take the system before he paid for it, not a problem this kids like my brother. Well 2 weeks go by and he had only givin me 75 dollars so far, but I wasnt worried about it, but he was so he asked if I just wanted the Sho. I guess he had problems with the car and he gives up to easy when it comes to stuff like that. I said sure I'll take it why not I can just sell it. I'm not a ford fan. So we called it a deal and I drove it home. Now on the way home I was on the highway with plates on it from god knows what, so I didn't want to mess around and get caught by the cops cause I didn't have a license either. So I'm cruising at about 65-70 and I glanced in the rear view and I was watching this little honda civic coming up on my tail. I mean this car was done all up with the big wing on the back the ground affects right to the ground his big old rims on it, just all decked out. so as he goes to go around me he comes up beside me and he points straight ahead like he wants to race me and I shake my head no and so he laughs and down shifts. well if he hadn't of done that I would had left him alone and let him be the BIG MAN in front of his girlfriend. Instead I say Oh really and slide the shifter down to third gear snap the clutch up in to the upright position pushed the throttle to the floor and I'm not kidding, my head hit the headrest and that tach. snapped up to @5000 and I went from 65-70 to about 95-100mph in about 2-3 seconds and when I slammed 'er into fourth and it set me back again the look on that kids face was unreal. His face dropped and I heard his little honda and it was wound as tight as you can get, the next time I saw that car was at the exit ramp where I was smoking a butt waiting for him for about 30 seconds before he came. My hands were still shaking when I got home and after everytime I drive it. that car I see once in a while and he won't even look at me. I think they think the wing and the rims make it go faster. ha-ha little punks. LOVE IT! thanx for listening GO SHO.
Johnny from Vermont.
I have a 92 SHO...OH do I love er'. shes a sweet running car, but wow the expense it costs to keep it running. I must say though I've owned and driven everything from brand new to classic and shes a keeper! yes mazda crap transmission, but ooooooh the yamaha motor!!! I have 93,000 on mine and I think the sycronizers are going in the transmission (getting hard to shift I have a brand new clutch) but to me ill put a new transmission in it and keep going, honda envy for sure. You know they gotta hate being passed by a taurus!
Hey guys! I have a 93 SHO and I was told by someone that also have a SHO, that the power band that kicks in at 4,000 RPM can be turned down. So that it will kick in at 3,000 RPM or so. The thing is I can't find anyone or any piece of literature that has the location or the adjustment. So if you have and helpful info that would be great!
-SHO1993FORD.
I can understand a lot of people thinking the SHO is junk and it really does come down to how it is maintained. Don't maintain the car and it will fail early. The maintenance can be expensive if you can't perform it yourself. My SHO is a 90 with 245 K on it, I've put two clutches, a TPS, Coolant Sensor, CV joints, two water pumps, a fuel pump and a radiator. It has been driven daily since August of 95. Anyone can say what they want, but Ford did this one right.
Looking around on the web for some info on fuselinks for my SHO and I find this list of comments.. Well I am a SHO lover and with my '90 now having 326K on the odo, Yamaha built a winner for ford, too bad ford wouldn't support the product. They may have found that they were for a short, quick, window of time, the leader in a field of competition that had no idea what a 4-door sedan could really do... Long live the SHO and their owner's.
Ma Ma M and Snowwind 1990
Springtown, Texas, formerly of Houston.
93 Ford TaurusSHO automatic
One day I started it ready to go and the gear shifter would not move out of Park. The mechanic found a blown fuse, said here is the problem and changed the fuse. Not even out of the parking lot got in the same thing happened. The gear shifter didn't want to move out of Park. Once again the fuse was blown. I do not have an owners manual to this car and both me and the mechanic can't figure out what keeps blowing this fuse or what else may be linked to it. Can someone that knows tell me other than a short what else is linked to the gear shifter fuse??
The Brake Lights and the Ignition are wired into the Shifter. you cannot start the car while the Break is Depressed or you are not Geared in P. this is a Standard problem for all Taurus makes with an AT. sell it and buy an MTX.
I Have a 91 and my Bragging rights are a Lexus IS300. I was at a Stop light and the Lexus was coming up before the Light turned green. even with his head start I got him by second gear at 75MPH at 7500RPM. Like TRD? Buy An Altezza.
Real men Drive Family Sedans with Yamaha Motors and like having the ability to Keep up to Maserati's and letting those 3 dollar magnetic butterfly decals fly in the wind as they open their sunroofs and chill in their leather bucket seats!!! YEAH!!!