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14 INCH GRANDPA posted:Also this is already the biggest engine by displacement and raw numbers that I've ever owned, the next closest even comparable was the 2.5 in my E30 and (displacement wise) the 2.6s in the Froot Truck 2 and Starion. Everything else has been 2L or smaller, and I'm up to 17 cars now I think at last count. Maybe 18. Do the Froot Truck or the Starion even count, since neither ever ran?
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14 INCH GRANDPA posted:This is the first car I've ever owned with working ice cold AC! Which of course comes in handy during the scorching, hellish Seattle summers let me tell you. Don't knock A/C even in Seattle, mine's been busted for years (not in Seattle) and working A/C is essential to de-fogging the windshield when it's raining and wet people get in the car. 
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Mar 5, 2013 01:48
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Mine was on one of the quarter panels, but it was a non-cop '97 Grand Marquis (replacement for my first car, an '87). drat this thread for making me nostalgic for them both!
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Mar 6, 2013 02:50
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Yeah, cat or trans damage. CEL on = find out why and fix it, drive it to the shop maybe if it doesn't feel weird at the wheel or pedals. Did you leave the gas cap on top of the pump, you big goof? CEL flashing = pull the gently caress over and turn off the engine right now. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200 (the tow guy gets to do that).
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Mar 12, 2013 22:04
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Pull the codes first. If they're not misfire codes, don't gently caress with the coils yet. Could be something even more fun. :bigtran:
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Mar 12, 2013 23:13
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Is the CEL blinking when you drive currently? If so, please stop, you are ruining your future.
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Mar 13, 2013 02:50
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:That was kinda cool, my drivers door has always took a little bit of shouldering to get it to open or close, very heavy action. I just put a block of wood and a floor jack under it, and after a shot or two I got the door swinging and shutting the way it was meant to be. Sounds like someone's been grabbing the top of the door to get out for most of the car's life.
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Mar 18, 2013 03:35
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sports posted:Yes, because a car that you can't see out of the back window with is really safe. I have never felt less safe in the driver's seat than I did in a new Camaro. I love giant greenhouses.
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Mar 19, 2013 21:46
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Velour split bench is the correct seat for sexytime. And/or 8 passengers.
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Mar 26, 2013 06:32
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Just keep that seatbelt nice and tight and plant your off-hand in the ceiling. It's surprisingly effective. The extension rods in the passenger's headrest are good too, hook your thumb in the further one and wrap your fingers over the far corner of the seat. Either of these positions will allow you to corner like a psychopath.
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Mar 26, 2013 06:43
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That right there is why I don't have a spare head. "If I don't pull the whole thing, the rest of the engine will be ruined for the next guy!" 
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Mar 29, 2013 22:38
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The rust that forms in valvetrains from rainwater is a special specific shade of orange that is bright and catches the eye. It's the color of sadness and regret. I've never (for various reasons) been able to take a whole engine home, but I will never be that guy.
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Mar 29, 2013 22:59
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How many letters per plate in your state? What non-letter characters are allowed?
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Apr 15, 2013 16:32
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MOSSAD NOTFIAT B. P. R. D. G. C. P. D. M. I. B. (and put striped 'Caution' tape around the trunk) RIPJAKE MISSION BLUBIRD VOLANTE FBIHIFI HELIPAD (and vinyl a yellow H and circle on the roof) COPWHIP 2JZ-NOS NOFTCHX (must get fantasy airbrushing) TRANSAM (must vinyl a screaming chicken on the hood) and my favorite generic one: DINOPWR
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Apr 15, 2013 20:21
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wolrah posted:For as large of a car as these are there are some tight spaces in inconvenient places as far as plumbing a turbo system is concerned. Whatever, all I see is a large expanse of hood and fender to cut a pair of snail hatches out of.  Seriously, though, it makes me a little sad that there's not the bow room that there was in the '80s models. My '87 Grand Marquis had like a foot of air between the grille and the radiator (ask me about rear-ending a bread truck with no rad damage).
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Apr 18, 2013 03:41
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Farking Bastage posted:Tally here Unless the cat is wrecked, sell it instead (to someone who ruined theirs  ), it'll more than pay for a decent replacement. OEM cats are $texas.
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Apr 20, 2013 01:38
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I traded my LS in on a Subaru WRX 2 weeks ago, and am already about to gut the uppipe due to that very fact.
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leica posted:I own a '97 Miata and a Panther. Best of both worlds You're missing an old boxy Cherokee. 
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Apr 23, 2013 04:22
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11BulletCatcher posted:I'm about to trade my fleetwood brougham for a 89 mercury grand marquis with a posi automatic trans and the 302 HO mustang engine swapped in. Buyer wants to build the caddy into a hit on the strip. I'll fill you all in on details if and when this deal happens. My first car was an '87 Grand Marquis LS and it was amazing. The later rounded Panther styling is a total letdown by comparison. Those headlights. 
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Apr 26, 2013 21:56
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kastein posted:So you're going to want a differential case spreader unless you like trying to pound 5-thou thick round metal shims with a giant hole punched through the middle in between two pieces of metal that are pressed together, edgewise. That sounds like a recipe for bent shims, cursing, and thrown tools to me. Bent shims? Oh no, it's worse than that. They don't bend; they're brittle, and will shatter spectacularly at the drop of a hat. Got to see this happen no less than 5 times at work recently. I thought the dude was going to cry, but it was his fault for trying to bull through the job without a spreader. What's funny, though, is after three days of fighting with it, it turned out Parts had given him the wrong bearings (slightly too big). 
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May 5, 2013 17:21
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Fo3 posted:There's always a belt running around the a/c pulley. Turning the a/c on just operates an electric clutch which engages the a/c compressor. For what it's worth, if this starts to happen and you don't want to replace the unit for whatever reason, you can get a dummy pulley that's literally just a pulley mounted on a bracket that bolts in where the AC should be.
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May 13, 2013 22:24
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ajcz posted:I was driving this beast today after some tooling around town and getting some things done and i started backing down my driveway and as i press the brake pedal and absolutely nothing happens. Well i say nothing but it just goes straight to the floor, and i just roll down hill into the street. Not fun. its sitting in the driveway and i now need to figure out what happened. Could just be the seals in the master poo poo the bed. Or a blown rear wheel cylinder seal, if your drum is watertight or caked enough with brake dust.
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May 15, 2013 16:19
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Poisonlizard posted:Who needs a truck when you have a panther? Excuse me, hauling?  That is clearly a lance mount.
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May 23, 2013 13:55
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Huggable Bear King posted:I think you've just invented a new form of Destruction Derby. Now I want to buy a couple panthers and joust! Oh my, yes. I recommend explosive lances. quote:Explosive lances were designed to kill a whale by exploding inside its body.
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May 24, 2013 04:49
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Lord Gaga posted:Because they aren't. Vaguely reminds you of a police car does not equal impersonating the police. (lights aren't red or blue is probably the answer you're looking for) Not sure if that was a joke but I was in the car when a housemate got an impersonation ticket for 'taillights too bright' in his mom's bone-stock Corolla. By comparison, causing serious double-takes all over town should be an easy ticket magnet.
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Jun 5, 2013 18:45
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Those are good money on eBay. Delivery McGee posted:The sheriff's dept that pulled me over has a pretty neat color scheme -- white cars with matte-black bumpers. This sounds rad, can you post some kind of photo? I want to see where they decided the bumpers started/ended. Or is it just the whole bumper panel like an unpainted ricer bodykit? That would be... not rad.
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Jun 9, 2013 05:15
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Coolant wants to be free.
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Jul 1, 2013 23:44
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Junkyard part? I've had good luck with junkyard compressors and there are many AC specialty shops that deal in rebuilt ones for great savings. Get that second opinion, but if the compressor actually sprayed metal fragments at all then yeah, you either replace the entire system now or do it later, including re-replacing anything you get replaced right now.
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Jul 18, 2013 13:45
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Red Loctite. To be fair, tightening the gently caress out of tiny things is asking for a leak.  Do you actually have any visible seepage on the calipers? Keep in mind that your reservoir level drops as your pads wear and the pistons come to rest further and further away from the caliper wall; you don't need to lose any fluid to trigger the warning lamp. That poo poo is clingy, if it's leaking then there's residue somewhere. You just need to find it. Those headlights are looking rad, I thought they didn't have lenses at first.
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Aug 5, 2013 04:18
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If you'd just paint the loving thing electric purple and orange already you wouldn't have these problems.
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Sep 4, 2013 22:06
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lampey posted:I have an 07 and the big fan behind the radiator doesn't spin any more. It still spins when you move it. Is three any easy way to test it before I get one from a scrapyard? Also what is that part called, shroud fan motor? Jump the terminals on the fan's plug directly to the battery with test leads and see if it runs. If so, something else is wrong upstream. If not, it's hosed.
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In both my '87 and '99, I kept two 100-pound sandbags at the sides of the trunk over the rear axle. I always figured if I still got stuck, well, the sand would help under the wheels too, right? Never did get stuck, though, and as long as your tires aren't bald (and you have some basic idea how to drive in snow/ice in the first place), you'll be fine.
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Sep 25, 2013 23:42
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The dealer I work for recently had a new (unsold) car vinyl wrapped pink so people could sign it with sharpies for some kind of breast cancer awareness promotion. Do that. See if you can find hazard stripe masking tape to denote the edges of the 'safe' zone.
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Jun 3, 2014 13:57
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A modest tug, if there's no screw/bolt head visible.
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Jul 29, 2014 05:55
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I suppose they are thin and probably brittle plastic, so I am changing my suggestion to "prybar at the side".
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Jul 29, 2014 18:41
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Pham Nuwen posted:I'll take a look... I know rattling hoods are problems with the aero Crown Vics, didn't know they would also be a problem for the box generation. You are almost driving my first car.
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Jul 30, 2014 05:34
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Would be an effective way to figure out who the hell is actually honking in dense night traffic. 
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Aug 25, 2014 21:49
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Please tell us the passenger dash still says "  ~ Ride Engineered ~ "
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Sep 7, 2014 06:21
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My '87 had that and it was really fun to point it out to passengers in a hammed-up Thurston Howell voice. Whatever model year they stopped putting that on there is obviously one model year after the one I want to own again someday.
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Sep 7, 2014 06:55
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City17 posted:When it originally blew the intake, no telling how far it was driven. My niece says not far, but I wonder if it has a warped head or something stupid. Family or not, all previous owners are always liars all the time. It's pretty safe to assume she drove it 10k+ like that.
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Start tracing power with a meter. Something somewhere is still burnt, and if you replaced all the assemblies in the circuit then it's the fuse (you did check that, right?) or a burnt wire. is power getting to the switch? Is it getting to the
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