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emptyspace
Oct 21, 2008

14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:

Actual P71 question, wheres the antenna mount for the radio? I've got an antenna wire in the dash hooked to the stock am/fm crown vic radio, which then appears to run down to the glovebox then near the passenger door hinge. Without gutting my car, wheres the likely end to the wire?

I don't have a P71, but I do have the Ford repair manual for several different models. Here's what it says about the 02 CV antenna:

The antenna is concealed on the inside of the rear window glass. The AM antenna consists of the rear window defroster grid and the FM antenna is the conductive tracing above the rear window defroster grid.

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emptyspace
Oct 21, 2008

14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:


Also, what's the general consensus on fully synthetic oil? There's a few regulars at the shop who run full synth in their mustangs, and I've never had a car new enough to bother looking into it.


I don't know if full synthetic is really worth the extra cost. I run the Motorcraft brand synthetic blend in my 5.4 truck and change the oil every 5k. I also run the Motorcraft brand filters, they're like 3 bucks and have the right kind of anti-drainback valve, which keeps the valvetrain from clattering on startup.

emptyspace
Oct 21, 2008

14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:

Laptops finally up and running so I'll be making a better op. in the mean time does anyone know if the cv steering wheel needs a puller to remove? I want to replace my funky wheel on friday when i get paid.

Service manual says you need a puller and calls it a differential bearing puller, part number 205-116 (T77F-4220-B1).

emptyspace
Oct 21, 2008

14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:

I'm assuming it will work just fine but nice to know ahead of time. Will spare tire hold down equipment from the aero cars work on the whale body style? I can't imagine that being something that changed just because. Also how/where do you stow the tools and jack normally, I didn't see anything obvious in my trunk.

I think the tools and jack go either under the spare or in the wheel well.

Ford has downloadable pdfs of the owners manual on their web site, if you're interested. Here's the page for '02 CV.

http://owner.ford.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Owner/Page/OwnerGuidePage&year=2002&make=Ford&model=Crown%20Victoria

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