Could always tell people you were inspired by Oldsmobile and created a Ford 5.0 diesel.
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86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers -
Sigh...
Last friday I went to buy new bolts for the intake and timing cover, but they were out of stock and come tuesday I can come and get them. Well, on tuesday I drove the 45 minutes there, no bolts. Shipment's late. Left my number and they'll notify me when they're available for pickup. So 30 minutes before they close I get a message from them. No bolts yet, should come tomorrow. "Shipments usually come Tue/Wed". Well gee, I would've figured as much without the damn text.
So I'm completely stuck in the assembly. Today I did the last thing to do I could come up without having the bolts. I got myself an M20x1.5 hydraulic plug to replace the oil level sender, which still leaked internally even though I patched it. Crank case pressure must be pushing the oil through a crack in the body or just by the RTV.
Yet again, an opportunity has presented itself to me to buy a nice set of turbine wheels with center caps. And yet again I'm terribly torn about them. I like the turbines, but the bulbous center caps not as much, also I don't think they're that great on a white car, needs chrome on the wheels to stand out from all the white/gray. Pic for reference. Then again, some subconscious wannabe-originality-purist in me wants them just because that's what the car should have.
1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, "Maisa"
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic STW, "Sally"Comment
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Id still run turbines if I could..big brake life. They look so damn nice. I miss mine a lot.~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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Love the turbskies. I don't think the center is bulbous at all. Your car would look damn fine turbskies and white walls just like that car does.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party BargeComment
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Finally got my bolts, atleast before the weekend hit!
Earlier tried "polishing" the intake manifold stud so it'd match the new zinc plated hardware, dunno how I'll protect from rusting. Just sprayed it with electrical penetrant/protectant oil for now.
Made cardboard mockups for new inner fender splash shields.
And made even more work for myself:
SPOILER1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, "Maisa"
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic STW, "Sally"Comment
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Cool! Proper caps to for your year.~David~
My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz
Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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More work... but that will be nice when done.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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I dug the turbines on these cars. With whitewalls. Never thought I'd say that.1990 Country Squire - weekend cruiser, next project
1988 Crown Vic LTD Wagon - waiting in the wings
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Certain wheels want whitewalls, these are among them. RWL also looks good though. Hard to find a decent tire in either now, choices are either very cheap garbage or way too expensive and possibly garbage. I just want normal tires that arent a fortune or trash.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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I've been running Nankang N605 Toursports on this and I have nothing to complain about, ~95€ a pop for 215/75R15.Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
Slight nitpick is that the tread likes to pick up pebbles and they like to stay stuck in.
Whenever get around to cleaning up and installing the turbines, I'll be getting whitewalls, no doubt. Stately car and so much bare sidewall wouldn't look proper.1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, "Maisa"
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic STW, "Sally"Comment
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maybe its just the size on the Conti, its very slightly different than a Panther, and it seems specific to the diesels. I'd have to look at it to see what it is but I want to say its a 225 vs a 215? something very slightly unusual whatever it happens to be. Either way, at the time I needed tires I was getting nothing I was willing to actually drive on, or stuff that I wasn't going to pay that much for. Ended up with a set of Sumitomo touring tires which I'm actually fairly happy with other than not being a whitewall.
I do need a re-balance, it picks up a vibration right around 70 mph which is of course highway speed.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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Well, I've got 215/75 up front and 225/75 in the rear. Both the same Nankangs. Now I realized I should've just gotten all the same size...Originally posted by gadget73 View Post1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, "Maisa"
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic STW, "Sally"Comment
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just went and looked, its a 215/70 not a 215/75. I knew there was something just slightly different.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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Got the intake on again, this time I got the late model rubber china wall gaskets. What utter garbage I say!
They don't sit flat, they don't play nice with the intake gaskets, they're molded kinda bad, they're super slippery and want to slide out pretty badly.
I put permatex no.3 in the corners of the intake and let it tack up, to keep the rubber gaskets in place and mainly to prevent leaks from the corners.
If and when I have to choose between just RTV, cork or the rubber gaskets for the china walls, I'm picking cork. They play nice and make way less mess than just RTV.1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, "Maisa"
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic STW, "Sally"Comment
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I have never had any of those issues. any time I've put them on they just sit in place and stay there politely. Are these the FelPro ones?86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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