My 87 Grand Marquis LS

[Tiggie]

My dad bought these rims for his plymouth back in the late 70's and he never got to use them. He gave them to me and i was wondering if they would work on my grand marquis. they are all chrome with baby moons 4 mcguard locking lugnuts and 18 chrome lugnuts. if they work ill switch them over when i get some new tires.

Should work fine if they were for a Mopar, bolt pattern is the same. Bolt one up first just to make there's no weird clearance issues before buying tires. Nice lookin' ride!

[gabegt90]

hey mike here are the pics I took today it was great meeting you and your dad mang. I'm glad I meet you A fellow first time panther lover. Glad I gave you a few tech tips good luck on that water pump tell your friend he's an idiot for telling you to use ultra blue lol






I got your head in the shot lol

[mikeroc283]

im sure i need a thermostat housing gasket but the guy at advance only sold me a water outlet gasket. so i think im gonna check if autozone has it later before i go out to the garage to replace the thermostat today unless i can get away without using a housing gasket.

[gabegt90]

im sure i need a thermostat housing gasket but the guy at advance only sold me a water outlet gasket. so i think im gonna check if autozone has it later before i go out to the garage to replace the thermostat today unless i can get away without using a housing gasket.

yeah your going to need that thermostat housing gasket

[87LongroofCP]

Nice car, love the 87's. I have to find me a set of chromies with the baby moons, those wheels are very cool.

[mikeroc283]

Check this out. orignal thermostat against the new one. and i only seen a water outlet gasket on mine no housing gasket.

[Nathan in MI]

My dad bought these rims for his plymouth back in the late 70's and he never got to use them. He gave them to me and i was wondering if they would work on my grand marquis. they are all chrome with baby moons 4 mcguard locking lugnuts and 18 chrome lugnuts. if they work ill switch them over when i get some new tires.

Those will work just fine. Mopar and Ford wheels are completely interchangeable, I've done it many times. What size are the Mopar wheels?

[mikeroc283]

not sure. gonna use them when i buy new tires.

[mikeroc283]

Im gonna buy a new water outlet before i put the new thermostat on. old one is very dirty and the inside is covered with a thick ring of dirt. ill buy the housing gasket when i buy the water outlet. both of the old gaskets were completely gone.

[packman]

I can't wait to see some pics of the old skool Mopar wheels. Kinda wierd since I was looking at some 5-spoke wheels on a new Grand Cherokee today and I thought to myself that they would look neat on a box Panther.



Packman

[mikeroc283]

Im picking up a new water outlet and a new power steering pressure hose today as both stock items are sorta corroded.

[mikeroc283]

Thermostat housing gasket on first then water outlet? Or water outlet on first then thermostat housing?

[mikeroc283]

Well changing the pressure hose from the power steering pump it broke off and i am unable to remove the last of the bolt on the end connected to the gear box. it seems to be stripped and stuck so much it wont budge and i used wd40 on it. any thoughts on how i can remove the stuck end?

[mikeroc283]

Had to return the chrome outlet was the wrong type. guy that sold me it said it worked fine but was for 65-76 302s and 351s. so i picked up a correct one and cant get the bottom bolt in. i also picked up a new power steering return hose so my old rusty ended lines are gone and nice new are in.

[Lincolnmania]

the bottom bolt is a pain in the ass
if the ps line broke, try using a socket to get the fitting off....if that dont work, use vise grips and some heat...propane torch might be enough