My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB

[chitownvic]

All my cars have been different.. The Vic's came on super early and this TC's is on at the last minute LOL


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[sly]

with the 88... E is enough. the 93... E = fumes. The Lincoln... E=last gallon-ish.

all 3 have low fuel lights and all 3 come on at about 1/8 left.

[Piece-it pete]

The 03 I've gone well over 10 miles after the dash says '0 to empty'. Based on the refill there's a gallon or so reserve in there.

The S-10 I think has about a 1/4 tank left on empty.

Pete

[miamibob]

Never let my cars get to 1/4 and usually not under 1/2. Doesn't the fuel lube AND cool the pump??

[BlackVic_P71]

I have noticed the low fuel light comes on early on these, only takes 13-14 when I fill after. I still try not to get below 1/4 but things happen...


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[slack]

The low fuel light on my wagon comes on stupid early. Usually only takes 13 or so gallons once it lights up. I always heed it's advice though. If the Battle Wagon wants gas, I'm getting it gas.

I have noticed the low fuel light comes on early on these, only takes 13-14 when I fill after. I still try not to get below 1/4 but things happen...


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Same here. Usually when the light comes on I put in around 13 gallons of gas. My '91 GMQ was the same way.

[gadget73]

The Mark VII has the goofy pessimist DTE function. It will start nagging at 50 miles to empty. It takes about 20 miles at most to go from 50 to 0 DTE. It starts to beep at 50, again at 25, then at 10, 5, and 0, so basically you end up putting gas in to make it STFU. I've filled the 20 gallon tank at 0 DTE, and not put more than 17 gallons in there. That guage is batty as hell though, so I don't push my luck with it.

[87gtVIC]

More newness to add to the pile of parts...





Top of the line air fuel ratio gauge from autometer. They had a deal going on where if you spend over 300 you get 30 back. I combined this with my 20 coupon and got a sweet deal. Came with the o2 sensor, the bung to weld in, and an awesome weatherpack connector at the o2 sensor and a nice multi pin connector at the rear of the gauge. Will be nice!

[kishy]

Whoa, WHERE did you get that pod? Or is it just one of the generic form-to-fit ones and you heated it up to shape it?
The fit looks perfect.

[87gtVIC]

Thanks. The fit is perfect. I made that one up 6 or so years ago. Generic sunpro gauge cage heated to fit the pillar.

[gadget73]

Wideband A/F meter ? Can't quite read it, but I think thats what it say. Those are a lot more useful than the narrow band ones. Those constantly say lean or rich, since thats pretty much how narrow oxy sensors operate.

[87gtVIC]

Yeppers. Figured it would be quite benifficial for me to have one when the new engine goes in her considering that I will be tuning with a quarterhorse.

[Mr Bean]

Is there a pillar pod available that will fit on a box or would one have to be heated?

[87gtVIC]

No that is why I made it fit.

[87gtVIC]

Today I clayed the windows, installed new windshield wipers (bosch micro edges), cleaned and steam cleaned the wheels, replaced a dented drivers side highbeam headlight housing bezel, as well as installed the neato ceramic headlight connector housings from http://www.cycleterminal.com/headlight-connectors.html. Thanks kodiak for the link.

So from that website I picked up four ceramic h4 housings as well as two h4 male connectors in housings to use with my high beams.

Here is how the project started:



Taking the pieces off to get to the headlight connectors:



All of the goodies I had purchased from http://www.cycleterminal.com/headlight-connectors.html



These are how my low beams were connected:



And the high beams...as you can see I had no headlight connector housings as they broke years ago.



Drivers side low beam wired up. The protective bootie is not pulled over it yet:



Nice:







Both high and low on the d.side complete:



This shows how I used the male h4 housings:





Headlights in:





It works:



Drivers side complete:



Onto the passengers side...you get the idea...



Totally complete:



How the connectors look once headlights are mounted:







I put electrical grease over all of the connectors and bare wires at the connectors.

The ceramic pieces are very nice pieces and am glad I did this to my vehicle.