Did you go stand on a corner? I think thats required when you go to Winslow, AZ.
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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
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Originally posted by gadget73 View PostDid you go stand on a corner? I think thats required when you go to Winslow, AZ.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge
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The black car looks amazing with the desert backdrop 🤩
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Thanks Salty!
Oh and Dashub is a major rip. Went to make a bid of $500 on a '96 F150. Dash hub fee of $499.00+Auction fee of $1,658.00 for a whopping total of $2,242.00 in just fees. When you factor in the vehicle has a reserve or must be approved by the seller and you have to have it shipped, it's a joke. I think we'll be headed south this weekend though1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge
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Jeez, I haven't posted anything about this car since 2018. A lot has happened since then, but let's take a look at the plugs I changed out this past Saturday:
I THINK I got the car back in 2015 with ~86k on it. The plugs and all that associated jazz were done right around that point and not by me. So they've got about 9 years and 50k miles on 'em. Autolite platinums. The wire routing was horrible too, cleaned all that up & made it about as factree as possible. "If you want something done right..." All Motorcraft stuff except for the NGK copper V-Power plugs, as I've had great experience with them in my truck. Guess I can't be too upset about the previous job, considering these aren't supposed to like platinum and the factory interval is 30k(?) miles. How about those plugs?? 4 & 8 have the typical oil fouling going on, that's probably accounted for the (slightly) rough idle when warm- idles silky smooth now. Haven't driven it other than to pull it back in the garage, but it's now ready to take the family on a road trip to South Carolina here soon. Here's hoping the engine isn't going to foul 4 & 8 every 500 miles or so from here on out. You can't see it in the photo, but 8 actually had some build-up on the electrode...
Anyway, the job wasn't that bad, I'd say it's easier to do plugs on these than it is on the trucks. Worst plug for me was #1. The damn A/C compressor bracket is in the way, didn't have a 3/8th swivel socket so I cobbled something together with adaptors and crap to get the 1/2" stuff I've got to work. Snapped the new plug trying to put it in. Great. Angela was a trooper as she dealt with assholes at the parts store who tried to tell her an iridium plug is just as good as a copper one, no, it's better! and then went all the way to Detroit to get me a replacement NGK copper. Meanwhile, I put our daughter to work on the driver's side with all the easy plugs. She only ended up removing three of them, but that's a start and more than I did with cars when I was her age.Last edited by DerekTheGreat; 05-06-2024, 07:17 AM.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge
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Parts store people can be annoying. Hate to pull out the stereotype of the woman buying parts but frankly that seems to happen quite a lot.
To be fair I've seen where people have sent their lady off to the parts store for something without enough info to get it. Trying to buy something for a honda? honday? hyundai? no its actually a Nissan once dude finally picks up the phone.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
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Yeah, they can be. Especially when they won't listen to said woman as she hands them a box with the correct part number on it.
However, I am guilty of sending my lady up to the stores on my behalf many times. It's when crap like this happens, which seems to happen to me any time I pull my tools out. I'd go, but am usually filthy and the clothes I'm wearing are equally so as that's why I wear 'em. I figure that we're multitasking. I'm still making progress while she is taking the time I'd not be making progress and doing me/us a solid. Wrapped up just in time to bust the grill out and make burgs for her parents when they came over. I hate double-booking.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge
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I do the box with part number thing for the boat. They seem incapable of looking up anything so I go in with an old spark plug, the last water pump kit, and the empty oil jug.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
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Yep. And to think when I was a teenager I thought it couldn't get any worse. Some days it really does feel like that movie, "Idiocracy." Actually, just yesterday I was in a large group meeting. I proposed an alternative method for how we've been doing things. I didn't say we should stop doing the thing, but that's how three people (The only people who replied) interpreted what I said. I wanted to deck all three of 'em, but I kept, "No! You dumb fucks, that's not even remotely what I said. If you weren't listening, why are you responding?" to myself.1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
1988 Town Car Signature - Current Party Barge
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