My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB

[Nathan in MI]

Nice work on the headlight relay harness. I really need to do that on all of my cars. What voltage are you seeing at the headlights now, and did you happen to measure what it was before? Also, what was the original purpose of those relays? Are they fuel pump relays or something?

[gabegt90]

dave i like how neat and clear your wiring is mang did you just reuse your old headlight connectors?

[87gtVIC]

Nice work on the headlight relay harness. I really need to do that on all of my cars. What voltage are you seeing at the headlights now, and did you happen to measure what it was before? Also, what was the original purpose of those relays? Are they fuel pump relays or something?

Thank you. I did not measure voltage before or after but I can say that they are visually brighter than they were before. As for the original purpose of those relays....not sure... I snagged a bunch of them from underneath the hoods of Ford Explorers a few years back Ford part number FOAB 14B192-AA 5160-1 10 2. So far they are preforming well hand are handling the load.

dave i like how neat and clear your wiring is mang did you just reuse your old headlight connectors?

Thanks Gabe. Yeah I reused the old connectors. I didn't even touch the headlights once all I needed to do was tap into the wiring along the drivers side fender.

[86VickyLX]

After watching the video I noticed my lights blink really fast....shrug....

You overloaded the flasher. Time for a more beefier flasher. Too many lights for it. Might want to do one for the hazards too.

Oh and by the way great idea for using the old relay holder for your headlight relays.

[87gtVIC]

You overloaded the flasher. Time for a more beefier flasher. Too many lights for it. Might want to do one for the hazards too.

Oh and by the way great idea for using the old relay holder for your headlight relays.

Even before I made the blinky lights my flasher was on speed. lol
And if you watch the video again you will see that it does not flash as fast when the hazards are engaged.

And thank you John..I try not to waste things...well I just hate throwing away things I may actually use in the future

Oh and here is a picture i took just before of the headlights with the foglights and hazards on:



Looks sexy!

[87gtVIC]

Window Guide Rod Bushing Installation

Today I installed new Window Guide Rod Bushings they made the door feel more solid when slammed and the window had an easier time going up and down.

To access the guide rod bushings I needed to remove the door panel.

Door panel removed:



After that was out of the way I began by removing the one bolt up top of the guide rod and the one nut near the bottom of the guide rod.

Top bolt:



Bottom nut:



Guide rod removed and cleaned:



A picture of the old bushings.



Window lowered a tad to access bushings:



And....
New bushings installed:



And here is a thread so you can do it too! http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthread.php?t=32138

[86VickyLX]

Even before I made the blinky lights my flasher was on speed. lol
And if you watch the video again you will see that it does not flash as fast when the hazards are engaged.



Oh and here is a picture i took just before of the headlights with the foglights and hazards on:



Looks sexy!

Well then the flasher was tired then. Just get a new one and you should be good. Luckily the turn signal flasher faces out with the fuses on the fuse box, and not on the back of it *cough* hazards *cough*. And

And thank you John..I try not to waste things...well I just hate throwing away things I may actually use in the future

Words to live by.

[gabegt90]

hey dave I like your new sig pic it's my new phone wall paper lol

[87gtVIC]

hey dave I like your new sig pic it's my new phone wall paper lol

haha thanks Gabe!

Them lights are BRIGHT

[87gtVIC]

Just ordered some trunk weatherstripping and two door lock strikers for $48 shipped! Sorta good deal I got...but bad part is I have to wait for the stuff to ship out till the 30th.

[marquisman]

you do relize that behind the fuse panel, oposite side of the signal flasher the hazard light flasher lays...

[87gtVIC]

Yea I know stupid place aint it? I replaced the signal flasher the other so so all my flashers are operating correctly now.

[87gtVIC]

Weatherstripping and strikers just arrived. Now I have something to do over the next coupe of days.

[83countrysquire]

where ya get the strikers for the tudor?

[johnunit]

weatherstripping to go around what? The only stuff I've seen supposedly is only good for the trunk.