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    #1

    Air pump...

    Well today we changed the airpump, idler pulley, and the alternator on my 1991... NO MORE noise!!!
    The Air pump was about to lock up... you could barely turn it... So the car has alot more pwer now.. and probably alot better gas milage....

    The idler pulley was so loose you could spin it and hear it rattle.

    The alternator had the stator going bad.. so the lights were "pulsing" which was driving me crazy! The new rebuilt, lifetime alternators from Advance Autro Parts are really nice... they look brand new.. and have seemed to last the longest out of all of the alternators that the auto parts stores sell.... When I first bought this car.. the alternator was bad, so I went to the place that the Sheriff's Office used.. those would last about 5-6 months... This last one, which I bought about 3 years ago... has lasted the longest out of all the ones I have bought... (It is a 100 amp alternator)

    Tom....


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    #2
    Typical mess. My idler pulley made funny noises when spun by hand and you could hear a constant high-pitch squeal at idle from it before I replace it. My smog pump is also taking a crap. Sounds like the aliens are landing at idle
    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

    Everything looks like voodoo if you don't understand how it works

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      #3
      My original air pump was seized when I got the car, so there was no A/C either. For like $5 I got a "new" pump from an '84 Grand Marquis Colony Park, it spins really easy and makes no noise at all. My idler pulley came from some early '80s Cougar, needed a 6-rib one as the belt bypasses the already non-existant A/C compressor and running a poly-V belt on the stock flat pulley is not very good idea. At first the pulley was really loud, but now it's quiet, don't know how that happened, but it did...

      Oh, if someone needs to bypass the A/C but still run the smog pump, the belt you'll need is one for a 2.3L Ford or Mazda engine.

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        #4
        Mine worked okay, it's just that some idiot had replaced teh air hoses to the cats with heater core hose, so it melted and when my grandpa first had GL, it smelled like burned rubber lol.

        I took the airpump off, since it wasn't doing a damn thing.
        Pebbles-1968 Ford F250
        Pile of Junk! An Electronics Project Site (To get wet by)<---Clicky! NEW STUFF!!!!

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          #5
          Air pump.....what is this thing you speak of....

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            #6
            Pebbles-1968 Ford F250
            Pile of Junk! An Electronics Project Site (To get wet by)<---Clicky! NEW STUFF!!!!

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              #7
              i just took mine off for good
              1989 Lincoln Town Car - "Anabelle" - Original block, .030 over with SpeedPro pistons, rods fitted with ARP hardware, FRPP +volume oil pump, GT-40 3bar heads, Crane 1.72 rockers, 89' Fox cam, 93' Cobra lower intake, Explorer upper and 65mm TB, 93' Lightning EGR spacer, K&N intake kit from a 4.0L Ranger, 19lb/hr injectors w/ 87 Mark VII ECM, cat/smog deletes, Big Brake conversion, 3.55 K-Code Trac-Lok/Disc brake rear axle, CVPI LCA's w/1" sway bar in rear, wagon front sway bar, BBK 2.5" off-road H-Pipe, Flowmaster super 40s, HPP wheels, 3G alternator w/LMR.com wiring kit, gear reduction starter conversion, Best 1/4 time: 16.0 @ 85mph.

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                #8
                I had an AC compressor seize up on me. Thing squealed like a banshee. Smoke came pouring out from the belt burning up. I popped the hood and some guy came running to see what was the matter. As we were looking at it the guy says, here's the problem and reaches down and grabs a hold of the belt...

                you know the rest :cuss:
                2000 Grand Marquis LS
                2000 F150 XLT 6 inches of lift.
                1987 Bill Blass Mark VII - Sold
                1985 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park- SOLD. to a little old lady
                Mercury Owners Group member
                Save The Whales, Restore an Old Station Wagon!!

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                  #9
                  I had an AC compressor seize up on me. Thing squealed like a banshee. Smoke came pouring out from the belt burning up. I popped the hood and some guy came running to see what was the matter. As we were looking at it the guy says, here's the problem and reaches down and grabs a hold of the belt...

                  you know the rest :cuss:
                  2000 Grand Marquis LS
                  2000 F150 XLT 6 inches of lift.
                  1987 Bill Blass Mark VII - Sold
                  1985 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park- SOLD. to a little old lady
                  Mercury Owners Group member
                  Save The Whales, Restore an Old Station Wagon!!

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                    #10
                    Air pump? paperwieghts. I have a ton of those sitting around. Same with perfect crossover tubes with new valves...Like 3 sets.
                    Builder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons

                    Busy maintaining a fleet of Fords

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