Third gear-Imminent failure?

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1988
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Lincoln Mark VII RT O19MK7 $Call Bobs Ford Parts USA-OR(Portland) E-mail 1-888-439-0400 2072

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Lincoln Mark VII BLASS,5.0,AT,FLR,12- 87 5979 $Call North Verde Auto Salvage USA-OR(Ontario) Request_Quote 800-772-1648

[grandpaslincoln]

Well, I tried this out today, I did the WOT till 55 then let off, I barely felt it go into third. Then, I turned around to go back home, I floored it until around 45, and it went into third pretty firmly.

[gadget73]

I went to Chicago and back averaging about 15 mpg. I'm at 15.8 now with a mix of highway and around town. Still annoys me that Tom's car is better on gas than mine is. I do use a lot less oil tho.

[88MercWagon]

pickup+towbar+GL=teh win

[Blaze86Vic]

And lets hope his dieing tranny makes it all the way there......he gets limited to 2nd gear, and you kiss 10mpg good by.

[88MercWagon]

Blaze isn't that far off...round trip you'd be looking at about $970 in gas costs.

[grandpaslincoln]

16 highway

[88MercWagon]

1200?!!11one1!one WTF kind of mileage are you pulling? If that's the case, find a cheap truck and tow GL if it'd be any cheaper.

[Blaze86Vic]

From Oregon tp PA!!!??? He's talking around 1200 in gas costs alone! Deffinitly noy worth it lol.

[88MercWagon]

It'd be worth it. What kind of mpg are you pulling on the highway?

[grandpaslincoln]

It would cost a lot of $$$ to drive down there in GL lol

[88MercWagon]

There ya go then...maybe. Bring your car to SF2K6 and we'll fix all of your carb issues GL. *cough*4barrelswap*cough*

[grandpaslincoln]

No, it picks up power again, that's why I think it might be the carb

[88MercWagon]

If you continue accelerating in 3rd, does it still feel bogged out? If so, it might not be a dead spot in the carb. If you keep it in 3rd and the power picks up after a certain RPM, then you may be right about the carb.

[grandpaslincoln]

It feels pretty solid, doesn't feel like it's slipping, but it seems to be some kind of resistance or something. I'm thinking it MIGHT be the carb, for some reason it has a dead spot and at certain RPM's it causes some problems. Idunno