A massive one too - I'm getting less than 10mpg around town even though I take my time accelerating and don't race no one, I have to pretty much floor the gas to get the car to move, and then if I back off it starts slowing down real fast, has no inertia at all. Tire pressure set to 45psi (C-load truck tires), engine runs on synthetic Mobil 1 oil and filter, oil and ATF withing correct ranges on dipsticks, brakes don't drag. It's getting ridiculous already, not only am I paying shitload of money for gas, but today when leaving the bonfire at school I had to nail it to get going and security decided I'm showing off and are after my head again! Any ideas what the hell is going on with the damn car?
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When you put it in N while it's coasting does it still drag?
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Not as bad as when she's in D, but sill worse than anything I've driven, including my truck with them bigass tires. Also I had the chance to drive a 2001 ex-CVPI, she was rolling real nice even when in gear. My tires ain't got no studs no more, and they are smaller than the swampers on the Chevy, and they are actually overinflated compared to the FoMoCo recommendations.Comment
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you sure a caliper or a wheel cyl isnt hanging up? parking brake stuck? how bout the wheel bearings? bearings in the rear, universal joints.......check all those things could be the transmision too
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1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
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Do you still have the air shocks on that car? Is the car lifted as a result? I want you to conduct an experiment: I want you to let all of the air out of the shocks, and then test-drive it again. If it fixes the drag, let me know immediately...and I will tell you what happened.Comment
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Scott, brakes are fine, all wheels turn freely with minimal resistance. New bearings in the front last summer, dunno condition of rears, how do I check? Also what am I looking for about the U-joints?Comment
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Yes I have air shocks, and yes the car is lifted, but not cause of the shocks - I have HD station wagon coils in the rear, there's brely any air in the air shocks, when I let it out the car lowers less than 1/4", when nothing in trunk it's just coils that carry the car's weight. So I can't really lower it by airing out. Why, what's up with the air shocks and the lift? I've had that setup for almost two years already, never given me hard time before...Originally posted by Pirate View PostComment
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I was thinking you might have a lot of the wrong sort of pinion angle, and the u-joints at the diff end may be going into bind...if you have bushings going bad, it may be going into bind under acceleration, slowing the car down.Originally posted by MeLikeyStripperChicks View PostComment
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AlignmentBuilder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons
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Kind of groping in the dark myself here ..... have you checked your tailshaft bushing? Have you tried pushing the car with the driveshaft removed?2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!
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How about pushing it with the wheels removed?Comment
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If the rear axle bearings are going bad, they'll make a rumbling/grumbling noise as you go down the road. Basically what happens is that instead of having the load supported by several of the rollers at once, the load is supported by one at a time, which they're not meant to do. What you're hearing is the load switching from one roller to the next, to the next, and so on. I'm not sure that'd add much rolling resistance, though.Originally posted by MeLikeyStripperChicks View Post
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1985 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series
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Got that done last fall, it's perfect - car tracks strait, corners like it's supposed to, don't pull to one side, and the wear pattern on the tires is even and hardly even noticeable. Believe I'd have noticed if something went wrong all of sudden, if it makes such a difference for car dynamics it'd be affecting handling too, and that ain't the case.Originally posted by mrltd View PostComment
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I can push the car easily as is, no need to disconnect anything - that's what bugs me about it, she rolls real nice when pushed slowly by hand, but get her up to speed and good luck keeping her moving.Originally posted by 1987cp View PostComment
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Well with my exhaust and roof (or the lack thereof) don't think I can hear what you say, but I'd imagine it'll make tons of crazy vibrations too, and those ain't there at all.Originally posted by Nathan in MN View PostComment
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