My 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis

[WagonMan]

Lower hinges are easy to swap. Mark around the original hinge with a marker both on the door and body. Use a floor jack to hold the door up in the open position. Unbolt old hinge, remove and replace with new hinge. Line up new hinge with marks on door and body. SLOWLY close the door and make sure nothing is binding or hitting. You may have to adjust door to fender, (on door side) or door height,(on body). WagonMan

[gadget73]

parking brakes are one of those things you either use all the time, or never use. If they don't' get moved on a regular basis the cables stick and then the brakes drag.

the detent thing is on a spring that welds to the hinge itself. Its a fairly weenie weld and sometimes it cracks off.

The hinge does unbolt from the body and the door, its not welded on to the body. 3 on each side if I remember right

[slack]

I have to double check my collection of doors from the CV. It's 6 bolts to the body to remove but I don't remember any bolts on the door itself to remove the hinge that's why I was thinking the pin had to be hammered out. If I can just swap the whole hinge, that would be even easier.

[Kodachrome Wolf]

Also, the door hing is missing that little tab in it that keeps the door propped open. I guess either someone removed it or it snapped off at some point.

I'd say it probably fell apart with age. My '87 is in the same boat, there's no door check anymore. My '97 has one that's fairly squishy, so it too doesn't do a good job of holding the door open anymore.

I always assumed it needed hinge replacement to restore that part, but I'm unfamiliar with the removal unless you can just support the door and then unbolt the hinge from the door and the body.

[slack]

Parts of my Crown Vic are already starting to migrate over to this car. In t he trunk, I thought I had an extra e-brake release handle. Nope, it was in there because it snapped off. Yesterday I came home and noticed there was no handle to release the ebrake.

A quick 15 minutes later and it was installed. I clicked the ebrake in one click just to make sure the handle worked correctly. I'm not brave enough yet to see if the ebrake works completely. I think I'm currently 3.5 for 4 on ebrakes getting stuck engaged with panthers (.5 because my CV would stick a bit and have to be popped on and off).



In the image you can also see a bit of the rust rot on the bottom of the door and fender. I plan on sanding it down and rust proofing it. It was a big reason why I definitely wanted to save my CVs.

Also, the door hing is missing that little tab in it that keeps the door propped open. I guess either someone removed it or it snapped off at some point.

To fix that I think I have to hammer out the hinge pin and then remove that hinge from the body. Then bolt up the good one from my CV and hammer the hinge pin back in. Right?

[Grand1]

500 bones and the condition is a score.

[tbear853]

What is really amazing is the 4 plastic zip fasteners still hold the extra tranny cooler up.

[VicCrownVic]

I've been rocking '89 and '91 MGMs for the past 18 years and counting. Surprised I didn't notice the hood ornament, although maybe I'm so used to seeing that hood ornament that I didn't even think about it.

[WagonMan]

I have a correct hood emblem too. WagonMan

[Mainemantom]

Regarding the mats, look on the underside, on the side. It will have a Ford part number if they are a Ford part.

[1985crownvicltd85]

This is the correct hood ornament:
https://www.justparts.com/Auto_Parts...-Base/32701301

Btw nice car!

[slack]

Definitely sounds like firmer than normal TV pressure. Not a bad thing IMO, at least considering the alternative.

Cool. From what I read, pressure on the higher side doesn't really hurt things. I might lower it a bit when a rob the brass bushing off the CV.

Check the vertical seam between the quarter and the taillight panel from the inside aswell. On mine the seamsealer had cracked so it leaked into the trunk.
http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...l=1#post841337

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Yeah, I think that might be where it's coming in too. I'll have to take a better look in the day time to make sure. Nice job on your repair. My CV had the same issue but was much more rotten. The patch work I did worked really well. I haven't had a leak in the trunk since.

Related: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...l=1#post830179

That looks like the stash I have in my trunk lol. I even have the same looking coil!

Same exterior, interior (minus the clock) and now same trunk stash! lol! That's awesome.

If you don't like those mats and they are genuine Ford in good shape. Put them on Ebay. They will sell. I have sold every set I have listed. The cheapest was $25, the most expensive sold for $150. That reverse light,and shift indicator are really nice to have as spares.

Thanks. Good to know. I'll have to take another look at them. After searching the listings on eBay, I can't find rubber mats that look like these. Maybe they were just old ones from a previous owner.


Just for kicks, I checked the pressure on the AC system's low side. Surprisingly, it actually had some pressure in it. (~10-15psi). I shot some more refrigerant into it and brought it up to filled. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the compressor is kicking on. The system appears to hold pressure though.


Last thing, the hood emblem on this car is wrong I think. Shouldn't an 87 still have the Lincoln style hood emblem instead of the 88-91 GM one?

[Mainemantom]

If you don't like those mats and they are genuine Ford in good shape. Put them on Ebay. They will sell. I have sold every set I have listed. The cheapest was $25, the most expensive sold for $150. That reverse light,and shift indicator are really nice to have as spares.

[87GrandMarq]

That looks like the stash I have in my trunk lol. I even have the same looking coil!


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[Arquemann]

Check the vertical seam between the quarter and the taillight panel from the inside aswell. On mine the seamsealer had cracked so it leaked into the trunk.
http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...l=1#post841337