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584 hits | 66.57 KB | Posted: 10/8/06
Usually my favourite rust removal tool
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583 hits | 60.28 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
These Lincoln Town Car brakes are possibly the nicest, easiest pad change I've ever done on a car !
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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582 hits | 62.08 KB | Posted: 12/5/03
Picture 4
(Posted in: 1985 TC)

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582 hits | 57.54 KB | Posted: 8/6/06
Speak of the devil, there's the busted isolation mount still attached to the tab I just sawed off.
(Posted in: Initial measurements & mods)

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582 hits | 46.34 KB | Posted: 10/1/08
Here's the 80/100 Streetglows. A bargain at $25.00 a pair up here. Pure white light with ZERO blue tinge like ricers and imports (yuck).
(Posted in: Streetglow 80/100s)

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580 hits | 49.68 KB | Posted: 10/15/06
Pull the upper rad hose off for better access, but I leave the smaller bypass hose on until later, though I slack off it's hose clamp now, while I can.
(Posted in: T-stat change)

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579 hits | 46.73 KB | Posted: 8/10/07
Once the muffler was clamped in and the tailpipe was positioned where we wanted it, he welded up the connector pipe to the reducer bolted to the cat. After that I added the Ultra seal gasket and some Ultra copper sealant and bolted it together with t...
(Posted in: Sixlitre "cat-back" install day)

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579 hits | 64.49 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Whilst fixing my heater core I damaged my Lincoln cassette player, which has an amp and a 6 CD changer. All I can say is I wish I'd damaged it when I bought the car......it totally SUCKS compared to the new $129.00 aftermarket head unit. Even without...
(Posted in: Aftermarket radio)

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579 hits | 69.75 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Rather than trying to re-use the stock wiring and wimpy stock amp, I ran 4 dedicated speaker wires to each speaker. Like I said, the difference between the new unit and the stock radio is "very good" compared to muted mumblings through a wall. Take t...
(Posted in: Aftermarket radio)

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578 hits | 66.96 KB | Posted: 12/5/03
Picture 5
(Posted in: 1985 TC)

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578 hits | 68.59 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
If anything, I'd say these PaceSetter headers actually improve plug access on 90's
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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575 hits | 65.59 KB | Posted: 8/6/06
Plate ready to accept tubing (once a hole is cut into it).The small hole in the airbox is the drain hole (remember this is the bottom of the airbox so "it" is upside down in the pic).
(Posted in: Initial measurements & mods)

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575 hits | 35.49 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
Peened together with heat at the factory and supposedly a sealed, throw away unit.
(Posted in: Door lock actuator)

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574 hits | 62.71 KB | Posted: 10/10/06
All finished ! Apple autoglass showed up with a Beeea-u-tiful new windshield and did an A-1 job installing it.
(Posted in: Roof repairs)

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574 hits | 46.05 KB | Posted: 9/30/08
I'm just about to upgrade my 9004s to Streetglow 80/100 bulbs and I didn't want to burn down the TC with these stock 18 gauge fed headlight harnesses
(Posted in: 9004 headlight relays)

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574 hits | 72.18 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
This made removing the old gasket material easy as pie.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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572 hits | 40.88 KB | Posted: 8/1/07
The tailpipe gets us over the axle, around the airbag/coil spring and clears everything BUT... you need @ 22" of straight pipe and turn down to make it to the bumper. This is a 3" mandrel bent turn down and a 2 1/2" to 3" reducer, which should fill t...
(Posted in: Impala SS tailpipe)

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571 hits | 23.86 KB | Posted: 10/14/06
This is a 5/16" alan stud that will allow undetected hose blockage. Simply screw it far into the hose with an alan key. Then use the alan key to back it out later.
(Posted in: Hose block screw)

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570 hits | 58.8 KB | Posted: 8/10/07
To begin, after unbolting the old connector pipe, we bolted on the 3" to 2 1/2" reducer flange loosely.
(Posted in: Sixlitre "cat-back" install day)

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568 hits | 63.73 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Load the bearing packer and apply the grease gun to really load those bearings with synthetic grease.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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568 hits | 72.16 KB | Posted: 8/10/07
He's one smart cookie on exhausts and an expert with a torch. In no time flat he had it bent the way we needed. So pattern yours after this one, not the earlier pic.
(Posted in: Sixlitre "cat-back" install day)

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567 hits | 56.56 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
If you can't get the new inner seal to seat like this, place a large rubber mallet over it and pound the mallet with a hammer. That will spread the blows evenly and seat it easily, I find.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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564 hits | 53.81 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Out lifts larger inner wheel bearing. It's an American made Timken in good shape, so I'm just going to re-clean it and re-use it.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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563 hits | 65.12 KB | Posted: 10/6/06
The two front ones are here
(Posted in: Upper intake removal/replacement)

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562 hits | 38.92 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Into the solvent and shake it around to clean all the old grease out of the bearing race. Then blow dry or set them out on rags to wick dry.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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561 hits | 63.09 KB | Posted: 8/6/06
Getting rid of the remainder of the tab is fairly easy
(Posted in: Initial measurements & mods)

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560 hits | 48.88 KB | Posted: 10/8/06
Rust removal in progress
(Posted in: Roof repairs)

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559 hits | 58.97 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Load the bearing contact areas, in the rotor hub, with grease too and then install the bearings.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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556 hits | 60.28 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Forgot to take removal of the pads/caliper pics, so...note the 5/8" slider bolts that come out to allow caliper and pad removal.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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554 hits | 36.37 KB | Posted: 8/3/07
The part # you ask ? The size is 2 1/2", but the body size and inlet/exits are clocked perfectly for the Lincoln. Even the outer dimensions are nearly identical, so it will fit. Got the hanger covered too, so I can use the stock rubber isolators.
(Posted in: Hooker Areochamber muffler)

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554 hits | 67.66 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
Headers bolted in and the oil dipstick tube tab judiciously bent until it fit properly.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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553 hits | 25.5 KB | Posted: 10/6/08
I used a much longer 1/4-UNC-20 bolt so it wouldn't fall out of the actuator cradle while I fiddled it into place. Then I lopped off the 1" or so I didn't need, once it was tightened. The nut clears the 19 year old door and jam no trouble at all.
(Posted in: Door lock actuator)

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552 hits | 33.85 KB | Posted: 8/4/06
The old stock 90' bolts may be a bit short, so I'll try the longer 96' bolts, though they don't look like the same thread. Otherwise I'll counterbore the new clips to recess the shorter bolts.
(Posted in: Brake line hold down clips)

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552 hits | 39.11 KB | Posted: 9/17/06
Naked trunk. There's a shot of one of the shock access plugs
(Posted in: Trunk carpet removal)

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551 hits | 69.87 KB | Posted: 10/8/06
Windshield out, everything taped off and ready to get at the rust over the windshield.
(Posted in: Roof repairs)

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551 hits | 40.51 KB | Posted: 10/8/06
My trusty die grinder comes in handy on all sorts of jobs, even bodywork.
(Posted in: Roof repairs)

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550 hits | 51.27 KB | Posted: 10/8/06
Buttoning up for the night
(Posted in: Roof repairs)

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550 hits | 35.29 KB | Posted: 4/6/08
(Posted in: Injector rebuild)

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549 hits | 38.95 KB | Posted: 8/1/07
The big difference from our replacement panther tailpipes is this pipe is fully 2 1/2" and mandrel bent. Ours are 2" with kinks EVERYWHERE. According to the exhaust chart stepping up from 2" to 2.5" makes for a 56% flow capacity increase ! That's not...
(Posted in: Impala SS tailpipe)

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549 hits | 75.42 KB | Posted: 11/26/08
By pulling the now loose manifold forward I was able to disconnect the O2 sensor very easily.
(Posted in: Shorty headers)

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548 hits | 60.24 KB | Posted: 10/8/06
Still more
(Posted in: Roof repairs)

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548 hits | 58.11 KB | Posted: 7/23/08
New calipers, rotors and Carbon Fiber pads. They made a difference to mileage, meaning the calipers had to be dragging the pads on the old rotors. New synthetic grease and seals too.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)

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548 hits | 56.58 KB | Posted: 8/10/07
Pretty convoluted set of 90 degree hose turns to get the heater fed from the pipes running across/over and under the intake.
(Posted in: Weird heater hoses)

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548 hits | 63.26 KB | Posted: 10/1/08
A close up of the Maxi Fuse. I equipped it with a 40 amp fuse and it connects to the "GM" positive side post on my battery, as my Lincoln uses the "normal" posts for the battery clamps.
(Posted in: Harness)

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547 hits | 51.57 KB | Posted: 4/29/07
Wipe clean the spindle as well.
(Posted in: Front pads & grease wheel bearings)