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From 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis “SOLD 4-26-20”, documented by Steve83.

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1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - I've already swapped the white mirror covers onto the heated mirror heads, so they'll go back on soon. Otherwise, this is how I bought it. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is how I bought it. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Interior of a Mercury Grand Marquis sedan seen through the open driver's door, showing gray leather front seats, a woodgrain-trimmed dashbo… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - When I bought it, it had 131,801. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - 2ME: Canada, Mercury Cars F: 2nd-Gen front airbags M75: Grand Marquis LS W: Romeo Gas 4.6L check digit edited W: 1998 X: St. Thomas, Talbot… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Someone tried to peel it. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Ford/Motorcraft under-hood information decal showing A/C R-134a max charge 1.08 kg (2 lb 6 oz), fuel pump shut-off switch notice, air bag w… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Swapping the visors wasn't high on the list, but it was quick & easy. I have a bunch, but I couldn't dig up a set of blue illuminated dual… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - I'll try to repair this temporarily while I look for a replacement. The latch handle spring is also broken. I've already pried out the cap… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is why the latch handle doesn't return into its pocket - the spring is broken. I suspect this shade of blue handle isn't avaiable new… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - I drilled the rivet flare off, pulled it out, dumped out the broken spring, dropped in a similar one (I have a LOT of junk), & pushed the r… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - I've swapped the heated mirrors on with the original white covers, and now I'm swapping the terminals from the donor connector into the doo… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - The Br/LB comes in from the defrost relay under the hood, and the tiny DG/Pu goes out to the rear window defrost grid (through the antenna… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - It's easier than most people expect to pop a fuse terminal out the back of the block & solder a few little wires on. And this prevents ANY… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - The terminal goes right back in, and the new wiring will be discrete. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - The more I looked at the carpet, the less I liked what I saw. This is AFTER I hauled out several handfuls of garbage. I had to pull the L t… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is AFTER vacuuming - it was pretty bad. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is AFTER vacuuming - it was pretty bad. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is AFTER vacuuming - it was pretty bad. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - This is AFTER vacuuming, hosing out the coffee & candy (& unidentifiable crap), and drying overnight. It's gonna hang in the sun for a few… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - A couple of hours with a ShopVac did wonders. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - A couple of hours with a ShopVac did wonders. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - A couple of hours with a ShopVac did wonders. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - I had this lying around now that I've gotten a 1kW for each of my vehicles, so this seems like a better place for it than my garage. It's w… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - The car was bottomed pretty hard (slight damage to the EVAPS tray), and the bumper cover was ripped. Both corners are damaged, as well as a… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Wow... This thing cleaned up nice! Maybe I should keep it... 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - At this point, I've cleaned all the glass, had it professionally washed, had the headlights polished, & had the paint touched up. It still… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - To make the adjustable pedal installation cleaner, I found a pair of dash trim panels in a junkyard from a slightly newer car, but their pa… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - It's not a perfect match, but certainly better than the peeling paint was. Actually, the photos make it more noticeable than it really is.… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Before reinstalling the chrome strips on the newly-painted rear bumper skin, the old double-sided foam tape has to be removed so the strips… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - The newly-painted bumper cover is on, with the old chrome strips back in. The paint job isn't a good as I had hoped, but CERTAINLY better t… 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - Not bad at $13ea ($9ea buddy-price). 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - I managed to change the temperature blend servo before pulling the heater box off the firewall. 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis - With the box off the firewall, it's easy to change the heater core and servo, even without fully-removing the dash from the car. At the sam…