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Selling my 1998 Mark VIII base. Would prefer to sell the complete car and not part it out. Something is going on with the engine. Acting like a blown headgasket or cracked head. A few weeks ago it started spewing oiliy brown gunk out of the reservoir. The car is in fair condition. It was...

Okay, I did a search and didn't find what i'm sure is a simple answer. I'm feeling totally blonde on this one and I KNOW I should know this. I got the glitch inverter to fix my flickering rear neon on my 1998 raggedy lincoln. Installed it and it works but it needs to be adjusted. I see the...

Okay, 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII base. To cut a long story short, went to walmart (mistake number 1). Car was driving perfectly. No noises, no shakes or rattles. Better than ever. Get to walmart and when we got out smelled burning oil. Did our shopping, got back in, started the car, and the...

Okay, I can't find my book of wiring diagrams to save my life, so I need some pointers. 1998 Mark VIII, base, non LSC. Sunday, I pulled the dash to fix the AC heat door thingie. Put everything back together, and everything was working fine. Drove to the local convenience store to get a drink...

First of all, I did a search, and all the threads I found, the links came up either not found, or lead to what looks like a site that no longer works, and goes to a weird search thing. I want to take apart my steering column and see if it is fixable, and hoping to find a good write up, but the...

I replaced both upper and lower control arms, Sway bar end links, Rear strut rod bushing on my 1998 Mark VIII base and now have a noise that is bothering me. Sometimes, when turning the steering wheel from hard Right all the way to the left, I will hear a pop noise from the drivers side. The...

Mine got punctured when my lower balljoint sheared off. I just need something to get the car back on the road again. Money is tight right now and can't afford the expense of new airbags, or the conversion kit for the non-air ride system. If anyone has a spare drivers side, front air bag for a...

Okay, I read all the info I could find, and I have a good idea of what I am doing, but need help with 3 things. I am working on my 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII (non LSC if that matters, which I don't think will for this car). First of all, the upper control arm nuts and bolts closest to the...

would it be possible for someone to get me the proper procedure for replacing the upper control arms? I got the new parts in, but the Chilton manual is very vague (it is one of the full lincoln lineup and covers towncar and continental as well). My book does not cover any of the airride, and...

I did a search, but didn't find anything conclusive. I took my car to get inspected and it FAILED. No biggie, I didn't expect it to pass. It failed cause when you do hard braking, the car pulls hard to the LEFT. I did pads and rotors on the front, checked the calipers and lines, and bled...

First of all, I did a search and found info, but need more help. When I got my 1998 Mark VIII, the passenger HID was bad. I converted the car to use normal bulbs, but have the check ext lights warning. I found this post about disabling the light, but the information in the technical section...

a couple months ago, my Mark got flooded from all the rain from a Hurricane. I thought I had taken care of everything, but appearently I missed something. My parking brakes manual release is now sezied up, and the automatic release when putting the car out of park does not work. Anyone know...

Would there be any issues running 255/50R16 tires on the factory 10 spoke Octa-stars? Just need them as a temporary thing for a few months when overtime starts back up and I can get new rubber for them.

Well, I live in south texas near the gulf. We didn't get the hurricane, but we were on the dirty side of it. Unfortunanty, I was not home when this happened, so I was not able to move my mark to higher ground. I wanted to cry when I saw these pics. yes, water got into the interior. It...

When I got my 1998 Mark VIII, the drivers side door window was busted out. I know I will need to drill out some rivets and use shallow bolts and loctight to install it, but can someone post the normal removal and installation procedure? I would not be so lost if the old window was intact, but...