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Whelp, as my 95 LSC sits in the body shop, my body shop guy says, "Your door handles are shot." This is a great time to shave the door handles..... As we were brainstorming, he wondered out loud how well it would work to use the existing door lock/unlock solenoids to pop the door (We were...

Man, it's good to be back.... My '95 LSC Project car is sitting in my garage as I patiently wait for my body & paint guy to get his shop in order. In the mean time, I'm researching driveline stuff to upgrade horsepower. Unfortunately, either I'm too stupid to use the internet or this site...

Ok, what oil pressure are the DOHC mod motors supposed to run at? I just installed a dual remote oil filter system (filters are in the left front fender), and put my oil sending unit on a tee connection coming out of the oil filter adapter. Oil flows thru the filters before getting to the...

So how would one go about checking a catalic converter to see if it's bad/plugged/etc. ??? :o

After looking at a pancaked '97 or '98 Mark VIII, I was fascinated by the intake manifold. I didn't realize Ford changed it from earlier models. So....before I procure this other intake, is there any advantage to the newer intake over the old? Will everything interchange or do I need to...

I've read the posts on drilling a new hole in the lower mount bracket (front suspension) and raising the bracket, but has anyone tried elongating the hole that the lower ball stud goes through? Looking my car over, I see the hole is already elongated somewhat, but moving the ball to the top of...

...Does the MAF care how far away it is from the throttle body? How close to the TB can it be?

At some point, I want to powder coat my extra set of brake calipers before swapping them into my car, which (short story) will require the bleeding of the brakes (duh). Going thru my FERD manual, it talks about "special eqipment" to bleed ABS brakes. A quick google of the LOD site produced for...

(Hope I got the right forum) The short story long: I went to my Ford Maintenance CD-ROM to check a torque value for my beloved Mark VIII, and noticed that all the values were given in "Lb-Ft". That's nice, except my trusty torque wrench gives the settings as "Ft-Lb". "So what's the...

Ah, the joys of owning a 225,000 car..... This is what I do know: Front hubs cost $85 - $120 apiece, and are sealed units with bearings. Non-greasable. When you get the dust covers off, there's no cotter pin like the "old" cars. There is, however, some kind of tin cover (keeper?) around the...

I just picked up a 2nd 1994 Mk8. It was T-boned, so it'll be my "donor" car (and nope, I won't be selling off any parts. Sorry.) I'm getting plenty of play time under the hood, and learning alot. I'd like to work on a true cowl induction setup on my driver, so that means a complete rework of...

I haven't seen this yet, so hopefully I'm not repeating the question... I see that Lincoln calls for headlight bulb 9005 for both dim AND brights. Even my parts guy scratched his head at first. So -- how do they do it? Do they step down the power to the dims? Do they just aim them...

From the www.tciauto.com web site, "New Products": AODE/4R70W Trans-Scat® Valve Body Kit "Face the hard facts: heavy-duty transmissions have a tough job. But the simple fact is they don’t have to shift hard to get the job done. TCI®’s new 436001 Ford AODE/4R70W Trans-Scat® Valve Body Kit helps...

As I peruse the 4.6 parts sites, I was wondering what I should keep and what I should upgrade. To that end, what is forged and what is cast in the bone-stock Mark VIII engine? Specifically the crank, rods, and pistons. Also, how much difference (from an intake installing standpoint) are the...

Tried to do a search on the 'net and this site for ground effects packages for the Mk8 (so I apologize in advance if this has been addressed already...) ...So who makes a ground effects package for the Lincoln Mark VIII? Thanks........