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$8937 & 71,500 miles Offered for sale is a California preservation class 2004 Lincoln LSE. The LSE trim adds unique front and rear fascia, all red taillights, rounded foglights, and a black surround front grille. This car is unmodified and always adult driven showing only minimal wear. The...

I replaced the one on the driver's side (would not lock) and it was one unit (my 2004 would be same as a 2006, but I don't know about gen 1). Anyway, it was a pain in the neck to replace, so if I can avoid doing the same on the passenger side that would be nice.

I've had the same problem with my 2004 LSE. Last week I sprayed some silicon oil into the passenger side lock and built up the striker bar where the latch hits the bar with a little metallic duct tape. So far no false alarms, but I fear I may have to replace the whole lock mechanism before too...

Just an update on this. The part number is 3W4Z-5421813-AA. I found the best price for one on e-Bay for $162. The part did not appear to have been installed before, but it did not come in a factory bag or box. I had a car audio shop install it and now everything works fine.

Well I used a bottle of 3M gas treatment and the car does seem to idle smoother than it did before. It could just be my imagination. I have run a couple of tanks of Chevron 91-octane through the tank and I have not experienced the heat soak problem again, but my theory is still that my issue...

I'm wondering if anyone has compared the Porterfield R4-S Brake Pads back to back with the Akebono Euro pads. The Porterfields have been great on my Porsche 914, but that car weighs about half of what the LS does. I see LDM has these on his car and results were good...

I plan to put some 3M gas treatment through the tank next week to see if I can clean out the injectors and will report back with results. I have to figure out who to take the car to in the SF Bay Area to get the fuel injection diagnosed as I am not confident I have the skill and tools to do it...

Hey Telco, I never noticed much difference after running gas treatments but I started reading some of the reviews for Lucas upper cylinder lubricant and it has a lot of fans. I will give it a try and let you know if this clears the problem.

Joe -- This makes some sense. The warm start up issues seems to me to be similar to what we used to have on carbuerated cars with a flooded engine or when the choke was pulled out when trying to restart a hot engine. How would you go about testing fuel injectors to see if they are not closing...

Can a catalytic converter be clogged without drivability issues all the time? The engine revs fine and idle is stable other than the warm restart issue I mention in the first post. Engine power also seems good.

Thanks G-Rell and LS4me. I did the maintenance items when I bought the car in September, including fuel filter and engine air filter. I use Chevron 91-octane and Shell or 76 when that is not available. Bad gas is pretty rare with these brands, although some say all California Winter gas is...

I purchased a 2004 LSE V-8 with 65,000 miles on it back in September. It had an engine misfire when I got it and I took it to Ford to have COPS replaced. They did 2 of them and I ended up replacing the other 6 on my own dime not wanting to bring it back to them 3 more times. All 8 COPS and...

1974 Porsche 914

Hey Ebony, Welcome to the LS forum. I don't have a clue on the part number. Use the search. There several threads here about the door latch assembly.