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Hmm. Okay, I'll play. I had my Navi in the dealer's service department a little while ago, which left me with some time to waste. The MKS is a decent package, as is the MKT. I actually would consider the MKT, but for that silly V6. On the other hand, driving 30,000ish miles per year, the fuel...

Still parting it out? I'd be interested in the passenger side running board and the grille. I have too many miles on my Navi to really bother with body parts, but if the price is right... why not?

Did the shifter feel loose and sloppy? There are a few torx screws that secure the bell crank to the shift tube on the steering column under the dash. They sometimes work loose which causes the cable to not move properly. The solution is to remove them and re-install with a little lock tight...

My Navigator is doing something similar. I had a friend who is a service tech at the local Ford / Lincoln dealer look at her. It was the transfer case locking up uncommanded. The truck shudders going around corners. The sharper the turn, the stronger the sudder. In a really tight, slow turn...

Three things to check before you buy another strut. The air pressure line, and it's connection at both ends (strut and solenoid valve), and the solenoid valve. A leak at any of the three could cause your problem. Best regards, Frank

Many years ago, must have been around 94 or 95 I had my wife's leased 94 Mark VIII and was late to pick her up. Was doing about 80 and had a Porsche blow past at over 100. Traffic was moderate, so I hung in behind him running between 120-130. Couple of times hit the "stops" at 136. I just wanted...

On vacation last the year before, my wife and I reserved a luxury car from the rental agency. We expected them to show up with a Lincoln or a Caddy. We ended up with a g35. Yeah, the specs are good, but the car is noisy, the ride is awful, and the engine sounds like crap when pushed. If you're...

If you look at the FSM you'll see that Ford programs in a few cold weather strategies. First they hold idle speed up a bit until the engine warms up. This promotes faster catalyst light-off, quicker engine warm up, less chance of stalling, and smoother operation. They also program in higher...

Bigger brakes generally give two things 1) more surface area for the pads, which increases friction that can be applied resulting in more stopping power; and 2) larger rotors that are able to absorb more heat and also dissipate it more quickly because of the greater surface area. Best regards...

Ford did it before with the LS and S-type, so here goes... Take Jaguar's new XF, slightly rework the body and make it a 2 door. That's a Mark IX. We leased a new Jag Vanden Plas for my wife two years ago. It's a really nice car and very well behaved. When my Navigator goes, I'm seriously...

Why in the world would you need a 200amp alternator? The standard one is rated 130. Before you buy, you should also check the current rating when the alternator is hot. As they heat up, output drops. Considering that the 200 must pack more wire into the small case, it is less able to dissipate...

It would be hard to make the engine controls work. My wife has a Jaguar Vanden Plas, so I did a deep dive into the factory service manuals for the XJ series, which includes the XJR and Super V8 that have the supercharged 4.2 engines. First problem, the 4.2 has variable cam timing, which the...

Turn the air conditioning on. When the compressor engages, the fan is commanded to run. If the fan is bad, back track to the VLCM, PCM, and engine compartment fuse #23. Best regards, Frank C

The other consideration that these wheel and tire guys don't tell you about is unsprung weight. Those bigger wheels are a lot heavier. The suspension was not calibrated to swing that must mass at the end of the control arms. So as well as matching the geometry, match weights too. Less unsprung...

You can use any Mark VIII OBD II computer of the right part number. The software can be easily reprogrammed by a dealer, an independent shop, or you can even do it yourself with a fairly inexpensive tool. I know there were a few revisions to the code on my Mark VIII's software that we had the...

You can check a few things with a voltmeter. Pull the connector from the compressor relay. There should be +12VDC on the connector with the Black/yellow (Black wire with yellow tracer) wire. If not, fuse #13 under the hood is bad. When the system is trying to run the compressor to raise the...

Reversed cables causes the power to flow the wrong way though the rectifiers. That's what finished off your alternator. Also, many devices are protected against reverse current by a rectifier connected across the power supply that conducts when the polarity is reversed hopefully blowing the fuse...

Check all of the fuses in the instrument panel fuse box and also the fuse box under the hood. Test them with a light or meter, not just visually. After that, you get into expensive territory and may need dealer assistance. The speed sensor is connected to the powertrain control module, the...

From the FSM: ENGINE TEMP DATA ERR is displayed when the PCM detects a concern with the engine temperature sensor, and it activates the message center indicator module though the SCP network, or the message center indicator module does not receive the engine temperature data from the PCM...

We looked at the STS back in 2006 to replace my wife's Mark VIII. We drove the car and it was nice. Good performance and a good ride. The back seat area is small, but considering she was in a Mark VIII, it was bigger, but still small for a 4 door car. Once we got down to it with the dealer and...