GMAN
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My blend door and heater core has already been changed already.
Mark VIII Makeover Project
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MrScalia
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94m5 said:
what the headliner?
NJ95MARK8
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haHAHAHAHA gettin laid in the mark 8 yea if she had long sexy legs with some high heels they where definitly going into the headliner. lol not much room for bang bang in the mark 8 but you can you just have to be creative hehehehe.
Staffamerica74
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Do you have to take the entire dash out to get to the blend door? If so what kinda price does a dealer charge to replace that and the heater core?
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scott9050
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To get to the actuator motor, no. The right side of the dash only has to be pulled back 4 inches or so. As for the heater core, I would not wish that on anyone.
GMAN
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I totally disagree. You cannot get to the blend door without pulling the dash out. You can't get to it through the radio or AC openings. So IMO you would have to pull the dash out about 6 to 8 inches so you can fit your arm in there with a nut driver . To do the heater core, the dash will have to come out. No other way to do it.
JC1994
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my 94 Mark is silver with all black interior. I love it.GMAN said:
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scott9050
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GMAN said:
Well since I did it on 2 cars without the dash coming out, I think I would know. You have to pull out the message center display to get at 2 of the small bolts for the motor, the other 2 can be accessed through the glove box opening. The motor itself is to the lower right behind the message display. And you don't have to have the dash pulled back as far as you said either.
GMAN
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scott9050 said:
You are probably referring to a Gen 2 Mark. Because the Gen 1 Mark, I've tried every way known without taking the dash apart. The blend door for my 93 has only three screws.
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scott9050
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GMAN said:
No, I did it on the 96 and on the 94. With the message center out you can pull the dash back enough through the glovebox to get to 2 of the bolts, the other ones you can get to through the glove box while looking through the message display hole. Only thing I can think of is you are talking about the blend door itself and not the actuator motor, in which case we have a misunderstanding.
94m5
Dmaup's Daddy
Scott is correct,
It's not the blend dorr that is the problem, it's the actuating system in both generations that is the problem.
The gears strip out in the Gen1's, and the arm breaks in the gen2's, you don't have to replace the door to fix it, just the unit.
Mike
It's not the blend dorr that is the problem, it's the actuating system in both generations that is the problem.
The gears strip out in the Gen1's, and the arm breaks in the gen2's, you don't have to replace the door to fix it, just the unit.
Mike
JC1994
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GMAN, here is a picture of the interior of my 94, and has the lincoln emblem on the front and back seats. I bet you wish you had these huh?GMAN said:
GMAN
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I got them off Ebay this week. They will be here tomorrow. That is the last piece to my puzzle. I will have her all put together on Saturday. We will probably be the only two with silver Marks and black interior. I ham looking at different shades of silver now.JC1994 said:GMAN, here is a picture of the interior of my 94, and has the lincoln emblem on the front and back seats. I bet you wish you had these huh?
JC1994
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The service manager at the lincoln dealer here in Wichita told me that it had to be ordered that way. there are not to many that way and mine is the only one he has seen around here.
GMAN
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Got my seats in today, and I started to put the dash back together, but I ran out of light. I will finish up tomorrow. I will also post pics. It looks like me and JC1994 will be the only known Marks that are silver with black interior.
JC1994
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That's cool GMAN... cant wait to see it...GMAN said:
GMAN
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UPDATE
Well I got the new dash in, and I started to plug up all of the wires. I have to admit, I am happy with the results so far. The pieces I couldn't get, I painted them with vinyl paint, and the results were to my liking. I took out the grey door handles and put in chrome ones. I also put in chrome buttons for the trunk release and the gas door release. I was unable to find door panels, so I painted them. I also painted the information center console, the door switches, the window switches the ash trays, the weather striping, and the little pieces that go behind the seats. All that I am lacking now is the steering wheel. Tomorrow I am going to take of the plastic piece on the steering colum and paint that. I am now contemplating weather or not I should paint the steering wheel or just wait for a black one to show up on ebay.
Iwantmymarkback
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Wow. this came out so sweet. A really sweet idea. What color was the old interior? Im looking for new seats for my Mark.
Keep it comming, if I were you I would wait for the steering wheel to show up, because with that paint, you never know how easy that will come off, especially on something so useable as the steering wheel. The ashtrays are okay, I know that even in my car, no one is allowed to smoke in the Lincoln.
-Rick
Keep it comming, if I were you I would wait for the steering wheel to show up, because with that paint, you never know how easy that will come off, especially on something so useable as the steering wheel. The ashtrays are okay, I know that even in my car, no one is allowed to smoke in the Lincoln.
-Rick
MsM8tress
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GOOOO HOTTIE!!!! LOOKS FANTASTIC!!!! You will love the black so much more than the grey "Im selling my Mark" will no longer be words you utter!
GOOD JOB HOTTIE!!!!
SMOOCHES!
MsM8
GOOD JOB HOTTIE!!!!
SMOOCHES!
MsM8
Hey man 2 questions:
1. Are those 6.5 inch comps in your doors? If so did u have to change anything to fit em?
2. How much did it cost you to do the conversion? I would really like a black interior to match my exterior
1. Are those 6.5 inch comps in your doors? If so did u have to change anything to fit em?
2. How much did it cost you to do the conversion? I would really like a black interior to match my exterior
John Hubertz
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Yes, they were definetly available silver/black, but dealers hate trying to sell cars with black interiors - they just don't show well.
Unfortunately for we owners of older cars, the truth is black is the only color that is easily maintained.
That's a wonderful interior and I sure wish you luck with your functional dash items - you might even think about replacing your speedo/tach background with some white ones if you like that sort of thing - easy from where you're at now.
Unfortunately for we owners of older cars, the truth is black is the only color that is easily maintained.
That's a wonderful interior and I sure wish you luck with your functional dash items - you might even think about replacing your speedo/tach background with some white ones if you like that sort of thing - easy from where you're at now.
GMAN
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Yes, I am running Infinity Reference 6 1/2 component speakers all the way around. I had it done by a real good installer here. The Ford JBL's were just not cutting it. So I ripped all that junk out. What I have 2 Infinity Reference 7521A 2-Way Amps. One amp runs a 10" Subwoofer, and the other amp runs all of the 6 1/2 components. The 6.5 woofer don't exactly fit inside the factory speaker spot. A speaker mount was fabricated. The same was done for the tweeters. The crossovers just rest behind the door panel.NJack2AF said:Hey man 2 questions:
1. Are those 6.5 inch comps in your doors? If so did u have to change anything to fit em?
2. How much did it cost you to do the conversion? I would really like a black interior to match my exterior
All of my component speakers were bought on Ebay. I bought the subwoofer and the Amps locally. All in all, including labor, I spent around $600 for the whole thing.
GMAN
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I thought about white face gauges, but they are not for me.John Hubertz said:
GMAN
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Need Help
Back when I first started this project it was really overwhelming.That was when I was really getting frustrated with taking the dash apart. It got to the point I was getting ready to drive to the mechanic and pay to have it reconnected and the whole dash put back together. As I was about to do this, I put the car in reverse and it died. I tried to crank it and all it did was just turn over, that's it. Well that put a damper on things. So I cooled down and and the following weekend I finished up the car. Now I am just about done. I got everything put back into the car. The new dash fits wonderfully. I ensured that the yellow vaccum hose was connected before I bolted the dash in. Now that I am 95% finished, I am still having the same problem. It will not start. Also I've noticed that the air system didn't engage and air the car up. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Did I forget to connect something? This is my worst nightmare. Taking on a big job like this, then something like this happens. If anyone have some ideas I would really appreciate it. Right now I am at a loss.
I need some help
Back when I first started this project it was really overwhelming.That was when I was really getting frustrated with taking the dash apart. It got to the point I was getting ready to drive to the mechanic and pay to have it reconnected and the whole dash put back together. As I was about to do this, I put the car in reverse and it died. I tried to crank it and all it did was just turn over, that's it. Well that put a damper on things. So I cooled down and and the following weekend I finished up the car. Now I am just about done. I got everything put back into the car. The new dash fits wonderfully. I ensured that the yellow vaccum hose was connected before I bolted the dash in. Now that I am 95% finished, I am still having the same problem. It will not start. Also I've noticed that the air system didn't engage and air the car up. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Did I forget to connect something? This is my worst nightmare. Taking on a big job like this, then something like this happens. If anyone have some ideas I would really appreciate it. Right now I am at a loss.
GMAN said:
i dont realy know everything thats goin on...and im still in vicadin land...but my best guess would be you forgot to hook up an airbag properly, and the car thinks its deployed so it wont let you start or somethin like that.