sacsfin3st
Active LVC Member
Well my friends, after being on the forums for a few months now .. i figured i would introduce myself and give ya a lil story.
So my friend and I both are looking for cars this tax year. She happens to get hers first and manages to find herself a very nice 2001 Lincoln LS v8 for 5000$. Although this seems a little high, her car was very clean inside and Out It took her about 2wks to find her car and she absolutely loves it.
Me being a CHEVY man and despising anything ford, have spent my time looking for older Chevy Caprice's, preferably in the yr range of 87-89.
She brings over her new toy and my first thoughts... "It's nice, for a classy ford". Another week of searching for my box chev and her trying to convince me to get a car like hers.. She convinces me to drive it. And oh my.. The handling on this car is awesome. It has decent pick up and **** it gets better gas mileage than my oh so loved Chevy caprice. (Which btw I have owned 4 of them) I fall in love with this car.
So my new journey begins to find me an LS of my very own! Searching Craigslist relentlessly for an LS and test driving about 4 before finding one I really liked. The gentleman wanted 2800$ for it but I talked him down to 2600$ due to the DATC unit being broken and the windshield washer line seems to be blocked.
The guy said it had flow masters on it but after further inspection. They are magna flows. Which I will be changing out as soon as funds are available and allocated to that part of the car.
I am driving this wonderful car for about 3 wks when I have to give a friend a ride home, upon getting to the car I find a huge puddle of coolant under the car. Not being mechanically inclined, I take the car to pep boys and they run a coolant diag costing me $35. Results are: leak in degas bottle, leak in upper radiator hose and the thermostat is bad. They wanted in the upper range of 900$. This was unacceptable. So I talked to a friend online whom has a subscription to AllData and he gives me his info and away me and a coworker go on my new mission to fix this myself! After spending about $150 on parts, damn degas bottle cost 90$ And no I couldn't go to a junk yard.. Only 1 had 1 LS on its lot and that ls had already been ran through, and about 3hrs labor, we think we have this gem of a car ready to go! We take her for a test drive and she starts to get hot. Bleeding this car was a fancy chore ... *remembering the good ol days when cars had radiator caps* ... Anyway after 3 attempts of bleeding and actually taking the new thermostat out and boiling it, she finally stop overheating! She has been running strong for the past 3 months. Having replaced the black DATC unit with a woodgrain looking one, the DATC unit now functions well. I havnt taken the time to find the blockage in the washer line but as a precaution I did pick up a new washer motor. Eventually when time allows .....
I am sad to not see many performance upgrades and was hoping I could get in on the turbo kit I seen on another thread here. Seems that is unlikely. :/
I plan on putting new tires on her soon keeping the stock rims for now. But I think this car would looks best on 20's. my only issue are low profile tires. I don't like em. A little dilemma ill figure out when the time comes.
Then a nice sound system. I've already replaced the stock Alpine deck with a "hold me over" pioneer DVD deck.
I think that's enough for now .. Tis a rather lengthy post. I have pictures I will post later today. Getting ready for my daughters graduation. Can't believe she is graduating high school already and turning 18 next wk! Makes ya feel old.
Anyways thanks for having these great forums up and allowing me to be a part. I shall return with pics!
Nate
So my friend and I both are looking for cars this tax year. She happens to get hers first and manages to find herself a very nice 2001 Lincoln LS v8 for 5000$. Although this seems a little high, her car was very clean inside and Out It took her about 2wks to find her car and she absolutely loves it.
Me being a CHEVY man and despising anything ford, have spent my time looking for older Chevy Caprice's, preferably in the yr range of 87-89.
She brings over her new toy and my first thoughts... "It's nice, for a classy ford". Another week of searching for my box chev and her trying to convince me to get a car like hers.. She convinces me to drive it. And oh my.. The handling on this car is awesome. It has decent pick up and **** it gets better gas mileage than my oh so loved Chevy caprice. (Which btw I have owned 4 of them) I fall in love with this car.
So my new journey begins to find me an LS of my very own! Searching Craigslist relentlessly for an LS and test driving about 4 before finding one I really liked. The gentleman wanted 2800$ for it but I talked him down to 2600$ due to the DATC unit being broken and the windshield washer line seems to be blocked.
The guy said it had flow masters on it but after further inspection. They are magna flows. Which I will be changing out as soon as funds are available and allocated to that part of the car.
I am driving this wonderful car for about 3 wks when I have to give a friend a ride home, upon getting to the car I find a huge puddle of coolant under the car. Not being mechanically inclined, I take the car to pep boys and they run a coolant diag costing me $35. Results are: leak in degas bottle, leak in upper radiator hose and the thermostat is bad. They wanted in the upper range of 900$. This was unacceptable. So I talked to a friend online whom has a subscription to AllData and he gives me his info and away me and a coworker go on my new mission to fix this myself! After spending about $150 on parts, damn degas bottle cost 90$ And no I couldn't go to a junk yard.. Only 1 had 1 LS on its lot and that ls had already been ran through, and about 3hrs labor, we think we have this gem of a car ready to go! We take her for a test drive and she starts to get hot. Bleeding this car was a fancy chore ... *remembering the good ol days when cars had radiator caps* ... Anyway after 3 attempts of bleeding and actually taking the new thermostat out and boiling it, she finally stop overheating! She has been running strong for the past 3 months. Having replaced the black DATC unit with a woodgrain looking one, the DATC unit now functions well. I havnt taken the time to find the blockage in the washer line but as a precaution I did pick up a new washer motor. Eventually when time allows .....
I am sad to not see many performance upgrades and was hoping I could get in on the turbo kit I seen on another thread here. Seems that is unlikely. :/
I plan on putting new tires on her soon keeping the stock rims for now. But I think this car would looks best on 20's. my only issue are low profile tires. I don't like em. A little dilemma ill figure out when the time comes.
Then a nice sound system. I've already replaced the stock Alpine deck with a "hold me over" pioneer DVD deck.
I think that's enough for now .. Tis a rather lengthy post. I have pictures I will post later today. Getting ready for my daughters graduation. Can't believe she is graduating high school already and turning 18 next wk! Makes ya feel old.
Anyways thanks for having these great forums up and allowing me to be a part. I shall return with pics!
Nate
