What did you do to your Mark VIII today?

[Sapperfire]

Negative. The pads were about 50% but the calipers were the original rusty crusty ones and apparently did not like being removed and put back on. I was going to replace all of the brake hardware but was tight on money at the time. It is either the caliper or hose, I won't know until I get the wheel back off. It is an easy enough mistake to correct though.

Did you reuse those Cooper gaskets for the banjo bolt? Those are a one time use and will leak from there.
For future knowledge, all ya gotta do is remove the lower bolt on the caliper, then you can use a C-clamp, or a screw driver as a pry bar, and push the piston in before you flip the caliper up.

And unless you're replacing the hose, or replacing/rebuilding the caliper, there's no need to remove the banjo bolt from the hose

And on a mark VIII, there's not any hardware to replace, just the guide pin dust boots. Unless they are torn, reuse them... You can clean the guide pins on a wire wheel, and use a drill with a bore brush to clean the guide pin hole. Then lube (with brake lube!) and brush the anchor bracket shelves (where the pads touch) with a wire brush, then reassemble

 

[fastmark1993]

Very early. When I stored mine the last 4 winter it didn't go in till Oct. 31st.

I got a truck plus I swapped the motor and trans on the mark not to long ago but the trans is garbage so gonna do a t56 this winter

 

[thaywood]

Just sent my defective front air shock back to Arnott yesterday afternoon. I'm now eagerly awaiting my replacement. Hopefully it won't take too long. I hate seeing the car sitting up on jacks like that

 

[chris2523]

parked on the street while i'm doing college things.

thinking about sway bars and new rear shocks in the meantime. prolly 1 1/4 addco front and rear.

 

[Sapperfire]

Drove a bunch of other cars inside of it

 

[Mark8Murder]

Installing DLF's Rear sway bar kit and some new rear toe compensators from Moog.....

Special Thanks to DLF! He got right on it and got them to me in just a couple days!!

 

[LaserSVT]

Sweetness

 

[Sapperfire]

Rolled 170K on the way to work

 

[topher5150]

Get her dynoed today 253.5 hp @4957 rpm 288.6 torque lbs @ 4135 rpm

 

[2002WRXSTi]

Driving to work and get stuck by a Coal train of all things at the Free Bridge crossing in Phillipsburg NJ. Sat there for 10 minutes and yeah I see the last cars. Then the train stops and starts going backwards as I am freaking cause I'm already 13 minutes late
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETt63FqbSQA

 

[LowLincoln]

Got rear-ended by a tailgater yesterday morning on the highway. Another car had gotten in front of me and was going much slower than me. Somehow the lady behind me did not see me brake and bam.

Only damage I see so far is the bumper cover with some heavy scuff marks and slight deformity from the impact. But everything else still looks good.

I would guesstimate that she hit me at a rate of 5-10 mph in her mini-cooper.

=-(

But her insurance co is paying for the repairs and I plan on taking the car to Brandon Ford. For those that live in the area, they do flawless body work, FYI

 

[johnnyjaws]

TOOK the belt off today both pullyes were dragiing replaceing both 70.ooo miles chjeck youtr belts

 

[k9t8m]

last night i installed my new fuse block, put my trunk back together, fixed my shifter surround, and today I plan on detailing it and installing my avic d3 again.

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Didn't do anything but I did have a dream that it was actually fast. Iirc it was a LSx motor, then I woke up.

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Got rear-ended by a tailgater yesterday morning on the highway. Another car had gotten in front of me and was going much slower than me. Somehow the lady behind me did not see me brake and bam.

Only damage I see so far is the bumper cover with some heavy scuff marks and slight deformity from the impact. But everything else still looks good.

I would guesstimate that she hit me at a rate of 5-10 mph in her mini-cooper.

=-(

But her insurance co is paying for the repairs and I plan on taking the car to Brandon Ford. For those that live in the area, they do flawless body work, FYI

That sucks but i'm glad you're alright.

I kinda wish I could be in a low speed fender bender so I could get new bumper covers.

 

[LaserSVT]

I had the weirdest dream. I was in my 98 Supercharged Mark and kicking ass on the highway. I woke up all happy and full of myself. Walked to the carport to admire my beauty and was instantly shot down when I remembered I now have a Regal.

 

[Mark8Murder]

I had the weirdest dream. I was in my 98 Supercharged Mark and kicking ass on the highway. I woke up all happy and full of myself. Walked to the carport to admire my beauty and was instantly shot down when I remembered I now have a Regal.

Damn.......

 

[topher5150]

Just found how they determine the fee for liscense plate tags. It's based on the value of the car when it was new . Happy birthday to me LOL

 

[NYCoffee]

Alternator went out on me yesterday. New one cost $180.00 Went to pull a part and found one from a perfect continental. Bad Tranny, But really clean. $20.00, 10 min out 10 min in. Back on the road again. Also 30 day warranty.
Gotta love it

 

[Sapperfire]

Alternator went out on me yesterday. New one cost $180.00 Went to pull a part and found one from a perfect continental. Bad Tranny, But really clean. $20.00, 10 min out 10 min in. Back on the road again. Also 30 day warranty.
Gotta love it

Quit napping on the job

 

[2002WRXSTi]

Found out what my Mark sounded like with the tail pipes below the water line :shifty:

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Stopped procrastinating and had my buddy weld the stock muffs/tips back on, all for the price of dinner which was nice. It's been about 2 years since I cut them off and never finished it..Holy Molly are these things quite. Almost too quite..No..Must..resist..










But yeah, it no longer sounds obnoxious and represent's what a Lincoln should sound like I guess..

 

[thaywood]

Didn't do a dam thing to it She's still sitting on jacks. USPS said the leaky air shock should arrive at Arnott today. Hopefully I'll get my new one before this weekend and I can get the ol' girl back on the road again. On top of not having my Mark to drive, my Exploder started gushing oil out of the d/s valve cover. And when I say "gushing", I mean it! I was driving home from taking the kids to my parents' house yesterday and noticed smoke billowing out from under the hood. Turned around and went back to their house (I was only a couple of miles away) and parked it. It turns out that the d/s valve cover is leaking so bad that from the time I parked, turned the engine off, and got out there was a dinner plate size puddle on the ground under the crossmember. There was oil all over the d/s exhaust manifold and it was running down the back of the engine and dripping on the crossmember and exhaust crossover pipe! It was amazing! It happened all at once. No warning or anything! So now I'm driving my mom's '97 30th Anniversary Cougar (which is not a bad thing) until I can get the Exploder fixed, which won't be until at least Friday. It seems like sh!t like this happens all at once. It can just ruin your whole day.

 

[95MkViii]

got it all ready for its first time starting in 4 years

got to go get gas this morning and new battery and she will fire up (hopefully)

 

[chris2523]

bought some more wheels. this will be the fourth set on this car.

how long does it take fedex to update their dumb tracking numbers?
shipped saturday, so i can expect nothing through sunday. and i guess its still monday morning and i'm just impatient. oh well.