What did you do to your Mark VIII today?

[SwedishMark]

only if its set around their feet in a bucket.i used to keep a bag and bucket on my boat, just for gags.

Haha, that's some great :q:q:q:q there

I don't think it's so much the tires as "how" you drive. I've driven nothing but RWD cars all my life. I've never owned a wrong-wheel-drive car. And I've never been stuck in the snow. Even with the Mark, I can get around pretty easily in a couple of inches of snow. If it gets any deeper than that, I'll break out the Exploder 4x4 and put 'er in low range. You just have to know how to handle a RWD car in less-than-ideal weather conditions. I think it's a "learned" skill that takes a lot of practice.

First time I'm driving RWD in winter but I don't think I'm doing that much wrong.
For example last night. I parked next to my friends car. Then thought I was abit abit far from it so I was going to park closer to it. Put in R and just release the brake and tires spin.
That's not normal. Never even hit the gas pedal and I did not skid while braking.
And the snow was perhaps like 3/8 of an inch deep.

The rear end grip just cannot be that bad. Must be either the tires that's exceptionally bad or me who suck at winter driving.
But last winter I had even worse tires on my Saab 9000 where I had maximum 5 studs on each tire and all of the tread gone, almost. And I never got stuck. Almost got stuck once but I gently rocked the car on the clutch and got unstuck.
And the tires on the Mark is definetly in good condition. But perhaps it's just plain crap tires ...

 

[K-FAN]

cleaning my dual piston calipers and omg... they needed it and soon to b painted and O yea bill PICs of the new mark man.. dont tease.... :q:q:q:q


pictures coming soon for the calipers before and after cant decide what color to paint them

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Lubed up my door seals/weatherstripping and window gaskets with white silicone grease a couple days ago. It's supposed to help keep them from freezing. So far so good.

 

[slowmkviii]

Swedish here's my car last year
http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=70968

 

[SwedishMark]

That's a tiny bit of snow alright
And the Mark worked just fine in it? Must really be my tires that suck ...

 

[slowmkviii]

Yep mark worked great
Just remember even with the right tires all cars have there limits.
I also had NO weight in the trunk

As per the thread title.
Yesterday I did the oil filter adapter gasket on the 95

 

[thaywood]

Watched the average MPG go to 21.1 today!!! A-freakin-mazing!! It's never been that high! I could never get it above 19.3 before. I reset it a few days ago and I've just been driving back and forth to work. Not gettin' on it very much. I've been driving my age lately The MPG has been steadily getting better since I installed my new coils. Me likey. I can't wait to see what the actual math shows when I fill it back up this week...

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Hit 140k on the way home from work.

 

[SwedishMark]

Yep mark worked great
Just remember even with the right tires all cars have there limits.
I also had NO weight in the trunk

As per the thread title.
Yesterday I did the oil filter adapter gasket on the 95

Hmm, no weight in the trunk and good tires. I'll have to go for lots of weight in the trunk and bad tires this winter.

What did I do to my mark? Well I brushed off all the snow, scraped ice from the windows AND I even managed to reverse out of the parking space with atleast 3-4 inches of snow around the car without getting stuck!
Amazing huh?

 

[2002WRXSTi]

129998.3 on Odometer so I went to friend with lift in his pole barn to do oil and High Pressure power steering hose replacement. Took about an hour and a half to get all done.

Then checked exhaust to see where new leak was coming from? Inner exhaust stud from cat to exhaust is almost rotted away

Anyone know what the thread count is on the studs? My auto parts place told me to bring it in for them to match it up but that's kinda hard to do when it all rusted away

 

[SwedishMark]

My odometer in the parts car is stuck at 260k something.
Wonder how far the car has actually gone ...

 

[95mark8newyork]

lol

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Got my silver 10 spoke centercaps from 98linc today. Layed some chrome tape over them, formed the tape into the lincoln emblem and stuck em on the wheels. They look surprisingly good, so good that I might cover the factory chrome ones on the other side. My wheels look less shitty now, but they're still peeling pos.

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

Got my silver 10 spoke centercaps from 98linc today. Layed some chrome tape over them, formed the tape into the lincoln emblem and stuck em on the wheels. They look surprisingly good, so good that I might cover the factory chrome ones on the other side. My wheels look less shitty now, but still peeling pos.

pics or it didn't happen....

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

Went to the junkyard on Friday. There was a 98 black/black LSC. I pillaged it.

This stuff's been sitting in my car all weekend, cuz I'm lazy... Finally decided to take it all out.

 

[thaywood]

I hate you...

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

 

[Lownslowlsc]

pics or it didn't happen....

If you really want to see them on horribly corroded wheels I'd be more then happy to share.

 

[slowmkviii]

98lincmk7lsc want to sell the drivers side sun visor if do how much?

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

Not sure. If I do decide to sell it, I'd want to sell them both though....

 

[Sapperfire]

Not sure. If I do decide to sell it, I'd want to sell them both though....

Did the ashtray lid work?

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

responded in the other thread...

 

[chris2523]

one side!
the other is in the mail. the guy shipped two boxes? eh well.

question. if i have a factory 96 HID bulb, can i use 97 or 98 ballasts?

 

[chargerxr]

Yes. Any of the factory ballasts will work.

 

[chris2523]

Yes. Any of the factory ballasts will work.

cool. thanks!