young mark 8s progress thread

[waynehouston]

How do i know if i have a blown head gasket on my 1991 Lincoln Towncar. The car showed signs of overheating, it appeared to have too much oil in it according to the dip stick. When I pulled the oil plug water came from drain, the oil that came out was thick muddy looking the oil filter was clogged. I put water in reservoir it ran straight out oil plug drain.

 

[dnsherrill]

How do i know if i have a blown head gasket on my 1991 Lincoln Towncar. The car showed signs of overheating, it appeared to have too much oil in it according to the dip stick. When I pulled the oil plug water came from drain, the oil that came out was thick muddy looking the oil filter was clogged. I put water in reservoir it ran straight out oil plug drain.

eh, you might try posting this in the Towncar forum, after you search and see if there's an answer to this question...welcome to LVC btw

 

[My Great 8]

How do i know if i have a blown head gasket on my 1991 Lincoln Towncar. The car showed signs of overheating, it appeared to have too much oil in it according to the dip stick. When I pulled the oil plug water came from drain, the oil that came out was thick muddy looking the oil filter was clogged. I put water in reservoir it ran straight out oil plug drain.

It could be your oil filter adapter gasket went bad. Don't condemn the engine yet.

 

[young mark 8 lover]

anyone think that a tranny shop wouldnt jmod or do any of the usual mark tranny mods

 

[dnsherrill]

print this and take it to em
http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/lincoln-mark-viii/transmission-JMOD/index.htm
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what other typical tranny mods do you have in mind?
btw, 'YoungNovaLover" does not have much of a ring to it, stick with your Lincoln

 

[young mark 8 lover]

print this and take it to em
http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/lincoln-mark-viii/transmission-JMOD/index.htm
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what other typical tranny mods do you have in mind?
btw, 'YoungNovaLover" does not have much of a ring to it, stick with your Lincoln

pretty much all the mods

 

[dnsherrill]

other than the Jmod I'm not familiar with any common tranny mods, other than a tune to change shift points...I guess it can be rebuilt to specific parameters for racing?

 

[chris2523]

Best trans route is to get a low mileage 98 trans, and jmod that. A jmodded 98 trans got burbank into the 10s. It'll work for you too.

 

[young mark 8 lover]

Best trans route is to get a low mileage 98 trans, and jmod that. A jmodded 98 trans got burbank into the 10s. It'll work for you too.

im guessing the 98 trans is better

 

[chris2523]

im guessing the 98 trans is better

yep. several internal upgrades.

 

[young mark 8 lover]

would i have to bleed the front brakes after replacing the rear calipers and half of the brake line leading to the left rear (there was a new line infront of the half i replaced) because the bleeders on the front calipers are pretty close to as bad looking as the rear ones were so its safe to say the bleeders are stuck from rust or corossion

 

[young mark 8 lover]

what is the wheel bolt pattern on our marks?

 

[young mark 8 lover]

can i have a little help im lost my rims dont match at the beads each of those little dips/indentation that goes aroind the rim like a ring all the way around are different on each of my rims and some are smalle then others (dip wise) im lost did they come like this from the factory

 

[UltimateSVT]

It's your tires dude. I think you have nothing to worry about. I thought you sold your car. I guess I was under the wrong impression.

 

[young mark 8 lover]

It's your tires dude. I think you have nothing to worry about. I thought you sold your car. I guess I was under the wrong impression.

not on the tire im talking abount on the rim o.o ill repost the pictures with a arrow pointing at the area

 

[young mark 8 lover]

heres the pics with arrows showing what im trying to explain

 

[chris2523]

i see that one wheel is dirtier. nothing else...

 

[UltimateSVT]

Yeah seems like it's just dirtier. Regardless, that's such a tiny thing that it would go undetected at a car show.... & I don't think you'll be attending one any time soon.

 

[SATURN5]

I'd be more concerned with the dry rot cracking of the tires then the minor if any differences of the wheel lip. The bolt pattern is 5 on 4 1/4" (108mm)

 

[young mark 8 lover]

Yeah seems like it's just dirtier. Regardless, that's such a tiny thing that it would go undetected at a car show.... & I don't think you'll be attending one any time soon.

i wont attend any it was just something that was odd

 

[young mark 8 lover]

I'd be more concerned with the dry rot cracking of the tires then the minor if any differences of the wheel lip. The bolt pattern is 5 on 4 1/4" (108mm)[/QUO

2 tires are dated 06 ones dated 07 and ones new dated 2013 im gettin a set of tarus stockies to put blizzacks on or studded tires for this winter while i replace the 3 old ones for summer sadly my car is being used this winter my moms selling her mercury so were both going to be using mine

 

[chris2523]

you better get 16" taurus wheels. as 15s won't fit up front.

 

[young mark 8 lover]

you better get 16" taurus wheels. as 15s won't fit up front.

i know

 

[young mark 8 lover]

should i replace the copper washers on the banjo bolts when i replace calipers?

 

[chris2523]

yep.