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    Nasty surprise

    Had the Merc on the lift, to check the rear brakes over before inspection, and came across this nasty surprise. I wondered why the car was leaning recently. Had a heavy load in the trunk, so I didn't give it much thought. Ordered new Cargo Coils for her. Will have them in on Monday. In the meantime, I have a shitbox Astro van from my job, to get back, and forth. I'm just glad it didn't take out the brake line.



    MIKE
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    oops!

    1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
    2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
    1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
    1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
    2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
    1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)

    please be patient, rebuilding an empire!

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      #3
      Oh cock. That's not gone well at all. /James May

      Sent from Blaster coming at ya from Autobot City.

      Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
      rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

      Originally posted by gadget73
      ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

      Originally posted by dmccaig
      Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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        #4
        ummmm.......yeah....that could be why it leans a little......dam.........glad you didn't get hurt

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          #5
          you really did get lucky on the brake line.

          85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
          160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
          waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc

          06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)

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            #6
            That looks like the coils are installed upside down. The coil should get smaller at the bottom where it sits on the axle.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mr Bean View Post
              That looks like the coils are installed upside down. The coil should get smaller at the bottom where it sits on the axle.
              That's because the bottom coils are MISSING! I put them in 10 years ago. The spring actually rotted, and snapped off. I've never seen that before.

              MIKE

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                #8
                Holy crap. That would make me wonder what else is rotted out down there.

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                  #9
                  Lucky it didn't take out the brake line.
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                  - 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria P72 - the street boat - 5.0 liter EFI - Ported HO intake/TB, 90 TC shroud/overflow, Aero airbox/zip tube, Cobra camshaft, 19lb injectors, dual exhaust w/ Magnaflows, Cat/Smog & AC delete, 3G alternator, MOOG chassis parts & KYB cop shocks, 215/70r/15s on 95-97 Merc rims

                  - 2007 Ford Escape XLT - soccer mom lifted station wagon - 3.0 Duratec, auto, rear converter delete w/ Magnaflow dual exhaust

                  - 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis Ultimate Edition - Daily driver - 4.6 2 valve Mod motor, 4R75E, 2.73s. Bone stock

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                    #10
                    I was thinking it looked like the wrong spring, or it broke. Its definitely not supposed to look like that.
                    86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                    5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                    91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                    1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                    Originally posted by phayzer5
                    I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                      #11
                      Ouch! At least you found it before it caused some severe damage.


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                      I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
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                        #12
                        Got the Merc in during my lunch hour today. With the lift, and air tools, it took all but a half hour to do both springs. I raised the rear of the car, set the frame on jackstands, disconnected the lower shock mounts, and lowered the rear. With a little persuasion with a pry bar, the springs came out with no problems. Here's what came out of the car. I also took pics of old, and new side by side.



                        MIKE





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