My '89 Lincoln Town Car

[Tiggie]

Every time I have a misfire in my 88, it’s a plug. #8 most often. Followed by #4 on my particular car. Easy to check, cheap to fix.

Nine year old tires are getting aged. Have they been inside? Inside, with no indications of dry rot, I would run them locally. But outside, ten years is about it. And long trip, heat, and or loads need fresh rubber.

[L1011tristar17]

Some 2020/2021 updates:

Got a new job, moved apartments, and bought a house a few months later. I stopped driving the car back in September 2020 but a few months ago I brought it to a shop and had a few things fixed. I had mixed up a couple distributor wires (d'oh!) and they also reset the timing and replaced the coil. Before that I had also put on new plugs and wires. Now it runs and drives again, although it doesn't like to accelerate. It's still perpetually hovering at 249k miles.

Oh, and one of the calipers is stuck too.

[87gtVIC]

Excellent use of crutch.


Neat drive though garage there.

[matth825]

Definitely a neat garage! I would put a sheet of 6 mil plastic down over that dirt though. The moisture coming up will rot the undercarriage quickly.


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[DerekTheGreat]

At least you still have it! It's hard holding on to cars when you've got other marshmallows to roast at the same time.

[slack]

Glad you still have the car!

That garage is awesome. I wish I had a spot in my yard for something like that. I agree with matth825 about putting something down over the dirt when you can.

[L1011tristar17]

Definitely a neat garage! I would put a sheet of 6 mil plastic down over that dirt though. The moisture coming up will rot the undercarriage quickly.


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Good idea with the plastic! I had a vapor barrier put under the house right after I bought it. Too bad they didn't leave any extra material behind..

[L1011tristar17]

I put in the vapor barrier a while ago. Unfortunately the 2-year old Motorcraft battery is now completely dead. Looks like I have more shopping to do!

[packman]

Awesome garage! Is that pre-built?

That is/was the route I was going to go with ours.