The front ones yes. Missing the rear ones.
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Found an owner's brochure.
Also restored the headlights.
I took it out on a desolate road and tried to re-bed in the brakes as they are awful. The car stopped ok but the nose dive was substantial. So much so that the oil light came on for a second as all of the oil went to the front of the pan. Is there a way to avoid this from happening? I know C5 Corvettes can have one more quart of oil added to the engine, if driving on the track. I would like to autocross this car in the future for fun and laughs. But I don't want any oiling issues under hard braking or cornering.
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Funny you mention the oil light thing, since my '97 does the same thing if you really pin the brakes down at speed.
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98-02 brakes are noticeably better and almost bolt on. You need 16" wheels, but otherwise swap the hub bearing, rotor, caliper bracket, caliper, and pads to the later style for an extra inch of rotor diameter and dual piston calipers with larger brake pads. Worth doing if you're planning to autocross it.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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Talk to Toploader. He found someone to make stainless lines for his Studebaker Avanti. Apparently they can make whatever you want so long as they have a template. I forget where he got it done though.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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Did some stuff. Replaced the idler and tensioner pulleys along with the serpentine belt to quit a squeak during cold starts.
I also replaced the spark plugs. They were crappy Autolite plugs that were never gapped properly. Ranging from 0.35 to 0.41. Replaced them with NGK Platinum plugs gapped at 0.54.
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These brakes suck. I need ALOT of pressure to get the pads to bite. Pedal feel is fine. Just the crappy pads.
Ordered new rotors and EBC Yellowstuff Pads as that's the only "Track" pad I could find for this car. I like Hawk pads and used HP+ on all of my previous vehicles. But Hawk only makes the HPS pad for panther cars.
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Are your rear brakes working correctly? If something is messed up back there you'll get even more brake dive than normal. Seen lots of inop rear brakes and people don't even realize. Usually its stuck caliper pins. Overly soft or worn out shocks make that worse. Consider these things were Granny-tuned, soft springs, mushy shocks. None of that gets better after 22 years.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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I took the front and rear pads off and scuffed the pad surfaces. I noticed no binding, Frozen or seized parts. I flushed the brakes before the car was even mine. I will replace the hoses too and flush the system again.
I Know the suspension will help with stopping power. And so will better wheels and tires.
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Nice car. Among my 15 Panthers over the years, I had a 95 and 96 GM's that were both Willow Green inside and out. Not a fan of leather, myself. With the 96, I swapped in blue cloth seats from an 86 GM.
Was your car ever upgraded to the better intake manifold?David
1989 LTD Crown Victoria LX
14 previous Panthers, gone but not forgotten....
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