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    Best way to remove Carbon?

    I've used it for years, never had an issue. I use it regularly in the fuel in three of my cars, and three trucks, I have used it on a couple older vehicles via a vacuum hose stuck in a can of it. The spray can kind is best IMHO for cleaning out carbon buildup in the upper intake, I have used...
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    Balljoint Failure

    Been there with the squeaking ball joints, the ball rides on a nylon disk and when the grease dries out they squeak and creak like hell. Also, it's gonna pop apart real real soon, I put it off for a month on a t-bird, bad mistake. Drove over a mild bridge joint on the interstate doing 70 MPH...
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    Are 3.9 V8 main bolts stretch bolts?

    Yes, but from what I have been told the bottom end is the same.
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    Are 3.9 V8 main bolts stretch bolts?

    From what I read in the engine assembly pdf.. Bed plate bolts must be center punched after being completely torqued. Center punched bolts must not be reused. I took a quick look at the ones in mine, appears the pyramid indicated ones are punched.
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    3.9L Bearings

    Cool, thanks oddball and 112LS. I did some more searching and found a post from 2015 that cleared up a removal few questions. Does anyone have any tips on the bearings? I did get an email back from one parts place, they said the bearings are color coded, since I don't have it out and apart...
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    3.9L Bearings

    Yes, like an old school V8.
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    3.9L Bearings

    I was reading over this thread " So far: 4.0L Jaguar S-Type bearings = 3.9L Lincoln LS bearings " and and am hoping someone can say if this holds true for the 2005 model 3.9L? I just picked up a 2005 LS Sport in really good shape, except... it has a slight rod knock. I pulled the front pan and...
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