Recent content by Machspeed

I am possibly taking on another job that requires me to travel a lot. In this, I am considering selling my 06 Lincoln LS. Last week I stopped in a dealership to look at the 2015 Mazda6. I like the styling and the fuel mileage….. really like the car though I wish it had a few more pony’s. Curious...

Just a quick comment joe, as you have made helpful comments regarding some of my previous posts. Recall I changed all my coils a few weeks back along with the plugs? I went with Borg Warner (BWD) coils and autolite plugs gapped at .041". Car ran great for a couple of weeks then I get the...

You know, I did a bunch of research on coils before I went with the Borg Warner brand coils. In that research, I found that the factory Motorcraft coils appear to be as problematic as the off brand units. Go to the Ford truck forums and you can read all about them. They too are now made in...

I posted a few weeks back regarding some rough idling in my LS (06, 3.9 V8) ultimately to conclude that I had a coil problem. Indeed, #4 cylinder coil was bad. I ordered eight new coils, BWD brand, along with some Autolite lridium XP spark plugs. I didn’t find the job too challenging and when...

Well, as I started this thread let me thank those of you who responded. Through comments here and those I have garnished off other sites I'm likely going to go with BWD brand coils. I can get these through O'reilly's for $41 each and they have a life time warranty. Supposedly, these are Borg...

Okay, at the risk of a pummeling here by those who may have answered the question on the Holy Grail for COP’s, I’m sticking it out there again. What is the best COP for the money? I’m more concerned about reliability than anything. I’ve been all over the web and this site and most information is...

Actually, I highly suspected the coils, but was hoping for something else. Besides that, it is my understanding that the coil issue is not as great on my generation. Can you advise on replacement coils? Should the problem indeed be the coils, should I go back to stock coils or is there a better...

I have an 2006 Lincoln LS V8, with 62 K miles. It is babied and I have it serviced routinely. I noted the other day at a stoplight that the car seemed to have a miss, as I could feel it. The miss is somewhat irregular, meaning does not seem like a constant miss happening in a timely manner. On...

This thread has become a real hoot. And that comment about bigfoot almost caused me to spit my coffee all over the monitor....too funny!

Okay, I gotta ask.....is this for real? http://www.performancechipsdirect.com/Lincoln/LS/ 60 HP and 4-7 mpg improvement....seriously? Anyone here go with this?

Beautiful car....and perfect color! When I was searching out mine, it had to be black.

Thanks! Yeah, I know. I looked at doing this three, maybe four years ago but never got around to it. Too bad too, because these PIE kits are becoming somewhat scarce and subsequently more expensive. A few years ago I could have had that PIE kit for around $80. It cost me $115 a couple weeks ago...

Yeah, but the IPOD was free. Son's hand-me-down and I'm still learning how to use it. Technologically challenged here.....LOL!

BTW Mike, I found the paint in Walmart of all places. Just as you stated, it is a little lighter than the factory silver but hardly noticeable. I wanted to paint everything with it, but just like you did not want to mask off all that stuff....close enough. Say Mike, this is a bit anal, but...

What makes me nervous is finding parts for our cars as they age. I love my LS and want to keep it many years, but what will the parts availability be in five years from now? This past week I did some work on it after taking it apart for an IPOD install. I had to fix several broken plastic parts...