Recent content by Sexsymbolx

Thanks Joegr! So, please forgive the stupid question, but are there any options to buying all the special tools? And if not, where do i find those? I'm assuming that they're dealer items?

Thanks for the response guys! The milage is getting up there, just over the 150K mark I believe. And I'm not sure whether or not it's actually had a fluid replacement in the last 10 years. If you think it's worth the time to have the transmission fluid changed I'll give it a try, but from the...

Hi everyone- I know that this is a pretty common problem, but I can’t seem to find any past posts with exactly the same issue. My 2004 V8 has the occasional hard shifts, but nothing major. Yesterday I put the car in to reverse to back out of my driveway and the car didn’t want to go into...

My 2004 V8 has been making the same rattling noise upon startup that several people here have had. I initially thought that I may have a bad tensioner, but the more I investigate it seems like the camshaft phaser issue. I've looked at the service manual and it looks like replacing it might be...

I have an update- I found that the short crankcase vent tube was somewhat askew where it connects to the air cleaner outlet pipe. The air cleaner outlet pipe has a small crack at that connector, so the crankcase vent tube isn't sealing solidly. (Also the O Ring on the vent tube was dried out...

Thanks Joe! I'll start there. The running rough on a decline thing is only when started from cold very first thing in the morning.

Hi everyone! I really have to dig into my 2004 V8 LS and find the solution to this one. I've seen these codes listed on the V6 and people seem to suggest that the PCV is the culprit. Not sure about the V8. The chec engine light is on and I'm pulling P0171 and P0174 codes. There are a couple...

Yes, I considered that, but my symptoms are completely different from what the posters in those threads have had. If it is indeed possible that the issue is air in the system then perhaps someone can explain to me why it exists only when starting the car and then after roughly the time it takes...

Hi everyone - Can anyone give me their thoughts on this: Over the last few days my 2004 V8 has been acting up. Normally the temperature gauge sits perfectly at the halfway point. A couple days ago a few minutes after I started driving in the morning the fan came on. Engine didn't get...

Hi everyone- I looked in the archives but didn't see anything that looked like the answer to this question. Lately I've had a noise that occasionally comes from my brakes. It sounds, oddly, like a creaky mattress spring. It happens occasionally when depressing the pedal. Anybody ever...

Well, I have a tentative update: I picked up the car and took it to another mechanic - the place that did the control arms about 6 months ago. I told them what it was doing and that it sounded like a loose control arm. Talked to them about 4 hours later and he told me that I was right. They...

Just to get an opinion, if I take it in to another shop and they agree that it's the rack and pinion, would that seem possible? I'm not really trusting of most of the mechanics in this area, to be honest. Also, that quote seemed high to me. I'm seeing the part for under $300 all over the...

Thanks, I'm leaning the same way. I think that it will need to go down the street to another place. I'll try to find a Lincoln shop.

I thought that they had replaced the lowers, but I'm not able to find the paperwork at the moment. Just tried the mechanic and it will began other hour before they can tell me what they did. The car is currently at a local Pep Boys. Obviously not my preferred choice, but the only place that...

I had the control arms replaced about 6 months ago as I was getting some noise from the bushings having been deteriorated. Aside from that the only suspension work that I can recall in the last 5 years is having the sway bar links replaced. The car has just over 140K on it.