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    P0172 and P0175 ONLY when 30's or colder?

    Car is actually a '99 Continental, but being this area is more active and the engines are similar enough, figured it was worth asking in here instead. When it gets into the mid 30 F degree temp range, it'll pop a P0172 and is sometimes complimented with a P0175. If temps are in the upper 30's...
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    P0442

    I don't have any, but you can start with everything connected to the evap canister. Do ONE hose at a time. Buy it by the foot at a parts store. While at it, you can do ALL vacuum lines under the hood relatively quickly, for under $20. Do the egr vacuum line too. Go by AGE and NOT "condition"...
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    Adding A Little More Auto Dim To The Rearview Mirror

    That's actually a good idea though IIRC my '96 Mark VIII had an on/off button and I always just left that on. Day time, no issues, night time, always dark. Biggest issue is Ford seems to have issues keeping the seals from leaking. If night time still bothers you, readjust the actual mirrors...
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    Front end hit today on my 2002 Lincoln Continental - time to move on?

    You can buy the entire front strut assembly pretty cheap. I bought a set off Car ID and think they were made by Unity. Comes with strut and spring, assembled, in pairs. I think I paid a touch under $200 for the set roughly, though needed to contact them while looking at wrong strut assembly and...
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    Front end hit today on my 2002 Lincoln Continental - time to move on?

    Just replace the door switch. Unlike the Mark VIII, you can actually get at them on these. Lube is a temporary fix but usually works. End links might be bad or failing, or worn enough that they clunk under enough movement. Easy enough DIY job. Do front back at the same time. Very inexpensive...
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    Newer Vehicles ARE Monitoring Your EVERY Move

    Can't be any worse than the Democrat/Republican control of the last 50 years.... where it's the same coin with 2 heads.
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    Newer Vehicles ARE Monitoring Your EVERY Move

    When those JFK documents were released by Trump, there was a section that detailed how the CIA was embedded into a Mexican phone company IIRC. They even had the ability to intercept mail, do photo surveillance, etc., and the FBI has the ability to do things nationally like have dummy plane...
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    Any way to disable the cell phone and SOS warnings?

    OK, finally seem to have it squared :o The small black box under the upper, center, light console on the headliner, nearest the rear-most compartment, IS for the tire pressure warnings. Since my tires are OK with correct pressure and the warning was appearing randomly, unhooking the black box...
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    Belt tensioner Pulley Question?

    Before you start throwing parts at it w/o certainty, remove the belt. Wait until it's cold out or the same temp as when it's acting up, and briefly start the engine (wouldn't run more than 15-20 sec to be safe). Everything from the alternator, water pump, power steering, tensioner, and pulleys...
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    Any way to disable the cell phone and SOS warnings?

    ^ Spoke too soon. Usually, start car, and the SOS and Cell Phone messages pop 1st, the I think seat belt and finally whatever. After pulling the box, it instead goes to seat belt then whatever was last selected. Going into gear (or maybe enough time passing, wasn't paying too much attention)...
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    Any way to disable the cell phone and SOS warnings?

    This has been on the back burner for ages as I just ignored the warnings. Recently found a new button/latch for the sunglasses case in the overhead cluster, which depending on year/model, might have the SOS lighting, Low Tire Pressure warning, map/dome lights, sunroof switch, etc. in the...
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    Anyone mod their secondary butterfly linkage?

    I wouldn't mess with it tbh. The Mark VIII"s engine is fairly reliable. Though I only had mine from 62k to roughly 125k. At 100k miles, front wheel bearings, rear shocks (can mod in Thunderbird shocks from the late 90's easily enough, just use the large washers to compress a new rubber bushing...
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    P0442

    Gas caps are a wearable item. 135k miles with the factory one at almost 20 years old, it definitely won't hurt having it replaced. My understanding, they can fail one of 2 ways, either they stick open or shut, though sticking shut would probably require a physical failure that locks it in place...
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    '99 Lincoln Continental Refurbishment

    I bought mine with the sensor unhooked (didn't know) for the driver's door ajar sensor, which is right behind the door card and connects to the internal latch. When I reconnected it, all was fine briefly, then it started doing the same thing. It apparently thinks the door is "open" and will...
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    '99 Lincoln Continental Refurbishment

    Just use your garden hose water to rinse everything down (block/head area) when engine is cool, trying your best not to get ignition coil cover wet, nor the ignition coil wiring looms wet (wiring that goes under the cover on valve covers that connects to all coils; they can get brittle where...
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