Recent content by Terrapin88

I agree Smokenuryzz. At some point someone is going to be in your position looking for help with this hose. It would be good if you took a minute to explain what you did and how. Thanks!

No, not a whole lot of room for extra wires behind the HU. You need to put some though into where to stuff them to get the HU to slide in all the way. Wasn't too bad on mine. One of the reasons I chose the JVC was that its face and lighting scheme is very simple without any light shows or...

^^^ Without a doubt. The word frustrating comes to mind.

I did this job a couple weeks back. I found it easiest to put the serp belt back in place before pulling the new tensioner up and into place.

Nice.

I am back in college full time (@ 42 years old) so I'm living frugally as money is an object right now. I picked my 98 Conti up for $1100 in May w/155,000 miles on it. The engine, tranny and air shocks system all seem healthy. With the repairs I've made so far; water pump, tensioner assembly and...

If you have the 6 disc changer in the arm rest, removing the changer will leave a big hole making the armrest storage area useless. I found some thin plastic sheets that I cut up, bent and formed to cover the open side and bottom of the armrest storage cubby. I foil taped it all together and...

In a perfect world (and if my car had 100,000 less miles on it) I would too. But @ 160,000 miles I don't want to sink too much money into it. It's a comfortable commuter but if something expensive that I can't or don't want to fix breaks, It's out the door. I'm just going to keep fixing the wear...

No, you're right about the cost of the assembly. I've seen it from 400-600 bucks. Insanity. I have no need to replace the entire assembly. I just plan to replace the burned out fan itself. I had read that those single fans @ autozone, etc. were not direct replacements. I've been keeping my eyes...

$16 bucks!? Wow Smokenuryzz, that's a steal. Yeah it seems to be a small club but I'd prefer not to be in it. lol My AC still works ice cold and I haven't overheated in traffic yet running just the one fan, but it try not to use the AC and never when sitting still. Replacing the fan is on my to...

I removed the factory JBL Sound radio and CD changer from my 98 Continental and installed a nice JVC double din head unit (radio). Both the radio and changer work 100% but I listen to internet radio and MP3's via my smart phone almost exclusively so I needed a head unit with the AUX and USB...

I installed those $11 front pads today. They came tightly wrapped together but loose in a Centric box with clips and boots for both sides. I was installing reman'd calipers that already had the boots and clips installed so I didn't use the centric ones. So far so good. They definitely work so I...

I have a 98 Conti. Not sure if this is the answer, but I turned off the memory feature by turning the little switch on the key fob to the off position. Have you noticed that switch on the back of your fob?

You caught that eh? lol Yeah I have no idea. Amazon is not exactly into being super accurate with their listings. You have to be careful. I was thinking that was some kind of error with the $110 list price. Near as I can tell they are front pads. I am guessing they are closeouts? Whatever, like...

I came across these: http://www.amazon.com/Centric-105-0598-Posi-Quiet-Ceramic-Brake/dp/B000C02M1I/ref=au_pf_ss_1?ie=UTF8&Make=Lincoln%7C55&Model=Continental%7C704&Year=1998%7C1998&carId=008&n=15684181&s=automotive 4 Centric Posi Quiet ceramic pads for $11.29 with free 2 day shipping (for...