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BTW ALWAYS have at least 2 key Fobs somewhere. You MUST HAVE TWO KEY Fobs if you need to make a new Fob. This realistically means you should have 3, in case you lose one, you still have two and can program a new fob yourself. I think this might also apply to keys, either that or I am mixing the...

I mean the slight tell tale line that is left behind by the seams of the mold that is used to cast the part. Ie Casting Flash, seam, mold mark, parting line, what have you. The key is that the OEM Ford part has a very visible line on the top of the central pipe that goes from front to the...

Well I got the Doorman upper Water Outlet Pipe/Thermostat Housing along with 1 interesting surprise. First, the last comment talks about Doorman+Plastic = Crack in Seam... Must be talking about the water bottle or the Ford OEM Water outletpipe which does have a seam which does crack. This...

Yup, this plastic stuff seems to turn brown and kind of pitted and can crumble with just finger pressure. That is why I mentioned there are other parts that should also be replaced as part of routine maintenance. I am attracted to this "Improved" Doorman part because it replaces 2 OEM parts that...

Yeah I really don't like a lot of Chinese parts, but the magic words "improved" make me hopeful. I know the OEM outlet pipe has that weak spot at the cassting seam. And, this is an easy part to R&R. My only real experience with Doorman aparts afaik, is the Chinese Doorman Rubber Flex Couplers...

Well, the typical 80,000 to 100,000 dreaded plastic cooling system parts failure has loomed up or sprung on me again. I really hate plastic parts for cooling systems, but that is the nature of the LS. Anywho, I was looking to see if Rockauto had an OEM part for this...

Center Console Latch, cheap easy fix. My center console latch broke a few months back. The little round shafts on each side broke off. I would guess this is a common LS problem. I tried the usual Superglue repair last week and this lasted a day. Superglue just isn't good for repairs that put...

By now the question is moot since we assume you made it home. Usually if a coil fails it is intermittant to start and gradually gets worse. You can drive for hundreds of miles although most of us, including me would NOT recommend it. But you do not need to slam on the brakes and bail out of the...

Fuel filters are an odd thing. The safest bet is to replace per the manual. Almost none of us does. Way too easy to forget, especially since ours hides behind some plastic splash shields in the driver side wheel well. Out of sight out of mind, eh. A fuel filter will clog either right away or...

OK, replaced all my spark plugs and during the process I think I discovered what happened to the ceramic insulator that disappeared after my #7 plug got hollowed out. In the driver side valve cover coil area I found a fair amount of gritty sand to kitty liter size white chunks that almost surely...

Yes properly torqued and the ground electrode looked fine with minimal wear and it was not bent. Threads were fine. It was a little tighter to remove than I remember it being in the past. The center electrode was a little bent but hard to determine if due to impact or due to the force of being...

Man I hate it when I can predict that the LS will give me some mechanical failure in the near future. Little did I know it would be a week after my post about replacing the drive train and how happy I was, but fearing the LS would do something new. Well it did, of course. But this time to be...

Second hunting the junkyards. While searching for parts last month, 3 LS showed up within 5 miles of my home. All with good tail lights. Keep in mind many yards are having an After Christmas Sale, usually 50% off pricing. I bought one tail light for my LS for $10, can't beat that. Last time I...

Minor corrections... Section 7A, I should have said I used a non offset boxend wrench. I could NOT get my open end wrench into the small space inside the mounting bracket. Also note there is some obstruction on one side of the braket thus why I said you could only get at it from the forward...

I will be doing a write up in the next week or so on this since I recently completed this job. I believe a lot depends on the idiosyncracies of the particular car. The donor car was easy to to remove the radiator. My LS was a beach. The AC Condenser and the little auxilliary coolant pump got in...

I have not tried Lucas, but in general, read the label carefully. Usually a bottle of Octane booster only boosts octane a tiny amount. You would typically require several bottles if you are trying to up the octane of a full tank to premium level. I found this out way back when I tried some to...

I have just finished a summer to winter long project of essentially replacing or rebuilding my driveline from the tranny back to the wheels. As I get time I plan to write up my thoughts and experience on each main component section, ie diff, rubber couplers, center carrier bearing, dropping the...

One other recommendation... Before you start bleeding, empty out the master cylinder and then refill with fresh fluid. Then start your brake bleed, topping up as needed. NEVER let the fluid get too low and suck air into the system, then you have to start over. I use a Mity Vac, vacuum pump...

I live in So Calif so my experience is probably different but my heat usually kicks in after maybe 3-5 minutes. I usually am on the freeway at that point for maybe a minute. But, I have had the Thermostat housing fail on me which caused the T stat to not work and then my heat takes 15 minutes...

Yup I did index the couplings. I had a local shop do the removal and replacement of the bearing itself. My puller was about 2 inches too short to get it and I have no press that would do the replacement. If I had to do it again... I think I could get a machine shop or do it myself, cut some...