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    front seats

    This is what everyone ends up doing. I followed these instruction and my drivers works pretty good now. some months latter my passenger seat motor will quit if you work the seat once or twice. Let it alone for some 8 minutes and it will work again for a few seconds. Same electric motor brushes...
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    At 109K, the 97 has developed an AC ticking

    The compressor clutch is looking fine turned on or off. One web guy said he replaced the compressor and it still had the ticking as it did before. Odd as that is, I would think the ability to make pressure would start to fail. but another guy said his Ford pump has been ticking for 5 years and...
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    At 109K, the 97 has developed an AC ticking

    Even with diving into a google search, not much in definitive answers on why the Ford AC pumps develop a ticking sound. Its pretty rapid and rises with rpm's. Turn off the AC and all is smooth and quiet at idle. I just had it serviced last year and all was good and it still blows cold but the...
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    Age old story - Broken grey blend door lever arm

    Looks like your going to have to make one or keep an eye out on Ebay. Keep in mind, these brake because the motor puts too much extension movement in the metal arm that the blend door arm can not move that far. The excessive extension on the arm is what brakes it. I have an article here that...
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    What did you do to your Mark VIII today?

    Your car looks great. Looked up the ceramic film. I'm glad I never got around to doing mine with the old stuff. Its on my bucket list now.
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    Upgrading mark viii Gen 1 headlights

    I'v got a box full of LED 9005's and 9003's from ebay and they arnt worth a crap. And thats in the "improved" gen 2 housings. The only ones that were half way good were the 6 sided 9005 LEDS with fan. But even that, they needed the halogen bulb cup removed or they just throw light all over the...
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    Upgrading mark viii Gen 1 headlights

    DDM tuning? been there done that and had one bad bulb/ballast after another. Tried the more expensive Morimoto HID bulbs, again not impressed with no light situations. Of course this is Gen II but the quality of what's out there in questionable "upgrade" is not good after many, many hours...
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    The great Low beam mod debacle has reached its end?

    I use the same bulb for low beam and high beam. These bulbs are 3 wire plugs as seen in the picture. The connector tab near the table is ground. The tab facing toward the bulb is low beam. the tab facing up is high beam. Use only the low beam tab in both your low beam and high beam ports if you...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    I use the same bulb for low beam and high beam. These bulbs are 3 wire plugs as seen in the picture. The connector tab near the table is ground. The tab facing toward the bulb is low beam. the tab facing up is high beam. Use only the low beam tab in both your low beam and high beam ports if you...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    **** NOTE, its actualy a 1 and 1/8th hole saw, NOT 1". I'm sorry I can't make corrections directly.
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    Sorry for the DBL. should be this one
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    Here is how to get the 9003's into the High beam 9005 sockets. First remove the black 9005 plastic retainer. Clip out the nub pictured and scrape it smooth for no protrusion. A 1" hole saw will open the 9005 port out for the 9003 but in order to do rhis you need to use the saw to cut out a wood...
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    The great Low beam mod debacle has reached its end?

    After a dozen different tested China bulbs of various types, I'm thinking this is about as good as its ever going to be with latest/greatest refit projectors. https://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/ams/gen-2-led-headlight-bulbs-low-high.110/
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    HID kit and installation instructions

    The latest , greatest low beam and high beam LED mod is here. I'v been threw the mill testing and modifying. This mod finaly brings the Gen 2 up to snuff with the latest LED's mods. https://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/ams/gen-2-led-headlight-bulbs-low-high.110/
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    After I wrote the above article, I found a lumens monitor I have. With some testing I found the 34w low beam of the 9003 small diameter projector was the top performer with 24-25K Lm @ 6 feet away. The 6 sided non projector I have in the high beam spot now only produces 15K Lm at 23w. You can...
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    Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High

    Ever since I posted the article here on how to convert your low beam to 9005' Iv been on a long journey to find modern LED powered bulbs for my 97. I'v bout about 8 sets of various bulbs primarily from Ebay and test their wattage draw and what they look like in the housings. I'll cover the low...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Power Door Lock Actuator R&R'

    1/20/2024 UPDATE. The cheap China made power locks failed months ago. I finally got around to replacing them with what looks like a better set. They are USA made Standard brand. They have what looks like Ford part numbers on them. These were from RockAuto. They sound like they are working...
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    '97 LSC Wiper functions.

    yeah, I think your right at looking to put in a new motor. I had the same issue on an 06 Dodge ram truck and the new motor I put in went bad just as the first one that was replaced by the previous owner. Both were China units. The problem was the cavity where the pot resistor is located would...
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    Hello from Japan,New owner of Mark VIII

    If the blend door arm breaks, the car will only give you cold air conditioning. The heat will not come on no matter what you set the control on. Also, the rubber vacuum hose that runs the air control commonly gets cracked from age. This will put your all your air flow to the windshield defroster...
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    Hello from Japan,New owner of Mark VIII

    Welcome to the sight Yuki. Your car looks to be in excellent shape. It must be very rare in Japan since only 30000 gen 2 97/98 cars were made. I would say the first thing to be ready to fix is the AC/heat air blend door control arm. Making the blend door arm pivot hole oblong as pictured in this...
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