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This is great news. I've owned two Mark VIIIs ('93 and '95). BOTH cars had switch failures at 80k miles. It actually caught fire on the '93. On my '95, it started leaking and I replaced it before it burned. In both cases, it had been superseded by the recall kit, which consisted of a...

When my cooling fan stopped running, it turned out to be a bad VLCM. Everything else still worked fine.

That's the oil pressure warning. And yes, by the time you see that, the pressure has dropped below ~5 psi and your engine is probably toast. The low oil warning (which comes on when the level is 1-1.5 qts low) isn't exactly a good sign, but it's not a huge issue either. Then again, considering...

When I lived in south Florida, I saw those godawful tops on EVERYTHING. Few cars are more hideous than a Chevy Malibu or a Hyundai Sonata with a fake convertible top.

Robitussin is a helluva drug. ;)

I think that if Crutchfield doesn't have any info for a given car, they just say nothing will fit. I ran into the same thing when I ordered a CD changer<->aux input adapter for my Mark VIII. According to their info, they didn't have anything that would work. I ordered a model with the correct...

I think the JBL amp's crossover is the biggest problem with the factory stereo. It sounds like the woofers cut off before the tweeters kick in, so there's a big hole in the midrange. A friend of mine has a '93. When his JBL amp bit the dust, I helped him install an Alpine in its place. We...

You also need to make sure that the Cougar has the V8. V6 models used a different bellhousing; they will not bolt up.

A friend of mine just bought a '91 Seville, which is basically the same car with 4 doors. It has 90k miles, it looks flawless inside and out, and the only problems are flaky Bose amps (extremely common) and a leaking transmission cooler. He paid $2000 for it. So I'd say that Eldorado is...

The invoice says "synthetic fluid", which I assume is Mercon V. Even if it was III, I don't think it would cause the transmission to crap out in one day, either. I'm especially curious about the different speedo gear and torque converter.. Is the VSS gear normally replaced when the tranny is...

Yep, the fluid smells like burnt brakes/clutch. It has a 1-year/12k-mile warranty through "Automatic Transmission Rebuilder's Association".

My one-way clutch crapped out, so I took my car to an independent transmission shop.. They're not the cheapest place around, but they have a good reputation. They also seemed to be familiar with the 4R70W and its issues. The tech drove the car and confirmed that it was indeed the OWC. He told me...

My '95 does the same thing. It's very intermittent, and I mostly hear it when the engine goes just above idle. Like when I'm creeping along in a drive-thru line, for instance. When the transmission is cold, it sounds more like a rattling heat shield. When it's warmed up, it sounds like the...

HA! Sad but true. :) To put it another way: When you think the first step to jacking up a car is: "Remove all your belongings while you can still open the doors."

- You use the Mark VIII as a unit of currency. For instance, most people think $12k is a good deal for a new Hyundai. But you wonder in disbelief why anyone would spend 4 Marks on a Hyundai. - You see the rear quarter of what you think is a Mark VIII and start to get excited for an instant...

I've had 2 Marks and a '93 Cougar (same platform). For all 3, I've had good luck running the power wire as follows: -Remove the driver-side inner fender liner. -Remove the kick panel, carpet, and insulation in the footwell and drill a hole next to where the parking brake cable goes through the...

If you only have the factory alarm and it's still going off, you unplugged the wrong connectors. Drop the glovebox and set the alarm off. You'll be able to feel the relays clicking inside the alarm module. That's the one you'll want to unplug. :) And yes, the blower case tends to collect...

I'm not a mechanic, but I've been around enough annoying morons to have an idea.. My guess is that they deal with a lot of customers who don't know anything about cars, read something on a forum about a part that may or may not actually be relevant to the problem, then say "I already diagnosed...

So you're saying pregnant women are not allowed to get ultrasounds? That's news to me. There is no law stating that you are required to go to the theater when a new movie comes out. So you would conclude that people are not allowed to visit movie theaters, correct? That's precisely the same...

Abortions would continue to be as legal as ever under this proposed law, which you referred to as "the opposite of unethical". Which is it? Do you think abortions should be legal, or not? What information is being denied? Are you saying you have "absolute proof" that expectant mothers are...