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    Anyone installed a tow hook on the front?

    Looking to install a tow hook to the front bumper, or lower grill area since i have a truck now i can pull this if i get stranded again. Has anyone done an install, and if so what parts were used and location of drilling, etc Thanks
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    Upper Radiator Hose, Dorman Aluminum Center Connector 626759, Alternatives??

    Has anyone seen this? Instead of buying the whole hose kit, is there not an aluminum or non corrosive metal pipe joining connector we can get at lowes or amazon?? This part is 70+ shipping on rockauto. I got this pinhole on the plastic center piece, my epoxy held for about 6 months and is...
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    Do we have a part number for the starter solenoid only?

    for a 2003 ls 3.9 i'm looking at this as a possible? the starter that came out is visteon brand, but no markings of part numbers on the solenoid of course, trying to get out of buying a whole new starter...
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    03 LS 3.9 shuttering during warmup/idle, down on power, o2 sensor/lean/egr purge valve leak pids

    Now this seems to be getting worse as the temps dropped really low its exhaserbated the already issue i couldnt figure out which is now resulting in new pids, sluggish power, and strange shifting, Started in the summer, idle would shudder like its about to shut down, but once the coolant temp...
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    Odometer data in another module besides the cluster?

    Does anyone know if theres odometer mileage stored in another module besides of the cluster? I did a cluster swap a while back and could never change the mileage, so 'm stuck looking at a high mileage on the dash, and have to do stupid calculations to kinda ballpark what the real miles are. Most...
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    Anyone tuning LS's with HP Tuners?

    I'm buying into HP tuners for my sierra and challenger, and interested to know if its worth buying credits for the LS and if anyones even tuning them anymore. I'm aware of the SCT tuner, but feel like hp would be more robust? Any insight is appreciated. I've already got forscan pro android...
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    Squeaking chirping sound in the dash all the time..

    This has been going on for years, and it seems to have gotten louder, faster, and who knows how long it keeps doing it when ive exited the car.. I really wanna unplug whatever it is, im sure it has something to do with the hvac, but ive looked in there with the radio out and dont see anything...
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    Any Lincoln paint enthusiasts/detailers here? Cant tell if this is clear coat failure or oxidation

    pics attached. This should be oem paint, and im not sure how thick of a clear ford painted these vehicles back then.. It looks like its gone down to the primer, the white spots at first i thought were paint drops but are actually craters from i dont know where. The car sat for years in mild...
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    High Beams and cluster indicator wont go off....

    Wasted my money. Replaced the headlight switch, replaced the wiper/combination turn signal switch module.. new battery, beams still on. Removed both high beam fuses, and the high beam indicator will go off for a few minutes then come on by itself after the cars been locked and sitting. I...
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    Headlights flash randomly in few hour intervals..

    Trying to figure this one out, long before my cluster went bad (now fixed) I noticed late at night my headlights, rear lights would flash on just one time.. and it would do this in probably couple hours at a time.. I never could figure this out.. either having something to do with the alarm...
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    Revisiting 03 LS, dash cluster/PATS reprogramming-malfunctioning

    Every 6 months or so i'll get back outside and turn the old lincoln over just to keep it on life support.. and i revisit this same old problem that forced me to abandon it. dash cluster with intermittant going out would cause the car not to crank up. bought a replacement cluster on ebay...
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    Dash Cluster Intermittant Powers Off Issue *Still*

    I keep going back to this little side project trying to figure out this issue so i can sell my lincoln.. or keep it.. I just want it running right. The dash cluster will go out, needles max out, then repeat randomly. Seems to get worse the longer the car is on. If i turn the battery off...
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    Definitive Parts Guide/List for Cooling System Overhaul?

    my 03 ls has been sitting up for a year now, and every couple of months i'll crank it up and run it down the street back and forth just to keep the internals moving a bit. this time, i put the pedal to the metal and coolant started spraying all over the engine bay. kind hard to tell where its...
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    Anyone with LS cluster Repair/Swap knowledge??

    so last year my 03 lincoln started acting crazy, message center was throwing weird codes, the lcd screen was glitching with random characters and lcd pixelation. Couldnt crank my car up unless the dash cluster came fully on, and that was so random and rare it made my car useless. Took it...
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    Swapping Front Electronics Module, (03 V8)

    Ordered an fem off ebay, should be here tomm. Still on the quest to figure out my electrical problem. alternator and battery is fine.. dash cluster still goes out off and on, when it goes out i have no power steering nor can i crank the car. I have to put the key in, turn it to run but not...
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    Crazy electrical problems, message center beeps, guages max out, loss of steering,etc

    2003 LS, v8, 113k miles The other night my car went frantic, dashboard cluster went black and came back on, guages maxed out then returned to normal. It did this a couple times until i got home. Message center went frantic with various errors, parking brake, fuel sensor, some other crap. Turn...
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    EGR+Tranny Problems, not shifting out of 1st - 03 LS 110kmiles

    First off, let me back up when i replaced my egr valve. I replaced it with a advance auto BWD brand, not motorcraft. Right after putting it in, my trans wouldnt even go into 1st gear. It would creep slowly no matter how much gas i push down. Let me say, this wasnt all the time. It would...
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    AC Recharge with A/C Pro, Blowing Cold but Got a Guage Question - 03 ls v8

    ac starting blowing warm last week, with bouts of warm-cool air here and there, but not cold like it should. fiddled with the ac climate control settings and buttons to make sure there wasnt a glitch to throw the computer off. started researching the DCCV, but had not yet bought it. Checked the...
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    Bleeding Fuel Line Help, 03 ls v8

    Replaced the egr valve today, and while doing so i snapped off the fuel pressure regulator sensor nipple. (knew i shoulda took it off) so i took it off and gas spurted out, i was like aww crapp. I had to take it off anyways to fix it. Im using a jb weld epoxy to put the nipple back on at...
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    Message Center Errors over and over and over again!

    97k miles, 03 ls v8, no mods, no sound system, just a kkm intake, new battery 1 year ago. ive read it could be battery, a water leak at the door lock buttons, damaged pcm, shorted wires, bad modules, etc etc. its only been 3 days now, and its getting on my last nerve. message center's first...
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