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Showing posts with label crown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crown. Show all posts
Sunday, September 17, 2023

HOW TO Change a Crown Victoria Grille

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SO after installing nice new headlights in Vic 3.0, I decided to bite the bullet and also install the NOS grille I had been sitting on for M...

HOW TO Change Crown Victoria Headlights

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I am way behind with updates, so to catch up a bit, here's a quick rundown of how to swap your crummy, cloudy old headlights with nice, ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

150,461 MILE UPDATE: Oily, Tired, and Tense...

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Vic 3.0 has been getting some attention lately.  First new shocks/struts, then a new fan belt, then a new fan belt tensioner, and then today...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Vic 3.0's Twin Back In Town

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Now that "The Taurus" has left Mystery Mechanic's fleet, having moved on to a new life with a new owner, Vic 3.0's twin is...
Sunday, June 5, 2022

149,619 Mile Update: SHOCKING! ... again... really...

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Vic 3.0 had new OEM shocks/struts installed by Taxi Guy... without a lift, thanks to two of his being down and a third having a car already ...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

My Original Key Chain Finally Falls Apart...

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On April 6, 2000, I purchased Vic 1.0 from Bonnell Ford.  My salesman was one Mark Donovaro.   On November 27, 2021, I drove Vic 3.0 to Bonn...

HOW TO Program Tire Pressure Sensors on a Crown Victoria

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NOTE :  I just realized I had one big error in these instructions.  If you tried them before with no luck, try it again! Vic 3.0 is the firs...
Friday, October 8, 2021

Vic 3.0... odd one out...

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 "... one of these things does not belong here... one of these things just isn't the same..."
Friday, February 26, 2021

2008 Ford Crown Victoria Window Switches

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Crown Victorias are usually pretty beefy cars.  Part of the reason is that they are simple.  What cars tend to be maintenance nightmares?  C...

Winter Embarrassment...

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In the almost 3 decades I have been driving, I have been driving full size rear wheel drive V8 sedans.  I know how to drive them in winter. ...
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Sunday, February 7, 2021

138,999 Mile Update: Get Your Snow Blowers Runnin'...

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Long time, no update!  Some quick little things to share...  138,999 - 2/3/21 10/17/20 - Vic visits the Welch's corporate office in Conc...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

136,735 Mile Update: Start Me Up!

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Long time, no update! Vic has been putting along just fine... until yesterday. I had noticed it sounded a little funny the last time I had s...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

132,509 Mile Update: It Will Now Snow...

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Yesterday, Mystery Mechanic and I noticed Vic 3.0 was riding pretty badly on the highways and byways of Massachusetts.  We've been keepi...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Vic 3.0 Chats With a Relative

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I was walking back to Vic 3.0 from a Dunkin' Donuts and what did I see parked rather obviously next to me?  Oh, notice who had the s...
Monday, December 9, 2019

130,000 Mile Update: Wipe Those Tears Away...

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All through November, Vic 3.0's wipers were acting strange.  They would switch on and off... all on their own!  Sometimes, just the fl...