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Some of you may recall a discussion earlier about my seeing a 2006 Grand Marquis on the road. At the time, there was some debate about whether I was on crack or not  . However, I saw another one today, medium grey in colour, and I saw enough of it to describe the changes to at least some degree. Here's what I saw: front: big, toothy grille that reminded me of last year's Hyundai Sonata or Kia Magentis: a series of thick vertical bars with with a heavy chrome frame that did not appear to extend right to the headlights: it was more like a CV in that regard. The grille was very squared at the corners, which doesn't seem to fit with the rounded contours of the rest of the car. Not very flattering. back: the trunklid reflective plastic has been replaced by some sort of corrugated or otherwise textured body-coloured plastic. It still has a chrome spear along the top, but otherwise reminds me more of a CV. This change actually looks pretty good, at least at a passing glance; the red reflective plastic was starting to look dated, IMO. So there you go. If anyone has any other details, please spill 'em! |
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I know there have been posts on that - but just to add to the statistics... My Grand Marquis 1995 developed extremely bad shudder when switching gears from 3 to 4 (and sometimes 2-3) after transmission fluid change at Jiffy Lube some 5 years ago (never go to Jiffy Lube anymore - they refused to fix it). I went to Ford dealer right after Jiffy screwed up and got transmission fluid changed again to Mercon (as required, not the unknown stuff Jiffy Lube puts in). That made shudder weaker, but still rarther annoyng. I decided that paying twice for transmission fluid change was enough and I learned to live with the shudder - just press or depress accelerator when shudder occurs. The reason of that shudder as many of you know is slipping torque converter in automatic transmission system (more exactly 'catchy' torque converter), Fords are very sensitive to the transmission fluid type. Anyway, now 5 years and 50,000 miles later I finally decided to visit local transmission shop (Guaranteed transmissions, Lafayette, IN). After loking into the problem they simply changed transmission fluid (it was time anyway) and put in dexron with some "LubeGuard Black" friction modifier supplement. They claimed that they did about 50 police CV's before and it worked 100%. As they predicted the shudder disappeared completely and I only paid $70 for the whole thing! Amazingly that shudder did not damage transmission - the guys said the transmission fluid looked nice and clean with just right amount of junk caught by the filters. As I understand this supplement makes TC more slippery and as the result it catches smoothly at a later time as it is supposed to. The car still looks like almost new (no rust) and was rather cheap to maintain - for the last 10 years, except for fluids and tires, I only had to get: * new break pads (~$xxx, don't remember) * change one power window regulator (~$150) * replace the multitask signal/light/wiper stick-switch (~$100) * replace oxygen sensor (~$100) * replace one front wheel ball joint (~$700?, that was my own fault - my wife was driving with enormously unbalanced Good Year tire and I did not check, the tire was almost triangular in shape and shaking car badly at highway speeds). * Body shop ($600 - had a big full-size unfolded truck tire fly into the side of the car at 80 mph, cosmetic damage, fixed in bodyshop for $600 (somewhat smaller similar damage to my Toyota was $2400 to fix, just for comparison)). I think for 10 years of service it is pretty good... |
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Replying to: 2k1olds (May 12, 2004 2:02 am) |
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Replying to: gmarquis (Aug 27, 2002 8:20 am) Wayne |
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| i have a 92 merc GM and have been looking for a replacement insturment panel with a speedometer which will show above 85 MPH, and possibly a tachometer. does anyone know if this part exists, third-party or not, and if so, where can i get it? | |
While driving, my A/C just stopped. The heater doesn't work or the A/C. Not even the little panal that displays the outside temp or in side temp. I checked the fuse and they are ok. I thought I saw smoke come from under the hood but it was so minimal I couldn't swear I saw it. I checked under the hood and could not see anything wrong. Any one have any ideas?
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Replying to: ghindy (Aug 01, 2005 6:46 pm) |
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Replying to: ghindy (Aug 01, 2005 6:46 pm)
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Is it possible to convert my single exhaust system into a dual. For performance and sound. What company should I look to  ">
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| What real world fuel mileage are newer GMs getting? I drive mostly highway miles and figure a used GM may not be that much harder on gas than a mid-size sedan. | |
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