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#935 of 3244 fast by warzonectx Jun 07, 2001 (12:55 am)
how fast can the ford Crown Victoria go.can is go 120. and is the Crown Victoria chain drivin or belt drivin if so email me or post it.and my name is matt.my email is warzonectxyahoo.com
#936 of 3244 Seat Construction by samuelg Jun 07, 2001 (5:40 am)
Kinsfishgus,   Read my notes above. I have investigated & researched the seats ad nauseum. I have the expolded dwgs from the parts guy at dealership, and just seeing the construciton of the '93 vs 2001 seat, you won't be surprised.   I had more cushioning & foam modifications done one week into owning my car, based upon the recommendation of my dealer. Cost me almost $500, and was not a good experience. I'm very picky, and soon learned I'd have to make my own changes. But I did learn how to take apart the seat easily without removing it from the car. This is key.   Around Oct, Ford made a change to the upholstry from the flat to the squared design, similar to the LS. They offered to swap my old seat for a new one if I liked. I did not do this. You may want to try this approach with your dealer.   I DID buy a '93 seat from a junk yard, hoping to either use it's internal parts in the 2001 seat, or simply install the '93 into my new car. It kinda was dirty & cigarette smelly, so choose to use the lower seat spring coils from the 93 & added them to my 2001. I did a bunch of other stuff to relieve the "hump between your legs" feeling. What you feel is a solid slab of sheetmetal, no sensor. This has made the seat more comfortable, but I may have gone too far and now it may be too soft. I know this because I now have newly discovered back pain. Arg! I'm now dickering with it to try & get it just right.   I'm very close to giving up & buying another car. This is not a pleasant experience. I wish I had my old '93 Sable. Ergonomically, it was perfect. Unfortunately, the head gaskets & brakes weren't. I'm learning you can fix those much more easily than a seat. It's crazy, I know.   If you want more info, you can e-mail me off-line at CLGSMattglobal.net   SamG
#937 of 3244 Seat Construction by samuelg Jun 07, 2001 (9:46 am)
Oops, typo. My ID is CLGSMGattglobal.net   SamG
#938 of 3244 Electric Windows on Grand Marquis by gift0025 Jun 09, 2001 (7:30 am)
'95 Mercury Grand Marquis with failure of 5 electric windows in 5 years. One failure covered under warranty. Paid for the other 4 for a total cost of about $1600. Every electric window in the car has failed once and the driver's side window has failed twice.The windows are not operated excessively. Is this experience similar to most owner's experience?
#939 of 3244 2002 Crown Vic by jsylvester Jun 09, 2001 (7:34 am)
Our fleet manager got the 2002 catalogue in the mail, and the 02 CV indicates it has 6 inches more room in the back seat. I believe they stretched the platform ala Town Car this year.   Question, is all CV's for 2002 being stretched, or are they building a short and long platform next year?   What are the changes for the new 2003 redesign?
#940 of 3244 gift0025 by sergeis Jun 11, 2001 (7:38 am)
I have same '95 GM. The only electrical problem was tape quality, replaced under warranty. I have also replaced front brakes and all 4 tires recently. Car still looks like new inside and out, drives great, though my '81 CV was smoother and quiter until age 15, then its engine started to produce some noise. I guess there is something wrong with the window driving circuit - did you blow the window motors? I would check the driving voltage, might be too high. I don't know the circuit, it might have some "constant current/voltage" or something, which would include some chip or transistors, perhaps a switching current/voltage stabilizer, those thing can produce more voltage when they start to oscillate due to bad feedback. One may need an oscilloscope to test it, simple tester will only pick an average voltage.
#941 of 3244 Whew! - by harmar Jun 13, 2001 (8:31 am)
Just finished reading all the posts here. Whew!   I just upgraded from a '99 Sable to '00 GM program car (16K). So far, I'm very impressed. Much quieter than the Sable, and more stable in (side) windy conditions. I've noticed a little front wheel/steering jiggling over RR tracks, for example. Has anyone installed Bilstein shocks on their GM? If so, what are your experiences? Worth the swap? (I put them on a small motorhome, and the difference was amazing.)   Also, my first mileage check was 23 mpg with most of that being around town. That's as good as I was getting on the Sable! (I don't run races from stop lights or drive it hard.)   Thanks for any help.
#942 of 3244 Electric Window Failures by gift0025 Jun 13, 2001 (3:37 pm)
All of the electric window failures have been due to a part called the "regulator assembly." No motors have failed. Very few independent repair shops will tackle this job and apparently cannot get the part except from Ford. Two hours of labor are routinely charged plus the cost of the part plus a surcharge for shop rags, screws, chemicals, etc.
#943 of 3244 Window Regulator Repair by 427435 Jun 13, 2001 (4:49 pm)
I had to repair the driver's door window on my '93 Marquis last year. The regulator cost about $75 and the worst part of the repair is getting the trim panel off the door. I can't remember for sure, but you may need to drill out a rivet on the window lift mechanism and replace it with a short bolt.
#944 of 3244 electric windows by sergeis Jun 14, 2001 (6:34 am)
Obviously those garage guys are not familiar with electronics. I am sure anyone familiar with electronic circuit and basic knowledge in electronics could pinpoit your problem easily. Does the same circuit drive all windows? Does it fail at the moment when you actually move one of the windows? Is it always the same window? Is it constant voltage or constant current regulator? Obviously the regulator is OK, and it burns because of something else, it might be abusive load (motor takes too much current, something wrong with it, or there is an occasional shortcircuit in wires, though the circuit must have electronic protection for that), or the power which comes to the circuit is not normal. If it is under computer control (most probable), then the computer program itself may abuse it by continuing powering window while it has reached the limit. Anyway, the circuit is not the problem. It is like keeping replacing flat tire while your garage floor is full of loose nails.

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