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O-ring info is here: http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showpost.php?p=540585&postcount=14

Those discount coupons say the price is for a 'dealer installed battery', and the coupon price does not include labor...

But far more likely it's still an o-ring problem. System going to defrost at WOT is only the first stage of the problem. As the leaks worsen, it will eventually reach a point where the defrost is all you get.

Unless you started by putting in a fresh set of standard spark plugs as a baseline, your results are not so much proof that iridiums and GMS COP connectors work better than factory, as it is proof that new plugs work better than worn out ones... My MM just clicked over 70K miles this past...

Which is entirely the point. Even if one could know his motives, they are irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Either it's a bad idea because... or a good idea because... Calling attention to who does or does not support the idea, is the very definition of guilt-by-association, and as...

This thread has brought out a lot of good, reasoned, discussion, but I feel compelled to respond to this, since this is the second time you've played the 'Newt' card. Ad-hominem attacks, and guilt-by-association are not reasonable discussion. They serve only to obfuscate the issues, and...

The two biggest factors in determining octane requirements are compression ratio, and cam timing. Or, more specifically, when the intake valve closes. A close third is combustion chamber design. A large open chamber tends to be octane friendly only because it results in such a low...

Most likely the motor driver, which is separate from the EATC unit. Those, too, are repairable...

Guess it's a matter of perspective. 30 cents per gallon on a 25 gallon fill is $7.50, but weighed against a $100 fill-up, it's kinda chump change. Or, to look at it another way, the cost savings would give you the equivalent of about 1.75 gallons per fill up. At 15MPG, that's only an extra...

Common problem. O-rings in the EATC (climate control) module harden and shrink, causing a vacuum leak. Defrost is the default position. Fix is not all that diffucult. Here's the link to the instructions- http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=36922

Looks like RF is taking care of you, but just in case, the O-ring info is just a few posts down in the same thread with the instructions. http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showpost.php?p=540585&postcount=14

Right. No carrier breaks on any Ford rearends.

That's actually the part number for the violet spring. The purple one is F3LY-7F284-A. BTW, the light blue upper and purple lower is the hot tip for those who have done the J-Mod, but don't like the lift-throttle harshness with the lower 1-2 accumulator spring removed. Also, the bonded...

Got the '300A' head unit from LilCop2002 today. Clock works, Life is good. Interesting thing I noticed, this unit is actually 1 month newer than the one I took out of Blue...

Thanks for the update. I'm gonna be getting LilCop2002's '300A' head unit.

I'm no fan of Jiffy Lube, but I really can't stand Joel Grover. (Or Paul Moyer for that matter.) I recall one of their earlier 'exposes' of Jiffy Lube where they busted the manager for trying to sell them an 'unnecessary' rear-end oil change on a Jeep Cherokee. Now, having replaced a few...

The J-mod will make the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts quicker. This is both a longevity and performance mod. Lidio likes to do this with line pressure. He will tell you it doesn't hurt the transmission, and I've no reason to doubt him. But. If you can accomplish the same thing without increasing...

Just another $0.02- Detonation is often not audible at all. I've run a few engines into detonation, where the only 'sound' was more of a dull thudding, not the the 'marbles in a tin can' pinging. The wear stripes on the rod bearings, (and in one case, a fractured main cap) confirmed my...

Now that's just funny. I'm not supposed to trust engineers, but I -am- supposed to trust the teevee? :rolleyes: Man, this thread just won't die...

Black MM heading west. Blue MM (mine) waiting to turn out of the Embassy Suites lot...