20 Most Recent 1998 Lincoln Town Car - Page 5 Questions & Answers

When you replaced the calipers, did you also replace the caliper frame and slides? Start there. It is common in ford disk brakes to get "stuck" slide pins as they can rust inside the caliper causing the brakes to fail to release the rotor when you let off the pedal. Another cause is the flex line that connects the caliper to the metal lines at the body. As it ages, the inside of the rubber breaks down and collapses effectively becoming a check valve. Pedal force pushes fluid to the brake but separator spring pressure is not enough to make the fluid go back into the master cylinder effectively making the brakes lock up and bind. Try replacing slide pins if haven't already and replace the flex line.

You'll probably need a shop manual to get all of the wiring diagrams. It sounds like you fried several main wires in the harness. The excessive voltage may have cooked the gauge cluster and fed back thru the headlight switch. The warning light on the dash provides the circuit to "turn on" the alternator when the engine starts.

Under the hood in the power distribution box located on top of the fender on the drivers side.

you have to get the key programed you need two original keys 1.) place original key in ignition turn to on position for 5 seconds 2. tack 1st key out and put secound key in the ignition turn key to on position for 10 seconds take key out place the new key in turn to on position for 10 secounds take out the key now try to start the car it should run if the the is programable

Auto zone will scan this for free. Likely a wheel bearing has gone bad.

Its trying to tell you something. Check the drivers handbook or get to a garage.

Running hot and white smoke indicates failed head gasket. Sorry bout your luck

Buy a manual. You will need it to replace all the screws and bolts you have to take out. A manual($25) is nothing compared to the $900 you would have to pay a shop to do it.

That would depend on your weather. If its an area that is hot most of the time you want 5w/30 if its cold say 15c to -20c you'll want 10w/30 Hope this has helped:)

Plastic cowl on the passenger side needs to be cleaned out try taking the windshield wipers and putting them up and takin off the plastic screws on the plastic cover on the passenger side off and you will see a square like catch that accumulates leaves and debris clean that out and use gasket filler to glue edges back down keep water from seeping through.

Dead Battery or Starter You saw that coming or the shop you go to let you down

check condition of control arm bushings

This depends on which cable is hanging down. There are several cables in the assembly. One cable comes from the parking brake assembly under the Drivers' dash. It joins the rear cable assembly that goes to each rear wheel. Some cars have 2 separate rear wheel cables and others have a Y assembly that has to be replaced as 1 part. There can be an adjustment rod where the front cable meets the rear assembly. Some of the parking brake reels under the dash are suppose to reel in extra slack. Often if the rear Emergency brakes are worn out, there will be slack in the assembly.

It could be the heat shield that's on the Catalytic converter. They do let go quite often, its ok to remove it if its lose.

have a load rest done on the battery as I suspect that there is an internal short.

under the steering column to the right. remove panels Plastic and steel panels to reach ecm

Possibly battery, starter, enertia switch, ignition switch, pats antitheft need more info why you've checked

Check that the vacuum hose on the brake booster is ok if it has come apart it will be hard to start . have you checked the fuel and the ignition system ?. to check the brake booster , with the engine stopped press the brake pedal down ,then start the engine, the pedal will move down a little if the booster is ok . if the brakes are still hard to press the wheel cylinders may be stuck.

not with a wrench .you'll need to put together a combination of socket and extention to come just past the nose of starter ,you loose torque but with muscle you can get it .