This girls attitude is great, looks thankful for what she has and not afraid to put in the effort to work on her stuff. Would like to see that car all fixed up to make her day.
That is good you are teaching a young person how to work on a car. Hopefully you taught her the importance of maintaining the vehicle. You are good neighbor.
Ex Lincoln sales exec here from 2001. The Lincoln LS was one of the most successful cars Lincoln made for the younger generation, it was the only Lincoln available with a manual and therefore didn’t bode well with the TownCar retirement crowd, but it was sought after for years after they stopped making them by people that knew it for what it was and I always had a ton of fun running the V8 around town. Had an amazing sound system, handled great and was a much cooler luxury car than the pre-CTS Cadillac offerings. Still see a few around too 20yrs later with 200k+.
Have a mint 03 sub 80K mile V8 and love driving it around. The amount of power it has still beats modern vehicles. I can't imagine what it was like when new in 03!
Had 4 of them; 2000 &2001 V6 and 2 2006's (all 2006 were sport V8's). The only reason I jumped ship to BMW was lack of repair parts. Ford/Lincoln really dropped the ball when they discontinued the LS! I still miss my LS!
I agree with all that. I had a 2000 and a 2001 Lincoln Ls with the manual transmission. I put many miles on them threw Canadian winters. It was a very reliable, comfortable, great handling car. The problem was a majority of people did not maintain them.
I love when you help out younger people. Showing them and having them do the work is the best way they learn. Hands on learning for sure. Great job dude!
Nice to see a young person taking interest in the car hobby, or at least learning the basics of maintenance. A pretty smile is never a bad thing to see either.
Thank you for doing regular cars and not stupid super and hyper car crap. Your videos are relatable to a much larger audience because you're down to earth. Cheers!
Well done. Glad to see you reviving the old Lincoln. I have learned the hard way to beware of buying Motorcraft parts from places like eBay and Amazon. The counterfeit market is huge and some are hard to tell apart from the factory parts.
I nominate Riley as your new shop assistant! Also- can't someone be nice to a young lady that lives next door to you without saying you are "tapping that"?
Your neighbors are so lucky. As long as they are nice to you and cover the cost of parts and help you, They can get a lot of good work done to their cars, and you get more content for your channel.
I had a 2000 LS from 2000 to 2015. I had the hydraulic cooling fan that they only used in the first 6 months of production, and it died twice. $3500 to repair each time. Also a timing chain guide snapped at 115k, it jumped time, and the heads ate themselves. Other than that, it was reliable. If you have one that you never replaced the timing chains/guides on, that would be the only thing I would worry about long term, and that is a major job.
Some corerctions and details about this...the timing chain issue ONLY affects the V8's from 2000-2002. Its because they used plastic chain tensioners on the camshaft chains under the valve covers. They have metal redesigns that should be installed BEFORE the plastic ones break from the heat and lose pressure. The hydro cooling fan was used on all Gen 1 LS's from 2000-2002 as well. 2003 to the last year 2006 all had electric fans.
Picked one up in June last year to put back together. Had all kinds of problems. I guess the valve covers tend to warp because they are plastic. I replaced them with some thunderbird covers. Also did the gaskets, spark plugs, and coil packs. Runs like a champ now!
Oh yea an LS content, I had an 01 Aqua Blue from 2003-2020, got it with 35k until 322k when I gifted it to relative, still looking for another one. I had STR wheels on it, STR seats, lowered. Loved it.
I have an 04 Lincoln LS, not my daily but I love that car! I have the V8 and have changed coils and plugs countless times over the years! I have the same problem with water draining into the back two plugs on the passenger side! I actually left the covers off the coils and it seems to somehow keep the water out and I have less of an issue with them out! Regardless misfire issues and cooling system issues will just always be a constant with those cars!
I have a mint LS 03 sub 80K mile V8 and love driving it around. That V8 doesnt like a mish-mash of injector/plugs. Fun to drive around and the amount of power it has still beats many modern vehicles.
To use the oil jug without spilling: lay it down sideways with the nozzle pointing upwards as a slight angle, work the nozzle end into the filler and then roll it over to pour.
Wow, love that funnel. I've just been refilling an old Mobil-1 5-quart container and putting waste oil in old milk jugs, but I might have to up my game here 🤣
My best friend bought the v-8 when they came out when he got his new navigator! The LS was a blast to drive in the hills of East Tennessee and was quick on our interstate trips at high speed from Gatlinburg to Knoxville! It rode and handled really well and was quite comfortable!
I put ac Delco coils on my mercury Mountaineer. The motorcraft ones were to expensive.. i tried the cheap coils but they didn't last long. Then bought the AC Delco coils. I was surprised that gm coils worked on a ford. The cheap coils were still working but caused interference on the cam bus wire making it have transmission issues. When I replace them with the ACDelco coils the issue went away and the transmission no longer went into limp mode.
AC Delco makes parts for all sorts of cars. I think so that shops and dealers that mostly work on GM cars can order parts for other cars through the same channels. I drive a 79 Subaru DL and I have AC Delco outer tie rod ends for an 83 Mitsubishi Tredia installed on it. Same dimensions as the original Subaru ones that are now almost impossible to find, and much better quality with blue synthetic rubber boots and grease fittings that the originals didn't have.
5:20 that's not Loctite its Torque Seal; that Lincoln has seen the inside of a Walmart Auto Care Center oil bay, but judging by the filter it wasn't very recently. (we use Torque Seal as an Anti-Tampering telltale; if the customer comes in blaming us for an engine failure or a severe oil leak, and the seal is broken it absolves us of any liability and having to pay for that engine because we can then say "we were not the last ones to touch that drain plug")
The leaves probably blocked the under scuttle drain holes and rain water overflowed onto the engine. Also, it looks like a case of never wash it and never service it.
I I hate to be that guy, but seeing that it belongs to a woman, it most likely was never washed or serviced, probably until now also she looks really young so I definitely wouldn't doubt it
Riley is pretty brave wearing a light tan colored sweatshirt and no gloves while working on her car. Otherwise, glad to see she’s game to do basic repairs on the car. Car should be go to go for quite a while PS - dice on the rear view mirror? Old school.
Never thought I'd see an LS featured. I owned 2 of these in the past. 03 V8 Sport, 04 LSE V8. Great driving cars, subpar reliability, especially with the plastic cooling components and transmission issues. Despite the "quirks" , loved driving the LSE. Very comfortable black Nudo leather seats, THX Audio, even had factory HIDs and heated /cooled seats! Ended up later on with the LS cousin, a Jaguar S-Type R. The Lincolns would have been awesome with a supercharger! 😊
I had an 03 LS V8 in that EXACT color with those wheels. Lowered it, full custom exhaust by a friend, new wheels/tires and the thing looked slick. Slow as balls though. There was an issue with the cowl to hood seal or something along those lines that let water drip down into the motor and mess with the coils like you noticed. Don't miss changing coils every 6 months 🤣Traded it in for an 2006 300C SRT8.
I always wanted a V6 5-speed LS. I remember when the LS first came out and Lincoln did a lot of promotion for it. It was sooooo different for them. They really were trying to go after BMW customers with the car. I was so happy they had a manual transmission available in these. I have to think the option is pretty rare, I’ve only seen a handful since they were new but I’d still love to have one. BTW, I believe the instrument cluster and several other parts from the LS were used in the retro Thunderbird.
@@brian5othe Thunderbird was absolutely based off the LS platform, sold these new in 2001 next to Benz and the kids loved the manual. The dumb thing was that they only offered the manual in 6cyl, but it came in a bright green custom order color that you could only get in the manual…we traded one once, only green manual I’d ever seen and I always kick myself for not getting it lol I still see a few around over 200k
There was an issue with the 04s where the water off the windshield would drain off on the coil packs and into the plugs causing misfires etc. use some scrap metal and re direct it it’s a cheap fix that looks less than perfect but it does work. I had one of these In College.. I loved it and it got me started into something I loved. It taught me a bit about wrenching honestly a great car!
There are covers that go over the coil galleys on the AJ motors that are supposed to keep the water out. A very light coating of silicone will make the seal without super gluing the cap to the valley. Otherwise you'll get water in those coils.
I took my Honda to a dealership for a 40K Maintenance. The Cabin Filter was to be changed. A few years later, I was going to change the Cabin Filter, and noticed that nothing was ever changed. I went to the dealership and requested a new Cabin Filter. I never trust a dealership now!
It would’ve been very useful to see the measured outcome of your work since you have that awesome scanner. Some post-tune-up data would’ve helped us measurably see if the plugs, coils, additives, and treatments, made a quantifiable difference. Especially since you have scanning tools to assess this. Very cool video!
About the FEM, if in the future the dash lights go out, the driver's window stops working, steering gets stiffer, windshield wipers don't work, that's signs of a failing FEM. They can be rebuilt, Thunderbird Bob is what a lot of Thunderbird owners use.
JR, I speculate that the water in the plug galleys came through the missing plugs on the cowl. Water on a Ford engine will always find its way into the plug galleys and there are two snap plugs missing right above the two coils that had water in them...
sounds way better. The prior owner was basically chasing coil packs one after another and buying whatever the cheapest or readily avail coil was one at a time as they fail lol. Its the worst decision ever in most cars and ends up costing more than just buying a complete matching set on ebay or amazon would be. Also I normally dont do steering wheel covers but man it needs one badly lol that steering wheel has seen some things lol. With some tlc that car would clean up super nice and be an awesome and reliable daily.
That "shaker" in the bottom is a "coin". When I worked in a dealership years ago the BG rep would come by every month or two and pay $.25 a "coin" to the tech.
We used to collect those plastic 'coins' from the BG cans and our rep would pay out a bonus for them (25c each). Also so used to Ford plugs looking just like that, even our regular customers would need new drain plugs eventually. Didn't happen with any other make, but the Ford plugs were pretty consistently stretched (We did not use power tools on plugs, and did not over torque them)
My wife had a '03 LS V8 that we owned from 60,000-230,000 miles. The ignition system was an issue. Though the coils are often the issue, enough that Ford had a campaign on them, it's also common that the coil boots leak spark which causes two issues. It will cause throttle body codes which put the car into limp mode, and it will destroy the transmission control side of the PCM if the misfire is on the passenger side. On my car it messed up the 2-3 and 4-5 shifts in the PCM twice. The PCM can be repaired. The plastic cooling system parts are a nightmare, and I spent almost $1000 wholesale on cooling parts in my ownership. The intake is prone to vacuum leaks due to square o-rings. Rear toe links also are a major wear item. Ultimately the A/C expansion valve failed (8hr job), and the PCM failed. It was still a nice car but no takers at $700, so I parted it out, and scrapped the rest. It was absolutely one of her favorite cars ever, but as the maintainer, I was glad to be done with it.
I own a 2000 with a 3.9 as well. From the firewall or the back of the engine there is a Pcv valve that no one knows is there. From the the top of the engine you have to change the upper intake manifold gaskets to get to the Pcv valve. Be sure to change it so you can get more miles out of the engine. I like mine . It's an antique vehicle now (25) but still a nice Lincoln jag S to me.
That thing is not a shaker inside the can for the BG chemicals. When u go buy more BG stuff ask about the can funnels, BG makes a special funnel it’s yellow and about 6 inches long that snaps onto the cans so you can just pour it in and not have any spillage. Be careful tho, there’s a little breather hole so they don’t take 3hrs to drain out, make sure to point that up, not down. Also that tab in the cans you keep if you work at a shop, and when the BG sales person comes by they give you money for them for having sold their product. It’s like a rewards thing. I used to make BANK from those when I worked at shops. Every other week they guy would come by and give us all in the shop about $100+ each because of those. Normally they’re $1-2 each depending on the service you’re doing. There’s a different color in each can and you keep the caps for the additives for like diff or transfer case fluids. It’s their way of both incentivizing the product sale, and also to keep track of what has sold more per location they go to. Of course its not perfect, not everybody keeps them, not all shops are in the reward program as well even tho they use BG products.
These were really good cars for their day, I had an '06 for 11 years and put 272,000 miles on it before it got totaled in an accident; as long as you don't cheap out on or neglect the maintenance they will just keep trucking along no problem, the biggest issues that people had with them was not running premium fuel and not replacing the all of the coils and plugs at the same time. They tend to be very sensitive to mix and match coil replacements, their only real flaw is that Ford used plastic parts in the thermostat housing and crossover tube which required regular replacement which also required removing the intake manifold.
FYI - Ford did a TON of vehicle development on the Lincoln LS (not just taking the Jag parts "as is"). Another "FYI": If you shorten this by taking the back seat out and cutting the top off you get the T-Bird.
Suggestion for the oil filler: You don't have to pour all the oil in at the same time, so half fill the jug and then top it up once you've got the first load in to get to the proper fill level.
One more thing. There is a coolant hose that runs under the intake manifold that is prone to leaks. If you go into the upper intake manifold check that hose. It runs from the thermostat to the coolant reservoir
THE #1 inspection to make next are front lower balljoints.. A very common issue on these cars and when one decides to go the entire wheel will detach from the bottom ... imagine that happening at 60mph. Uppers should be checked as well but the front lower's are common to fail. A side note..the Sport models have a large balljoint than the non Sport on the early LS's ...not sure of Gen 2 cars 2003-2006. After 100k miles the entire cooling system will need replaced...these cars have many plastic cooling parts ..the degas fill bottle is common to fail...if its not replaced as a whole it will be one failure after another till it is.
From your title I can guess it is the ignition coils. This happened on my 2013 Subaru when one of them cracked. When I replaced the 6 ignition coils, the problem went away. Now I will watch and see if I am right. Edit: It was the coils and plugs. Not much of a shock. It needed a full tuneup which I should have guessed but that was what caused the missing at weird times.
My first car was an 04 ls v8, in that same color too! (Less options tho) Edit: after watching more of the video, that poor car has not had a good life, nice to see it finally getting the care it deserves.
This girls attitude is great, looks thankful for what she has and not afraid to put in the effort to work on her stuff. Would like to see that car all fixed up to make her day.
This is the kind of content we yearn for Mr. John Ross. Just real and realistically relatable content. No lambos or any other silly stuff.
Yeah. No gooooney stuff. Yeeeeeech
Except saving C5 corvettes. He can keep doing that!!!
Love this kind of real world fix up. Definitely needs a Part 2 to finish up all the other odds and ends.
That is good you are teaching a young person how to work on a car. Hopefully you taught her the importance of maintaining the vehicle. You are good neighbor.
Ex Lincoln sales exec here from 2001. The Lincoln LS was one of the most successful cars Lincoln made for the younger generation, it was the only Lincoln available with a manual and therefore didn’t bode well with the TownCar retirement crowd, but it was sought after for years after they stopped making them by people that knew it for what it was and I always had a ton of fun running the V8 around town. Had an amazing sound system, handled great and was a much cooler luxury car than the pre-CTS Cadillac offerings. Still see a few around too 20yrs later with 200k+.
Too bad they never paired the V8 with a manual.
Have a mint 03 sub 80K mile V8 and love driving it around. The amount of power it has still beats modern vehicles. I can't imagine what it was like when new in 03!
Had 4 of them; 2000 &2001 V6 and 2 2006's (all 2006 were sport V8's). The only reason I jumped ship to BMW was lack of repair parts. Ford/Lincoln really dropped the ball when they discontinued the LS! I still miss my LS!
I agree with all that. I had a 2000 and a 2001 Lincoln Ls with the manual transmission. I put many miles on them threw Canadian winters. It was a very reliable, comfortable, great handling car. The problem was a majority of people did not maintain them.
@@Buttermilk2Biscuit this car does have the SelectShift option that allows manual clutchless shifting
You are a good man, JR. Just seeing her smile...best payment anyone could get. That Lincoln is better than just about any new car. Take care, friend.
Really a missed opportunity for a "taking Riley to O'Riley" joke.
Yall suck with names huh
I was waiting for "Oh, Reilly, let go to O'Reilly's.."
Or Braden saying, "Riley, welcome to O'Reilly's", or "Welcome to O'Reilly's, Riley".
Driving to O'Reilly's with Reilly while listening to Baba O'Reilly!
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“Oh-oh-oh…O’Reilly’s……”🎷🎹🎸🎻🥁
I love when you help out younger people. Showing them and having them do the work is the best way they learn. Hands on learning for sure. Great job dude!
Nice! Don’t want young ladies getting stranded. Riley looks like she’s having fun learning. Well done 👏👏👏
That’s nice helping the neighbors out always a good thing.
I would've made her pay me ;)
More please! Love how she wants to help. Full restoration.
Do the junk yards and eBay finds
Go Riley! Nice work JR helping out your neighbors and keeping another one functional, safe and on the road.
Rent a dry ice blaster and fo the underside of car
Start her own channel
Nice to see a young person taking interest in the car hobby, or at least learning the basics of maintenance. A pretty smile is never a bad thing to see either.
Thank you for doing regular cars and not stupid super and hyper car crap. Your videos are relatable to a much larger audience because you're down to earth. Cheers!
Well done. Glad to see you reviving the old Lincoln. I have learned the hard way to beware of buying Motorcraft parts from places like eBay and Amazon. The counterfeit market is huge and some are hard to tell apart from the factory parts.
I nominate Riley as your new shop assistant! Also- can't someone be nice to a young lady that lives next door to you without saying you are "tapping that"?
People suck!!!
Give him time, he'll find something on that Lincoln that needs a tap, like the brakes
Not in the Midwest bud😂
Not to mention she looks to be about 15 years old.
Michael Scott.......😏😏😏😏😏........thats what she said
Your neighbors are so lucky. As long as they are nice to you and cover the cost of parts and help you, They can get a lot of good work done to their cars, and you get more content for your channel.
Keep going with the easy tune up, fixes, and cleaning! This is the stuff we all do and makes it fun with someone willing to help and learn.
Good for you JR. helping that young lady get her ride going. She seemed to jump right in and help.
I had a 2000 LS from 2000 to 2015. I had the hydraulic cooling fan that they only used in the first 6 months of production, and it died twice. $3500 to repair each time. Also a timing chain guide snapped at 115k, it jumped time, and the heads ate themselves. Other than that, it was reliable. If you have one that you never replaced the timing chains/guides on, that would be the only thing I would worry about long term, and that is a major job.
Some corerctions and details about this...the timing chain issue ONLY affects the V8's from 2000-2002. Its because they used plastic chain tensioners on the camshaft chains under the valve covers. They have metal redesigns that should be installed BEFORE the plastic ones break from the heat and lose pressure. The hydro cooling fan was used on all Gen 1 LS's from 2000-2002 as well. 2003 to the last year 2006 all had electric fans.
Great job, always help your neighbor's!
Picked one up in June last year to put back together. Had all kinds of problems. I guess the valve covers tend to warp because they are plastic. I replaced them with some thunderbird covers. Also did the gaskets, spark plugs, and coil packs. Runs like a champ now!
Oh yea an LS content, I had an 01 Aqua Blue from 2003-2020, got it with 35k until 322k when I gifted it to relative, still looking for another one. I had STR wheels on it, STR seats, lowered. Loved it.
That's awesome, helping out the neighbor kids. I've done that everywhere I've lived.
Water on the plugs is probobly from the cowl full of dirt and leaves. Make sure the drains are clear
I have an 04 Lincoln LS, not my daily but I love that car! I have the V8 and have changed coils and plugs countless times over the years! I have the same problem with water draining into the back two plugs on the passenger side! I actually left the covers off the coils and it seems to somehow keep the water out and I have less of an issue with them out! Regardless misfire issues and cooling system issues will just always be a constant with those cars!
Fill the plugs with dialectic grease?
I have a mint LS 03 sub 80K mile V8 and love driving it around. That V8 doesnt like a mish-mash of injector/plugs. Fun to drive around and the amount of power it has still beats many modern vehicles.
Nice vid love to see neighbors helping neighbors!
To use the oil jug without spilling: lay it down sideways with the nozzle pointing upwards as a slight angle, work the nozzle end into the filler and then roll it over to pour.
Use finger tip
@@Stanley-flareside even better
Wow, love that funnel. I've just been refilling an old Mobil-1 5-quart container and putting waste oil in old milk jugs, but I might have to up my game here 🤣
My best friend bought the v-8 when they came out when he got his new navigator! The LS was a blast to drive in the hills of East Tennessee and was quick on our interstate trips at high speed from Gatlinburg to Knoxville! It rode and handled really well and was quite comfortable!
I put ac Delco coils on my mercury Mountaineer. The motorcraft ones were to expensive.. i tried the cheap coils but they didn't last long. Then bought the AC Delco coils. I was surprised that gm coils worked on a ford. The cheap coils were still working but caused interference on the cam bus wire making it have transmission issues. When I replace them with the ACDelco coils the issue went away and the transmission no longer went into limp mode.
AC Delco makes parts for all sorts of cars. I think so that shops and dealers that mostly work on GM cars can order parts for other cars through the same channels. I drive a 79 Subaru DL and I have AC Delco outer tie rod ends for an 83 Mitsubishi Tredia installed on it. Same dimensions as the original Subaru ones that are now almost impossible to find, and much better quality with blue synthetic rubber boots and grease fittings that the originals didn't have.
5:20 that's not Loctite its Torque Seal; that Lincoln has seen the inside of a Walmart Auto Care Center oil bay, but judging by the filter it wasn't very recently. (we use Torque Seal as an Anti-Tampering telltale; if the customer comes in blaming us for an engine failure or a severe oil leak, and the seal is broken it absolves us of any liability and having to pay for that engine because we can then say "we were not the last ones to touch that drain plug")
I'm actually procrastinating watching this video instead of going to do some maintenance on my '04 V8 LS.
@@dsembr we all make good choices 😛
The leaves probably blocked the under scuttle drain holes and rain water overflowed onto the engine. Also, it looks like a case of never wash it and never service it.
I I hate to be that guy, but seeing that it belongs to a woman, it most likely was never washed or serviced, probably until now also she looks really young so I definitely wouldn't doubt it
It's pretty cool seeing young Riley work on her own car! 👍🏼
Good work JR. Seems like a nice gal. Always a solid thing to help the neighbor.
Glad you got it off it's feet. It's really a perfect car for a 2004, its frame rails are perfect just needed tlc, glad it's alive😢
Riley is pretty brave wearing a light tan colored sweatshirt and no gloves while working on her car. Otherwise, glad to see she’s game to do basic repairs on the car. Car should be go to go for quite a while
PS - dice on the rear view mirror? Old school.
Great job helping and nice to see Riley learning about cars.
Never thought I'd see an LS featured. I owned 2 of these in the past. 03 V8 Sport, 04 LSE V8. Great driving cars, subpar reliability, especially with the plastic cooling components and transmission issues. Despite the "quirks" , loved driving the LSE. Very comfortable black Nudo leather seats, THX Audio, even had factory HIDs and heated /cooled seats! Ended up later on with the LS cousin, a Jaguar S-Type R. The Lincolns would have been awesome with a supercharger! 😊
Sold these new in 2001 and loved them too especially the manual!
Had 2 ‘06’s; his & hers. Loved them!
I had an 03 LS V8 in that EXACT color with those wheels. Lowered it, full custom exhaust by a friend, new wheels/tires and the thing looked slick. Slow as balls though. There was an issue with the cowl to hood seal or something along those lines that let water drip down into the motor and mess with the coils like you noticed. Don't miss changing coils every 6 months 🤣Traded it in for an 2006 300C SRT8.
I had a V6/5spd and drove it for 8 years and 230,000 MI and it was one of the most reliable cars I've ever owned.
I always wanted a V6 5-speed LS. I remember when the LS first came out and Lincoln did a lot of promotion for it. It was sooooo different for them. They really were trying to go after BMW customers with the car.
I was so happy they had a manual transmission available in these. I have to think the option is pretty rare, I’ve only seen a handful since they were new but I’d still love to have one.
BTW, I believe the instrument cluster and several other parts from the LS were used in the retro Thunderbird.
@@brian5othe Thunderbird was absolutely based off the LS platform, sold these new in 2001 next to Benz and the kids loved the manual. The dumb thing was that they only offered the manual in 6cyl, but it came in a bright green custom order color that you could only get in the manual…we traded one once, only green manual I’d ever seen and I always kick myself for not getting it lol I still see a few around over 200k
@brian5o They only built 2,331 before they dropped the V6/5spd combo.
To get it you had to buy the optional sports package.
Love this type of context! Keep it up, definitely need part 2
There was an issue with the 04s where the water off the windshield would drain off on the coil packs and into the plugs causing misfires etc. use some scrap metal and re direct it it’s a cheap fix that looks less than perfect but it does work. I had one of these In College.. I loved it and it got me started into something I loved. It taught me a bit about wrenching honestly a great car!
The fuzzy dice are the icing on the cake. Cool video JR.
There are covers that go over the coil galleys on the AJ motors that are supposed to keep the water out. A very light coating of silicone will make the seal without super gluing the cap to the valley. Otherwise you'll get water in those coils.
I took my Honda to a dealership for a 40K Maintenance. The Cabin Filter was to be changed. A few years later, I was going to change the Cabin Filter, and noticed that nothing was ever changed. I went to the dealership and requested a new Cabin Filter. I never trust a dealership now!
At least you can say they gave you a steal 😂
a few years later??? How do you know they did not change it
@@carsonac4163 The filter is behind metal brackets. The brackets have to be removed first, and the hardware was "factory fresh"!
Cool to help her and a major tune up and fluid change should make a huge difference in the car. Pretty crafty posting early in the day 😎
Had a few of these LS over the years and currently own two 5 -speeds. The stick makes up for the reduced power over a V8 for the fun factor.
The Lincoln LS was a great looking car!
Riley needs to join the show!
I love that you are helping her!😊
Nice assist JR gotta keep the old ones on the road especially if it save big $ on a new or newer one.
I believe that coil connector can be purchased at orileys, or at least on Amazon, I had to do all 8 on my aviator.
That's like the video that made me start watching your channel..I don't need expensive, fancy content. This is much more fun to watch.. And to learn..
It would’ve been very useful to see the measured outcome of your work since you have that awesome scanner. Some post-tune-up data would’ve helped us measurably see if the plugs, coils, additives, and treatments, made a quantifiable difference. Especially since you have scanning tools to assess this. Very cool video!
That's pretty cool. Easy work provided you know what you're looking at, and you helped out a neighbor.
About the FEM, if in the future the dash lights go out, the driver's window stops working, steering gets stiffer, windshield wipers don't work, that's signs of a failing FEM. They can be rebuilt, Thunderbird Bob is what a lot of Thunderbird owners use.
JR, I speculate that the water in the plug galleys came through the missing plugs on the cowl. Water on a Ford engine will always find its way into the plug galleys and there are two snap plugs missing right above the two coils that had water in them...
Loved the video! Hope there is a part 2 for the rest of the fixes.
sounds way better. The prior owner was basically chasing coil packs one after another and buying whatever the cheapest or readily avail coil was one at a time as they fail lol. Its the worst decision ever in most cars and ends up costing more than just buying a complete matching set on ebay or amazon would be.
Also I normally dont do steering wheel covers but man it needs one badly lol that steering wheel has seen some things lol.
With some tlc that car would clean up super nice and be an awesome and reliable daily.
That "shaker" in the bottom is a "coin". When I worked in a dealership years ago the BG rep would come by every month or two and pay $.25 a "coin" to the tech.
Very cool to help your neighbors. 👍👍
We used to collect those plastic 'coins' from the BG cans and our rep would pay out a bonus for them (25c each). Also so used to Ford plugs looking just like that, even our regular customers would need new drain plugs eventually. Didn't happen with any other make, but the Ford plugs were pretty consistently stretched (We did not use power tools on plugs, and did not over torque them)
Kudos to you for helping her out. You're a good man!
I've always sort of wanted one of those because it was a RWD sedan that came out when FWD crossovers were starting to dominate the market.
You are a good neighbor. May God bless you
Also shared with the Ford Thunderbird, common issues are the coil packs and the Front Electronics Module.
Nice one, keep doing these things making people happy and fixing it together.
Looks like you have a new build buddy she's a hard worker. I would like to see more from the Lincoln it's a lot like my Mkz.
My wife had a '03 LS V8 that we owned from 60,000-230,000 miles. The ignition system was an issue. Though the coils are often the issue, enough that Ford had a campaign on them, it's also common that the coil boots leak spark which causes two issues. It will cause throttle body codes which put the car into limp mode, and it will destroy the transmission control side of the PCM if the misfire is on the passenger side. On my car it messed up the 2-3 and 4-5 shifts in the PCM twice. The PCM can be repaired. The plastic cooling system parts are a nightmare, and I spent almost $1000 wholesale on cooling parts in my ownership. The intake is prone to vacuum leaks due to square o-rings. Rear toe links also are a major wear item. Ultimately the A/C expansion valve failed (8hr job), and the PCM failed. It was still a nice car but no takers at $700, so I parted it out, and scrapped the rest. It was absolutely one of her favorite cars ever, but as the maintainer, I was glad to be done with it.
I own a 2000 with a 3.9 as well. From the firewall or the back of the engine there is a Pcv valve that no one knows is there. From the the top of the engine you have to change the upper intake manifold gaskets to get to the Pcv valve. Be sure to change it so you can get more miles out of the engine. I like mine . It's an antique vehicle now (25) but still a nice Lincoln jag S to me.
That thing is not a shaker inside the can for the BG chemicals.
When u go buy more BG stuff ask about the can funnels, BG makes a special funnel it’s yellow and about 6 inches long that snaps onto the cans so you can just pour it in and not have any spillage. Be careful tho, there’s a little breather hole so they don’t take 3hrs to drain out, make sure to point that up, not down.
Also that tab in the cans you keep if you work at a shop, and when the BG sales person comes by they give you money for them for having sold their product. It’s like a rewards thing.
I used to make BANK from those when I worked at shops. Every other week they guy would come by and give us all in the shop about $100+ each because of those.
Normally they’re $1-2 each depending on the service you’re doing. There’s a different color in each can and you keep the caps for the additives for like diff or transfer case fluids.
It’s their way of both incentivizing the product sale, and also to keep track of what has sold more per location they go to. Of course its not perfect, not everybody keeps them, not all shops are in the reward program as well even tho they use BG products.
We need to teach these kids how to fix AND clean a car. That cowl gave me nightmares.
Hi Riley - you were great on camera - a natural
Do a monthly Riley tune up series😊she looks determined enough to help out in making her ride better
Cool. Love that you are passing on some skills... It's be fun to see more vids where Riley does some wrenching.
These were really good cars for their day, I had an '06 for 11 years and put 272,000 miles on it before it got totaled in an accident; as long as you don't cheap out on or neglect the maintenance they will just keep trucking along no problem, the biggest issues that people had with them was not running premium fuel and not replacing the all of the coils and plugs at the same time. They tend to be very sensitive to mix and match coil replacements, their only real flaw is that Ford used plastic parts in the thermostat housing and crossover tube which required regular replacement which also required removing the intake manifold.
FYI - Ford did a TON of vehicle development on the Lincoln LS (not just taking the Jag parts "as is"). Another "FYI": If you shorten this by taking the back seat out and cutting the top off you get the T-Bird.
Suggestion for the oil filler: You don't have to pour all the oil in at the same time, so half fill the jug and then top it up once you've got the first load in to get to the proper fill level.
That was cool. Looking forward to Riley doing some brakes!
One more thing. There is a coolant hose that runs under the intake manifold that is prone to leaks. If you go into the upper intake manifold check that hose. It runs from the thermostat to the coolant reservoir
those ls with the v8's were said to be comparable to a bmw 5 series of that era which is impressive.
THE #1 inspection to make next are front lower balljoints.. A very common issue on these cars and when one decides to go the entire wheel will detach from the bottom ... imagine that happening at 60mph. Uppers should be checked as well but the front lower's are common to fail. A side note..the Sport models have a large balljoint than the non Sport on the early LS's ...not sure of Gen 2 cars 2003-2006. After 100k miles the entire cooling system will need replaced...these cars have many plastic cooling parts ..the degas fill bottle is common to fail...if its not replaced as a whole it will be one failure after another till it is.
Those are my favorite cars! And they arent as unreliable as one would think.
Would love to see a part II with the brakes replaced and might as well change the brake fluid and flush the coolant.
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Fixed a couple of those. Not too bad to work on.
lucky to have you as a neighbor!
Do valve cover gaskets they fill the coil wells misfire and light off the oil and burn to the ground.
From your title I can guess it is the ignition coils. This happened on my 2013 Subaru when one of them cracked. When I replaced the 6 ignition coils, the problem went away. Now I will watch and see if I am right.
Edit: It was the coils and plugs. Not much of a shock. It needed a full tuneup which I should have guessed but that was what caused the missing at weird times.
WatchJR help the neighbors. I enjoy the help your family, friends, and neighbor episodes.
WAY more interesting than exotic car content. Great video.
Is this a flood car?? Awesome vid and i agree, more content like this and keep Riley in the mix
❤️Jrgo...I believe in you.. it's no Car you cant Fix.... if it's broke Down near A O'Reillys auto parts.😁🍀
My first car was an 04 ls v8, in that same color too! (Less options tho)
Edit: after watching more of the video, that poor car has not had a good life, nice to see it finally getting the care it deserves.
Love the video.. Just a good all-boy helping out the community !!
She did great! Best part is when the bolt fell and she totally hit the floor like a pro.
ROTC?
This 44k you use, is that specific for direct injection ? & what you use it every 44k miles or km ?
It's for port or direct injection.... no idea why they named it that, works great though!
Need more LS restoration vids
I used to rent those on business trips. One of my favorite of all the sedans I've driven.
CHANGE THE ENGINE AIR FILTER TOO! Thanks!