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more about #crownvictoria more comments → dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: Whoa rivets? dude... I've had to repair the roller on the track in my car window, but thanks to it being japanese, never had to deal with crazy rivets... more » Tanshanomi: Thanks, Murilee! I've been putting this exact operation off in my '92 Town Car for about a month now, because I wasn't sure how involved it would be. ... more » Jeb_Hoge: My '97 Contour SE did that too after a few weeks of driving it over some cobblestones. It never did have a lot of suspension compliance. Fookin' aces ... more » mytdawg: Not just the Fords. My boss's regulators have popped several times in his 325ix. Apparently it's a distinctive sound. more » DoctorNine: I usually develop unreasonable emotional attachment to my vehicles, that requires extreme engineering if something breaks more than once. In the case... more » dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: Wouldn't it be easier to swap out the entire door? more » LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: What is it with Ford and dodgy power windows? An early 90's Falcon (Australian) has power windows that if not used often become stuck, then the motor ... more » skitter: I've come to believe in the car repair buddy-system after a similar repair of a Honda rear-regulator by four arguing engineers (arguing engineers are ... more » LTDScott: Interesting, the door locks, window regulator, and hood latch have not needed to be replaced on my '97 P71 (which my dad currently drives). I guess it... more » smalleyxb122: It makes GM's gear and lever regulator look really good. When a window fails to work, it's usually the motor, and seldom the regulator. However when... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Nice writeup. I feel like I could attack this blindfolded - and get deep into it before calamity ensued. I've found VW rollup cable systems to be f... more » Alfisted: Murilee, you're a genius, figuring out how to get paid to perform those PITA maintenance and repair jobs on your own vehicles. more » discontinuuity is tentatively testing the waters of Murlopnik Weekend before plunging again into the fridgid waters that are Jalopnik proper: "The ammunition used in the Khyber Pass region is often underloaded, being made from a variety of powders or even old film (which contains nitrocellul... more » 87CapriceEstate: Thank you for this article that will come in so handy if I ever get a mid 90s Crown Vic. It is also quite handy and fun to read in general. For over... more » Novaload: I just went through this with the 97 Marquis. It was the front passenger side, strangely, which gets so little use. It was only half down when it fail... more » -
#howto
Crown Victoria Power Window Regulator Replacement #8, or: How Detroit Cuts Production Costs
A couple weeks ago, when I debuted the Ghost Ride The Whip Box at the '09 Arse Freeze-a-Palooza LeMons, I decided I needed to roll my Crown Vic's balky driver's window down all the way… and heard a terrible CLUNK! More » -
#carcrashes
Video Of Deadly Police Crash Released
Two teenagers were killed in Milford, Connecticut on June 13 by a speeding police car. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the video has finally been released to the public. Warning: graphic footage below. More » -
#carstars
Depeche Mode "Wrong" Music Video Has Right Taste In Cars
We're so used to seeing donked Gallardos in music videos now, we were convinced the video for Depeche Mode's "Wrong" couldn't be the right one. It is, and it's full of cool cars. More » -
#24hoursoflemons
LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza People's Curse Winner: The Blues Brothers Ford Crown Victoria!
At every 24 Hours Of LeMons race, the teams vote on the car they'd like to see destroyed… and they get their wish! This time it was the manual-trans-equipped Crown Vic of Blues Brothers Racing. -
