How To Replace The Spark Plugs on a Lincoln Town Car
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Today I replace the spark plugs in my 2006 Lincoln Town Car. This is the same engine that has been in a whole slew of cars. Here is the list:
Lincoln Town Car 1990-2011
Lincoln Town Car Touring Sedan 1998-2000
Ford Crown Victoria/Mercury Grand Marquis 1992-2012
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor 2004-2011
Ford Thunderbird 1994-1995
Mercury Cougar/Ford Thunderbird 1996-1997
Ford F-Series 1995-2010
Ford E-Series 1996-2014
Ford Explorer 2002-2005
Ford Mustang GT 1996-2004
MG ZT 260 2003-2005
Rover 75 V8 2003-2005
Mobility Ventures MV-1 2011-2014
To complete this job you will need the following:
5/8 Spark Plug Socket
Flat head screw driver
7mm Wrench or ratchet with elbow connector
1/2 In ratchet set with elbow
1/2 ratchet elbow connectors
Torque Wrench
Dielectric Grease
Spark Plug Gapper
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Very few creators show how much of a pain the spark plugs are by the firewall to extract. Well organized and informative video on this procedure!
Wow, I like how clear and detailed you explained this procedure, thank you so much !
You're welcome, thank you so much for watching
Watched vid. Went to store and picked up set of coil packs & plugs. Very easy working video. Thanks for posting. 👍
I appreciate this video. Save me some time and money. As a woman, It feels great to be able to do this instead of waiting for someone to do it for me. Thank you ❤
You’re welcome, great work knocking it out yourself.
I got one of those and is contemplating changing the spark plugs myself, already changed the alternator. Thanks for the pleasant detailed well explained procedure, amateurs like me love a guy like like u.....
YES YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER, THE LAST TIME I WENT A SHOP AND THE SHOP CHARGED ME $200 JUST TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS, AND I HAVE AN 08 GRAND MARQUIS, SINCE I HAVE A BIT EXPERIENCE, I'M GOING DO IT MYSELF CAREFULLY. AND THANKS
Awesome, good luck. Hope it goes well for you.
Best video on this I've seen, bar none, thanks for taking time to do it right, not half a** like some others who do one plug(like they're all the same) and start with everything already out of the way.
You got it! Thanks for watching. 👍🏻
Awesome video....you are very teacher oriented.....thanks very much....this will be so much help to change my spark plugs in my limo.
Have fun! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the detailed demonstration and guidance. I have been spoilt replacing my existing Honda's plugs and shall be viewing a used 2006 LTC the day after Christmas.
youre welcome. Hope it goes well!
great video, very easy to follow good narrating and good quality picture, thanks
Great video. Nice work on the angles and visibility while working. Thank you
Thank you. I'm glad you like it! Thanks for watching.
Just did this with my older brother and Dad❤️💯 it was a 4 our experience my first spark plug change for my town car at 20 years old and I will do my best to keep her for a decade. 💣🤎
That is awesome! Good work
Very detailed, thanks. Now I'm going to do the proper torque and gap on my pre gap spark plugs.
Very good presentation. explanation. Makes it easy to do. thank you.
I loved this video--I have to replace my plugs this weekend....thanks.
You're welcome, thanks for watching and have fun!
Thank you!! I have the same year model and it was easy once I did the first one. Great video.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for explaining this in great detail👍
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for your time on the video. Saved me money!!
Glad I could help!
Ry the car guy : Thank you so much for posting this video. I have a 2011 Crown Victoria. It's got a little over 100,000 miles. It's time to change the plugs. I bought some Auto-lite plugs at a parts' store today. Is that a good brand? I'll be 67 in August. I hope to be able to keep my Crown Victoria until I die. I love my car.
Years ago, I had a 1972 Chrysler Newport Royal with the new 400 V-8. The fastest way to change most of the spark plugs was to jack up the car, take off both front tires, and go in through the wheel well. However, number seven plug was a chore. I had to have a couple of universal joints, and crawl under the car, and reach up under either the brake master cylinder, or under the power brake booster.
Ry ,the car guy. I love this video. Now I'll have to get another torque wrench. Thank you so much for posting this video. It's been at least fifteen years since I have changed spark plugs. The last time I changed spark plugs was on my father's 1987 Dodge truck with the 225 slant-six.
they to use Motorcraft thats the oem plug
I sure hope you didn't use Autolite!!! Autolite threads are slightly different than the original Motorcraft. And as a result of the pitch being slightly different this is where plugs start blowing out. Always Motorcraft or if you want a slightly hotter plug NGK. If you want a cooler plug use Bosch.. I'm not a fan of Bosch.
Good video, keep doing the new ones
7:43, Glad I wasn't the only one trying to fish a wobbly socket back out of the hole!🤣
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great video this is the one to use if you do it yourself
Excellent video instructions brother. I definitely subbed
Thanks dude!
Nice work 👍 pro.
First, thank you for doing this video. There was nothing easy about either side. Apparently the socket wells fill up with crud...tree stuff, acorns, leaves, etc and even liquid. I have no idea what that liquid was, but eww. I had to get the compressor out to blow out the wells and dig it out with a probe a little. I ended up not changing passenger side rear plug as I could not get the socket to seat and blew it out numerous times. You can't see back there. I got the Motorcraft coil and plug kit. Guess what? The spiral connector on the inside of the boot did not extend far enough to the end. i could not get them to seat onto the new plug. Only one of the coils could be used because of this. UGH! Now the codes involve NOT misfire on cylinder 8, but some kind of a/c thing and a fuse. UGH UGH. Too tired to fiddle anymore with it today. Oh, and NOTHING would remove that screw on the plastic protector on top of the engine. I tried everything...must be a specific tool. Now I will have to get a mechanic to deal with it. No clue how much that will cost?
Great Video bro thanks!
Excellent video. Great detail. Thanks
Glad to help!
Did very good he just forgot to put a magnet to pull the spark plugs out in the description
Clear and concise. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome! Thank you for this video, very informative....
Glad it was helpful!
@@Rythecarguy I found in my Lincoln towncar the driver's side last sparkplug had oil on it, I cleaned and installed a new sparkplug. Since changes car runs good. Should I change the sparkplug on the passenger side as well and also should I change the valve cover gasket? You advise is high appreciated.
very professional and well lit, U da man!
Thank you! 🙏🏻
I always air blow the area out first so no dirt goes in spark plug hole. I also tightens to 25 foot pounds, the plugs work loose and blow out at factory spec.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing.
Lincoln Town Car😊😊nice
Thanks so much! Not for just telling how - but illustrating how! Great job - made my work a piece of cake!
Awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks, great video
Thanks
thanks for this video, it saved me lots of time. at first glance i thought i may have to remove the fuel rail. glad i watched this instead. After the new plugs torqued, I cant get the plug out of the rubber insert in the socket without the extension coming loose. Is there a trick to it?
great video
just replaced the spark plugs, now the wrench symbol came on never saw that before check engine light on also. read out said before changing plugs that it was misfire on number 6
Great vid - the updated spark plug torque is 25 ft.
The Official Maintenance Manual specifies FIFTEEN (15) ft/lbs.
If some dumb-ass uses Anti-sieze AND the 20-ft/lb setting, the threads in the cylinder head could strip out.
15 ft/lbs and NO Anti-sieze !!
@@SlikLizrd The official maintenance manual was printed before the updated torque. Let's split the difference and go for 20 ft. lbs! I don't usually use anti-seize unless the cylinder heads are new and bone dry, and I stopped using a torque wrench on spark plugs decades ago. Now I generally go 1/8 to 1/4 turn past full stop.
Thanks
You are the best
Thanks! 👍🏻💪🏻
You are the best number one
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Would it be possible to do a intake manifold replacement on a 98 town car
Solid vid and direction bro. I have the exact same car, trim and all. Love her. Did you put spring shocks in the back? the air ones kept failing on mine...
Rock auto has the air bags- for the cushy air ride.
I replaced mine with coil springs. I would recommend getting new air springs if you haven’t.
Springs are better than air bags. I did the rear spring conversion for my friend and an airbag replacement for the other. The cost difference was huge for the airspring replacement as we also replaced the compressor and relay. The air bags failed in two years despite being OEM spec.
I have a silver '07 LWB with the black landow top, beautiful car! I just had the suspension changed to the springs and shocks and then disabling the Air suspension. I'd replaced the compressor 3 times with used ones! The bags were bad and were $400 ea. So I decided to just replace them. Haven't driven it much because now it needs a tune up! That's what brought me to this video! I love these cars!
This is great!
Had a question. My service engine light came on. I have a P0306 and P0316 code. I've seen a video where that spark plug was coated in oil. My car just came out of the shop because (dumb me) I didn't realize during an oil change that the old gasket on the previous oil filter was stuck inside, and the new filter didn't seal. Oil spewed out and across the under carriage. Simple fix, but a week later the car throws these codes, and it now gyrates at idle, reverse or forward, in a small rocking motion.
My guess is that oil made its way in the spark plug hole on the 6th cylinder, which happens to be right in the area of the oil filter.
What do you think? And is that a simple clean out if there is actually oil coating the plug?
I was told the engine should be cold/room temperature to prevent spark plug treads damage. Aluminum heads was called out as being the issue, plus use tread lube for the install. Last was to apply die electric lube inside of the coil booth. Does this sound correct?
YEP. Not Hot. Not Cold. WARM.
Use only PLATED Spark Plugs with Aluminum Heads -- with NO Anti-sieze.
Use Torque Wrench to tighten plugs to FIFTEEN (15) Foot-Lbs.
Thank you
You're welcome!
When i pulled a coil the bottom boot seperated and theres a big spring, it slid right back on but is that a sign it needs to be replaced?
What type of spark plug did you install? Is the Autolite XP104 Iridium plug OK for a 2006 Lincoln Town Car?
This was very helpful. TY. I did have problem removing one of the screws holding the 3rd coil pack on the driver's side. Appears to be stripped. Any ideas? Thx again!
The screw is stripped or the hole is?
God bless American cars
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What do you think about blowing out the spark plug hole with compressed air prior to removing the plug?
That’s an excellent idea.
Just did mine one by one and blew each hole out several times. You don’t want any garbage getting in them buttholes
I blew air on my 08 crown vic just to clean it out nicely
Turned out good
I don't have an air compressor, so used a shop vac,both blowing and vacuum, to get leaves and Tree seeds out
Great video, other than the part when you used a torque wrench with an elbow on it. The torque spec is not accurate if you use an elbow on that style of torque wrench.
Ehhhh close enough. ;). Thanks for watching man.
@@Rythecarguy great video… how important is this torque wrench?
What if you can’t move pcv valve? Doesn’t look the same as yours and mine is 2003 signature
Where would you recommend purchasing an engine cover? I have an 03 Town Car and it doesn't have the engine cover. Nice detailed video by the way.
Honestly if you have a u-pull used parts place near you that’s where I would go for something like that. It’s not critical to the operation of the vehicle and can get expensive depending on where you look. Otherwise, I would check out eBay. It’s actually been a pretty great resource for plastic parts.
I found a "like new" Engine Cover for our 2007 ACURA V-6 at E-Bay. Happy with the purchase.
Nice video, thank you
Very good teacher
Thanks!
Did you ever end up needing two elbows? It seemed like you did every cylinder using only one.
Also how did the bolts holding the coil pack flanges end up being 7mm on an American car? Is it actually 9/32 or 1/4?
I don't remember I am sorry. It's been too long.
American cars do not use sae in most cases
Most of the Panthers were made in CANADA. ALL Panthers have METRIC threads.
Is this the same for a 94 Lincoln town car ?
The Lincoln Mark VIII also has a 4.6l V8
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WHAT YEAR IS YOUR CAR RY ?
MY 2008 HAS ALL 8-9 THREADS FOR THE SPARK PLUGS
SOME EARLY MODELS HAS ONLY 4 .
KEEP IN MIND THOSE NEEDS MORE TORQUE TO MAKE SURE IT IS TIGHT.
GOOD VIDEO BY THE WAY
Is it possible to make a video on replacing the evaporator?
I'm sorry but I got rid of that car.
I think I could do this myself! I just don't have all the tools... My number 8 cylinder is missing...
I KNOW you can do it yourself. 👍🏻
@@Rythecarguy when I told an older friend of mine he said that there could be other problems that I may not be able to diagnose and he advised me against it! Boo! So I'm taking over to a mechanic friend Saturday morning and having him do it for $65. Of no other parts are needed etc.. thanks for replying! You're an excellent instructor! I wish you were my mechanic friend! Lol!
@@annettecinquemanifalbo17 I put bad gas in the car I'm afraid that the bad gas might have fowled the spark plugs.
If the car has enough miles on it to justify plugs.. might as well replace coil wires, not expensive if you do it yourself and is a common problem with this engine
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My plugs are fludded and I don't know what to do
I think the dielectric grease was a mistake. It is a non conducting grease. It will cause poor connection with the tip of the spark plug and. Ause the misfire. I did this and it made my car run rough. Now I have to take them all off and clean the grease off. Do kot put grease in the tip of the boot. Itnwill coat the metal and plug tip causing a misfire.
True if you use too much. Sorry you had to go back and clean it up. That's a bummer. I hate repeat work
I use to start the car for the compression throw the air out , I don’t know that was good idea , that’s my question
You would start it without the plug in it? Why again?
Why do you not use anti-seize?
Didn't want to.
Modern, high-quality spark plugs are PLATED !!
They get NO Anti-sieze -- because it's NOT NECESSARY, and it CAN cause damage.
What if the spark plugs are wet like really wet
Wet with what? Do they look clean? If they are wet with gas then that cylinder is likely not igniting.
@@Rythecarguy it's a darkish liquid
@@amandasmelser3195 does it smell like gas?
They make thread lube that contains copper not graphite, so not to have issues with action between aluminum and the plug material.
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I find it funny how you don't take the 7mm bolts out because it's almost impossible to remove them. You can't use a ratchet with an elbow. Wrenches don't work. It's bullshit. I have to use vice grips to loosen the #!$@ bolts.
What do you mean?
@@Rythecarguy i have a 03 TC relaced #5 coil pac no trouble to remove screw his engine must have had lots of corrosion but also you dont use a hammer to remove a bolt lol
They're not that tightly torqued. I had trouble with my 7mm socket & 1/4" elbow-rubbing the fuel rail on a few of the coils, so I just used an end-wrench to break them free, and used my fingers to remove them.
^^^was prob tightening it lmao
Tips. Instead of buying dilectric grease, use vaseline instead. Vaseline is the same thing and is a non conductor. Electrical cannot travel through vaseline. Tools you absolutely need for this job are one 4 inch extension and a 6 inch extension and a swivel elbow on the end at the spark plug socket as he used in the video. Do not do this job without these tools
Whatcha talkin' about Willis?
@@kccodex8931 😆
WTF !??? There is absolutely NO WAY that VASELINE is a substitute for DIELECTRIC GREASE.
They are definitely NOT "the same thing", and DO NOT have similar chemical properties.
NOTE: They use Dielectric Grease because VASELINE DOESN'T WORK !! 😁
Only issue with this video is he blanks out and doesn't show the pain it is to actually maneuver the plugs out from under the fuel rail ... I'm petite and my hands r small but my god it isn't easy to get em undone and out .
Anything is possible. I believe in you.
NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you torque them at 15 they can eventually vibrate loose and then
wobble around in the hole til they blow out and take the threads in the head with them. To
keep this from happening torque them to 28 foot lbs. This is common knowledge and is the proven fix for preventing spark plugs blowing out of the hole.
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Correct. All the Ford guys in the know say to go over the factory torque spec.
Ya but ford changed to 20 to 25 ft of torque cos the plugs pop out on 4.6 engine
Good video but a horrible engine to change spark plugs on. Especially when someone who changed them before you installed them wrong.
Yea my mustang 4.6 turned into a nightmare.
@@Rythecarguy That sucks. I have a 2004 Town Car with 240k and someone before me put in a Save a Thread in #6 and it came out with the spark plug. I am afraid to do any more spark plugs on the engine now.
There's a reason why he only showed you the first to plugs on the drivers side. If your gonna show someone how to do something, show the whole thing. How'd the last plug on the drivers side do you?
No issues... Go watch some of my other videos. If there is something worth mentioning I mention it. What would I stand to gain by hiding part of the job from you?
My bad...wrong year car! Mines is a '98 Linc.
just do what your title says bro you going on about the air filter i didnt come here fr that
Then go somewhere else. 👋🏻👋🏻
But -- just in case you DID :
The best-quality Air Filter for the Panthers is the FRAM TGA 5056 -- Flows a plenty of air while it keeps your Engine Oil CLEAN a lot longer than the K&N filters.
Notice how this fellow only shows spark plug being removed from the easiest location and not towards the very back. Maybe it's time to be a little bit more into it pal.. and yes that means having a sore back the next day weenie
lol that's cute, look at the rest of my channel, I do full engine rebuilds and swaps. I don't replace 8 spark plugs and then jump on the internet to preach to people about it.
First step: Throw away the useless plastic top cover.
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Everyone knows they prevent debris from getting into places where you don't want debris. Why do you think EVERY MANUFACTURER USES THEM? You lazy fuck...
Technically u replaced the spark plugs, you didn’t repair them. Hmmm fraud.
lol huh?
How would someone repair a spark plug?