Alignment - The Bottom Line!

[drkknight196]

OK, what follows is directly from page 204-00-1, Suspension System - General Information, of Ford Motor Corporation's "The Shop Guide" for the 2003 Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis/Marauder:

Front

Caster: LH 5.5 dgrs +/- .75; RH 5.5 dgrs +/- .75; Total 0 +/- .75
Camber: LH -0.7 dgrs +/- .75; RH -.07 dgrs +/- .75; total 0 +/- .75
Toe @ curb ride height: LH ---; RH ---; Total -0.12 +/- 0.25

Check the book if you want. ;)

[SergntMac]

Originally posted by drkknight196
Sorry, I was looking at his first post. In any event, those are the HTG book specs. My dealership had to manually input them into the alignment computer to get it right.

Thanks Dark, for collecting all of this together. I couldn't track the numbers well in other thread without printing it all out and red pen a flow chart. How about you drop a note to LML and suggest this 411 for our FAQ? Now I have something I can hand to my alignment guy, thanks!

BTW, there were some reports a while back that some alignment equipment could cause some slight damage to the clearcoat on our wheels. Not sure on this 411, but it was something about metal "pins" chipping into the wheels, and fix with some kind of rubber mount. FYI, eh?

[drkknight196]

Sarge, I appreciate the note. Was a two-day operation finding the right specs in Lincoln-Mercury Dealership's own library! Geez! Anyway, I haven't incurred any damage to my wheels from the alignment equipment; however, the young guy who mounted my rears really tore up one of my wheels with the mounting equipment when he failed to engage it onto the wheel for mounting/unmounting. The "teeth" of the machine didn't seat on the wheel and left numerous deep gouges in the wheel! Turns out a new one is $539.07!! I'm working it out with the BF Goodrich folks but I'm still pretty steamed ....... I'll send note to LML for inclusion in FAQ. Thanks again.

[ap2003]

OK... Back to the real thread.... Alignment...

I hit a curb trying to avoid a sport-ute that was trying to take up part of my lane...

Long story short...
Alldata specs on the 03 Marauder...


Front

Caster: LH 6.1 dgrs +/- .75; RH 6.1 dgrs +/- .75; Total 0 +/- .75
Camber: LH -0.7 dgrs +/- .75; RH -.07 dgrs +/- .75; total 0 +/- .75
Toe @ curb ride height: LH ---; RH ---; Total -0.12 +/- 0.25
Front

Only difference from the original post from drknight and the FoMoCo manual... Caster...
Caster: LH 5.5 dgrs +/- .75; RH 5.5 dgrs +/- .75; Total 0 +/- .75

Difference... 6.1 vs 5.5

Not that this helps... just another data point

best Regards
_ap

[drkknight196]

Not sure why your specs are different than what's published in Ford's 2003 Shop Manual for the Crown Vic, Grand Marquis, and Marauder?? Those look like the specs I saw for the 2003 CV and GM. Better see for yourself.

[drkknight196]

In my previous post, I provided the exact page in the manual for reference (you and/or your service advisor).

[RCSignals]

It could be that all data is just showing the 2003 CV and GM specs for everything.
I'd go with the Ford specs.

[Logan]

Originally posted by Blue Marauder
Well, this will probably get me banned and this thread closed, but I don't really care. Sarge already said that us "98 percenters" don't really have any business on this board.

It amazes me how people like TAF, Sarge, and the handful of others with 1000+ posts think they can say and do anything they want on this board and get away with it. But when anyone else dares point out an error or disagree with them, all hell breaks loose. I suggest you guys go back and look at some of your own posts and think about your attitude. But I doubt you will.

As far as being a troll, I bought the first blue Marauder in Northern Virginia from Brown's Lincoln-Mercury in Fairfax, Va, about two weeks before Thomas Potter bought his from the same dealer. In fact, the car Thomas bought was ordered by the sales manager after seeing what our car looked like and he liked the blue so much. Would you like me to provide you with my sales information and VIN number to prove that I really own the car?

And TAF, as far as not having an e-mail or PM set up, if you don't have the guts to say something in public, I'm not really interested in hearing it.

Good-by, good riddance. I've had it with your stupid clique.

You're right. Being an ass will get you :banned:. You entire tirade of verbal goo is ridiculous.

I don't put up with juvenile behavior. The handful you refer to has earned the respect of the people around them by offering sound and civil advice and opinions.

The one thing I agree with you on is "Goodbye, Good Riddance". Don't let the door hit you on the way out. :bandit:

For those who's thread I just nuked, I apologize, please feel free to restart it if necessary.