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  1. #16
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    wow great find, I'd call that a super deal. Car looks like it has 30k miles to me. Yeah, like above - just drive it as is for a while. out the wish list together over winter and then do something in the spring if you still want to. Not many all original cars left.
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  2. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by crownvic97 View Post
    Based on the VIN I don’t think it’s that early of a build, but I am going to send away for the certificate to get that information. It was garage kept up to this point, it will stay that way now. Thanks you!
    Look at the sticker on the end of the drivers door, it has the build date on it.

  3. #18
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    Great car looks like you chose carefully and it paid off.

    -just think for $5000 you could have bought a beat up old Honda Accord or Hyundai with over 100,000... or some other dealer back lot rattle trap.

    Thanks for posting, I'm even more motivated to get the "fix it list" done on mine so I can get it on the road!

  4. #19
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    Just want to say thank you to everyone for the kind words. I have not had the time to do a full detail on the car, but I did have a chance to hand wash it quick and throw some quick spray wax on it. The results are pretty impressive and I know with some compound and polish it’s going to be great.









    I also did a tune up, NGK plugs, oil change, cleaned the air filter, new fuel filter, and an oil change. This is where the happy story becomes a little less happy unfortunately...

    When I bought the car I noticed the ever most slight shake at idle. It had no CEL so I chalked it up as it just needing a tune up (dumb on my part). Well, after my tune up the misfire is even worse. CEL came on, showing cylinder 8 misfire...not good. Swapped the cop on 8 with number 5 and put another new plug in 8 here is what plug 8 looked like after 15 Miles



    Reset the check engine light and it drove it until the CEL came back on. Read the code again and the misfire stayed in cylinder 8, ruling out the cop.

    Next steps are a compression test and leak down test which I am assuming will lead me down the road of a burnt valve or dropped/damaged valve seat.

    Not the end of the world, I’m pretty sure the person who sold it to me probably knew, but such is life. I will pull the head, have it repaired, and put it back on.

    Guess I’ll be getting to know the car a little more intimately in the near future.

  5. #20
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    Good detective work! I don’t think I would have figured that out, and would probably have replaced all the cops first and wasted $. Isn’t #8 the cylinder that typically runs the hottest, on the rear left of the engine?

    I still think you got a good deal and the car looks great. Good luck with the valve issue.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Svashtar View Post
    Good detective work! I don’t think I would have figured that out, and would probably have replaced all the cops first and wasted $. Isn’t #8 the cylinder that typically runs the hottest, on the rear left of the engine?

    I still think you got a good deal and the car looks great. Good luck with the valve issue.


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    Indeed, 7 and 8 (rearmost cylinders on the driver’s side) are known to get too hot due to poor coolant flow in the back of the cylinder head. I’m not the first to fall victim to it by any means, but I was hoping to get more than 40 miles out of the car before major repair

    I’m not soured on the car, I definitely would have paid less if the issue was known, but it’s money already spent. Move on and fix it better!

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    Teaser picture:



    Going to make a detailed thread once it’s done and the car is running. Getting oh so close!

  8. #23
    Wow ........lot of work! Good luck. I hope everything goes well.

  9. #24
    Looks like your creating a beast.

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    Looks like a nice build about to happen! Sucks to hear what you discovered but kudos for keeping a cool head and diving right in!

    I wasn’t aware Marauders came in colors? Must be a basic trim package?


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    Glad to read the Marauder found a good home. The women depicted earlier are probably stating: 'he went where and spent x amount on this?' They may never understand. I took my car to the shop it was last serviced at in Michigan before driving it home to North Carolina. The manager was a F-L-M tech who pulled the codes and reset the ECU. He stated the climate control unit had set a code, most likely from non-use (9k miles in 12 years). Have yet to turn 41k miles but have my first vacation in years with my grand daughters together planned for this summer. Visiting relatives in Tennessee and Florida with side trips to Marineland and St. Augustine. Choosing the Marauder for the trip was a no brainer as it's my grand daughters' new instant favorite (Mustang takes a break).

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  12. #27
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    This picture is mostly for the shock value of the background, Keep in mind the car in the background is a good friend of mine, he’s a member here actually. It’s a 2004 CV with a full Terminatior swap and a lot more mods on top.

    The lame NA engine in front is mine!
    Last edited by crownvic97; 05-31-2018 at 06:01 AM.

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    Oooooh ok

  14. #29
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    First off-- Congrats on your new find purchase and WTG on getting head over into it and getting -r-done back in shape and on the road--I am IMPRESSED --as a lot of folks are as well here reading this am sure--towards your energy and desire to fix the car right.

    However, Am perplexed about this guys remarks below:

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent2006 View Post
    "------just think for $5000 you could have bought a beat up old Honda Accord or Hyundai with over 100,000... or some other dealer back lot rattle trap..........."
    Yes I realize he made some comments that were better but ---really--
    --apparently guy failed to realize this is a Marauder forum and doesn't think
    that's what we do here .......further nice to see you did not
    paid attention to him --- all of us are thinking highly of your pursuit as we --watch and follow your impressive attitude you have- nice of you

    Please continue to keep us all posted ..........carry on......
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    However, Am perplexed about this guys remarks below:

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Agent2006 View Post
    "------just think for $5000 you could have bought a beat up old Honda Accord or Hyundai with over 100,000... or some other dealer back lot rattle trap..........."
    Yes I realize he made some comments that were better but ---really--
    --apparently guy failed to realize this is a Marauder forum and doesn't think
    that's what we do here .......further nice to see you did not
    paid attention to him --- all of us are thinking highly of your pursuit as we --watch and follow your impressive attitude you have- nice of you

    Please continue to keep us all posted ..........carry on......


    for the record: I was paying him a compliment and I too! am cheering him on. The "just think" comment was a bit of sarcasm directed outwards towards the rest of the whole wide world that doesn't understand Marauders or Panther fans. It's the kind of thing we all would hear from 99% of our co-workers, relatives...etc...who look at cars as a mere appliance.

    (I'm fixing one too. An Early 2003)

    Hey CV97 - are you going to do the timing chains/guides while you are at it changing the head gasket? Also a good time to do the oil filter adapter...I'll be following this thread to see which cooling mod you do, thinking of doing one on mine, which has (131,000) on it now...but there are a few different cooling mod versions out there....
    Last edited by Agent2006; 06-01-2018 at 05:09 PM.

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