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What a special lady to enjoy and old Ford wagon.

Hey Tony got another 77 marquis question for you. My dome light and courtesy lights turn on when the door handle is lifted or the door us open but the two halo key lights are not lighting up. I took the door panels off to see if it was just burnt out bulbs but for the life of me I can see where the bulb goes. Do I have to completely remove the lock assembly to access ghe bulb? Many thanks in advance.

I had a 89 Country Squire LX wagon with the faux wood grain. I had it until 2004. I loved that car. When I gave it up it had 181,000mi. It still started rt up every day and it ran and drove beautifully. I miss that car unfortunately you can't keep them all. I need a lower mileage one. Plus my wood grain was peeling in spots and the paint was getting thin in spots. However it's so nice to see yours on the road with you giving it the best of care. Lastly if it were me I'd give her a new paint job, but that's just me. Enjoy best of luck.

Thanks Tony and Tina. It’s satisfying to fix up those small items that make a big difference. Re the patina. Please don’t clear coat it. To me that looks so fake. Better to just put a wax over the original paint if you are not going to repaint it but please don’t do the fake clear coat. 👍

Tony, I hope Tina and her family get decades more enjoyment from their wagon. We also learned for these delicate electrical repairs, it's all about choosing the right hammer and chisel . 😉

🏁Thanks Tony that was a great video!! 🇺🇲🏁🏁🏁😎🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

I can tell from this video that this car had the optional trailer tow package from the white 325 flasher. The trailer tow package had a set of relays in the rear of the wagon to power the trailer lights without adding load to the fixed-load turn signal circuit. The 325s were rated slightly higher fixed load to account for the relay load so flash rate was correct. Cars without the trailer tow package likely came with the familiar yellow 323 flasher. Some cars without the trailer tow package came with the 325 if they had the higher wattage signal 2357NA/3357NA bulbs up front. Ford used that lamp in a lot of vehicles after about 1985.

Harbor Freight has a bit set that comes in a red box that has that security bit

Most Fords have these. The T-bird I owned had these nylon bushings for the accelerator and TV cable that cracked and fell apart. Left me stranded for a weekend at a friends house until they opened Monday. Very important to never drive with these missing!

Tony Great Video, car looks amzing

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Hi Tony, it is fun to see that Tina also seems to like working with her car, and naturally to se how good you are with working with cars. Greetings from Sweden.👍👍

Own an 05 Signature myself, also love an 89 because of the amber markers and 302!

Just subbed, happy your parents are ok, so they bought you this one for the burgundy interior one!

The blue oval could probably be taken from the trunk lid of a 92 or newer CV

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These cars had faulty ignition switches know to start fires. I would replaced it personally. I got that special tool at Autozone

Sucks we don't have a junkyard on Maui, need body parts for my 05 Signature, new parts are crazy expensive, junkyards on Oahu don't ship parts off island, and my brother in law just retired from a body shop!

Reminds me of working on my 85 police LTD, nice wagon, subbed!

Thanks again for imparting some self-confidence to the do-it-yourself folks out in RUclips land. I enjoy seeing someone learn and feel good about what they’ve been able to do. See you next time!

Cadvalier 🤣🤣🤣

It's strange ... as soon as you played with that ignition module and the chime started dinging, I had an instant recall of my mother's 91 Crown Vic (with that same blue interior) and instantly could remember the smell of that interior. My parents bought that car in 91 as a "program vehicle" and kept it until 04 when they got a brand new Grand Marquis (which my mother still has).

Those problems you think may be big are really small when you know what your doing!

Love that old wagon. I’m kinda new to your channel and was wondering if Tina is your wife. She’s a good worker and you gotta love a woman that’s into working on cars with ya!

Tony, if she wants to keep the patina, Derek over at Vice Grip Garage has his very own, I think it's called "Shine Juice" that he sells for this type of thing. 🙂🇨🇦

Really is nice to get all those little problems taken care of, too nice of a car to have those, really makes you feel better after you get it done

Great fun indeed!

Very handsome front end.!!

Car is looking great

Ill see what I can find at our junkyards. I haven't seen a wagon forever

The earlier illuminated entry system modules had a circuit feed for a black w/Dk blue stripe ( for the dome light illumination feed ) and separate circuit for a black w/Pink stripe ( for the illuminated key lock cylinders )… so when you lifted the door handles from 77-82, and left the doors OPEN, the interior lights would stay on, but the lock cylinder lights would shut off. In 1983, they combined the circuit into one function, so that the key lock light rings would operate identically to the interior lights.. the key lock lights would stay lighted as long as the doors were open…and even if the car doors were all closed, and you turned the interior lights on with the headlight switch, the key lock lights would illuminate. As time went on, they just combined the interior lights and key lock lights into one wire circuit and discontinued the former black w/ pink stripe wire to the module. The tiny things in life! LOL

I haven't checke it out for myself but Puddin's Fab Shop ,Vise Grip Garage are big patina advocates and they might have products to help you out .

Vice grip garage shine juice works good on paint

Makes me miss my 85 crown Vic the blue bird. I loved that car i want another one 😢😊

Great informative video too Tony. Thanks

Now I'm checking out my ignition switch. Bet thats why mine won't go into accessory. Its hard to find a junkyard ignition with keys. I just happened to find an extra set of keys under the seat when i was looking for something else 😂😂 so look for hidden keys. Original lincoln key too. I took the door locks too since they're easy to replace

Wouldn't it say Country Squire on the rear quarters?

Glad to see I am not the only fan of these Crown Victoria Wagons. I have two, those being a 1987 and a 1991 LX model in Pastel Alabaster color and the 1987 in Sand Beige. I recently replaced all four headlights on both cars as they were all original and faded or the seals had failed allowing water to collect. Easy to change and not pricy like new cars!

Hey Tony glad to see you back

Right speaker just went on my 2016 will be doing this soon thanks

Can you do a video on how to get to the back half window motors on a 1974 mercury marquis 2 door

Yep I don't need to get my brake controller computer controlled by Factory standards I just plug it in and screw it under the dash and tow my trailer because I'm running a 2014 Ram turbo diesel

fake it till you brake it

Thank you for your good job, I've seen a few on Dodge gran Caravan, almost identical

I thoroughly enjoyed this junkyard crawl and the anecdotes of previous junkyard visits you told. Thank you for taking us along. Also looking forward to the next video about the statistics report and how your latest Signature Series has an identical sister car.

Tony! I saw in Your video 2 Crown Victoria's with what appeared to be good rear bumpers on the & I am still looking for one for My 1987 Crown Vic. Could You tell Me more about them or check them out closer for Me & let Me know. Mine is completely rusted away in the centre & If You watch My video on a quick tour of it, You will see on how I patched it up so that at least it looked better. I would greatly appreciate it. PS: OH! Also a modual for the intermittent wipers & a ash tray.

Seeing this, I just can't believe on how much damage that little car did to this heavy beast of a car. Also shows Me how though My 87 Crown Victoria truly is. It was simple amazing on how Your Parents got out of it after being on it's roof. I also see that the engine is the same as in My Crown Victoria with only half the miles I have on My Crown Vic. I have 245,456 kil-o-meters on it. kilo of course meaning a thousand and metre meaning distance. It's just this Summer that I had My 1st major issue with it on My way home & had to have it towed the rest of the way witch was only 3 blocks from where I live. Unfortunately, one of the frost plugs developed a leak in it, but I did manage to get it running again.

Finally got to watch this vid. Thank you for taking the time to show us the characteristics of a real Signature Series and more of the one you just purchased. I was surprised to see the 3.27 Trac-Lok rear end on the build sheet. Learned a few things and definitely looking forward to more vids from you.

Tony great video , have u ever repaired the door handles both my rear doors do not open from the outside

I have a 1997 Ford F150 that turned out be be a non-plug & play model. And doing the manual cut & splice shown in this video turned out to be not an option due to both the physical location of the main harness out of my reach behind the glove box as well as my physical limitations. Tony was great trying to help me find a way to do the install. But I decided it was too much for me to try. His full refund was virtually instaneous. Even though I don't have his product I have to give high marks for his customer service and friendly honesty. Thanks, Tony!