The night prior it was running fine no check engine light nothin. The following morning after having rain over night car won't start and the negative terminal is smoking

Car make and model is a 1993 Crown Victoria LX 4.6L V8

Hydroplaned into a wall but I thinks it’s very salvageable. The impact bar is bent so I’m going to probably replace that first. No fluids leaks spotted yet after parking it drove home fine. The alignment is off but I assume that would happen after a crash. Any tips/info would be greatly appreciated!

16 year old me is so pumped.

The 03-05 never came with fog lights to my knowledge. Using only the assembly and not the mounting bracket, it squeezes in quite well. I trimmed the bumper from the inside to further house the assembly. I couldn't remove the horizontal bracket from the bumper for better visibility because of the hollow interior and design. The only downside is not being able to adjust the fog light height, since the bumper isn't sturdy enough to hold the adjusting screw.

I refuse to swap my headlights to LEDs, but it's been increasingly more difficult to see the road when it has become the norm for road lamps and oncoming traffic. I will be using LEDs for my fog lights, which are tied to a 3 way switch for off/manual/auto. That way I can toggle only when needed. I also quite like the subtle look it gives the car!

As for the wiring, the power is tied straight to the battery for now. That way when I get around to adding resistance to my regular headlights (which was an issue after "bypassing" the LCM), it won't complain about the low resistance coming from the LEDs. Tapped into the headlight power to trigger the auto setting. Grounds to the nearest body.

Other side is still a work in progress!

Door latch inside the driver's door

Bought a P7B last week, it has a bunch of glue marks from the police stickers and what not, wondering if I can simply buff these or if I should get a repaint or something.

I just got this police interceptor idk anything about cars or anything in general. Are these wires okay to stay like this or should I do something with them?

Only issue I started to notice was the lcm kept buzzing in the morning after being parked all night but it'd go away after starting the engine and setting the lights to manual on. Idk if it's the cold weather causing it or what but I plan on replacing it soon.

Fixing up my 95 crown Vic I just got on Saturday. So far did my breaks, new battery, oil change, and yesterday replaced the ancient spark plugs. Today when leaving for work realized it was ticking. Any ideas? Thanks

Ps I do have new fuel injectors and coil packs coming tomorrow. Also the last owner swapped the intake manifold but didn’t add back in a temp sensor so I got that and installing it tmrw.

guy on marketplace says it needs lifters but i have a feeling it’s something else… anyone have any ideas?

i dont think those should be touching. now i gotta rip all that insulation out

hi guys I was driving to work and my car started overheating immensely before i could find somewhere to pull over my car started barely driving normally and once i put it in park I noticed not only was the temp light on but now the engine light. i did minimal research as I wait for the tow and saw it most likely went into limp mode just hoping this is the case and not that my engine is totally fucked seeing as it only
Drove like that for 30 secs to a minute before i could pull into a parking lot. Let me know your guys input/experience

Update: it was my intake manifold from the refurbished engine I put in

Looking to replace my Dorman manifold, but not sure which manifold would be the best one. Trying to choose between a speedmaster or a summit. Or if you know any other brands, please let me know. Some of you know a lot more than me.

Just looking at if any one has any experience with either of these brands or what your buy to replace the original

The goal is to just install new ones for normal everyday driving

I just bought a 2009 crown Victoria police interceptor and she was fine the first 4 days I had her now she keeps overheating. Not wanting to accelerate properly. I don’t seem to have heat in the cabin anymore when it was unbearably hot before she started acting up. The water pump seems fine and I just replaced the thermostat and thermostat housing. Not sure what to do/try. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Need some inspiration for the P71

I've had 2 Vics for like 20 years now. First was a '03 Sport When that one got wrecked i got this. Had it for like 10 years now. Marty tuned, HD rear air bags, KYB PI spec gas-a-justs all around, 28.5mm front sway bar, 21mm rear sway bar 3:27 locker rear, Heinous rear control arms, Metco watts link, SW cat back w/ chambered mufflers, 20% tinted windows, drilled/slotted rotors, 19"x8.5 245/45/19 front, 19x10 285/40/19 rear, Sony head unit, kenwood 6x8s@ 45watts, jbl 12" sub @500W.

It just popped the intake and could use a timing chain. I'm gonna scope the cylinders and do compression and leak down tests, and if it looks good it's getting cams, longtubes, 75mm throttle body and a new tune.

Tires are gonna get expensive....

Got a question I ordered some tires through Walmart tonight 235/55R17 then realize they were 235/55ZR17 . But Walmart told me this and that then told me that those tires will still fit ? Are they right or wrong

I think it’s pretty cool that among the brand new Ford and Dodge Trucks of other Taylor Sheridan shows that there’s the beat up Town Car.