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I just got finished bringing a 1988 Town Car back from the dead. You probably want to replace the alternator. The stock one in the '88 Town Car I had was infamous for starting fires, and the harness on it was all corroded so it would not charge. I replaced the battery and installed a 130A alternator from an OHV Taurus and a maxifuse charge harness from a 1997 F150. With a little bit of clearancing on one of the ears of the alternator, it dropped right in with only one splice for the charge light on the dash. I removed as much of the old harness as I could and capped it off, and it's been fine ever since. Strongly suggest you do this, as the stock electrical system can barely sustain the stereo and (again) likes to catch fire. Better pictures, info about what I did is here. Probably you also want to make sure that the little plastic grommet that holds the TV cable to the throttle linkage hasn't fallen off. If it ever falls off, the transmission will eat itself pretty quickly. Let me know if you have any more questions! If this Town Car had been a wagon I would probably be keeping it, but as it is I am looking for a buyer. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 23:25
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Yeah I would absolutely not drive one of these things long distances without changing out the alternator. The old harness probably came like this close >< to burning the car down with the previous owner inside; he got lucky that it killed the car before it killed him. It is an AOD.
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Jun 19, 2017 23:31
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I would check out the harness at the very least and bring a fire extinguisher. I would not be surprised if it's in the same condition as mine, especially somewhere where it gets really hot. The alternator swap isn't too hard; I thought it would be more work than it was but it came together once we had the parts and clearanced the ear off the alternator. There are a lot of cars out there still with this crappy alternator design so it's by no means a guarantee it will catch fire; just be aware.
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Jun 19, 2017 23:41
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Cracks in the quick-disconnect, green corrosion like in my pictures of it, etc. It should be pretty obvious if it's really bad.
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Jun 20, 2017 00:04
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