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by ews
Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:23 pm
Forum: Body, Trim, & Interiors
Topic: Bonnet Question
Replies: 8
Views: 529

Bonnet Question

"The Americans do everything right - after they tried ervery other option." Winston Churchill Can somebody explain me why you release the bonnet on the left side under the steering wheel and then you have to walk around the car to unlock the hook on the other side of the car? That is kind ...
by ews
Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:33 pm
Forum: Electrical & Accessories
Topic: Electric Wipers
Replies: 19
Views: 2104

Re: Electric Wipers

Ok, thanks for the answers. I'll skip this idea. German alwasy love to do a little extra engineering. I always drive my Continentals in the rain. Well preserved sills and watched by an endoscope. Chassis ice blasted and painted white so you see every spot. Northern Germany, Danish border. DAN-GER- Z...
by ews
Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:32 pm
Forum: Electrical & Accessories
Topic: Electric Wipers
Replies: 19
Views: 2104

Re: Electric Wipers

Ok, thanks for the answers. I'll skip this idea. German alwasy love to do a little extra engineering. I always drive my Continentals in the rain. Well preserved sills and watched by an endoscope. Chassis ice blasted and painted white so you see every spot. Northern Germany, Danish border. DAN-GER- Z...
by ews
Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:32 pm
Forum: Electrical & Accessories
Topic: Electric Wipers
Replies: 19
Views: 2104

Re: Electric Wipers

Ok, thanks for the answers. I'll skip this idea. German alwasy love to do a little extra engineering. I always drive my Continentals in the rain. Well preserved sills and watched by an endoscope. Chassis ice blasted and painted white so you see every spot. Northern Germany, Danish border. DAN-GER- Z...
by ews
Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:31 pm
Forum: Electrical & Accessories
Topic: Electric Wipers
Replies: 19
Views: 2104

Re: Electric Wipers

Ok, thanks for the answers. I'll skip this idea. German alwasy love to do a little extra engineering. I always drive my Continentals in the rain. Well preserved sills and watched by an endoscope. Chassis ice blasted and painted white so you see every spot. Northern Germany, Danish border. DAN-GER- Z...
by ews
Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:37 pm
Forum: Electrical & Accessories
Topic: Electric Wipers
Replies: 19
Views: 2104

Re: Electric Wipers

Oh, Arizona. You are more into air condition I think. Thanks that was the conversion I found too.
Maybe somebody will talk about experiences.
by ews
Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: Electrical & Accessories
Topic: Electric Wipers
Replies: 19
Views: 2104

Electric Wipers

Greetings from Germany It is raining a lot more than in Arizona so I’d like to have electric wipers so I can have intervallls (do you say that? It means that the wiper does not run constantly but from time to time). Is there somebody who did this conversion? There is an offer for $ 249,- Lincoln 63 ...
by ews
Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:14 pm
Forum: Body, Trim, & Interiors
Topic: The last brick in the wall - Glass Moulding
Replies: 2
Views: 608

The last brick in the wall - Glass Moulding

Hi and greetings from Germany. My 68 Continental Sedanis back from the paint shop and every part of brightwork is back on location. Every part? No! I am desperatly lookin for the "Outside Glass Moulding" 21116-7 for all 4 doors. There is a rubber part with a small lip and a felt part. The ...
by ews
Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:36 am
Forum: Body, Trim, & Interiors
Topic: Get ready for the paint job
Replies: 2
Views: 609

Re: Get ready for the paint job

Sorry I didn’t give the full set of informations. It is a 68 Continental. The shop manual talks about window moulding but there us no advice how to remove them. I know it is possible to cover them with tape. This was done previously to this paint job and to be honest I don’t like it. I am German and...
by ews
Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:56 pm
Forum: Body, Trim, & Interiors
Topic: Get ready for the paint job
Replies: 2
Views: 609

Get ready for the paint job

Hi, Greetings from Germany to the other side of the pond.
I like to know how to remove the alloy frame around the front and mostly important from the rear window.
Before I do something I will regret I ask you to help me with some hints.
So how to start that task?
Thanks in advance and stay healthy.
by ews
Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:33 am
Forum: Engine & Drivetrain
Topic: 63 gearbox rubber
Replies: 4
Views: 487

63 gearbox rubber

Greetings from Germany
My gearbox has been repaired now and there is a rubber piece at the end that keeps dirt away from the outgoing shaft.
Approximately 4 inch diameter.
Does someone has a source for that?
Stay healthy.
by ews
Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: Engine & Drivetrain
Topic: Rubber parts source or, at least, description
Replies: 5
Views: 723

Re: Rubber parts source or, at least, description

Thanks a lot. What is the heat isolation for?
by ews
Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:24 pm
Forum: Engine & Drivetrain
Topic: Rubber parts source or, at least, description
Replies: 5
Views: 723

Re: Rubber parts source or, at least, description

I think it is 9A837 from the accelerator page.
But the source ....?
by ews
Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: Engine & Drivetrain
Topic: Rubber parts source or, at least, description
Replies: 5
Views: 723

Rubber parts source or, at least, description

Greetings from Germany While waiting for a new engine I am changing some rubber parts. At the two linkages accelerator and gearbox there are left and right of the pivots small rubber parts looking like very tiny doughnuts smaller than one inch. Can some give me a source or tell me how you name them....
by ews
Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:02 pm
Forum: Chassis, Suspension, Steering & Brakes
Topic: 63 Continental brake and fuel hoses
Replies: 5
Views: 894

Re: 63 Continental brake and fuel hoses

Thanks a lot. My thoughts were if there is grease in there there is no room for dirt. Thanks for the answers, I'll clean it every 50 years...