Dungeon Studeo's 2001 Mercury Sable

Here is my 2001 Mercury Sable.
I picked this car up for $700 for use as a
daily driver. I call this car my "Burner Car"
since I got it so cheap. Everything worked
good exept the heat and the drivers window.

First thing that needed done was fixing the heater.
After some testing, we found that the pipes going
to the heater core where rusted and cracked. It took
about an hour for us to remove the old lines and
install the new ones. The new coolant lines where
only $58.

I bought a really nice heated seat cover to help
keep the car warm while we where trouble
shooting it and waiting for parts.

Next up was the radio, gotta have some tunes. I bought
a decent MP3 capable radio with CD player. It will read
MP3's right off of a thumb drive in the USB slot.

Now the old radio is also part of the environmental
controls. So you just can't swap out the radio. I tried
cutting up the control panel and re wiring it so that I
could make my own adapter, but then I found that they
already make one and it's only $80. So I bought that.

I wired up my own custom wire harness to connect to the
speakers in the back. Even wrapped the bundle up with
tape to make it look nice. The wire harness was tucked
up under all the interier trim.

The price looked high but it was worth the price. The kit came with everything
needed including an 8ft long wire harness for connecting to the rear amp.

While shopping at the junk yard I found a Ford car with
the fold down rear seat. This is great since it gives
you access to the trunk pluss you can haul bigger items.

Since this style of Ford car is compatable with like 10
other models of Fords, the fold down seat fit right in.

While shopping at the junk yard I found a Ford car with
the fold down rear seat. This is great since it gives
you access to the trunk pluss you can haul bigger items.

My Dad helped me replace the front ball joints
Only issue we had with those was that they gave
us the wrong ball joint press kit. We ended up
using some large sockets to remove the old joints.
We also made our own pry bar since we had the
machines to do it.

This car has those lovely rear struts where the spring
brakes and pops your tires. So I paid to have the rear
struts replaced for $750.

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CORRECT ball joint tools

I started having a problem with the car not starting
after a long hot drive. The engine would turn over
and it will try to fire but it would not run. Once I
let the car sit for about an hour, it would start up
just fine. I had a friend turn the key while I
listened for the fuel pump. The fuel pump sounded
terrible! We used a fork lift with extensions to
lower the tank out of the car and then replaced the
fuel pump. That fixed the problem.

The fuel pump replacement went well, no big issues

The car drove fine for about two years, then the engine
started over heating. I didn't find what was wrong with
it in time. The engine died while driving up a hill. I
ended up donating the car and got $500 for it.

- Well, on to the next car. -