RE: This should explain part of Ford's problem
Seems like Lincoln is catering to real old rich people. Their marketing seems to have it all wrong.
Those gauges reminds of when I was getting loud noises evertime my Challenger rolled over but not when I stopped.
Turns out that I had the remove the instrument cluster, then the speedo and totally pull the long cable that goes from the speedo to the transmission.
I greased it with axle grease, slid it back in, and guess what.........no more noise.
These days no matter what the modern gauge looks like, it is all being fed my an electrical signal and no more thick steel cables.....and technology marches on.
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