LOL. Geez. Your cheaper than I am. I had the same issue on my ‘98 Town Car a couple years ago. You can rent for cheap a ball joint press at Auto Zone and save yourself all the hillbilly tech. Let me tell you, Ford really put those lower ball joints in there. They don’t come out easy.
I AM using the rental ball joint press (p/n 27023 at autozone.. that’s where I rented this one)... it’s not moving... WITH the 5’ of bar AND the dry ice IT’S NOT MOVING.. if it hadn’t broken off it would be easier... but I just have the conical wedge in the knuckle/spindle and the ball which is free of it’s socket. The car did me a big favor though ... the joint failed turning into my driveway...
They don’t come out easy.
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The uppers were fine ,, bolt ins... no problem at all.
The “cup” on the lower came out of the “A” arm with just a few hammer blows..