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They haven't made brake pads out of asbestos in many years. If you're working on an old car and it still has the original brakes wash the rotors or drums down with soap and water. Don't blow them out with compressed air and you should be okay.
You used to be able to find new CV boot covers that were split horizontally. You sort of wrapped them around the joint then glued them together. I helped a friend do the job on a VW Rabbit many moons ago using that style cover.
I assume your Taurus has the 3.0 V-6. I've seen a bunch of them blow head gaskets at about 150K miles. Since you may be on your second trip around you may have gone past that point, but keep a close eye on your coolant levels. The blown gasket seems to usually be on the back cylinders - probably a heat issue.
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