My Stinkin' Lincoln project...engine CARNAGE pics!

[Brock Samson]

They were old folks, so unless they had their hearing aids turned up they most likely didn't hear anything and kept driving. 

I'm betting the left turn signal was on too,..

great thread... 

[BrianShaughnessy]

I'd be posting that thing on Craigslist as an easy fix - for somebody else     

Sounds like you'll be vising the boneyard for a motor.

[Charger_Fan]

Sounds like you'll be vising the boneyard for a motor.

I've already snagged another engine. About halfway up this thread, there's pics of it's split intake gaskets. I guess I made this thread a little confuzing in that regard, sorry about that.

They were old folks, so unless they had their hearing aids turned up they most likely didn't hear anything and kept driving. 

You may be right, Mike.

I thought our Chargers' had a barge size hood area, those Lincolns' are every bit as long.

This hood looks to be about 2-3" longer than the Charger's hood & maybe 2" wider.
Oh & the rain got it all dirty again...

[RD]

CF, your nuts, i would have got my charger done first LOL

[Charger_Fan]

I know, part of me thinks I'm wasting my time messing around with this thing, when I could be playing with my Charger. The idea I've had stuck in my head for the last bunch of years is to gather up enough good parts & money to be able to just jump into it one day & not stop until it's done. I already took one project apart, thinking I could just fix things as I go...well, it's still in pieces. I didn't want to do that with the Charger too.
Most guys can do it that way, but not me, it seems. Once the project is apart & I run out of money, I run out of momentum & it sits.

So as of now, I'm now slowly getting closer to a point where I feel I can jump off into the Charger project & not run out of momentum. Make any sense?  

Anyhoo, today I yanked the heads...check out #4 piston.



#8 on the other side, was stuffed hard into the combustion chamber, but didn't break the top like the other one.



All but one cylinder had shapnel pieces in them.



Here's #8 rod, lookin' a little twisted in there.



To my surprise, the heads looked much better than I expected! Other than a couple intake valves that are hanging open a little, they look useable. #4 is on the upper left & #8 on the upper right.
I'm probably not going to use them though, mainly because I know the engine was low on coolant a lot & there's possibly some cracks in there. I'll have the heads on the replacement engine checked out first.



Here's the pistons, #4 rod, the crankshaft counterweight & a few chunks that came out with #4.



As for the reason of why the pan filled with coolant, I ruled out the head gaskets...they both look fine, so does the intake. However, the water pump looks like it was replaced 8 or 10 years ago & whoever did the job, didn't take much pride in his work. He used a ton of silicone & maybe didn't prep the area very well. I think the gaskets went on while the area was still wet with antifreeze.
Both gaskets came off really soggy.



I'm not gonna pull the crank & cam, There's nothing in there I can use & I already know they are fubar'd. You guys are probably tired of my Ferd carnage pics, so I'll post a couple pics as I finish the new engine in a couple weeks.

Oh, one last one...there was one more broken lifter than I saw yesterday. The bottom halves are still in there.
Just something I find interesting, this is the first time I've seen lifters break this way.

[PocketThunder]

If only i had $800* to buy that baby from you when you are done with it i'd on a plane out there to drive it back home.   

Paul
in Minnetonka


* that includes the flight out there..  hahaha

[BrianShaughnessy]

   

Sounds like you'll be vising the boneyard for a motor.

I've already snagged another engine. About halfway up this thread, there's pics of it's split intake gaskets. I guess I made this thread a little confuzing in that regard, sorry about that.

Oh... yeah... I see it now.   Sorry.     

I know, part of me thinks I'm wasting my time messing around with this thing, when I could be playing with my Charger.

Well...   That's kinda what I'm thinking about this whole deal.   

[Old Moparz]

If only i had $800* to buy that baby from you when you are done with it i'd on a plane out there to drive it back home.   

Paul
in Minnetonka


* that includes the flight out there..  hahaha

There goes your Coronet ragtop dreams.   

[Johnny SixPack]

Congrats and sorry at the same time, Grant. 

I woulda been lookin' to race yah in my '72 Imperial. 

Big cars rock.