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| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 1961 Sunliner - Advice Needed » April 6, 2021 9:23 pm |
Happy to hear of another Sunliner getting a new life! I completed a 5 year restomod restoration on the exact same car. Lots of posts on this forum of the restoration. I installed a 4.6 and 4R70W, rack and pinion, hydroboost, 4 wheel disc brakes and many other mods. Bottom line is...do what you want, it's your car and your money. Dont worry about what others say, they aren't doing the restoration so they shouldn't have an opinion. Real car people admire others work and are generoisly curious about why you did what you did. PM me if you need any info, I would be happy to share all that I learned.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 1964 country sedAn 9” axle bearings » April 17, 2020 8:06 pm |
A small bearing housing can be differentiated from a large bearing housing by the size of the nuts and thread used to retain the brake backing plates to the housing. The small bearing housings use 9/16 socket size nuts with 3/8" fine thread, while the larger bearing use 11/16" socket size and 7/16" fine thread. Once you determine large or small bearing, the axle bearings are readily available at most popular auto parts stores.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » The 351W on my engine run stand is squirting.. » February 15, 2020 1:16 pm |
Daze,
This is amazing stuff! Your fab skills and DYI continue to amaze!
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » February 8, 2020 8:07 am |
Was any programming/tuning required to ECM to accommodate the turbo add on? Thx
Very impressive work
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 97 4.6L » November 18, 2019 11:46 am |
The only issues I am aware of on those engines are antifreeze leak from front of intake manifold and broken spark plugs on removal. That's a spark plug design rather than engine issue...Ford added some metal to those intakes to correct the issue. This happened in 2001 I believe.
The transmission i used was the 4R70W.
It made for an excellent swap. That car is extremely reliable, I haven't had to do a thing to that car other than a bad 02 sensor. I can cruise easily on highway with the overdrive. I'm running 3.9:1 gearing and that thing hardly revs at highway speeds. I get good gas mileage also. The only negative is the car could use a little more power. I didn't build it for speed so I guess its good enough. I considered a Lincoln or Mustang engine at the time but it all came down to availability and budget. I paid $600 bucks for the engine and tranny so I shouldn't complain about power. I wouldn't hesitate to use that engine again in another swap.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 97 4.6L » November 17, 2019 8:38 pm |
Hi Dave
Ford started using PATS in 1996. It is incorporated in the ECM programming. If you have the keys for that Lincoln and you are using the Lincoln ignition you are good to go. If you want to use the Packard ignition then you will need to get the ECM flashed. A company like Ron Francis can do this for around $400. While they are at it, the can also remove ABS, rear O2 sensors, set the electric fan on temp, transmission shift points, etc...I had to do this when I installed a 2002 4.6 in my 61 Galaxie. That Lincoln might have the DOHC motor, so a little more jam! You will also need the fuel pump, fuel filter mount, motor mounts, transmission mount and crossmember, etc...basically, you should have everything you need to get the job done!
If it's the front wheel drive Lincoln( Continental) it will have the front sump oil pan which you may need for install in the Packard depending on the front cross member location. It's a great swap! I'm very happy with my swap. I've been driving the car problem free for three years now.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Install gas tank » October 20, 2019 9:07 am |
Nothing between. Tank touches floor.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Coil on Plug » October 6, 2019 9:20 am |
Like anything it comes down to cost versus reward! Would spending all of that extra money make enough of an improvement to make it worth while? Will you sleep better at night making that type of change? Haha. If you are building a show car and money is of little concern then maybe.
My two cents...spend the cash on something that gets you more bang for your buck...
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 62 galaxie 500 xl instrument cluster removal » July 28, 2019 9:54 am |
Should be a total of 10 screws. 4 at top of cluster, 4 at base of cluster and 2 more where the oil/ gen light piece of cluster is. Other than that...I got nothing. I just remember it took some effort to pull out but went back in a lot easier.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 62 galaxie 500 xl instrument cluster removal » July 26, 2019 9:10 am |
Had the same issue with my 61. Did you remove the gear indicator and attached trim piece that goes around steering column? There may be a couple of cluster screws hiding there?
Mine took quite a bit of effort to pop loose. I had a buddy pry out the top of cluster with a flat pry tool while I pushed the cluster from the rear. Pry in different locations a bit at a time rather than using lots of force in only one location. You shouldn't break anything, it's all metal.
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