Father, son and a V8
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LincolnLovin said:
First drive of the Lincoln after getting it home:
http://youtu.be/C6FpomWOT0c
My brother is doing the filming
Great vid! Sounds like it changes up and down the box nice and smoothly, there were no strange squeaks, knocks or rattles.http://youtu.be/C6FpomWOT0c
My brother is doing the filming
Edited by LincolnLovin on Tuesday 1st November 19:05
So, you may be wondering why I haven't been updating this thread as of late, the reason being is I tried to 'fix' something and broke the car in a fairly significant way.
As mentioned I did indeed buy a whole bunch of new parts to start bringing the Lincoln back in to line, one of which was a coolant temperature sensor. A £7 part that would through my own stupidity, put me back 4 months. Now, I blame myself (as it was my fault) but I still can't quite understand it, the CTS is a simple screw in affair and from might point of view it should screw in till its flush (amiright fellas?), which I did.
Or at least attempted to do, as it was getting progressively more and more difficult (probably a sign there lads) to turn it. Eventually I gave up and thought turning the engine over would show if it was tight enough,
As the engine cranked into life, coolant started to piss out of near the CTS "Ah" I thought "must not be tight enough", so more tightening required. Starting the car once again and the leak is still there, but much worse, confused I started looking around the area to see if I could find the source.
And what do my eyes see? A one inch hairline crack in the lower inlet manifold >_<
"Oh bother" said I, soon followed by "what a pity"
It's taken me a long, long time to source the parts and remove everything connected to the lower manifold (which appears to be literally EVERYTHING), but it has been replaced and I'm now in the process of putting it back together.
I still have to replace the passenger side disk and pads after they set themselves on fire and change the water pump but I am getting closer to being able to drive it once again.
I've owned the Lincoln for 10 months and I've driven it only once in that time, you can guess that I am looking forward to being able to start it up once again.
As mentioned I did indeed buy a whole bunch of new parts to start bringing the Lincoln back in to line, one of which was a coolant temperature sensor. A £7 part that would through my own stupidity, put me back 4 months. Now, I blame myself (as it was my fault) but I still can't quite understand it, the CTS is a simple screw in affair and from might point of view it should screw in till its flush (amiright fellas?), which I did.
Or at least attempted to do, as it was getting progressively more and more difficult (probably a sign there lads) to turn it. Eventually I gave up and thought turning the engine over would show if it was tight enough,
As the engine cranked into life, coolant started to piss out of near the CTS "Ah" I thought "must not be tight enough", so more tightening required. Starting the car once again and the leak is still there, but much worse, confused I started looking around the area to see if I could find the source.
And what do my eyes see? A one inch hairline crack in the lower inlet manifold >_<
"Oh bother" said I, soon followed by "what a pity"
It's taken me a long, long time to source the parts and remove everything connected to the lower manifold (which appears to be literally EVERYTHING), but it has been replaced and I'm now in the process of putting it back together.
I still have to replace the passenger side disk and pads after they set themselves on fire and change the water pump but I am getting closer to being able to drive it once again.
I've owned the Lincoln for 10 months and I've driven it only once in that time, you can guess that I am looking forward to being able to start it up once again.
Ask and you shall receive
This is with the upper manifold off, still a lot of parts to remove:
A boot full of spare parts and rubbish, ah project cars
Lower inlet manifold removed revealing oil sludge and a lot of gasket to scrape:
A closer look:
Mmmm sludge:
The offending lower manifold removed and ready to go to the scrap yard:
Removing the fan shroud in preparation for changing the water pump:
Rusty pump!
|http://thumbsnap.com/AdanO2fD[/url]
Cleaned second hand lower inlet manifold:
Scraped, cleaned and with new gaskets on:
Lower manifold painted and installed, valve covers also painted and with new gaskets:
This is with the upper manifold off, still a lot of parts to remove:
A boot full of spare parts and rubbish, ah project cars
Lower inlet manifold removed revealing oil sludge and a lot of gasket to scrape:
A closer look:
Mmmm sludge:
The offending lower manifold removed and ready to go to the scrap yard:
Removing the fan shroud in preparation for changing the water pump:
Rusty pump!
|http://thumbsnap.com/AdanO2fD[/url]Cleaned second hand lower inlet manifold:
Scraped, cleaned and with new gaskets on:
Lower manifold painted and installed, valve covers also painted and with new gaskets:
Edited by LincolnLovin on Wednesday 8th August 14:31
Edited by LincolnLovin on Wednesday 8th August 14:32
Gentlemen, I've wussed out and hired a mechanic to get the car up and running, I have done a lot of work over the last 6 months but I have reached the point where I just want the thing on the road.
He's made some great progress and hopefully today should be the first time it gets started up!
Hopefully......
He's made some great progress and hopefully today should be the first time it gets started up!
Hopefully......
LincolnLovin said:
Gentlemen, I've wussed out and hired a mechanic to get the car up and running, I have done a lot of work over the last 6 months but I have reached the point where I just want the thing on the road.
He's made some great progress and hopefully today should be the first time it gets started up!
Hopefully......
Video it He's made some great progress and hopefully today should be the first time it gets started up!
Hopefully......
It's strange, I can't shake this odd combination of excitement and worry about what is going to happen. Will it start? Will it leak everywhere due to my attempts at repair?
So here I sit at work, glancing at my phone every second and wait for the call....
So here I sit at work, glancing at my phone every second and wait for the call....
Edited by LincolnLovin on Tuesday 16th October 14:32
bicycleshorts said:
Totally forgot about this thread. Bad to hear about your woes, but great to hear it'll be on the road again soon!
Any plans to break it in? (A big road trip sounds in order!)
Yes, but not sure may take it up to Birmingham for an event I am doing but will see how things are.Any plans to break it in? (A big road trip sounds in order!)
So, here we are the car started! Happy days! Then the mechanic found that there was water pouring out of the exhaust >_<
It was still running ok when he turned it off, but suspects that I've got some of the hoses mixed up, luckily the engines are quite tough so hopefully we will see if he can sort the problem on thursday.
I am now off to order a new oil filter, lower manifold gaskets and get some more oil.
When will this saga end?
It was still running ok when he turned it off, but suspects that I've got some of the hoses mixed up, luckily the engines are quite tough so hopefully we will see if he can sort the problem on thursday.
I am now off to order a new oil filter, lower manifold gaskets and get some more oil.
When will this saga end?
Edited by LincolnLovin on Tuesday 16th October 15:19
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