And now, for the exciting conclusion of the Lincoln Super Coupe nightmare! In the previous episode you saw us begin this process to do a timing job on Craig's 1995 Lincoln MVKIII, well we ended that one right where this one begins with the split crank pulley.
For a bit of back story Craig was hearing a rattling from the timing set on his 4.6 4V and so purchased an entire Cloyes timing set to do the job. Unfortunately timing for us was pretty terrible as we are BURIED in projects so since it was "just a timing job" we all agreed it could go to a dealership comfortable with this kind of repair. After some phone calls a local Ford dealer confirmed they had a technician trained and capable in the job and willing to take it on, so the vehicle was driven over and dropped off.
After the vehicle sat for a week waiting for the job to begin Craig's Lincoln was finally pulled in and the disassembly begun. Unfortunately after a few hours taking the valve covers and accessories off the car the technician decided to then pull the oil out of the car. At this point the situation went very very sideways.
Craig received a phone call from the dealership informing him that there was a ton of material in his motor, more than they had ever seen before, and that he would need a new engine. A "new engine" was then quoted to the tune of approx $8,000, after the vehicle was driven to the dealership and in with an expected bill somewhere around $2,000 all told.
Our portion of this story began there. The vehicle was towed to us in a semi disassembled state, with an almost empty oil pan and a dry never used oil filter. We have no way of verifying good or bad the state of this engine so we either go backwards put the car back together as is and see what's what, or move forward with the timing set replacement then fire the motor up and see what the situation truly is.
The end result is extremely confusing, frustrating, and very VERY frustrating. These cars are rather unique, they share a platform with the 4.6 4V Mustang Cobra of the same generation but almost nothing else. The timing set is far more complicated than the 4.6 2V motors, even requiring a special tool to be done correctly which as we called around not a SINGLE Ford Dealership had the tool for. Unfortunately when you are working on the weird/interesting/rare/unique rides as we often do, challenges pop up.
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