The Battle Wagon

[pantera77]

What was leaking? tstat housing?



I've got oil leaking into the same area on the timing cover. I'm almost positive it's the timing cover gasket but I'm getting ready to replace every gasket in there

Yep, and the lower intake is the main source of the oil. Sure the timing cover is leaking too, but meh.

Finally got the drivers side fender and the injured part of the door painted today. Same recipe as the header panel. Some light sanding, 5 coats of self etching primer, wet sand, then 5 coats of primer/sealer. Also filled in the 2 rivet holes were the random piece of LX granny trim was. Just need to steal a clip off the other 91 to replace the missing clip on the rocker trim.











It was missing the inner fender rubber, so I used the 87's original piece. It's ripped a little bit, but better than nothing at all.





Painted the tailgate trim. All the black was peeling off, so a little time with a razor, and 4 coats of truck bed liner later....




Also painted the outside of the tail light trim black. The Crown Vic wagon tail lights must be the ugliest tail lights ever produced. Had to spice them up someway. Wanted to black out all the chrome, but the way the lens is, it would have been to hard.





Oh, and the ever growing goody pile:

[1990LTD]

Progress! Looks good.


That coil bracket is neat.

[pantera77]

Progress! Looks good.


That coil bracket is neat.

Ya, it's the same thing I made for the 87, I had some aluminum left over, so decided to make one for this as well. Light and simple.


Pulled the missing rocker trim clips off the 91 marq (found 3 that were missing), and decided to pull the blacked out trim off the marq too. Gave the trim a fresh coat of paint and put it and the missing clips on the wagon. I like it.




Also pulled the Perma-Dry's and the 1.7 Crane roller rockers off the marq for the wagon.




Today I found a bottle of Gunk lying around, and had at it at the timing over. Surprised it all came off!

[1990LTD]

cool! do you happen to have a pic of the coil bracket in place? stock one is fugly.

[pantera77]

cool! do you happen to have a pic of the coil bracket in place? stock one is fugly.

Nah, but I will soon.




Been slowly working on it over the last few days. Pulled the intakes off as it needed lower intake gaskets badly. Found out that whoever did them in the past had a huge RTV fetish. Looking down the runners of the lower intake I could see huge glops of RTV in the ports. After pulling the intake there wasn't even any gaskets between it and the block. Just thick lines of RTV. O-ring on the distributor? Nope, just more RTV.

11 of the pushrods were completely wiped out, 3 of the spark plugs were completely shot, where the others were really fouled. EGR was completely stuck and inop. Found a couple large vacuum leaks as well. Surprised it ran as good as it did.






Pulled the good pushrod set and the 1.7 Crane roller rockers form the other 91, and got them all in and torqued down. Decided to use my cleaned up lower intake I have lying around, as it is a lot cleaner inside and out than the one that was on the car. Just need to paint it and wait for my injector rebuild kit to come in.

[johnunit]

what was wrong with the old pushrods, bent?

[pantera77]

what was wrong with the old pushrods, bent?

Nah, the tops were wiped out on them.


Finished painting everything (why am I painting stuff on my winter beater, because I can).

Lower intake installed and torqued down. Also got the valve covers on, just waiting for my injector rebuild kit to get here so I can finish every thing up.

[tjc78]

Looks great.

[1990LTD]

that intake looks good in paint. same w/ the valve covers...i need to get crackin' with mine!

[BerniniCaCO3]

What's the proper prep for paintwork?
I cleaned my parts down with brake cleaner, thoroughly, let that dry, then painted away.
Much of my paint is peeling anyway! Paint on the iron block is still solid, but on anything aluminum (valve covers, timing cover, etc.), bits are wiped off already.

[1990LTD]

I just use a wire wheel and engine paint.

[79lincolnlover]

Nice work!

[Georges86]

Nothing beats sand/bead blasting.

If you have access

Nice job btw!

George

[chitownvic]

Sweet.. i wanted to paint my shit the exact same color LOL

[pantera77]

cool! do you happen to have a pic of the coil bracket in place? stock one is fugly.

Just for you:smirk:

Had to notch this one though to clear the heater hose.





Some quick crappy pics: