As recommended by Lvnmarks, I am starting this thread to document my newest project....doing an engine swap on a 1997 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series 4.6L and reconditioning the vehicle. I found this vehicle while doing some web searches and had intended to buy it for myself. It had 150K miles on it but was in decent shape. I ended up buying it for my son when his vehicle broke down and was going to cost an arm and a leg to repair. Needless to say, my son is very hard on vehicles and he ended up throwing a rod on the Town Car. Instead of selling it to a salvage dealer, I bought it from him and decided to make it a project car. I love Lincoln Town Cars and always wanted one so now I have one. Here is a picture of the car the day that I bought it for my son.
I bought a used 4.6L for $150 that came out of a 1997 Lincoln Town Car that was being salvaged. This motor only has 55K miles on it. I am going to remove the bad engine and then install the replacement engine. I have never done this before but thought this would be a good opportunity to learn. I have most of the large equipment to do this including a 2 ton shop crane and a 1 ton motor stand.
My first objective is going to be getting the replacement engine up off my trailer and secured to the motor stand. After a whole lot of research, forum questions, and a few phone calls, I was able to identify the lift points to hook up the load leveler/shop crane to the engine. On the side (interior) of each cylinder there are 8mm bolt holes on both the front and rear. The front bolt holes have two stud bolts already installed and the rear bolt holes are used for affixing other items to the block which I removed. I will replace the two bolts on the rear with new 8mm x 1.25 bolts (class 10.9). I will use these four points as my lift points.
To mount the motor to the motor stand, I will be using (4) 10mm x 1.5 x 70mm (class 10.9) bolts and washers. I removed the flywheel/driveplate and have the motor stand mount already attached to the motor bell housing. Here is a picture of the motor stand mount attached to the motor.
I plan on getting the replacement motor mounted this week, but will wait till my son is available to help me. Will post more then.
I bought a used 4.6L for $150 that came out of a 1997 Lincoln Town Car that was being salvaged. This motor only has 55K miles on it. I am going to remove the bad engine and then install the replacement engine. I have never done this before but thought this would be a good opportunity to learn. I have most of the large equipment to do this including a 2 ton shop crane and a 1 ton motor stand.
My first objective is going to be getting the replacement engine up off my trailer and secured to the motor stand. After a whole lot of research, forum questions, and a few phone calls, I was able to identify the lift points to hook up the load leveler/shop crane to the engine. On the side (interior) of each cylinder there are 8mm bolt holes on both the front and rear. The front bolt holes have two stud bolts already installed and the rear bolt holes are used for affixing other items to the block which I removed. I will replace the two bolts on the rear with new 8mm x 1.25 bolts (class 10.9). I will use these four points as my lift points.
To mount the motor to the motor stand, I will be using (4) 10mm x 1.5 x 70mm (class 10.9) bolts and washers. I removed the flywheel/driveplate and have the motor stand mount already attached to the motor bell housing. Here is a picture of the motor stand mount attached to the motor.
I plan on getting the replacement motor mounted this week, but will wait till my son is available to help me. Will post more then.
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