4.6 4V Cobra Powered Nightmare Lincoln MKVIII refuses to go home! Transmission noises? Go Home!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Sometimes a project plays nice. Sometimes a project doesn't play so nice. Sometimes a project becomes and absolute NIGHTMARE and not only refuses to go back together, but refuses to stay together and just go home! Guess which one is Craig's 1995 Lincoln MVIII?
For those who aren't up on this project, a quick refresh. What we have here is a 95 Lincoln MKVIII the LSC stands for Lincoln Sport Coupe... Not Super Coupe... for all you purists out there. Anyways, originally it came packing a 4.6 4v Teksid block DOHC V8 a pretty trick motor for the time and something most people have no idea is hiding under the long sloping lines of a Lincoln hood. Well THAT motor unfortunately died a knocky knocky death so a new motor was sourced, this one coming out of a 1996 Ford Mustang Cobra. Both motors shared much of their DNA and essentially are drop in replacements for each other, with a few minor exceptions.
We have been battling this project for a long long time and are desperate to see it go however she wanted one more round of issue fixing before saying goodbye.
Huge thanks as always to all our subscribers, followers, fans, and customers who have made our business successful and gotten our channel to where it is today. Special thanks to the SRC / Street Racing Channel / SRC Garage / Old Man's Garage / Junkyard Digs folks for showing such amazing support for us over the past several months. Without all of you we wouldn't be anywhere near where we are today. We hope you enjoy this one!
Great job working through all the obstacles and getting this Hot Rid Licoln back to the eager owner!
It just had one more fight left in it fortunately so did we 😀 Now if the weather would just behave around here so he could enjoy it!
We really need to see a road test!
Next time that customer calls don't answer the phone !! 🤣
Lol! We actually had initially NOT planned on doing this work for him and it went to another shop... watch a few videos back it's an all sorts of twisted story
Great job Bud 👍💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸 from Alabama 👍
Thanks Bobby, sometimes you just win by not giving up!
@@LucoreAuto yep that's Right 👍🇺🇸
Had the same issue on an 88' E150 once after having the bellhousing welded due to it cracking. Not sure if the cracking caused some kind of deformation in the spacer or what, but the end result was a god awful scraping noise once the AOD was reinstalled. It took somewhere between 8 and 10 attempts to get the spacer corrected for the noise to go away, and yes that means we had to reinstall and remove the AOD every one of those attempts, without the benefit of a lift. My friend and I got really good at it though, being able to do a removal or reinstall in about 10 minutes by the end.
I feel your pain bro. Constant battle of fighting weird stuff that keeps going wrong. My Lincoln Aviator has the same engine. I have to replace all the lash adjusters and roller rockers.
Better days dude!
Just keep fighting til you win!
I feel your pain almost every day Rich. Seems like some car's just don't want to leave.
This one for sure was becoming a fixture around the shop... and being a MASSIVE hold up for productivity
Thank God that's over🤞🙏
Oh you've no idea how many prayers, AND curses were uttered over and around this car.
@@LucoreAuto hopefully the gentleman that brought it in will sell so you don't have to work on it again at least we can hope
One thing for SURE no Quit in Lucore Team
No QUIT, but .. WALK AWAY IN FRUSTRATION FOR A BIT ... sometimes 😉
I'm fighting with project 6.0SS currently aka the Stepchild. I'm winning 1 battle at a time down to straighten the wiring up and 1 inch taller upper ball joints. Then I'm making an appointment at Lucore Automotive for the alignment.
That's how you win the war, one battle at a time, don't give up, keep your head down and driving forward! Fun car season is upon us gotta get it done!
I feel your pain Rich back in the day fortunately it was a rare occasion I would have a day like that. The fact that you never gave up makes you the man and admitting fault makes you priceless 👌 💯 this is why I so enjoy your channel and unfortunately when you mismatch parts things are about to go wrong but you hung in and whipped its but. As many of your videos that I've watched my money is on you. God bless all and as always be safe 👍
Thanks Ray we really appreciate that! A lot of these projects are just a matter of not giving up, researching the problem(s) and tackling them one bit at a time. Sometimes ... there are lots of bits. We are certainly not afraid to show our faults and mistakes, we are humans too, and we'll admit to goofs or bonehead moves. Unfortunately in our industry honesty is a bit of a forgotten trait for man, a BIG part of why we film and share all this is for our customers to see the processes and challenges of their projects.
Glad you enjoy what we do and we very much appreciate the continued support!
Just put a sensor in the oil pan and eliminate the dipstick...lol..
Lol that's certainly an option. Install an "Oil or no oil" light 😉
No oil light sounds great.. good video guys..
I wish we had a good radio station like these guys.
We don't have many of them around here, unfortunately Central Ohio is a bit light on quality radio. There are really only 2 decent "rock" stations anymore. The one you are hearing in the background for most of these is 96.3
Another fine job by Rich at Lucore!!
Thanks Billy we appreciate the support and encouragement!
...love the 'but I WILL win' comment !...
Sometimes the war is one, by simply not giving up!
Dang, good work! I still think you should have happy Gilmore show up and have a talk with it 😁😆😅🤣
Lol, it he wants to stop by we have plenty of projects he could talk to!
Have you ever seen a Pontiac 421 with 2 four barrel carburators
Sitting in line but the carburators are turned at a angle sideways ?
Problem is no Commander Cody playing Hot Rod Lincoln in back ground, just saying.
Not allowed to use that track in the videos or you best believe we would!
Was about to make this very comment lol!
And Austin, I think your allowed 15 seconds of a song w/out penalty ... but don't quote me on that. Also, It don't need to be on the vid, the car just *needs* to hear it! 😁
Having worked in a shop, we occasionally ran into vehicles that we just hated with a passion.
This one we love, we just really really hate it. The engine is great, the car is great, just the two of them make a bit of a nightmare couple.
Good job Rich 👍
Thank you, this one just had one more fight in it!
that car will definetely be back
Hopefully so but just for some regular checkups and maintenance.
Great job on that Beast , hate that it had to be such a monster to work on ! Still enjoyed the video as always
Hey if they were all easy everyone would do this stuff right? We appreciate the watch and support!
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Always appreciate the view and comment!
I’m a caddy fan and owner but who wouldn’t love ❤️ a good hot rodded Lincoln Super cool guys
Most people would have NO idea what is hiding under the hood of this Grampa car as the owner relaxes in big soft Lincoln seats. Really cool car but VERY glad to see this one roll out the doors and show us some taillights.
WOW! Nightmare may be an understatement, get paid and put a smile on.
Did anyone else hear "Hot Rod Lincoln"?
Dammit man, y'all beat me to the punch! 😆
@@sykwookiee If we were allowed to play that track in the background without getting a copywrite strike you best believe we would!
@@LucoreAuto I had to go play it as soon as I finished watching the video....
Where u located that exhaust video u did how much to the same install on a 97 mark viii
Did you happen to check the crank endplay?
We did not specifically but with the oil pan off we were able to get our fingers on most of the bottom end to verify it was indeed a well maintained low mile unit. Have a concern?
@@LucoreAuto just seemed odd that one flexplate cleared the plate but the new one didn't. Thought maybe the crank had excessive end play and moved forward during the transmission reinstall.
look back sounded like it was pooping from white castles 10 pack
Lol absolutely DIED laughing editing that part the first time
Ever watch a video and it just does not have the ending you expected? I so thought one of the co workers would have hid behind the car upon start up and started tapping a wrench against a piece of metal making it sound like a knock somewhere 🤣
Lol nope no shop hijinks in this one just good old fashioned automotive issues. Two things trying trying to occupy the same space at the same time. And some randomly leaking fluids.
I hate those spacer plates!!!!! The capri should have one also!!
Totally wasn't even on our radar as a potential issue. Fortunately it all worked out in the end
Markviii is a crappy car to work on. As you found out lol. Nice job on this though!
Christine wants more Tinder, Love & Care before she will let you go. Pray she does not return 😱
Well hopefully it DOES return at some point but just for regular scheduled maintenance and possible upgrades down the line. But she certainly needed LOTS of love and attention!
Great video. Have you started on Kenny Power's Camaro yet.
Ohhh just you wait 😉
My '95 Mark has been in the shop for almost 6 months for s simple air ride issue..... SIMPLE..... yep, no.
Yeahhhhhh this one had the air ride deleted because of similar issues. May eventually go aftermarket air suspension though but the factory setup.... good luck!
@@LucoreAuto - I wish you guys were local, I'd be there in a heart beat. My issue is they have spent zero time on the car so it's more than the car being the problem.
@@KlipschHead281 ahhhhh that doesn't sound so great ☹ we will admit to letting projects languish here and there as well but 6 months with 0 time spent is a little much. Not to get TOO specific but how far from us are you? We have cars come to us from all over the region for work.
@@LucoreAuto - I'm outside of Chicago. This isn't a project, this may have to be my daily which I can't explain here. They didn't spend zero time, they simply diagnosed it as needing ride height sensors back in November and then claimed ever since they keep getting the wrong ones.
I asked them if they handled the brakes or the washer fluid pump yet, he completely forgot about it so they have to order those parts now as well and I'm sure that will take weeks upon weeks. I haven't called them in 2 weeks because I know what he is going to say so I'm calling tomorrow crossing my fingers.
@@KlipschHead281 Ugh! Sorry to hear about your situation that certainly sucks and is unfortunately not all that uncommon :( Fingers crossed for you to have a semi decent resolution!
Rich don't feel bad we all laugh at your pain and suffering 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol too true too true!
Famaliarty breeds contempt