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    #16
    Great work!!! Looks like it came with the car.

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      #17
      Nice work Matt and John. The car is looking good Matt. Wheels look right at home in my opinion.
      ~David~

      My 1987 Crown Victoria Coupe: The Brown Blob
      My 2004 Mercedes Benz E320:The Benz

      Originally posted by ootdega
      My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."

      Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
      But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck

      Originally posted by gadget73
      my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.



      ​

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        #18
        Looks like lack of lube failure, and the con rods welded themselves to the crank for a brief period until they twisted off. The blue on the crank indicates extreme heat. I'll go with oil pump failure or something blowing out and dumping a lot of oil past it. Maybe hydraulic tensioner failure? Not sure if those are straight off the main oil feeds or what.
        86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
        5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

        91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

        1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

        Originally posted by phayzer5
        I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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          #19
          Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
          Looks like lack of lube failure, and the con rods welded themselves to the crank for a brief period until they twisted off. The blue on the crank indicates extreme heat. I'll go with oil pump failure or something blowing out and dumping a lot of oil past it. Maybe hydraulic tensioner failure? Not sure if those are straight off the main oil feeds or what.
          Agreed. That thing was oil starved. About the only thing that causes that without actually just running it out of oil is if something blocks the pickup screen. The typical cause of that is nylon shreds from the timing chain guides, but you usually have a ton of warning from the noise under the timing covers that they are eating themselves long before it plugs the oil pump. Don't see timing chains failing, or pumps failing, or really any other significant failures with a 4.6 very often. Its a pretty robust engine, especially the bottom end with its deep skirt block and cross-bolted main bearing caps. They don't make a lot of power but they run forever and can handle a lot of abuse.

          There sure is a ton of oil film built up under that timing cover. At some point or another that engine had its oil seriously neglected. I've seen 250k mile 4.6s that were spotless under the cover, but those were well maintained.
          -Steve

          2006 Audi A6 S-Line FWD ~132k miles, stock.
          1998 Mercury Grand Marquis LS HPP ~102k miles, slowly acquiring modifications.
          1997 Lincoln Town Car Cartier ~145k miles, Ported Plenum, Gutted Airbox, Mechanical Fan Delete, Contour E-fan Retrofit, Dual exhaust, Cats ran away, KYB Gas-A-Justs, P71 front sway bar, air ride reinstalled, Blinker Mod, Projector headlight retrofit, Caddy 4-note horn retrofit, Wood rim steering wheel, rustbelt diet plan..
          1996 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 117,485mi. R.I.P. 7/14/12

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            #20
            Originally posted by gadget73 View Post
            Looks like lack of lube failure, and the con rods welded themselves to the crank for a brief period until they twisted off. The blue on the crank indicates extreme heat. I'll go with oil pump failure or something blowing out and dumping a lot of oil past it. Maybe hydraulic tensioner failure? Not sure if those are straight off the main oil feeds or what.

            timing chain guides collapsed and the pickup tube was clogged with remnants of broken timing chain guides is my guess why it blew up.

            1982 Lincoln Continental Mark VI Bill Blass Designer Series 2-Door(Larisa)            -Mods: HO Roller 302, GT40P Heads, Explorer Intakes, HO ECM(D9S), Autodimming w/compass and outside temp rearview mirror, Daniel Stern Lighting Mod, Dual Exhaust, 90's GM C/K Series Retractable Hood Light, Red Digital Dash Display, 92-94 White Leather Town Car Signature Cupholder Armrests, HPP Wheels, Police PS Cooler, Police Trans Cooler. More to come!!!!
            1998 Ford Explorer Limited 5.0 AWD(Fiona)-Mods: Lincoln Navigator THX Audio System, Ford Explorer Sport Instrument Cluster.

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              #21
              wow... cheesed up real good.

              Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
              rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)
              Originally posted by gadget73
              ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
              Originally posted by dmccaig
              Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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                #22
                well, I always tell people if you're gonna fuck it up, fuck it up good. So win for fucking it up good
                86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                Originally posted by phayzer5
                I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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