'84 Lincoln

My grandpa has an '84 Lincoln Town Car sitting in his field that he got for free. Has 60,893 miles on it and I am considering getting the 302 and possibly the AOD out of it to put in my '72.

The car used to run and drive great, but hasn't been started in a couple of years. Now it will only start and idle for a few seconds on starting fluid. I guess the fuel pump has gone bad from sitting. This thing has what looks like a very early version of fuel injection on it, looks like a carburetor with 2 fuel injectors spraying down it. I took that off and bolted a 2 barrel carb on thinking it would just run fine on the carb, but now it won't try to start at all. I connected all the wireing back up to the fuel injection looking carb and set it off to the side thinking I could trick it into running, but it still won't run. Short of putting a Duraspark distributor in it, is there any way I can trick this thing into running on a carb? I would like to get it running good enough to take it for a ride around the back roads up here to see if the engine and trans work good enough to use.

 

Sorry off the subject.....but just how many cars does your Grandfather have in his field?
Todd

 

Uhh... hmm... I'll have to get back to you on that.

Got the car running. Dosen't run quite right with a carburetor and fuel injection working together, but it runs good enough. Think I found me a 302.

 

thats a type of throttle body injection, they worked but were not the most effecient or dependable.

 

Here goes nothing. I sorted them by manufacturer and year with engine, trans and rearend listed.

Fords:
1. 1993 Aerostar, 3.0 V6 / automatic / 7.5 rear 236,000 miles (still drives, registered and street legal)
2. 1989 Mustang LX hatchback, 5.0 / 5 speed / 8.8 rear, runs
3. 1988 Mercury Grand Marquis, 5.0 / AOD / 8.8 rear 264,000, runs
4. 1988 Lincoln Town Car, 5.0 / AOD / 8.8 rear (still drives, registered and street legal)
5. 1988 Ranger, 4 cylinder / 5 speed / 7.5 rear (mine)
6. 1984 Lincoln Town Car, 5.0 / AOD / 8.8 rear, runs
7. 1984 Ford EXP, 4 cylinder / 5 speed / FWD
8. 1982 Mercury Lynx, no engine or trans / FWD
9. 1980 Mercury Capri RS, 2.3 / 4 speed / 7.5 rear, red exterior/red interior.
10. 1978 Bronco Ranger XLT, 351M400, 4 speed / 9 inch rear, Dana 44 front, runs
11. 1976 Maverick, rolling shell, no engine or trans / 5 lug 8 inch rear (mine)
12. 1974 Maverick Grabber, wrecked, no engine or trans / 5 lug 8 inch rear (mine)
13. 1973 Maverick 4 door, no engine or trans / 5 lug 8 inch rear (mine)
14. 1971 F250 Custom, 351W / 3 speed / Dana 60 rear (mine), runs
15. 1971 Mustang Convertible, 351 Cleveland, 4 speed / 9 inch rear, runs
16. 1971 Boss 351 Mustang, black/silver exterior with black interior, 4 speed, runs
17. 1970 Boss 302 Mustang, grabber blue/black interior 4 speed, runs
18. 1971 Ford LTD, 429 4V / automatic / 9 inch rear, runs
19. 1970 Boss 429 Mustang, Orange/black interior, 4 speed, runs, 36,000 original miles (fire damage, needs wiring, interior and passenger quarter panel replaced)
20. 1970 Mach 1 Mustang, 428 Cobra Jet / automatic, orange exterior/red interior believed to have been a pace car?
21. 1970 Mercury Cougar XR7, 428 Cobra Jet / automatic, white exterior/red interior (very slight fire damge)
22. 1969 Boss 302 Mustang, 4 speed / no engine, acapulco blue/white interior
23. 1969 Mach 1 Mustang, old drag car, no engine or trans / 9 inch rear
24. Unknown 1969 Mustang sports roof, white with a black stripe and Cobra on the side? No engine or trans / 9 inch rear
25. 1969 Fairlane 500, no engine or trans
26. 1969 F100 Ranger XLT, 360 / automatic / 9 inch rear, runs (mine)
27. 1968 1/2 Mustang GT, 428 Cobra Jet / automatic, red exterior/red interior runs (very slight fire damage)
28. 1968 F100, 240 straight 6 / 3 speed / 9 inch rear, runs (mine)
29. 1966 Mustang 2+2 Fastback, no engine or trans (very slight fire damage)
30. 1965 Bronco, 302 / automatic / 9 inch rear, Dana 44 front
31. 1964 Fairlane 500 Sport Coupe, locked up 302 / automatic / 9 inch rear
32. 1963 F600 Ford school bus, 352 with 428 heads / 4 speed, runs
33. 1959 F100, 351 Cleveland / automatic / 9 inch rear, runs (very slight fire damage)
34. 1957 Ranchero, old NHRA dragster, no engine or trans / 9 inch rear, chassis set up for a 428 Cobra Jet / 4 speed

Dodges:
35. 1985 Dodge Omni, severe fire damage, complete rust bucket to begin with
36. 1981 Dodge Ram 150, 318 / automatic, 468,000 miles (still drives, registered and street legal)
37. 1976 Dodge Tradesman (van), severe fire damge, no engine or trans

Hondas:
38. 1984 Honda Accord, 4 cylinder / 5 speed, runs
39. 1984 Honda Accord, 4 cylinder / automatic
40. 1985 Honda Civic, 4 cylinder / 5 speed, 251,000 miles, runs (we use this to drive around the fields)

GM / Chevy's:
41. 1981 Oldsmobile Regency Ninety Eight, unknown V8 / automatic 500,000+ miles, runs
42. 1980 C10 pickup, no engine or trans
43. 1978 C30 Motorhome, 4 bolt main 350 / automatic (still drives, registered and street legal)
44. 1973 Cadillac Coupe Deville, 500 C.I.D. Cadillac engine, automatic. 32,000 original miles, hasn't ran since the early 90's but I'm working on it right now. This is one big ass car! According to my dad, from a standing start, it would fish tail and smoke the rear tires with ease until they popped. My great aunt bought it new. Can't wait to get it running and see what it will do.

Daily drivers:
2005 F150 XLT, 5.4 V8 / automatic
2001 F150 XL, 4.2 V6 / 5 speed, 300,000+ miles
1997 Ford Expedition, 4.6 V8 / automatic 240,000+ miles
1995 Mustang GT, 5.0 / 5 speed

These are just off the top of my head. Chances are I forgot a few. I have rode in or drove 98% of these cars at some point in my life. Lots of stories and history attached to these cars.

 

Damn, he's got enough to start his own junkyard. I'd like to see a list of the motorcycles too.

 

I'm not sure it would even be possible to list all the motorcycles and parts.

 

The reason it probably doesn't run right is because that fuel pump pressure is higher than the 5 or 6 psi the carb is looking for. You're probably dumping a ton of fuel into the engine. Get a 3 port regulator or rig up the regulator that's on there now to be adjustable. All it takes is a little brazing and a trip to the hardware store.

 

I wasn't running it on the tank, the fuel pump in the tank is not working and the tank is full of 3+ year old gas. I just rigged up a 2 1/2 gallon lawn mower gas tank and a cheapo 5 psi electric fuel pump I had laying around. The car ran down the road ok but it was hard to start and didn't want to idle. The carburetor was the factory one off my dad's '71 Comet GT and probably needed to be adjusted after sitting around in a box since the early 80's. I may try to get it to idle next weekend, but all I really care is that the car runs solid, dosen't smoke, and dosen't make any funny noises.

 

Ah ha...

 

..."if you are 43 cars in a field...you might be a junk yard" ...frank...

 

Jamie , does that car have a TV cable or a kick down rod/lever ?

 

being it is in N.C. it might have ...rabbit ears... ...frank...

 

Easiest way to do it is just to remove and chunk the high pressure external fuel pump. Then add another fuel filter (ranger fuel filter seems to work) in it's place. The low pressure pump in the tank is only going to make 5-6 psi anyway, and it's plenty capable of feeding enough volume.


Sorry, I know its a little late but I thought I should add that....worked on my old '85 LX...which...btw needs a new home. I put the factory HP pump back on it and repaired the EFI...and now it runs like a champ! Somebody come get this thing ('85 Mustang LX 5.0/automatic....hatchback, $900 takes it!)

 

It actually has both.

Everything connected right up to the carb like it was made for it.

mavman, whats the body like on that '85?