Hello, every one ,well i put it all back together timed it and it fired upon the spot.After taking around the bock a feww times i noticed it started to run a bit rough and after checking everything found the carb base gasket was leaking. i pulled the 2bbl motor craft and found a 1/4in gasket with an...

Hello ,and thanks for all the responses for my earlier posts. I have the motor back together and while it started up on the 1st crank it still was running rough at idle, the vac gauge read a little erattic and water seemed to be running thru the engine ,i removed the carb and found the coolant passa...

Hello again,and this is something i came across earlier this week on craigslist Los Angeles. I believe it was a 462 block crank and cam for FREE! if it is not in the freebe section it is in the auto parts section the add has pics and details and it seemed like the owner was hoping to find a home for...

Hello again, I put the heavier springs in the distributor not the valve train, sorry i was using abbreviations (dist for distributor) to slow the mechanical advance a bit. i will let you know how it all turns out. Thanks very much

Thanks to everyone, for your input and thoughts,i already had spoke to the owner of this cool old car about running higher octane gas even if it means mixing expensive race gas with the best pump gas we have in SoCal(91) and i installed an offset bushing to retard the cam 4degrees (8 crank). I found...

Thanks to all for the info and one last note. The shop with the cam is
Perfekt Engine on San Pedro street SE Los Angeles.

Thanks to everyone, for your input and thoughts,
Modern Engine in Glendale Ca lists gasket sets single gaskets and some timing and valve train parts for the Mel

Thanks CCC, for that info the 200+-20 makes me feel a little better,if that was stock the info i have only goes back to 1964 and just lists 180 psi .the problem still is causing the owner of this classic Lincoln to not want to drive it .Any one else out there with cranking compression specs for a 62...

Hello , i am new to this forum so hey to all out there. I am helping(working for)a friend to restore his 1962 Lincoln and i am having trouble figuring out why the 430 has 230+ psi when doing a comp check . Let me first state that the car was purchased with a fresh rebuilt motor so i am dealing with ...