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Engine Donor & Removal

From 1994 Ford Crown Victoria “Vicky (totalled & shredded)”, documented by Steve83.

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1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The donor 2000 Grand Marquis M74. I had already started unhooking it, but the alternator, DPFE, EVR, and MAF were missing when I got to it.… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Someone snagged the fan before I got here. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a V8 engine bay showing the top of the engine with spark plug wires, valve covers, intake manifold, and various vacuum hoses an… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a dirty, greasy engine bay showing a black round component (likely an air/vacuum canister or filter housing) on the left, numer… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine bay showing an aluminum intake manifold and throttle body assembly, with braided fuel lines, wiring harnesses, and or… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine bay showing the driver's side of a V8 engine with a rusty exhaust manifold, a yellow oil dipstick handle, valve cover… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a vehicle's front end with the radiator, a metal water outlet/thermostat housing with an exposed hose neck, and various black r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a front engine bay area showing metal transmission fluid (ATF) cooler lines routed alongside a radiator, with braided-sleeve ho… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Underside view of the right-front area of a vehicle showing rusty suspension components, control arms, coil spring, tie rods, and a yellow-… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Underside view of a vehicle's engine area showing the oil pan, crankshaft pulley with serpentine belt grooves, dusty crossmembers, and rust… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine's front accessory drive area showing a rusty crankshaft pulley/harmonic balancer with a ribbed serpentine belt routed… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a heavily rust-covered cast-iron exhaust manifold with two mounting studs at upper left, adjacent to a lighter gray aluminum ca… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a dusty, rust-tinged engine bay and transmission bellhousing area, showing a cast-aluminum housing, corroded metal brackets, a… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine bay area showing a grimy aluminum casting with orange O-rings and mounting bolts, a rusty cast-iron component with a… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up view under a vehicle showing a starter motor with two cylindrical solenoid components (one with a red cap) mounted near the bellho… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - VIN sticker of the donor 2000 Grand Marquis 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - My odo: 187437 Donor's: 070020 UPDATE: 10/7/8 My odo stopped working shortly after the swap and I drove maybe 2 years without it, so I've l… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - I'm also planning on getting the front suspension, but the twist-lifters make me think I'll need different coils. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - These photos are just for reference. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - These photos are just for reference. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - These photos are just for reference. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - These photos are just for reference. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - This is most of what I pulled Saturday morning. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - This is most of what I pulled Saturday morning. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 2000 Grand Marquis 4.6L that will be going into my '94 CV strapped to my hitch hauler behind my brother-in-law's '93 EB Bronco. Yeah, i… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - '00 MGM engine 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - '00 MGM engine 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - '00 MGM engine & wiring, '99 fan 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - '00 MGM engine 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - '00 MGM engine 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - '00 MGM engine 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The driveshaft came from a '00 P71. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - My boss bought this (personally) 2 days ago, so he hauled my car away for practise. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - My boss bought this (personally) 2 days ago, so he hauled my car away for practise. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - My boss bought this rollback (personally) 2 days ago, so he hauled my car away for practise. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - I got this much done in a couple of hours. It's blurry because there wasn't enough light, but it was too far away for the flash to work rig… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Overhead view of a V8 engine bay showing the intake manifold, valve covers, ignition wiring, and various rubber hoses, with a red cable run… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a V8 engine bay showing the intake manifold, black rubber coolant/vacuum hoses, valve cover, and surrounding wiring harnesses.… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a partially disassembled engine bay showing the front core support, radiator area, and an exposed engine block with wiring and… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Front end of a light silver/champagne sedan with the front clip stripped down, showing the engine bay, exposed radiator support and core, w… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - With the wheelwell removed, there's a surprising amount of working room. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - With the wheelwell removed, there's a surprising amount of working room. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The filthy faded orange object in the center is the infamous cruise deactivator switch (SCDS). This one isn't being recalled because it's n… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an automotive wiring harness area showing multiple black plastic electrical connectors, a red multi-pin computer/ECM connector,… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up under a vehicle's wheel well showing a dusty inner fender area with a corrugated plastic wiring harness conduit routed across, a t… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - WIth the wheelwell removed, there's a surprising amount of working room. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Front engine accessory view showing the alternator, serpentine belt, tensioner, crankshaft and power steering pulleys, with a red battery c… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a grimy engine bay showing a serpentine belt-driven pulley system, power steering pump, air conditioning components, and variou… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Overhead view of a V8 engine bay with the intake manifold and valve covers visible, surrounded by numerous rubber and wire-loom-wrapped hos… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - An overhead view of a dusty V8 engine bay with the brake master cylinder and reservoir, brake booster, wiring harnesses, alternator, and ra… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Engine bay view of a 1994 Ford Crown Victoria showing the front of the 4.6L V8 with the A/C compressor at left, black serpentine and vacuum… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up under-hood/undercarriage view showing a rusty cast-iron coolant outlet or thermostat housing with an open pipe fitting, surrounded… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up underside view of a rusty cast-iron exhaust manifold with its downpipe flange disconnected, showing the open manifold outlet. Surr… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up engine bay view showing the accessory belt drive area with a ribbed serpentine pulley, an alternator at top, and a component with… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a crowded engine bay showing an accessory-drive side with a belt-driven pulley, serpentine belt, alternator, A/C compressor, br… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Engine bay view of a vehicle with the front clip partially disassembled, showing a V-configuration engine with serpentine belt pulleys, alt… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - An engine being lifted out of (or lowered into) an engine bay via a chain hooked to a lifting bracket, shown from above in a dim garage. Th… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Top-down view of a V8 engine bay with the intake manifold, throttle body, fuel injection rail, and various vacuum and coolant hoses visible… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - An engine being lifted out of an engine bay with a chain and hoist hook, showing a V-configuration valve cover, alternator, hoses, and wiri… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an inline engine viewed from the side, showing a black valve cover with a barcode label, a rusty exhaust manifold, various hose… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Engine bay of a vehicle with a V8 engine partially suspended by a chain hoist, showing a valve cover, alternator, brake master cylinder/boo… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - A V8 engine with black valve cover being lifted by a chain hoist during removal, sitting in a cluttered garage with a bicycle and vehicle b… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Since the engine seized, I can't rotate the flexplate to unbolt the torque converter, and I don't want to risk any damage to the recently-r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Since the engine seized, I can't rotate the flexplate to unbolt the torque converter, and I don't want to risk any damage to the recently-r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Since the engine seized, I can't rotate the flexplate to unbolt the torque converter, and I don't want to risk any damage to the recently-r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Since the engine seized, I can't rotate the flexplate to unbolt the torque converter, and I don't want to risk any damage to the recently-r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Since the engine seized, I can't rotate the flexplate to unbolt the torque converter, and I don't want to risk any damage to the recently-r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Since the engine seized, I can't rotate the flexplate to unbolt the torque converter, and I don't want to risk any damage to the recently-r… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine bay with metal lifting chains draped over components, showing rubber vacuum hoses, a curved black hose loop, electric… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine and transmission assembly removed from a vehicle, suspended by metal lift chains, showing the bell housing, wiring ha… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine bay showing wiring harnesses wrapped in black conduit, electrical connectors, a mounted sensor or valve, and metal en… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Side view of a bare engine block removed from the vehicle, showing a rusty cast-iron exhaust manifold at top, the oil pan below, and a serp… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a V-engine block with a white Motorcraft oil filter installed, shown alongside a serpentine belt pulley and a rusty exhaust man… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Underside view of an engine and transmission bellhousing area, showing a dark oil pan with surface rust, cast aluminum transmission case, b… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine block mated to a bellhousing/transmission, showing bare cast metal with surface rust, mounting bolts, studs, and a ru… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - A V8 engine and attached automatic transmission assembly suspended by a lift chain in a workshop, viewed from the transmission tail end wit… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - A silver-gray automatic transmission/transaxle removed from a vehicle, supported by a chain and resting on a wooden bench, with wiring harn… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - An automatic transmission removed from a vehicle, resting on a red floor jack in a garage. The cast-aluminum case shows the tailshaft housi… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a torque converter mounted on an engine's flexplate/ring gear, with a starter and its mounting bolts visible at right, hoisted… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Engine bay of a stripped car with the engine removed, showing the firewall, brake master cylinder and booster on the right, HVAC/heater box… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - View into an empty engine bay of a vehicle with the engine removed, showing the front subframe, control arms, steering components, a canist… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Front engine bay area of a stripped vehicle with the engine removed, showing bare frame rails, radiator on the right, an oil filter, coolan… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The front engine bay of a vehicle with the engine removed, showing the radiator standing on the left, exposed frame rails, master cylinder… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Underside view of a vehicle with the transmission or engine removed, showing the empty bellhousing/transmission area with a pink shop rag s… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Underside view of a vehicle's front subframe and crossmember with the engine oil pan visible above, showing a red shop rag draped over comp… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - These impeller vanes have eroded, probably due to long coolant change intervals. Not only do the steel blades CORrode from old coolant not… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The semicircular groove at the back of the intake journal is the groove for the EGR, which is packed solid with exhaust soot. It sets a cod… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine component with a circular gasketed opening exposing an oily, coked interior port, surrounded by cast aluminum housing… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine's front timing area with a circular aluminum housing exposing a dark oil-stained bore, surrounded by cast metal compo… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine intake or throttle body mounting flange with a gasket surface exposed, showing a carboned/oily dark bore opening. Sur… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of an engine block deck showing gasket surfaces, with a new orange-and-black rubber gasket and a white intake or exhaust manifold… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Overhead view of a V-engine block with both cylinder heads exposed, showing fresh green intake manifold gaskets seated on the intake ports.… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a partially disassembled overhead-cam cylinder head showing a camshaft with cam bearing caps, retaining bolts, and a timing cha… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a disassembled engine cylinder head with camshaft bearing caps, exposed camshaft lobes/journals, valve springs, and rocker/foll… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Close-up of a disassembled engine cylinder head showing an exposed camshaft with bearing caps, valve springs, and a timing chain visible on… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - A disassembled V-engine block sits on a red engine stand/dolly on a concrete garage floor, with two cylinder heads laid out on cardboard to… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - An aluminum engine block for an inline-4 sits upside-down on a red engine stand, with the deck surface facing up showing four cylinder bore… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - An inline-four engine block sits upside-down on a red engine stand, showing four cylinder bores through the deck surface with green sealant… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 1&5 rods really are dry & black, and the 2&6 aren't much prettier. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The front several crankshaft & block journals look particularly BLACK because they all go so hot that the oil on them burned. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 5 rod cap came off without its bearing, which I could see had spun (of course). 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 1 cap was harder to remove because one of the bolts nearly seized. After prying what was left of the bearing off the journal, I could s… 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 1 rod upper bearing was melted & oozing out the side. It was stuck pretty hard, so I left it as a souvenir. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 1 rod cap bearing was beginning to shred. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 3 bearing was the frontmost not to spin. This is before I wiped off the oil film. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - This is after wiping the oil off it. It should have been uniformly brown all the way across. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 1&5 journal. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 2&6 journal. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 3&7 journal. The 7 bearings were stuck harder than any others. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The 4&8 journal. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - The residue in the oil pump outlet was clean. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - For some reason, the front of the oil pump housing had scored the crank between the pump drive flats & the shoulder for the timing gears. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - I ground the lip off the filter to open it without contaminating it. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - I expected to find a lot of solids fouling the filter, but it was nearly empty. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - There wasn't anything unusual in the bottom, either. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - There were fewer particles than I had imagined, but a lot of bearing material. 1994 Ford Crown Victoria - Almost no solids at all.