complete engine rebuild kit

56yblock

56yblock

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hello everybody,
what the best place to buy for a complete engine rebuild kit for my 56 lincoln premiere 368 ci? i have no found on the net thanks for help me
 
56yblock said:
hello everybody,
what the best place to buy for a complete engine rebuild kit for my 56 lincoln premiere 368 ci? i have no found on the net thanks for help me
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Looking at parts offerings online can be misleading. Contact the vendors directly, either by phone or email. Phone calls are usually best.

Online parts listings can easily be missing or backordered, and the webpage listings are weeks or months out of date.
 
EGGE does offer a full and/or partial kit. You would have to tear the engine down for specs to order correct sized parts for the rebuild. You would want the parts in hand to have the engine machined to the parts.

- https://egge.com/product/lincoln-368-v8-1956-57/

Does it need a complete rebuild or you haven't put it on the forensics table yet?
 
i must to ask at the garage who will rebuild the engine, the car smoke and consume lot of oil, i think it needs complete refection
 
It needs to be disassembled and mic'd (pistons - inserts - etc.) for needed replacement parts. Then you order what you need by size and machine to the replacement parts specs.
 
The 368 is the easiest Lincoln Y-block to get pistons for. The smaller bore versions are just not stocked. I'm sure any piston can be custom made but it's expensive. I'd check with Fred at Southside Obsolete for NOS stuff.
 
56yblock said:
egge.com doesn't offert international shipping
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Now ain't that a b!tch!

Some years ago, I exchanged with enthusiasts from Europe and there was one guy in Germany (I think) that had a business pooling orders from the US and loading a container @ NY PORT AUTHORITY and having it shipped to Amsterdam I think for further distribution.

You know no one here that can help you out?
 
KULTULZ said:
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Some years ago, I exchanged with enthusiasts from Europe and there was one guy in Germany (I think) that had a business pooling orders from the US and loading a container @ NY PORT AUTHORITY and having it shipped to Amsterdam I think for further distribution.

You know no one here that can help you out?
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The folks at Speed Monkey Cars, based in the Netherlands, apparently provide older US auto parts (and vehicles) to folks in Europe.

Their website...
https://www.speedmonkeycars.nl/

There may be other European based group parts suppliers/shippers also.
I think there is a Ford (Thunderbird?) or US classic car owners Facebook group based in France.
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You can probably get a complete engine gasket set from any of the repro parts supplier guys (Ecklers, Concourse, etc) but you need to make sure they ship overseas.
Crankshaft bearings, piston rings and other hard parts will need to be mic'd at the time of disassembly or after boring cylinder walls or grinding crankshaft journals, etc so you can get the right size piston rings, bearings, bushings, etc.
Best to have everything closely inspected including valve stems and guides. If any valve stems are bent, add that valve to the list along with guide if necessary and order all hard parts needed at one time.
 
You can probably get a complete engine gasket set from any of the repro parts supplier guys (Ecklers, Concourse, etc) but you need to make sure they ship overseas.
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I would be very careful of the source and quality of any parts offered by one of these vendors.
 
KULTULZ said:
I would be very careful of the source and quality of any parts offered by one of these vendors.
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Ha! that goes without saying no matter what you are buying from these guys now. Almost everything made in china, very little quality assurance if any and workmanship, even materials fairly substandard.
However, I did notice that FELPRO gasket sets were being offered by one of the repro guys in a recent catalog and I have never had a reason to mistrust them. I do know that Mac's doesn't reveal who the manufacturer is, so I wouldn't buy theirs without verification first.
 
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