For help, go to the members list & look for RB.  you may be able to e mail him re Lincoln stuff.  He may even have a 4 Bbl intake available.. 


Paul

Thanks Miker, there is a lot of good info there. People kept telling me a 57 or newer distributor or intake but I didn't know if I should look for Ford or lincoln. Now I'm writing stuff down for easy retrieval. Lost a lot of good info I was given on here, unable to find it again. I hope to connect with a couple of LYB afficianatos I was told of on here. This is my first car rebuild, guess I picked an odd ball.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Here’s a very old post on the HAMB regarding these engines and the limited interchange. 3 pages, I didn’t read the whole thing. But post #18 addresses the oil pump. Probably good info further down.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/running-y-blocks-lincoln-engines.206174/

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Can someone please answer this question....
When I look for the hex drive oil pump, would that be a Ford or lincoln or either? Must be from/for a 8 cylinder?
That's so I can change from original distributor to the 57 and up. Would that distributor be Ford or lincoln or either? From 8 cylinder?

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

I asked the seller for pic and cu in info. I tried looking up the topic number but couldn't find it

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

In all probability, the 1963 F600 engine is a 292; the intake won't fit your 317. However, if the F600 has a 332 (unlikely), the intake will fit. An easy way to determine is by asking the seller to send a photo of the intake ports; if they're stacked, it's a 292.

B-rad, Topic 148025 should answer your question.

The oil pump and drive needs to be a Ford or lincoln? Someone is selling a 4v intake from a 63 f600. Do you know if that'll work on my LYB?

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Your question would get more traffic as a new post in the technical section and not the classifieds.

The Ford Y distributors will work on the Lincoln Y engines providing the distributor gears are changed out.  The 1954 FYB and LYB distributors do use a slotted oil shaft versus the 1955 and newer distributors using a ¼” hex shaft.  If trying to retain the original slotted oil drive, then you would need the 1954 Ford/Merc FYB distributor and not the later model one.

If wanting to upgrade the distributor to something newer than the original Load-O-Matic then the oil pump and oil drive can be changed out to the hex drive types and any 1957 and newer Y distributor can be made to work.  I have been told that the LYB distributor gears are the same as the 352-390-428 FE Ford engines but I have not verified that.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Here's another issue to contend with: the 55-up Y-block distributors use a hexagonal distributor driveshaft. Earlier distributors did not. Swapping distributors, in this case, would also require swapping oil pumps as well.