CCW is the direction for Y-Blocks, and since Lincoln and Y Block distributors interchange with a gear change, Lincoln also have to rotate CCW.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Well that's one cw and one ccw. Tie breaker anyone?
Plus the intermediate shaft is a little bit too long, it's not a problem cutting a half inch off the bottom is it?

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Looking at the top of the distributor cap it's counterclockwise starting with #1 and follow the firing order. To my knowledge all Ford V8's are CCW.


64F100 57FAIRLANE500

Go firing order, clockwise starting with # 1 (assuming Lincolns turn the same way as a Ford)

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54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Well, I ground the head down and now the distributor slid right in. I had the #1 piston at tdc and lined the rotor up with the number one on the cap. Gonna make sure the vac adv is facing the carb.
What direction do I go when putting the wires on?

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Don't feel alone Brad, I too had no idea of an air bleed being hidden in an oil galley plug. It's amazing what can be learned on this site.................

64F100 57FAIRLANE500

Thx for the info Ted. I thought that hole was the primary way the gear got lubricated, not air bleeding. With the star pattern, I figured it was engineered specifically for some purpose.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

The overall oil pressure will be better with fewer places for the oil to escape so normally I’m going to say forfeit having the hole in the lifter oil galley plug.  Some engines have that to help bleed the air from the system.  I have found FE engines both ways on that purpose built ‘air bleed’.

Because that particular galley plug on your engine is at the distributor gear, then a small 0.030” hole would be sufficient for providing some additional oil to the gear if desired.   If you want the hole, you’ll more than likely have to put the hole in the plug yourself as most NPT plugs you purchase will be solid in design without a particular sized hole running through them.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Thanks everyone. I'll be checking out the stores around town. They have to have a hole in them, will those be readily available or something special?

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

That threaded hole is expected to be ¼” NPT which is a tapered thread.  The ¼” NPT plugs are available in different lengths but the common length found at a hardware store may be too long.  The shortest ¼” NPT plug I keep in stock is about 0.325” long and is a Pioneer brand with part #PP-584-25 on the box.  I use that particular plug on the Ford FE blocks where the front of the driver’s side lifter oil galley behind the distributor is tapped for a screw in plug rather than using a push in expansion plug.

Be extremely cautious in trying to retap the existing hole in the block with the engine assembled and under no circumstances try to do anything with the lifter in the hole.  Metal shavings at this point are not your friend.  If modifying the plug, you will be shortening it on the wrench end and not the end that fits into the block first.  If modifying the end that goes into the block first, the plug will still be sitting outside of the hole at the same height.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)