Fortunately, on our return
trip the '76 Lincoln Mark IV was still in the yard
and unmolested. Northern California Pick N' Pull
yards make it easy for customers to pull parts by
keeping cars high off the ground and generously
spaced apart.
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Due to extreme wear, we had
no intention of reusing the existing calipers and
rotors. They were left behind since we certainly
did want to be charged for junk. However, we did
take any loose caliper hardware just in case the
new calipers did not include everything required.
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We did not toss the flexible
brake hoses, they were both in good shape. These
lines run about $35.00 each at the parts store.
We also took the brackets which secure the brake
lines to the frame.
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No jacks allowed at this
wrecking yard, we threw a tire under the pumpkin
for support. Since we had already tossed the calipers
and rotors we went ahead and pulled the axles so
we could manage the housing. Yes, we kept the axles!
Once the shock was unbolted, we popped out the parking
brake cable. |
We removed the upper control
arm-to-housing bolts. In hindsight, removing the
trailing arm-to-housing bolts first would have been
a better route. Regardless, we unbolted both, kept
the hardware and kept moving. |
Unlike our Gran Torino, the
Lincoln had a rear sway bar. We disconnected it
from the frame in anticipation that it would fit
our project car with little fabrication on a future
project. Again, we took the brackets. |
We pulled the springs and
gave them a toss. Boinnnggggg!
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We removed the driveline.
The yoke on the Lincoln is of a different design
than the Gran Torino. In our case, we were not planning
on using the Lincoln third-member anyhow. |
The rear-end was now free
and we pulled it from underneath the behemoth.
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We were planning to reuse the original 3.25:1 dropout
from the Gran Torino so we left the 2.50:1 Lincoln
dropout behind. |
To accommodate the rear discs we also needed the
master cylinder out of the Lincoln. We chose to
go ahead and buy a remanufactured unit from the
parts store rather than take the time to pull the
used piece. Take note of the larger rear brake reservoir
used on the Lincoln master cylinder (right).
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The Gran Torino proportioning valve would not be
correct for the new disc brake rear either. We grabbed
this valve out of the Lincoln. They are noticeably
different. Mistakingly, we assumed the Torino master
cylinder-to-proportioning valve lines would be the
same. They were not. We cut the Lincoln lines to
get to this valve out. Doh! Luckily there was another
Lincoln in the yard with similar lines.
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Finally, we took both parking
brake cables. We later found that we actually needed
two of the shorter (lower in photo) cables to make
the it work. We did not need the longer cable shown
tied in a loop at the top of the photo. |
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