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JUST FIT AN 8 VOLT BATTERY, YES A 8 VOLT BATTERY. SHOULD FIT STRAIGHT IN, I USE THEM IN BOTH MY 38 ZEPHYRS, HAVE FOR YEARS. DONT NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT INCREASE GENERATER CHARGE RATE 30%. I CONNECT A TRICKLE CHARGER TO THE BATTERY WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE,JUST PLUG IT IN. GIVE IT A BOOST CHARGE OF 40 MINUTES OR SO EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH A PROPER CHARGER, I NEVER HAVE A LOW BATTERY AND THE V 12 STARTS RIGHT UP EVERY TIME. LIGHT BULBS ARE GENERALLY RATED 6-8 VOLT. I HAVENT BLOWN ANY YET. MY LIGHTS ARE GREAT, HOW OFTEN DO YOU DRIVE AT NIGHT ANYWAY? THE IGN. COIL IS SELF BALLASTING WITH THE BALLAST RESISTORS. PROVIDED THE ELECTRICS ARE IN REASONABLE CONDITION I FIND 8 VOLT BATTERIES WORK GREAT, ALMOST TURNS OVER LIKE ON 12 VOLT. YOU CAN SWAP TO 6 VOLT BATT. ON JUDGEMENT DAY IF YOU THOUGHT THEY MAY NOTICE. I HAVE A 12 VOLT SOLINOID ON THE DRIVE SHAFT OVERDRIVE, THE 8 VOLT BATT. EVEN OPERATES THAT O.K. GIVE IT A GO, HAVE FUN.

TO REMOVE THE DISTRIBUTOR MECHANISM BASE FROM THE ALUMINUM BODY YOU WILL NEED TO REMOVE THE VACUUM RETARD PLUNGER AS WELL AS THE ADVANCE PLATE SCREW ON RIGHT SIDE. THE PLUNGER IS UNDER THE LARGE NUT ON LEFT SIDE. THERE IS A LARGE CIRCLIP IN FRONT OF THE MECHANISM BODY INSIDE ALUMINUM BODY AND IT CAN HELP BASE REMOVAL IF YOU UNCLIP THAT AS WELL. YOU CAN MOUNT THE DISTRIBUTOR BASE ON THE K.R. WILSON JIG WITHOUT THE ALUMINUM BODY, ITS EASIER TO GET AT THE POINTS. SET POINTS AT AROUND 13TH. AND FINELY ADJUST TO GET 36 DEGREES DURATION ON K.R. JIG, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. THE LZ DIS. IS TWO 6 CYL. IGN. SYSTEMS, LEFT AND RIGHT BANKS. THESE TWO BANKS ALSO NEED TO BE SYCRONISED SO THE 2 BANKS ARE IN STEP,AND NOT PULLING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THIS IS THE SECRET TO LZ. PERFORMANCE, OR LACK OF IT.FOLLOW THE K.R. INSTRUCTIONS,GOOD LUCK. THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD TIPS ON SETTING THESE LZ. DISTS. UP IN PAST ISSUES OF LINCOLN ZEPHYR MAGAZINES. SOMEONE OUT THERE MAY BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW WHICH ISSUES THEY ARE. .

I had a pair of axle housings "Turned " down in a large lathe at an engineering"machine' shop about 14 years ago and the new sleeves pressed on.They run well, done about 14 thousand miles on them now. Keep them greased, grease nipple under housing, back of backing plate. The sleeves usually only mostly wear on the under side, "the bottom" thats where the load runs on the needle roller bearing in the brake drum.

As your car is a 37 with only two holes on bellhousing its more likely to be a 37 motor with solid lifters. Hydraulic lifters Can Not be fitted to 37 motors, they do not have the oil galleries to lubricate the Hydraulic Lifters. Solid lifters do sound clickey as there are 50% more than in a sidevalve V8,thats why hydraulic lifters were fitted to 38 onward L/Z motors to get rid of the tappett noise. If you remove the fuel pump and look down the hole in manifold you can see if theres a metering valve 1 inch. plug, there shouldnt be, that means solid lifters.

You may have a 36/37 pan on a later L/Z. motor. What year is your car? If you have only 2 oil holes at back on top of bell housing its likely to be 36/37, 38 onward motors have 3 oil holes out back, except very early 38 motors, we wont go there, information overload. 36/37 motors dont have hydraulic lifters, they have solid lifters and dont have the same oil gallery system the hydraulic lifter blocks have. The oil filters are Bi-pass on all L/Z motors even when drained into the pan. The oil passing thru. the filter is bi-passing the motor, thus its called a Bi-pass filter not a bi-pass for the hauldraulic lifters or anything. The filter can be by-passed if it becomes blocked thru. lack of changing, this is done automaticlly under the inlet manifold by the metering valve which senses the lack of oil flow over it so opens up and delivers unfiltered oil from the main gallery direct to the hydraulic lifters.

Lincoln Zephyr motors 36/37 have only 2 oil holes on top of the block / bellhousing at the rear, they are both oil supply holes, one for oil pressure gauge the other to supply oil to the filter, this filter is only a By-Pass filter. The main oil supply is inside the motor, and is unfiltered. The return oil from the Filter is piped straight into the side of the sump. All filters have a built in Restrictor in the center pipe. On L/Z motors 38 onward all have Hydraulic Lifters, the bellhousing has a third oil hole lower down beneath the other two supply holes. "Some very early 38 L/Z motors dont have this third hole." This third hole has the oil return pipe from the filter connected to it on these models and not to the sump. This supplies Filtered Oil to the Lifters. Lifters love filtered oil. Inside the valley under the Inlet Manofold at the rear under a 1 inch. screw out plug is a 12 LB. oil regulating valve, it is screwed in too, it regulates the oil flow to the lifters under cold start conditions and if the filter gets clogged This valve may be missing or has been replaced with a plug on Ralphsnof49 L/Z motor. This could reduce oil flow to lifters or allow loss of oil pressure, depending whether its missing or plugged, especially if the 1 inch. plug above it has been left out as well. This 12 LB. regulating valve only supplies oil to the lifters during a cold start, for about 20 secs. until the filter has filled up, because the filter drains back when parked up, once the filter has filled the oil flows over the 12LB. valve and shuts it down and the oil flows to the right hand lifters, it already has flowed to the left hand lifters on the way to the valve.The oil galleries are complex. So the pipe work has to be right and the correct valves in place. there is also a different relief valve at the front of the block, this distributes any oil left after passing thru. the lifters to lubricate the Cam gear.

My Guess, #1 "No" #2. "N/a"

I use one of those disconnect switches on my 38 LZ sedan but believe the contact area is too small for any serious 6 volt cranking and it gets hot quickly. I have a better quality larger contact area switch on my 38 convertible, which never gets hot, and has a "quarter turn" on ~ off switch lever.

Keep thinking about the 37 LZ Coupe. There were pics. It was maroon, had red cloth interior,auto box using original shift lever. Fitted with new 53? crated Lincoln V8 in 53.Ran original wheels, was on behalf I think by Classic car dealer, in north central Cal. Pos. on this LZ. Website. Maybe could check back with Webmaster earlier Discs. Clasifieds. Could have been an Attachment on a topic. Nearly 2 years ago.

Fit Soft Linings to brake shoes.

Their was a 37 LZ coupe just like that for sale or auction a couple of years ago in northern California on this website I think, sold for around $60000? dont know anything else. Maybe somone else will.