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My 2001 LS had a bad rear wheel bearing when I bought it from the auction house. I thought it was strange given the fact that the car had only 88K miles (and a blown up engine) when I bought it. The interior and exterior condition of the car argued that the odometer hadn't been tampered with...

I just finished rebuilding the 3.9L in a 2001 Lincoln LS that I bought from an outfit in Anaheim, CA, that collects vehicles donated to charities and wholesales them on eBay. I bought the car for a princely $283 with 88K on the odometer because a) the interior was in wonderful condition and b)...

Actually I got lucky in two ways - first I have a buddy that builds racing engines and has a full shop, and second I found a used crankshaft on eBay and when I bought it I asked the seller to sell me the crankshaft main and thrust bearings that came from the same Lincoln 3.9L engine. When we...

Hey gang, Just wanted to share a last few pictures of my year-long 2001 3.9L V8 rebuild project. I now understand why Ford/Lincoln recommends that the engine and transmission be dropped out of the car instead of pulling the engine out from the top as I did. It's impossible to install and...

LS fans, Having no interest in watching the Patriots win another superbowl, I went over to the shop to work on the 3.9L special relationship (British/American) Lincoln LS V8. The weather was beautiful so I rolled up the garage door and painted the block a lovely mint green that supposedly was...

Hi Folks, I've been re-building the Jaguar-designed, Ford manufactured 3.9l V8 engine in a 90K miles 2001 Lincoln LS that I bought for a princely $200! The previous owner of the car drove it with too little oil which resulted in the engine spinning two connecting rod bearings. I've rebuilt a...

While I'm rebuilding the engine in my 2001 3.9L V8 I thought I would get a set of new tires for the car since my 20 year old son will be driving this car next. With the wheels off it was clear the car needed brake pads, rotors and ... why not, new go-fast red calipers. Putting the passenger...

HeyJewel and his work on his V6 has gotten me inspired to continue with my 2001 LS V8 re-build. This poor engine was driven with too little oil by the previous owner - several connecting rod bearings "spun" around the crankshaft and deeply scored the original crank - plus it filled the oil pan...

GrizzlyLS, thanks for all the great info, I really appreciate it. I'm not with the car today, but I will take some pictures of the camshafts, the oil pump and the block and post Sunday or Monday. I ordered connecting rod cap bolts from Terrys Jaguar and they've ordered them from Jaguar, so as...

Thanks! Let me do some more research - working on these engines is like a mystery novel. The weird thing is that even though my engine is May 2000, it has the two individual crankshaft timing chain sprockets. But it had the original all-phenolic (or whatever it is) secondary timing chain...

Hi, Do you think the 02 oil pump will work in the older engine? The answer is yes, I'd like to get both of them from you. My engine was manufactured in May of 2000. When I bought the car I assumed it needed the upgraded timing kit so I got that first. When that turned out not to be the...

Hi LS fans, When I was a kid I helped my greatest generation Dad (honorably discharged from the Navy a month before December 7th 1941 and promptly re-enlisted!) who was the best auto mechanic in the world, bar none. Well that's what I thought at age 12. For as long as I could remember we...

LS fans, Can't say with complete certainty just yet as I'm comparing used to used, but both the connecting rod bearings and crankshaft main bearings of my 2001 Lincoln LS 3.9L V8 match the dimensions - exactly - of the same parts in a 2000 Jaguar S-Type with the 4.0L V8. My machinist buddy...

My dad was a 35-year Chrysler employee too! Now that he's gone I tell everyone I meet that he was the best mechanic Chrysler ever had, and my good luck with rebuilding American, German and Japanese engines as a hobby is all because of watching my dad work. I've never torn apart a British...

HeyJewel, Your work so far is very inspiring! I look forward to more pictures as your work proceeds. As I think you know I'm doing the same thing to my 2001 LS with the 3.9L V8 that I'm fixing up for my son, but you are many weeks ahead of me! Good luck and lets see if we can both be...

Hi, Yes, I'm a big fan of RockAuto too. I tried PartsGeek and every other online parts house I could think of! I called Ford locally here in San Diego to ask them over the phone and they said no, they had NEVER stocked parts for the bottom end of the 3.9L V8. I couldn't believe it, so I...

That's what I thought! Another member on the forum commented that at the time (2000 - 2006), this Jaguar-derived engine was not like anything else Ford/Lincoln/Mercury was building and I think he's absolutely right. You are right - they didn't document the procedure because they didn't want...

It's really weird - I found a copy of the FoMoCo official service manual for the 2001 LS on eBay and bought it, but strangely it has no real engine data for either engine - the V6 or the V8. Another weird thing - even though the service manual is hundreds and hundreds of pages long, there are...

Hi KS, Thanks so much for your suggestions! Surpringly the block and the crankshaft main bearing housings are in good shape. The previous owner must have had good hearing and shut the engine down quickly after the connecting rod bearings spun. Terry's Jaguar does seem to have the connecting...

Gang, If you ever wondered what a "spun" crankshaft main bearing looks like, here's one of two from my engine alongside a worn but intact neighbor The other bearing spun itself into oblivion and was just a few shards in the bottom of the oil pan. Boy oh boy is it ever difficult to find...