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I got the Mark motor dropped into my Bird today and got everything required to start it hooked up. This did not include the MAF because there wasn't anything to attach it to yet anyway. Just wanted to make sure it ran before we spent the rest of the day getting everything settled in. Fired it up, checked the gauges, NO OIL PRESSURE! Turned it off right away to make sure I didn't hurt anything. We decided maybe there was a problem with the Oil pressure sender. So we pulled the one from the SOHC motor and put it in the new motor. Fired it up with crossed fingers and the guage climbed to it normal spot. So, I don't know if it was a bad sender or if the Mark sender does not work with the Bird's gauge? I just know it works now.
The engine went in fairly easily. We had the cowling and hood removed from when we took the old motor out. We lowered the engine craddle some because there was no way we would have gotten the mount lined up without the extra room. All engine lifting was done with a chain hoist attached to a hook welded to an I-beam that spans the ceiling of the garage, this was an intentional design feature of the garage when it was built. The I-beam cannot actually be seen as it is above the sheet rock. Once we got the radiator back in and all the hoses on and some water, along with the air intake tube and Maf we went for a little spin. There is a problem with the shifting that's cause has not been detemined yet. Don't know if some wiring is needed or what. The only thing we did to the tranny was change the torque converter to a Mark converter. The j-mod is coming next week along with some new plugs, wires, valve covers and a couple other things, assuming we get the current tranny problem solved.
For the air intake tube I am using the Mark tube with the resonator chambers hacked off and the holes filled. In front of that is a connecting tube that has not actually been determined what it will be made from, ideas appreciated. This TBD tube will connect to the MAF which has been modified to connect to the Thunderbird air box, which already has the reonator removed and a tube leading to the fog light hole, the box currently contains a K&N but based ont he actually recommendation of my well respected mechanic, who wired the motor in, and what i have heard is recommended by a well respected person who knows more than anyone about these cars, I will be gong to a Motorcraft filter, which will be changed frequently with that tube to the fog light hole.
The actual fitting of the engine and pulling of the old engine was pretty easy. I had access to someone who would do all the wiring for me. If you have this same acess and the money this is really not a bad swap, but you need someone who knows wiring and can ge tthe diagrams for the car the motor came from and the car you are putting it in. The guy who wired it also told me that he thought it would be a areal easy wiring job if both cars used an EEC V or OBD 2, the 94 Mark was EEC IV and the 94 Bird was EEC V which made the wiring for mine more difficult.
any question, ask away, pictures as soon as they are developed, won't be developed for another week and a half though.
The engine went in fairly easily. We had the cowling and hood removed from when we took the old motor out. We lowered the engine craddle some because there was no way we would have gotten the mount lined up without the extra room. All engine lifting was done with a chain hoist attached to a hook welded to an I-beam that spans the ceiling of the garage, this was an intentional design feature of the garage when it was built. The I-beam cannot actually be seen as it is above the sheet rock. Once we got the radiator back in and all the hoses on and some water, along with the air intake tube and Maf we went for a little spin. There is a problem with the shifting that's cause has not been detemined yet. Don't know if some wiring is needed or what. The only thing we did to the tranny was change the torque converter to a Mark converter. The j-mod is coming next week along with some new plugs, wires, valve covers and a couple other things, assuming we get the current tranny problem solved.
For the air intake tube I am using the Mark tube with the resonator chambers hacked off and the holes filled. In front of that is a connecting tube that has not actually been determined what it will be made from, ideas appreciated. This TBD tube will connect to the MAF which has been modified to connect to the Thunderbird air box, which already has the reonator removed and a tube leading to the fog light hole, the box currently contains a K&N but based ont he actually recommendation of my well respected mechanic, who wired the motor in, and what i have heard is recommended by a well respected person who knows more than anyone about these cars, I will be gong to a Motorcraft filter, which will be changed frequently with that tube to the fog light hole.
The actual fitting of the engine and pulling of the old engine was pretty easy. I had access to someone who would do all the wiring for me. If you have this same acess and the money this is really not a bad swap, but you need someone who knows wiring and can ge tthe diagrams for the car the motor came from and the car you are putting it in. The guy who wired it also told me that he thought it would be a areal easy wiring job if both cars used an EEC V or OBD 2, the 94 Mark was EEC IV and the 94 Bird was EEC V which made the wiring for mine more difficult.
any question, ask away, pictures as soon as they are developed, won't be developed for another week and a half though.
