Please Help! Installing Lincoln Mark VII calipers

da89cup · 07-25-2001, 12:33 AM

The calipers fit fine but neither the stock 5.0, or the Lincoln Mark VII brake hoses fit. What am I supposed to do. Which hoses to use? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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89 coupe, 351W, 351W heads, 30lb injectors, 190lph pump, 80 maf, 70 tb, ? cam, cobra upper, gt 40 lower(14.6at95mph)

oldman · 07-25-2001, 02:52 AM

Sorry to take so long in answering. I used 87 calipers and I', figuring they're the same as 88. I used the stock brake lines on the 89 GT. There was a little bit of difference in how they bolted on but not enough to cause it not to fit. I was told that Russell makes braided lines that will fit but they are kind of esspensive. If you can take yours to a parts house and see if the 89 GT lines are different from yours, after that I am not knowing why they won't work.

da89cup · 07-25-2001, 08:48 PM

The stock 5.0 brake hoses atach at the top of the 5.0 caliper, but the Lincoln caliper's mounting point is on the bottom, so it's impossible to fit the 5.0 or the Lincoln hoses when the bleed screw is on the top. Maybe I got the wrog calipers, but they fit perfectly. I'm really confused.

go4it · 07-25-2001, 10:29 PM

I just put them on a few weeks ago and had no problems. I asked for 91 Lincoln Mark VII and that I wanted the ones with the steel pistons. Certain years they are all probably the same. Does your hoses have the banjo type fitting, like a bolt with a hole drilled in it and uses two copper washers. The hose has like a square block with a hole thru the center of it. The Rayloc #'s are 42-4025 left, 42-4024 right. The Bendix #'s are R55247S left, R55246S right. Is it possible you got them crossed, right side one on the left and vice versa.

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93GT, S-trim (2.95 pulley), SFMU, Stage 2 TFS TW heads, Stage 2 Cobra intake, AFM powerpipe, PRO-M 75mm massair, 75mm throttle body, 42lb.inj. 1 5/8 headers, 2 1/2 h-pipe and exhaust, 2 chamber Flowmasters, 3.55 gears, Ultradyne cam, Elder.timing gears, Black Magic fan, FMS aluminum radiator, MSD6al/BTM, MSD coil, MSD shift light, subframe connectors, A-pillar gauges, Pro-5.0 shifter.

da89cup · 07-26-2001, 01:23 AM

The calipers you got, where is the bleeder screw? At the top, or the bottom of the caliper?

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89 coupe, 351W, 351W heads, 30lb injectors, 190lph pump, 80 maf, 70 tb, ? cam, cobra upper, gt 40 lower(14.6at95mph)

07-25-2001, 12:33 AM	#1
da89cup Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: edmonton, alberta, canada Posts: 55	Please Help! Installing Lincoln Mark VII calipers The calipers fit fine but neither the stock 5.0, or the Lincoln Mark VII brake hoses fit. What am I supposed to do. Which hoses to use? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. ------------------ 89 coupe, 351W, 351W heads, 30lb injectors, 190lph pump, 80 maf, 70 tb, ? cam, cobra upper, gt 40 lower(14.6at95mph)

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07-25-2001, 02:52 AM	#2
oldman Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Amarillo, Texas, 79107 Posts: 78	Sorry to take so long in answering. I used 87 calipers and I', figuring they're the same as 88. I used the stock brake lines on the 89 GT. There was a little bit of difference in how they bolted on but not enough to cause it not to fit. I was told that Russell makes braided lines that will fit but they are kind of esspensive. If you can take yours to a parts house and see if the 89 GT lines are different from yours, after that I am not knowing why they won't work.

07-25-2001, 08:48 PM	#3
da89cup Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: edmonton, alberta, canada Posts: 55	The stock 5.0 brake hoses atach at the top of the 5.0 caliper, but the Lincoln caliper's mounting point is on the bottom, so it's impossible to fit the 5.0 or the Lincoln hoses when the bleed screw is on the top. Maybe I got the wrog calipers, but they fit perfectly. I'm really confused.

07-25-2001, 10:29 PM	#4
go4it Registered Member Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Wise,Va. Posts: 248	I just put them on a few weeks ago and had no problems. I asked for 91 Lincoln Mark VII and that I wanted the ones with the steel pistons. Certain years they are all probably the same. Does your hoses have the banjo type fitting, like a bolt with a hole drilled in it and uses two copper washers. The hose has like a square block with a hole thru the center of it. The Rayloc #'s are 42-4025 left, 42-4024 right. The Bendix #'s are R55247S left, R55246S right. Is it possible you got them crossed, right side one on the left and vice versa. ------------------ 93GT, S-trim (2.95 pulley), SFMU, Stage 2 TFS TW heads, Stage 2 Cobra intake, AFM powerpipe, PRO-M 75mm massair, 75mm throttle body, 42lb.inj. 1 5/8 headers, 2 1/2 h-pipe and exhaust, 2 chamber Flowmasters, 3.55 gears, Ultradyne cam, Elder.timing gears, Black Magic fan, FMS aluminum radiator, MSD6al/BTM, MSD coil, MSD shift light, subframe connectors, A-pillar gauges, Pro-5.0 shifter.

07-26-2001, 01:23 AM	#5
da89cup Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: edmonton, alberta, canada Posts: 55	The calipers you got, where is the bleeder screw? At the top, or the bottom of the caliper? ------------------ 89 coupe, 351W, 351W heads, 30lb injectors, 190lph pump, 80 maf, 70 tb, ? cam, cobra upper, gt 40 lower(14.6at95mph)