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He said he did it before he started machining, I'm going to say he didn't, shame too because he has never let me down before. Been using him for...
I bought the motor used from a guys truck bed. He thought it was a Pontiac 400. I stripped it down before I sent it out. Was all stock and just...
Machinist said it was a good block, said he checked it. He did the work over 10 years ago and I've had it in dry heated storage the entire time....
Great idea. I think we have a dead soldier. Bubbles appearing between cylinders 1 and 3. Not good.
So what was the fix? A new oil pump? Or was the leak inside a passage in the block? This sounds like the best lead yet. What I was thinking too....
There isn't. The only oil touching the head gaskets would be the drains into the lifter galley and those are gravity fed. The only possible way to...
***Update**** I pulled the driver's side water jacket drain plug and drained the oil out. I then removed the head, put the push rods on the bench...
All new ARP hardware, thread sealant and torqued to ARP's specs.
Yep. I started pulling it down. Inside heads are dry. Inside block on passenger side dry. Water jacket on driver side full to water pump bolt hole...
Put together a 406 SBC, nothing crazy, just an all forged low compression motor for my 47 Ford. Motor is on the stand and hasn't had water in it...
Just a quick bump to the top. Going to try to order the covers this weekend.
Thanks. I like the stock 500XL interior so trying to incorporate the Chestnut Brown version into the coupe.
Same car: [ATTACH]
Little bit of a background behind my question: I've got 1963 Galaxie 500XL front buckets in my 1947 Ford Coupe. It also has a stock '47 rear seat....
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