Projects 63 Ford F100 build/bagged with Jag ifs

Update! Painted the frame today! Very big hurdle for me right now. Now assembly begins!






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very cool, just picked up a 65 f100, like where your going with this one!

 

that's a deep step. Were doing the same thing to our 63 ford school bus at school.
thanks for posting

 

Thanks man!


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4 months to LSR...I think you're gonna make it

 

Maybe so? It's gonna be tight though. May not rush it, I got the caddy to bring now.


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More progress today. Frame fully built and have airide working manually. I should be putting the cab on tomorrow then it should start to look like a truck again.




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It's starting to look like a truck again.




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Kick ass can't wait to see it finished


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Thanks oldnuts! Me too, I've been dragging this one out too long . It's been a year since I first tore it apart.


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A few suspension pics, I got a new iPhone, takes excellent pics compared too the old one


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Dang! makes me want to bag my bus

 

So I started tearing into the engine last night. I bought a 88 f150 for 600 bucks a while back. It was a real good running truck ,fuel injected 302 with a m5od 5-speed. Had just over 115,000 on it. The truck was real beat up, so I scrapped the body and frame and made $235 of it . Since I have a good FMX auto trans I'll be using, I sold the m5od trans for $150. Just going to do a regasket and replace oil pump, water pump ,timing cover and chain. I also ditched the efi and going carbureted.




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The only odd thing that about the motor that really had me worried was after I pulled the timing cover I noticed it had be patched with some kind up putty (jb weld maybe)? It looked as if something my have hit it at one time. Almost looks like the harmonic damper my have rubbed it at one point. After I inspected the back of the damper it had no marks on it, so I'm clueless on how this might have happened. Any theories????




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Engine and trans all ready to mate up.. Just waitin on my flywheel/flexplate. Kinda was going for an old original styled engine on this truck. No shiney stuff. Probably after the holidays I can spend some more money on the thing and get it running.




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You have a very photogenic chassis. This is going to a sweet ride.

 

Looking great.. really like the color choice on the valve covers

 

Thanks!


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Thanks, I figured the gray would make it look more vintage


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Got a lot accomplished today. Engine in and bolted up! All my mock up and taking the engine in and out ,and in and out ,paid off.


Have about an inch of clearance between heads and fire wall. The stock 88 f150 oil pan clears the steering rack by an inch also.


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Threw a fender on for shits and giggles.




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Pulled out the stock seat from the corner of my shop to start tearing it down. As you can see it was heavily patched with duct tape. I got it to bare springs then pressure washed it. Going to go ahead and bolt it to the floor to get my floor shifter in the right spot.





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Starting to come together nice.


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I have seen that before. It's caused by failed thrust bearings. The engine will run and run well but the crank can slide forwards and backwards in the block enough to get into the timing cover. The one that I saw do this would loose oil pressure going up hills. The oil pressure would return when going down hill. That was the crank sliding back and fourth and blocking the oil passages.
You cannot check for this with the engine attached to the drive train as you are pulling against the weight of those components. With the engine secure and disconnected from the transmission, grasp the damper and pull it, then push it. There should be no movement. If the thrust bearing is bad, trust me you will know it.
Likely it has been repaired but judging by the "Bubba" repair on the timing cover. If it were mine I'd pull it and check all the main and rod bearings.

 

Wow! Good knowledge there, never would have thought of that . I did check the main bearings when I had the pan pulled. They looked ok. However the back of the damper didn't have any signs of marring. So maybe it was repaired. Also when I changed the timing chain I had to pull the damper off, I didn't notice any movement . Maybe I'll pull the engine back out and recheck...


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Tom Monroe's book How to rebuild the small block Ford, goes over the procedure of setting the thrust bearings.

 

Thanks for the info! I separated the motor and trans last night.. Not so good news, looks like there's about 1/16 of and inch endplay in the crank. May just run the piss out of it till it quits


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Come on man, hurry up..... Sweet ride, swing by savannah and we'll go cruizin'!

 

Thanks! Can't wait to get this thing finished, but yet another delay. I've been prepping my caddy for paint.. Trying to have it ready for the lonestar roundup in April


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Just wanting to see more.