Anthony wrote:the engine is looking good.

Thank you. And glad to see I am not the only one who goes through copious amounts of brake clean. (Assuming that is what's on your cowl) I like the black as well and think the 65 came in black.

how did the machine shop not catch that when they were resurfacing it? That is a good question. Equally, I should have caught it too. This 81 motor is driving me nuts. I am slowly accumulating a pile of new 65 parts that should have been ordered for the newer motor. Since I owned it, the truck has ...

In dry fitting everything I noticed the ear on the intake is busted. I can get a washer to grab a very small piece but not sure I want to even try it knowing I am breaking it in. I'd hate to be too lean from a leak. https://www.slick60s.com/gallery/image.php?album_id=208&image_id=12982&mode=...

I run the clifford 6=8 with a 500cfm 2bbl Thanks for that Anthony, I had not heard of the clifford units before. The machine shop was able to keep the .6 over bore as the cylinders cleaned up really nice. So got lucky. Engine is back and will post some pics tonight. I had them plane the intake and ...

sgettin: I have heard the same but like you have no direct experience. The engine shop says the engine has been rebuilt before, maybe twice, and they will need to bore 80 over and get oversized pistons. So I guess I will have a 5.0 when all is said and done. This really has me thinking I could (shou...

Thanks for the info. I am not looking for the wow factor and want to keep the look "original" to the uninitiated. A normal person (we are not normal) would have no idea if EFI manifolds were original to the 65. But headers they sure would. The only change I have made under the hood so far ...

Spend a little time over at the fordsix.com website. There's so much that can be done with the 300. So far I have spent more time on the fordsix.com site than I did pulling the motor. I swear I am set in a decision then I read something else. The definition of paralysis by analysis.... I am liking ...

Did a similar set up. Had a 69 camper special donor truck I took the break booster and distribution block from. Added a new master cylinder and it works much better than the single pot. Had to add a brake switch to the brake pedal as well. Easy conversion and well worth it.

Thanks for the advice on the T-5. Is that a straight swap? My truck is a long bed if that matters. I think I am going to leave the single barrel manual choke carb and intake. Pretty sure its a Carter YF. That will be an easy rebuild. I kept the exhaust and intake together and will have it surfaced a...

Hey all! So I started getting a knock in the 300 (right after an oil change) and pulled the motor over the weekend. Significant play in the bottom crank bearing of Cylinder 1. Completely worn through the hardened surface. Also a burnt valve on the same cylinder. No idea if they are related but nonet...

Hey buddy. I have a friend in California who needs one. Would you be willing to ship? Do you have Paypal?

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Thank you for the advice everyone. Just to update. I replaced all the lifters, pushrods and rocker arms. All but for a few rocker arms were bad. The links below show the difference and why oil wasn't flowing. This is the new rocker arm. The oil hole communicates with the dome for the push rod. And o...

Over the weekend I put in new lifters, push rods and rocker arms on my straight 6. I don't know if its a 240 or 300. VIN says 240 but the late date code on the block has me thinking it may be a 300. Here is my problem. The nuts on the rocker arms keep backing off. The new rocker arms came with two n...

And slick4x4... you were spot on in both accounts. It was stuck with the full float and the sender was bad. But of course I thought the rats nest behind my cluster was to blame. Apparently the gauge was telling me everything I needed to know... lol...

Yupper! Brass float full of gas! But the sender is faulty also. I was getting way higher ohm numbers and when I tested it outside the tank with the connections, the gauge went full when pulled up, but would only drop to its usual position when completely extended down. Between 1/4 And 1/2.. So looks...

Ever since I bought my 65, the gas gauge has never worked. It just parks between quarter and half full no matter what. I have continuity on the orange wire to the tank. My voltage from the regulator behind the dash outputs between 0 and 9 volts randomly with 12 going in. So I think that is working. ...

You're not kidding! That 300 will get quite the cardio workout! Gotta love it.

Thank you everyone. I am going to try and just replace the one lifter, push rod and rocker arm. The rocker arm and top of the pushrod are dammaged from lack of oil. This way I am only dealing with one valve adjustment. Parts are ordered. But before I replace them, I'll run mystery oil or tranny flui...

Hi Nic, She squeels real good. When I grab the push ride as the truck is idling the squealing stops. It sounded so bad I almost told her at home when it started. But there was no engine knock and it runs real good so I took a chance. I just don't know if I should do the one lifter pushrod and rocker...

Perfect. Thank you.