352FE Rebuild
352FE Rebuild
Well, the engine in Little Black runs good, but it has very low oil pressure - 0 at idle, 25psi running down the road. I had a fresh 352 out of my old blue truck, so I decided to open it up, check out and build it to put in Little Black before the truck show in June. I'll keep all the pics in this thread. Stay tuned.
Finally got the frame and engine back home. I'm gonna use the bed to make a trailer to pull behind the '66, disc brakes from a '73 F100 are under there, too. Oh and that's my nephew, helper and partner in crime.
Doesn't look too bad for being under a tarp out in the yard for the last 10 years.
No good. And to think my dad said it should be fine to just run like it is.
I mashed my wittle thumb.
Pistons are already .040 over.
I knocked the pan of coolant over.
Crank has been turned .1010.
How do I get rust out of the water passages? My dad said something about running it for break-in, get it good and hot and then drain the coolant, fill it back up with water and vinegar and let the vinegar clean it out, then drain and refill with coolant. Anybody heard of this?
Finally got the frame and engine back home. I'm gonna use the bed to make a trailer to pull behind the '66, disc brakes from a '73 F100 are under there, too. Oh and that's my nephew, helper and partner in crime.
Doesn't look too bad for being under a tarp out in the yard for the last 10 years.
No good. And to think my dad said it should be fine to just run like it is.
I mashed my wittle thumb.
Pistons are already .040 over.
I knocked the pan of coolant over.
Crank has been turned .1010.
How do I get rust out of the water passages? My dad said something about running it for break-in, get it good and hot and then drain the coolant, fill it back up with water and vinegar and let the vinegar clean it out, then drain and refill with coolant. Anybody heard of this?
The vinegar and water should work if you are not taking it to a machine shop. Make sure to leave the vinegar in for several hours to do its job.
For future reference, to clean a dirty coolant system and block, drain coolant and fill with dishwashing detergent(the kind for a dishwasher)and water. Then run engine till it is hot and drain when safe. Repeat process till it is clean.
For future reference, to clean a dirty coolant system and block, drain coolant and fill with dishwashing detergent(the kind for a dishwasher)and water. Then run engine till it is hot and drain when safe. Repeat process till it is clean.
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deviant1 wrote:The vinegar and water should work if you are not taking it to a machine shop. Make sure to leave the vinegar in for several hours to do its job.
How much vinegar should I use?
ICEMAN6166 wrote:if you cant get the rockers cleaned up and need some send me a PM i have a lot of them.
Ok, thanks. Brother seems to think I can just use the brush on the bench grinder and get all the rust knocked off.
Your Dad wasn't to far off. We used to take old motors like that and first see if we could turn them over by hand. Next would come spinning them over with the starter. After that, we made sure the oil was decent and fire it up. Usually had to put points in them and replace or clean the plugs. Many times they ran well and we used them. Most of the time we had to do a couple of oil and filter changes or until the oil cleaned up. That would get us by until we had time and money to build a fresh engine. Good luck on that one.............
Jim
Well, the frame/engine was in my brother-in-law's backyard. He originally bought it from me because he was gonna put it in his dad's '68. He said he went out there a couple times a year and turned it over by hand. The cylinders look good and its really not in too bad a shape, its just the water passages are rusted. It didn't have a whole lot of anti-freeze in it.
I didn't take a lotta pics of the actually putting it together, but I have a few...
Don't see this everyday. RED. Didn't want black, but didn't think blue would go with the red and black.
Sand blasted the intake:
My dad would probably whoop us for painting the intake black. OH well. It's just some sneakery.
Mock up to see how the red and black looks.
I got some high temp flat black paint, then some high temp satin clear for the exhaust manifolds.
Don't see this everyday. RED. Didn't want black, but didn't think blue would go with the red and black.
Sand blasted the intake:
My dad would probably whoop us for painting the intake black. OH well. It's just some sneakery.
Mock up to see how the red and black looks.
I got some high temp flat black paint, then some high temp satin clear for the exhaust manifolds.
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hey, effie, i'd like to know how that paint holds up on the ex. manifolds.
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"should i be gettin" baked for this boys?"-bubbles
i could no longer keep "r.i.p.ing" all of our fallen brothers and sisters, so i say here, slick loads of love and much respect to all you beautiful people.
"i believe i've achieved satisfaction".-bubbles
"should i be gettin" baked for this boys?"-bubbles
i could no longer keep "r.i.p.ing" all of our fallen brothers and sisters, so i say here, slick loads of love and much respect to all you beautiful people.
Red is a great engine color!
1964 F 100 - I am going to do "something" with it.......
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1987 Mustang LX Convertible, 2.3 Auto - cruiser.
1994 F 150 XLT 2WD
~ Yes - I adopted another cat..............
Cam L Milan,
You'll be missed my friend.
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1987 Mustang LX Convertible, 2.3 Auto - cruiser.
1994 F 150 XLT 2WD
~ Yes - I adopted another cat..............
Cam L Milan,
You'll be missed my friend.