Basketcase#16-once in a lifetime build-now gone. :-(

[FreakysFords]

Yeehaw!

Don't ya just love tearing something down a couple extra times for such reasons? I had Darlin's engine down a couple extra times before I realized I had used the wrong damper

I had marked the bad (spun) damper instead of just tossing it. When putting the engine back together, I grabbed the damper and noticed that it hadn't been marked........... But I knew I had marked the damper that came off! (lol in fact I did)................. Dug around and found the marked damper and put it back on. . . . . .

Gotta love it!

Frank

[basketcase0302]

FreakysFords on Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:22 am
Yeehaw!

Don't ya just love tearing something down a couple extra times for such reasons?

Gotta' love it, or I'd be throwing wrenches way before now!

Ya'll wish me luck today. Hopefully the "little 302" with her new C-6 gets stuffed into BC # 16 today!

[bb429power]

Make sure there is thread locker on the cam bolt or it will walk itself out. Had that happen with the maverick.
Coming along pretty good!

[guerra]

good luck jeff. hope every thing goes your way..

[basketcase0302]

guerra on Sun May 02, 2010 9:18 pm
good luck jeff. hope every thing goes your way..

Thanks man, it was a long...day yesterday!

Pretty much what the engine should look like finished:
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The exhaust heat riser our member "MeanXLTDad" sent me should work fine:
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The timing pointer I've got to live with:
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The last place I can hide the chebby orange paint-the Bronco 4 X 4 pan:
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My 76' Bronco 4 X 4 oil pan should work out nicely for oil changes:
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The engine and tranny bolted together Saturday night ready to install:
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Sunday morning, here we go!
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The "little 302" and the C-6 proved to be no struggle at all for my hoist (even with the boom fully extended):
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Trying to protect the fresh rattle can paint while the engines going in.
Here's my son Zach inside the engine compartment, could have never done it without him!
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Even with the front "radius arm" cross member left out, the angle started getting tight right here.
We had to slow down and go inch by inch:
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It took us about 30-45 minutes from the initial lift to get to right here (motor mounts setting into the frame perches):
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The "little 302" and C-6 combo with my original NP 435 cross member shifted the location of the cross member back to the rear about 2 inches. We had to drill new holes for the tranny cross member braces through the two frame rails. And I believe I have to drill the cross member hole still (it's about 1" to 1 and 1/2" off center). I had to abandon my 79's "H" pipe (I'll wind up cutting out both the "T" sections and reconnect the exhaust piping there. Just don't have the money for new exhaust right now:
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff13 ... ild035.jpg

It's taken me a little over 5-6 years to get to this point on my truck!
And I've still got to finish up the following:
Carb spacer / carb / fuel pump /fuel line from frame rail to fuel pump / alternator / fan blade and shroud / radiator hoses / power steering pump and mount / starter / the rear (second half) driveshaft / all engine compartment wiring.
It will take me a few more weeks to finish up the engine and get it fired:
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My son Zach and I have gotten started on the truck around 8 A.M. the past two days and pretty much worked until dark (8 P.M. here).
It was a couple of long hot days (94 here the past two days) but I've been waiting on this for a long time!
Another good couple of bump days!

[stephen44]

looking good - sorry if i missed it - but what prep and products did you use for the engine - it looks really good ?

- Stephen

[guerra]

Jeff that paint job on your motor looks killer. it looks looks so smooth. like you dipped the whole thing in a big ole vat of FORD blue. i am really digging it.

[OldRedFord]

I like your color choices. Looks like a few of us will be firing up fresh motors soon!

[FreakysFords]

Man that's a clean install! Nice man.

Close now for certain!

Frank

[basketcase0302]

stephen44 on Mon May 03, 2010 6:48 am
looking good - sorry if i missed it - but what prep and products did you use for the engine - it looks really good ?

- Stephen

Thanks Stephen, most of the parts were sandblasted by my buddy Doug / then kleanstrip rust convertor (couldn't afford POR products) / then primer / then two or three coats of Rustoleum engine enamel (autozune right down the street). I've got some paint that the cold weather months back orange peeled on me, but it's gotta do for now.

guerra on Mon May 03, 2010 12:07 pm
Jeff that paint job on your motor looks killer. it looks looks so smooth. like you dipped the whole thing in a big ole vat of FORD blue. i am really digging it.

Thanks guerra. It's the third engine in my lifetime I've been able to take the time to paint like this. I've just never cared for what machine shops and engine builders leave us with for paint quality.
My son Zach has started to call me "Picaso" because of this engine build!

OldRedFord on Mon May 03, 2010 3:30 pm
I like your color choices. Looks like a few of us will be firing up fresh motors soon!

Thanks Tim, I sure hope so.
I believe I'll be a few weeks behind you due to other stuff going on and work.

FreakysFords on Mon May 03, 2010 7:36 pm
Man that's a clean install! Nice man.

Close now for certain!

Frank

Thanks Frank, at my age I just don't like wrenches slipping on greasy parts anymore.
I just hope all the gaskets hold, so it don't get all greasy very fast!

Life's too short, drive a bump!

[OldRedFord]

Life's too short, drive a bump!

Somebody needs to make that into a bumper sticker.

[FreakysFords]

[bb429power]

Looking good, looking good, looking good! The engine is sooooo purty!

[basketcase0302]

Finally a little more progress yesterday, the new job's keeping me pretty busy with "homework".

My son Zach and I got the primary pipes, (from the manifolds to rear cab area) bolted on yesterday. Zach got the rust convertor on them this week and rattle can black stove painted. Thanks again to my buddy Doug for welding up the holes where the old "H" pipe were.
We also got the correct bellhousing bolts installed (the build has mostly been like this-pulling from my nuts and bolts bins because they were never there to start with) / C-6 tranny fittings installed / alternator brackets cleaned up and painted / mechanical fuel pump installed / SBF distributor cleaned up and Pertronix installed / oil in the engine and primered (had 65 PSI using the 1/2" drill) / starter, solenoid and battery cables thrown in.

And got to spin the engine over for a few minutes with the starter!
It was another good bump day yesterday, hopefully I'll have another today.

Getting real close to firing the "little 302".

[TNIceWolf]

Keepin my fingers crossed for ya Basketcase. That would make at least two of the big boys running again this year!
We are bringing them back one bolt at a time if need be! I had better get moving on mine....ya makin me look bad.