Sorry to everyone for my all over the place thread I believe I'm back on track. You realize quite quickly you need a full proof plan and now that I have one it's time to get going with it.

 

I just got my lifting lug fresh from fabrication. 2~5/8 " plates welded together. With a 2 Ton Crosby Shackle. Going to be lifting the engine out with the transmission detached. The lifting location is to be from the carburetors 3 bolt holes.

 

Everything went just as planned..

The Ford Flathead V8 has now departed the F3 body and is now ready to be hot rodded.



I first started by draining the engine of its oil, which proved to be quite the task since the drain plug bolt is oversized for what I had for sockets. Nothing that a hammer and a Ukrainian socket set couldn’t handle. Then I disconnected the exhaust from the exhaust manifold. The right side was easily accessed using an impact but the left side I had to use a socket with an extension and a rod attached to the handle to give leverage. Then I loosened the front engine bolts, followed by the tranny bolts. I removed the top two hard to get at transmission bolts and left all the others hand tight. I did one final check to make sure I didn’t miss anything and hooked up the sling system.




Lastly pulled the engine forward to the grill and then straight up. Came out really easy and the lifting position was perfectly centered. Then set it on a pallet and secured it down with ratchet straps ready to ship to the engine builders next month.

 

Good Morning Everyone;

I have been searching through all the forums and I beleive I have the answer to my question which is:

"Will 1952 F3 Front Inner Fender Supports work and be completly compatible with 1952 F1 Front Fenders"

What I have found is that yes the front supports are exactly the same from F1-F6. Is this correct?

Thanks

Mathew Chrystian

 

I don't know if F-1 through F-6 inner fenders are exactly alike or not but probably. I used my F-3 inner fenders with fiberglass F-1 replacement fenders with no problem.

 

You read my mind exactly I am as well ordering fiberglass F-1 replacements out of Ontario. So that makes me breath a little easier.

 

Mattie, does your engine builder want the engine complete? If not, I would strip it before you ship it and keep every possible part, nut, and bolt so they dont get lost by the builder. Just a little heads-up based on past personal experience. BTW, great thread and project, the pics are really good, too.

 

You are exactly correct, just secured it down so it didn't get knocked over or anything while it sits during the week.

The builder only wants the block and recommended to save some cash to take off everything on my own time. He insists to only install brand new parts to get the most out of a rebuild. Below is a taste of what I am shooting for, things to be all finalized once I meet with him next month.



Thanks it's kind of been an all over the place thread until now where I have the plan worked out but I guess thats how things go with these sorts of builds!

 

Today was the day I decided it was time tospend some money after a year and a half of planning I made my first bigpurchase. I ordered a TCI frame from Watson’s Hot Rods. I got the followingoptions:

-disks on the front drums on the rear

-four link rear suspension

-coil overs on all four corners

-mustang || front end

-power rack

-3.73 rear end

-Ford Flathead V8 engine mounts andbrackets installed

-clutch master cylinder to fit the T5transmissions hydraulic clutch

-2 inch drop (equates to a 4 inch drop fromstock height)

Frame is being built as we speak shouldhave pictures up in 4-6 weeks. May not be as rewarding as doing everythingyourself but when time is a crunch it is always nice to purchase your way intoa rolling frame.

****Edit: Decided to change my mind and go without power steering.

 

Tonight I finished the tear down of my 1952Flathead V8. I removed heads, intake manifold, exhaust manifold, and all otherparts in-between. It is now down to just the block on the pallet ready to beshipped.

The plan is to get it loaded and wrappedfor travel tonight. Heading out to Saskatoon, Sask. this weekend to Jitney AutoParts to get my engine rebuilt and performance upgraded. Full list of exactlywhat I want will be finalized when we meet this weekend. (Something similar towhat I have had previously posted budget depending is all.)

 

Finally got the issues with the Bobcatfigured out and got the engine loaded and shrink wrapped ready for transport.First thing I have ever put in the box of my truck which is sad to say but ohwell. Heading off tomorrow to hopefully not blow the budget sky high but itsold trucks and fun engines it will be hard to resist.











Probably did not need 5 pictures of nothingbut hey why not its Friday.

 

Pictures are easy to read. You're making great progress. Did you leave pulleys and flywheel on so that they could balance the rotating assembly? If not, be sure to remind them that you want your pulleys and crank bolt back. Personally, I think balancing has a good return on investment.

 

I would have removed them however with the Bobcat issues and misc. things I had to get done this week I ran out of time to remove everything. I got as much as I could removed to help save cost for them removing everything. Everything minus the block will be new parts not reusing any of the old parts. I only want to do the engine rebuild once. So im spending the money the first time and going all new.

 

I'll suggest that you ask if they can dynamically balance what you are going to run with then. Preferably from the pulleys to the pressure plate. Especially if you're going to make it rock and roll. But, you probably already know that.

Edit - Are you going with a serpentine belt?

 

Well over 1100 kilometers, 3 tanks of fuel, hotel room, 4.5 hour meeting with Jitney Autoparts in Saskatoon; A engine build list has been completed. Below is a list of the parts that will be going into my 1952 Flathead engine throughout this winter. I will be hearing it running and picking it up end of May 2014. I have finished my plan, ordered 2 substantial items so far this year. Hopefully finish my tear down, body fixes and odd ends yet this summer.

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-Disassembly and Cleaning<O</O
-Basic Engine Build<O</O
-Upgrade to 276 CI / Merc Crank / 0.125 Bore Over
-Isky 400 JR Cam<O</O
-Porting and Relieving<O</O
-Painting<O</O
-Offenhauser Dual Intake<O</O
-Offenhauser Heads<O</O
-Polish Heads<O</O
-3 Stromberg '97' Carbs.<O</O
-Muroc Carb Stacks<O</O
-Ceramic Seal Water Pump<O</O
-Mallory Electrontic Distributor<O</O
-Mallory Coil<O</O
-Taylor 8MM Red Plug Wires<O</O
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-8MM Stainless Steel/Aluminum Wire Looms<O</O
-Polished Rear Breather<O</O
-PCV Setup<O</O
-Polished Center Mount Alternator <O</O
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-Polished Aluminum Thermostat Housing<O</O
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-Head Bolt Set (C/W Chrome Acorns and Nuts)<O</O
-Stainless Steel Braided Fuel Lines<O</O
-Holley Electric Fuel Pump<O</O
-Holley Fuel Pressure Regulator<O</O
-Optima Red Top Battery<O</O
-Fenton Cast Iron Headers<O</O
-Ceramic Coat Headers<O</O
-Stainless Steel Misc. Bolt Kit<O</O
-10" Clutch Disc and Pressure Plate<O</O
-Rebuilt T5 (5 Speed Tranny)<O</O
-T5 Adpater C/W Install Kit<O</O
-Powermaster 12V Starter (Stock Looking)<O</O
-Walker "Z" Core Radiator (Black Copper)<O</O
-Stainless Steel Radiator Pipe Kit and Hoses<O</O
-Labor to Dynamically Balance Setup, Install Transmission and Break in Run

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****Totaling hopefully if all goes as planned 250 horsepower.

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Above is a picture of a show engine he had for me to take a look at.

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Above is a picture of some heads and misc. parts he has been collecting.

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Engine is dropped off.<O</O