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Got the adapter today and was a little wary about how well a clamp would hold a rubber hose onto another rubber hose. Anyway, it is what it is so I filled her up with coolant and started the engine. Normally the temperature would float between 225-240 depending. Well this radiator is a high efficiency core with 1/2" tubes on 3/8" centers, instead of 9/16" centers, in a copper/brass construction. Today the temperature, in the driveway steadied up at 221-222 F for the 20 minutes it ran sitting still. After the rain I will take it out for a longer ride than previously were I only got a taste of her new torque and power.
Ready to go in which was a trick in itself for one person. After getting it all the way down except for the last 2" I had my wife use the lever on the lift while I moved from side to side and top to bottom trying to get everything lined up.
First of all it looks great, but....you used a cherry picker to set the intake...wus. LOL I like when folks post a series of pics AFTER it's done, without all the commentary. Good work man.
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Nice looking engine and nice looking truck (what I could see of it). I noticed your engine has the reverse "105" cast into it instead of the more common "352". From what I've read, reverse "105" engines usually started life as a heavy duty FT block - which would seem to be a good thing for longevity. Any comments on the origin of your block? Do you have any plans for the empty spot on your crank pulley (power steering)? Glad your cooling issues appear to be under control. Have fun!
Nice looking engine and nice looking truck (what I could see of it). I noticed your engine has the reverse "105" cast into it instead of the more common "352". From what I've read, reverse "105" engines usually started life as a heavy duty FT block - which would seem to be a good thing for longevity. Any comments on the origin of your block? Do you have any plans for the empty spot on your crank pulley (power steering)? Glad your cooling issues appear to be under control. Have fun!
Changed a picture as there was a duplicate which left other a bottom shot showing D4TE. The PO told me he blew the original 352 and it was replaced with a 1974 360 engine. According to the Ford Big Block book this is the block with extra webbing inside and so a nice block to have. The empty spot will stay an empty spot as I enjoy the manual steering. Discs, though, are within the next 4 months.
If the weather cooperates on Jan. 5th then I will take the truck out to Cars $ Coffee at the Blackhawk Museum where I'll meet up with my Cougar Club. They have been told that if and when I show it will be in a vehicle that they have never seen. None of them have ever seen the F100 or the Mustang with only two of them seeing the Polara. Out in the open I can get some clear shots of the truck.
No way I would trust that radiator hose, especially in summer heat
Actually I don't drive any of my older cars when it is hot. Since the Bay Area is usually between 70-85 during the summer that is easy and besides I don't subject them, or me, to higher temperatures.
Prostock: nice link. I am entrusted with the care of a TBM3E on board the USS Hornet Museum so that is where my interest stems from. Pictures from 1999-2000.
Absolute beautiful job on the engine. Your front pulley is just the one I need, do you have a part number off of it? Is that two single pulleys or one double? I have a double and a triple however the belt spacing is odd and the gap for the PS is too wide and won't line up and they are Ford parts. In fact I am getting a nice collection of pulleys and harmonic balancers but none are the right combination.
I volunteer at the Aero Space Museum at McClellan and we are restoring a Cessna twin, a T-50 Bobcat made famous by the Sky King TV series, his first Songbird. It was donated to the museum by the owner who was in his late 80's and had to retire from flying. The Bobcat still had it's airworthy cert and had just had major engine rebuilds the previous year. I have been replacing the wooden blocks that attach to the metal frame that the fabric covering attaches to and I made new wood parts for the turtle deck where the stringers attach. Now we're working in the in side of the cabin.
In the lobby of the McClellan VA Outpatient Clinic there is a large handmade model of the USS Hornet with a ton of detail. I think it is 3 to 4 foot long or more under glass. I think it was displayed at a museum somewhere. The next time I go over there I will take a photo of it and post it for you.
You may notice the firewall was not painted. That was intentional. Back in 1998 when we stripped and painted the hanger deck of the USS Hornet we left one overhead panel un-painted. That was to show and leave a reminder and connection to the past of how it looked during 30 years in deep sleep. Similar to me scrapping 60 years of paint off a door and then finding a 48 star US Flag, on a gold flagstaff, and two Admiral stars telling me what the compartment was back in 1944.
I decided to do the same on the truck in a not so obvious place like we did with the Hornet. That place was the front of the firewall in the engine compartment. So I just cleaned it well with wax and grease remover and preserved that grease pencil marking that was there from the factory in 1965.
Nice looking engine and nice looking truck (what I could see of it). I noticed your engine has the reverse "105" cast into it instead of the more common "352".
From what I've read, reverse "105" engines usually started life as a heavy duty FT block.
Reverse 105 does not denote an FT block.
Reverse 105 foundry mark replaced the 352 foundry mark circa 1971.
12-24-2014, 07:25 PM
