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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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I am new here even though I have 15 posts. I was excited to start posting , there are many good threads here.
I am not new to turning a wrench. I worked on trucks for almost 15 years and have worked on diesel locomotives for the past 5 years. I went to Palomar college in San Marcos for their diesel program in "92"

I owned a 61 uni body in the 80's that had a 6cyl. once the engine let go I put a 302/C4 with 4v and headers. It was fun I regret having let the truck go.

So now I found a "66" long bed with a moderate rust about it. The engine is looking more like a 390 since it has a 4v manifold and a alternator. I know this is just speculation but as soon as I get another starter I'm going to see if it fires. I got another carb from the bone yard and cleaned the tank and fuel line.
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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Go for it James, these are cool trucks that deserve to be repaired and restored.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 05:53 AM
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All 1965 and later Ford Passenger Cars, Trucks, Bronco's and Econolines have an alternator as standard equipment, as did 1963/64 Thunderbirds...the first Ford vehicles to have one as standard equipment.

The only V8 available in 1965/67 F100/350's was the 352 2V. 360/390 introduced in 1968 F100/350's, but the 390 with a 4V was not available in F100/350's until 1975.

A popular swap for these FE engined trucks is using the 4V intake manifold and carb from a 1965/70 Ford 390 Passenger Car.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
All 1965 and later Ford Passenger Cars, Trucks, Bronco's and Econolines have an alternator as standard equipment, as did 1963/64 Thunderbirds...the first Ford vehicles to have one as standard equipment.

The only V8 available in 1965/67 F100/350's was the 352 2V. 360/390 introduced in 1968 F100/350's, but the 390 with a 4V was not available in F100/350's until 1975.

A popular swap for these FE engined trucks is using the 4V intake manifold and carb from a 1965/70 Ford 390 Passenger Car.
I suppose they changed the manifold then. Either way it's going to be a fun project. I read somewhere that the trucks had generators on the 352's what ever it ends up being I will probably end up 390 or 360 if I just find a crank and reciprocating parts. I suppose that depends on the bore thickness of the block.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 01:31 AM
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I read somewhere that the trucks had generators on the 352's what ever it ends up being I will probably end up 390 or 360 if I just find a crank and reciprocating parts. I suppose that depends on the bore thickness of the block.
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Last year for generators in Passenger Cars (except 1963/64 Thunderbird's) / Trucks/Econolines = 1964.

The 352 was introduced in 1965 F100/350's, used thru 1967 (1958/67 Ford Passenger Cars).
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 02:47 PM
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352's some times do not like to bore to the 4.05 of the 360/390 This is just under the maxium allowed bore for rebuild of the 352. With the large overbore the walls are thinner on a 352 and overheating or cracking can occur.

If you want a 390 look for a reverse 105 360/390 truck block and build it.

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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 03:15 PM
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1965/67 352/390/410/428 / 1968/70 428 / 1968/76 360/390 engines were all cast as 352's, so there shouldn't be a problem boring the 352's 4.00 bore to 4.05...since Ford did the same thing.

I did this in 1981, boring the original 352 in my 1965 F100 (with 157,000 miles) to 390 standard, then added the 390's pistons, rods and crank.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
1965/67 352/390/410/428 / 1968/70 428 / 1968/76 360/390 engines were all cast as 352's, so there shouldn't be a problem boring the 352's 4.00 bore to 4.05...since Ford did the same thing.

I did this in 1981, boring the original 352 in my 1965 F100 (with 157,000 miles) to 390 standard, then added the 390's pistons, rods and crank.
Boring it to 4.05 sounds good. .050" is a fair bore oversize. I have yet to see the inside of a FE but I think it would be fairly obvious if the bore is to small as garbz2 stated.
 
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