Parting a 302
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Cargo Master
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Parting a 302
I've disassembled the old 302 from truck and I was wondering what if anything I could get by selling the remaining good parts from it. Aside from the block being bad, everything else is still good. It still ran OK before I pulled it.
I know this question may be area dependent but instead of just scrapping it, I'd like to make a few bucks selling the parts in my area. If I could get another good block for cheap, I could even build another good engine if and when my finances improve.
Any advice or should I just haul it all off to the scrap yard?
I know this question may be area dependent but instead of just scrapping it, I'd like to make a few bucks selling the parts in my area. If I could get another good block for cheap, I could even build another good engine if and when my finances improve.
Any advice or should I just haul it all off to the scrap yard?
More Turbo
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what year probably dont matter much if the blocks no good. how many miles? if its a roller engine someone on ebay might give you a couple bucks for the lifters. cam- not much market there. pistons and rods- maybe if someones rebuilding on a budget if the skirts arent shot they could get new rings, probably can get 50. bucks on ebay. i would clean up the old stuff and put her on ebay. oh the heads they make good boat anchors!
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Cargo Master
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Yes it's a roller cam. The internals are in surprisingly good shape for having nearly 216K. The cylinders still had honing marks that were still visible.
I was surprised none of the valves were burned on the heads and there wasn't that much carbon built up the surface. I remember pulling Ford engines apart with barely over 100K on them in the early 80's and there would always be a few burned valves and the carbon would really thick.
I was surprised none of the valves were burned on the heads and there wasn't that much carbon built up the surface. I remember pulling Ford engines apart with barely over 100K on them in the early 80's and there would always be a few burned valves and the carbon would really thick.
More Turbo
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yep they are probably e7te heads. i mean they are not junk but just not a big market, too much competition from the gt40 p heads from explorers or gt 40 heads that are so sought after when building a 5.0 . I actually had a set of e7's on craigslist for 50 bucks and never had so much as an offer. good luck on your parting out!
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In the US, parts are always worth more than assembled machines. If you have the space to keep the pieces for a while i would say disassemble that engine and get some money selling the parts on E-bay and Craiglist, good luck!.
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Cargo Master
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Yes, the engine is completely apart. I do have some room to store them. I'll have to be patient with the flakes at CL. I think we have more flakes in our area than Kelloggs does.
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Like i said before , keep the 94 F4TE roller cam , lifters and roller accsories , the 94 cam is a good upgrade over the 92-93 cam , the F4TE cam with a set of 1.72 ratio rockes is a good set up for the 302.....Lew
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I could keep the cam as a spare. It still looked great and doesn't show much wear despite the mileage. I did have a problem with pulling the old lifters from the old block. They just would not pull out. I had to knock them down into the block to get them out.
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