Ran great when parked!
Ran great when parked!
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Joined: May 2010
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From: Moyie, BC Canada
Owch... good luck, hope it's not too bad.
Cargo Master
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Windermere Valley,B.C. Ca
The sooner the better,……..actually, with all the right groveling noises made towards the flatty guys,……cut your loses NOW, right NOW, do the 302 NOW! Unless you like being tortured indefinitely with questionable results and high costs?
This can be patched with used parts, as can the other things that might come up, the compression on that cylinder might be a little low with that big score in it though!
The 302 is realistically a year long project and many dollars no matter how it is done. It’s time for some soul searching because unfortunately the flatty could be just as bad time and money wise and then you might not be happy with something you can not drive on the freeway. Is it worth the gamble, only you can decide that, but you are going to have to make that decision NOW and live with whatever the consequences are?
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Fleet Owner
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From: NM
Stick a fork in it, that's done... The "drop in quick and cheaply" solution is a clean, used flat motor (6 or V8).
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From: Burbank, WA
I can't believe no one's offered the JB weld fix yet. Or, that'll buff right out. ;-)
Sorry for the bad luck. On the more positive side, if the rest of the block is still good, someone is bound to have a junk block with good main caps available. With a quick line bore and new main bearings, it could be good as new.
Sorry for the bad luck. On the more positive side, if the rest of the block is still good, someone is bound to have a junk block with good main caps available. With a quick line bore and new main bearings, it could be good as new.
Fleet Owner
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From: NM
I'm at a loss to understand how that got cracked. Installed without being seated correctly? Bolts not torqued? The block may be OK, caps can be interchanged. Crank is likely shot. But I know where you can get a couple of flatmotors:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ng-advice.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ng-advice.html
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Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Denton, TX
about to go out, drop the pan with plans of pulling the engine this weekend. city motors in Dallas will vat, magnaflux the block for $45, they only charge $8 per hole to bore it. so I'm going to start there, see if the blocks good.
Thanks for all the input, pokes.
Thanks for all the input, pokes.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jun 2010
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From: East KY
Man you are lucky. I'd probably have to drive at least 150 miles in any direction to get that done around here. I guess we now know why it was parked in 1964. I was just sitting here thinking. I wonder what percentage of the F1's were still on the road in 1964. And what percentage of those suffered engine failures like that during that time period. I make a mental note of the "family truck" stories that I hear on here. Seems like most of them involve somebody parking them in the late 70's, early 80's. It would be an interesting little poll to hear when a lot of our trucks were retired the first time around.
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From: springfield il
i was gonna ask if the block itself was still good / repairable . instead of digging for old cores for your crank and rods let me point you in the direction of socal speedshop in ca . they are selling nos flathead parts from the infamous french flatheads that vern tardel / sf flatheads manage to acquire . they will sell you a brand new crank for like 250 , and new rods for about 200 . a lot cheaper than scrounging for useable cores and machine work . take a look at their site and at sf flatheads . lots of drooly items if you wanna get silly and dig the old stuff ............................
