Engine removal pics
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Is that the same as your old engine? And it looks like there's only TWO 10mm bolts that hold the carrier to the cylinder head, not EIGHT. This means the carrier is a later style.
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And what about the carriers on your old engine? Were there only two 13mm bolts on your old carriers? Because if so, your old carrier is newer than the one with the "new" engine. Sorry to sound so nitpicky. Perhaps I'm just pointing out very useless little details.
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Let me run to the shed. My old bolts and rocker carriers are out there. They're labeled tho.
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Well, if your injector hold-down claws do use a TX-45 and it does thread into the cylinder head, that tells me the cylinder head is a 20mm dowel head, but not necessarily the block. It could very well have 20mm heads being bolted to an 18mm block using the step down dowels.
I agree it does look a little dirty. Unfortunately there isn't a borescope small enough to fit through the injector cup hole that I'm aware of that can give you a positive view of the inside. You would likely need to pull the heads to see for sure, which I thought you were planning on doing anyways, just to see if they did install Black Onyx gaskets.
I agree it does look a little dirty. Unfortunately there isn't a borescope small enough to fit through the injector cup hole that I'm aware of that can give you a positive view of the inside. You would likely need to pull the heads to see for sure, which I thought you were planning on doing anyways, just to see if they did install Black Onyx gaskets.
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Okay, that's the good news. At least your replacement engine did come with the correct rear engine cover for a manual transmission application which has a more circular shaped bellhousing bolt pattern than the automatics.
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Well crap. Here's my old boxes
Yes sir,,,, there's 4 13mm bolts in there
What does that affect? I've got the equivalent of the 18mm(old style) rocker boxes, on a set of 20mm heads??? Figures!!!!!! What should I do?
Yes sir,,,, there's 4 13mm bolts in there
What does that affect? I've got the equivalent of the 18mm(old style) rocker boxes, on a set of 20mm heads??? Figures!!!!!! What should I do?
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Yes, they can using stepped 20 into 18mm dowels that come with the new cylinder head gasket sets from Ford.