Thanks for the offer Kevin, I'll keep that in mind.

 

Well how nice. I hate it when ppl do that.

 

Yea, I've had more than 5 of those in the past two days alone.
And I also love the "motor in excellent condition" then they tell me that they don't know if it runs, or it is stuck, or the world famous, "It ran when it was parked....... 30 years ago".

 

Sorry to read about your engine woes Joe. Hope this gets resolved for you soon. Merry Christmas.

 

Well it's been a long (and no so good) winter. Right around Christmas Josh Madsen hooked me up with an engine builder friend of his and I made a deal on a rebuilt Flathead. It was shipped out just after new years and arrived at me neighbors shop about the 2nd week of Jan. Unfortunately we have a had a rather bad spell here. My wife's sister wound up in the hospital in SC and we had to spend a few weeks back and forth there to help her out. After that it was like we all took turns with health issues between myself, Patti and Patti's daughter, coupled with probably the coldest, snowiest and wettest winter since I moved to TN.
Any how, today I finally made it to the neighbors today and we hauled the 'New to me' flathead home.
I went out to the barn and started sorting through all the parts that were returned by the shop that did not do the rebuild which were thrown together in several boxes. It turns out that he failed to actually return any of the nuts and bolts. So I spent the afternoon with the parts book getting all the sizes and thread counts on everything and compiled a list. He had included several gaskets but not all so I had to hunt those down, finally ordering them from Denis Carpenter.

Here is what I saw when I opened the crate....

 

It looks like Santa came to your place today.

 

Looks a beauty, Joe!

What bolts do you need? Intake, exhaust, carb? Flywheel, PP?

 

Carb studs and fuel pump stand studs are still in the intake, I need to get Intake, thermostat housing, exhaust, Flywheel, PP, Crank pulley, exhaust pipe to intake studs, water pump, fan bracket, coil bracket,oil filter tank and probably a few more..... off to TSC in the morning.
I thought about calling the shop, but I think I'd rather pay a few bucks for all new rather than driving over 200 miles and then sorting out and cleaning all the old stuff.

BTW, is the head torq sequence in the shop manual? I know that you can do it in your sleep.

 

Sad but true!

If you want high-quality and authentic bolts, try here for all except the PP and flywheel: Roy Nacewicz Enterprises Ltd - Ford Bolts

 

Yes, it's in the shop manual. And it's pretty easy to find on the internet. This is from VanPelt's.



Joe, let me know if you can't find something. I might have it.

 

Well, after months of setbacks related to health issues of mine and other family members I finally got some time to get back in the shop and get the new motor installed in Edith.
About noon yesterday we got her fired up and rolled her out of the shop. After some final checks she made the maiden voyage with the new power plant around the neighborhood. I must ay that I never thought the oil pressure gauge was capable of getting above 30 lbs, but I stood corrected when it was reading almost 50 lbs.

 

Looking good!

 

That's great, Joe! Break it in right and get some miles on it.

 

Lookin' good, Joe. Edith should flatten those hills easily now.

 

Hey Joe. Looks great! Good to see that you've got her back together.

Did you just paint the alternator black? I like that. I may do the same just so it doesnt stand out so much.

Cheers
Josh