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1977 F750 391
Any magicians out there?
This intake water cooling hose fitting broke off pretty much flush with the manifold.
Not a straight shot to drill and tap. Hole is behind water pump and front cover and slightly offset.
Looks like crank pulley has to come off to get front cover off.
Front cover has bracket attached to front motor mount.
Too much trouble for freaking fitting.
Any ideas?
Also, where can I find info on aligning a distributor with proper timing order? Thnx.
I had to cut a fitting like that to get it out of a water pump once. I needed to reuse the fitting, so I just cut the old water pump housing. Of cousre you need to reverse the process. See if you have a small diameter hack saw blade or just tape up a regular blade, put grease to catch the shavings and cut a groove in the pipe. Make sense? Even a sawzall blade that will fit inside the pipe will work, and way faster. Once the grove is cut (in the pipe), take a flat tip screwdriver and collapse the pipe in on itself and remove.
I thought about that suggestion first, but it you collapse it and it does not come out, then it is in your way to cut the groove. So I would cut the groove 1st, can't do anything but help.
I thought about that suggestion first, but it you collapse it and it does not come out, then it is in your way to cut the groove. So I would cut the groove 1st, can't do anything but help.
I was just thinking ... ooops, there I go again .... if the narrow sharp point of the awl is inserted between the outer wall of the rusty tube remains and the inner wall hole in the intake ... and driven a bit ... it has to crush inwards and then I'd just grab it with my small needle nose vice grips if it hasn't already fallen out.
The cutting of a groove ... if done too deep ... could lead to a leak ... but then sealant should handle that.
Thank you, but that is a new issue. The manifold is held in by bolts that are angled to the block. 4 of mine have the heads almost rusted off. 2 are accessible thru the valve cover with vice grips, but 2 have no internal access. Would have to drill and eazy out hopefully. Might go that route if fitting base cannot be removed.
Are you going to rebuild this engine? Start spraying all of those bolts for the intake with something and exhaust manifold bolts too. Anything to help not break a bunch off. To get that fitting out, I would just start with small screw driver or picks and start caving the side inward to collapse it and dig it out.
Not rebuilding totally. PO said it was rebuilt, but hasn't run in 8 years. Just going thru major stuff, cooling, fuel, brakes, exhaust, trying to at least get engine going to check out crane.
Pretty much using PB blaster by the quart. Don't want to rebuild, just get it started and running. Going thru carb, radiator, cooling, fuel, brakes, exhaust basically.
