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Feb 17, 2004 | 09:04 AM

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Mike G

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Your favorite machine shop just might even have an extra block laying around. Sometimes the projects take too much money to "get out of hawk" and parts are left at the shop....

--Mike

Feb 17, 2004 | 09:17 AM

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fordpilot2

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From: Portland Oregon

Just a heads up if you go for a new block as
I have. There are apparently some issues
on mounting bolt patterns. Two bolt vs
three bolt or something like that. My
core is in the soak tank at the rebuilders
so I have not figured it out. There
was a thread on this a couple months ago.

Good Luck!

Feb 17, 2004 | 10:15 AM

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debestuss

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From: Fort Rucker, AL

This may cause some of you to cringe but I've been calling around and can have that cylinder bored and sleeved for about $100. I think I'm going to go for it. Wish me more luck.

Feb 17, 2004 | 11:49 AM

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rusty70f100

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Be sure the sleeve ends up being the same bore size as the rest of 'em.

Feb 17, 2004 | 07:12 PM

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I'm all over it. I made it a special point to be redundant on telling the guy that the sleeved cylinder had to be 30 over when all was said and done.

Feb 17, 2004 | 07:14 PM

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I've another question now. I numbered the rod caps so I could put them on the same connecting rod, is that necessary? I did it because I heard a long time ago that I should.

Feb 17, 2004 | 07:18 PM

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Putt

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Yes it is critical to put on the same cap/rod combo.

Feb 17, 2004 | 09:20 PM

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rusty70f100

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Absolutely critical!!! Make sure they're pointing the same way they were when you took 'em off, too.

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Feb 18, 2004 | 07:47 AM

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Thanks guys. I will.

Feb 21, 2004 | 08:40 AM

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debestuss

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I had that cylinder sleeved and it is awesome. I did find the marking that Ratsmoker was talking about and it's 352. So far so good.

Feb 21, 2004 | 05:35 PM

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I had to sleeve a cylinder in my 60 thunderbird (352) same problem you had wrist pin came loose and gouged the wall. it cost me an xtra $50.00 while they were boring it out 30, anyway to ease your mind it still runs perfect no problems since. oldcarnut - 77supercab, 60 custom t-bird, 88escort beater

Feb 21, 2004 | 07:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by debestuss
I had that cylinder sleeved and it is awesome. I did find the marking that Ratsmoker was talking about and it's 352. So far so good.

Keep in mind that the 352 there means next to nothing. You could have anything from a 352 - a 428. Even the mighty 427 had 352 there. Later blocks (post '72) usually had a mirror image of the number 105 there. I think you can see it in my gallery on one of my pictures.