where to start?
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I think you will find it is a carb engine. I think Ford went to EFI in 1988. That lookes like a stock intake. You might end up with a great motor. Just do your basic trouble shooting. Be shure you spray some oil in the cylenders before you turn it over. I would chaqnge the oil and filter (see post on Rotella oil) prime it with a electric drill before you try to start it.
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From: Joppa, Maryland
alright, so change oil and filter, spray oil in cylinders and prime it.
Should I just take the plugs out and dump some of the rotella in the holes or is there another way to do it?
and the priming involves using an attachment for the drill and then what?
i'm such an engine newb.
Should I just take the plugs out and dump some of the rotella in the holes or is there another way to do it?
and the priming involves using an attachment for the drill and then what?
i'm such an engine newb.
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From: lino lakes, mn
look into the distributor hole their should be a hexagon shaft in there i think that it is 5/16 but could be 3/8 tape a socket on to an extension ( you dont want it to drop into the engine )chuck it into your drill iif you canj turn on the key and watch the oil pressure gauge or pop off a valve cover and watch for oil at the rocker arms the big reason you want to pre-lube an engine is to get oil to the bearings on the crank and cam a dry bearing may spin or gouge the babbit the reason for lubing the cylinders is to loosen stuck rings and disolve any rust or corrosion especially because the carb was off
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From: iowa
Yeah it matters, too much and you can lock it up. seriously though I just use a old squirt can type and put a couple of squirts of ATF into each cylinder then turn it over a couple of times without the plugs in (just incase it is too much and wants to hydrostatic lock on me, this would be very bad).
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right. just like when you suck in water, fluids not compressible.. bad things happen. I had planned on just turning it over a few times with the plugs out anyway just incase. thanks
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From: iowa
yes to all of the above, and add possible (but not probably) intake manifold, also include bad timing cover.
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alright. all kinds of stuff has fallen into the intake manifold and down the distributor hole. I think at this point it'd be easier to pull it out of the truck and work on it then leaving it in there, I guess I'll order an engine hoist from summit and a stand to put it on... and I need to find a book on "big block" fords. Is a carb plate enough to lift this engine or would you recommend attaching it to the hoist differently?
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summit wants to charge me 90 dollars to ship the 190 dollars engine hoist. I guess I'll have to stop by autozone tomorrow and see if they carry them. thanks for all the help everyone.Now that I think about it, I should probably still see if it will turn over before I spend money on a hoist and everything. I didn't even fill the oil back up after seeing all that antifreeze pour out. These engines you just remove the breather on the valve cover(driver side, front) to fill the oil?
I guess I can check the compression too. Would a bad head gasket give bad compression?
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Originally Posted by captain p4
I just picked up an '87 parts truck with a 460, no carb, no distributor. It has a 4 barrel intake manifold on it, but thats as far as I looked, as I haven't really had to time to dig into it yet.
Its an automatic, but 2wd. This 460 will bolt right up to my bronco's c6, right? (351m) I know I'll need motor mounts, different headers, etc.. but I'm no where near that stage yet.
I don't know what condition the engine is in other than what i've said thus far, so where do I start? Buy a carb and distributor and try to get it running? (I'll have to buy them sooner or later, so I don't see what it could hurt...) I'm looking at getting at least 400hp out of it when its all said and done, which shouldn't be too big of a problem. The truck is mostly a trail truck, so I'm not looking for 700hp at 8000 rpm or anything like that.
Point me in the right direction!
Its an automatic, but 2wd. This 460 will bolt right up to my bronco's c6, right? (351m) I know I'll need motor mounts, different headers, etc.. but I'm no where near that stage yet.
I don't know what condition the engine is in other than what i've said thus far, so where do I start? Buy a carb and distributor and try to get it running? (I'll have to buy them sooner or later, so I don't see what it could hurt...) I'm looking at getting at least 400hp out of it when its all said and done, which shouldn't be too big of a problem. The truck is mostly a trail truck, so I'm not looking for 700hp at 8000 rpm or anything like that.
Point me in the right direction!
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