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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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Smile first timer doing engine rebuild.

so i bought a 71 250 , vin says 360 but stroke says 410 428. but any who just want to know what i need to know as far as what to do, what not to do. any help would be most helpful . thanks
 
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:25 AM
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First off, have patience. Make sure you have the correct tools to disassemble and assemble the engine properly. How will you be having the components cleaned after you have taken it apart?
 
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Old May 2, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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my nephew has a hot tank at school and it wont cost me thing. i got it out and the intake and heads off and its a 428.
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sam71sportcustom
my nephew has a hot tank at school and it wont cost me thing. i got it out and the intake and heads off and its a 428.
So it has the hatchet weight on the crank snout and a counterweight on the flywheel/flex plate ? 428's were external balance.
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 10:42 PM
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Anything mechanical should be inspected for damage or wear.Realistically an old Fe is probably pretty worn out by now. On my `71 F250 I tore it down and had the block checked for cracks.It was good but needed bored out.The heads need totaly rebuilt.

1 disassemble
2 clean
3 inspect
4 repair/replace
 
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Old May 8, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mark a.
So it has the hatchet weight on the crank snout and a counterweight on the flywheel/flex plate ? 428's were external balance.
That depends on the production year of the engine. The 428 CJs were externally balanced while the early 410s and 428s were internally balanced.
 
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