Thread: Falcon's engine is almost out
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11-02-2006 03:55 PM #1
Falcon's engine is almost out
I almost got the engine out of the falcon. most everything came out clean, I broke 1 bolt off out of the thermostat housing, teacher wanted me to pull it out so a bolt could be inserted into it for pulling, needless to say, it snapped, left 90% of the bolt in the head, so welding on a nut should be no problem. other than that, all of the exhaust mainifold bolts are going to break, but that is a common problem with them, so I expected that. if I were pulling the motor at my house, I would have just pulled the valve cover and gotten long bolts for 2 of the head bolts, but to put the motor back in, this wouldn't work unless I put the head on after it's in the car, but I found 2 spots for pulling, the chain is real tight tho, I may pull the valve cover to gain some slack. I did forget to take the hood off, no big setback tho.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
That's funny about calling out the car models going by, that's one of my early memories sitting on a bus stop bench with my mom enthusiastically calling out the cool cars going by, I was about 4 or 5...
How did you get hooked on cars?