Recent content by hotrod937

Looks like my timing is off. I was manually setting the dist oil pump gear on the closest tooth to the #1 firing at tdc. Now I know I can just do this.. http://modelabasics.com/Ignition.htm

Thank you so much for those part numbers!!! Got it. Too bad it's the one from the turd zone though. Probably gonna burn up faster than Chuck Liddel in that morning interview he did just before turning in.. Awe crap, just kidding Chuck I'm a huge fan. Please don't come kill me if you read this.

Went and tried to get an internal resistor 3 ohm coil and apparently there is no such thing at any parts store. It gives the same 2 or 3 coils for every application where a canister coil is called for. Found nothing on the internet about what vehicle to pull them from either. We pulled about...

So I had a Wico mag on this car and it was doo doo. Every old man I talked to told me to put on the stock ignition set up. So I have the stock stuff all installed save for the coil. I have read some threads and articles. http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140875...

Did some work today on the car.

Well the mystery spring is not part of the clutch. Where does it go? #2 Which way does the clutch pressure plate go in and how do I keep it centered when installing the engine? Do I need to pull the trans? Do I put them on the input shaft and then work the bolts from the crack? Not sure...

I thought it came from the bell housing area. Might be a clutch spring?

Now I've got the pan on and have this spring that I think cam out of the rear area of the motor where the bell housing is but am not sure. I put the smaller spring in the front cover where the cam is. Then there's the dist drive spring which is large and there was a spring bolted to the bottom...

Couple things. First here's how I got the cam gear nut off Take a sturdy set of vise grips and get them on there.. Next put a pry bar in there and turn. Hopefully it comes off. I also put some vise grips on the base circle of the cam to hold it. Didn't know the torque spec but lock tited...

Thanks a lot IP. Update. I've got the engine bottom end all buttoned up cotter pins and all. I'm putting on the oil pan now. It appears that the 2nd bronze thrust main gives me roughly 15 thou end play. I've cleaned everything out and hopefully she doesn't leak too much oil. Still have to...

We put large vise grips on the flat of the odd cam nut and ran a pry bar through the middle of the teeth. We gently held the cam on the base blank and torqued it down. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow..

Okay, my anger has calmed down. I've just been building so much stuff for other people and when I go to work on my own junk I hit brick walls. After destroying the new cam gear, I had one good gear left over from the other A motor. I didn't want to touch it as to break a 3rd one and be...

I gotta say I'm really starting to get very angry. After ruining the brass thrust bushing trying to weld on it I tried to replace the broken cam gear. The nut tool and cam tool thing I ordered are useless, don't work or fit. Edit: after looking online it appears the cam nut tool is for a T. I...

Thanks 37 Fordman for the amazing frame!

Don't hold it with your hand though. Get some rubber handle something to hold it. Air Fuel Spark is all an engine needs to run. The fuel part can get tricky as carbs are act funny with just a tiny piece of cotton in a hole that looks like it does nothing.