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I double checked torque settings the bible shows 65-70 for head bolts.... 51 ford with 8ba I'm aware that puking does not mean overheating... But it was getting hot enough to boil fuel in the carb.. Not sure 100% of actual temp as I think my guage is off I will be replacing in near future...

Ok I haven't run a compression check yet but I did re torque the driver head to 70ftlbs in the proper order according to green bible... They all required some tightening ... I gonna take it to a cruise in tomorrow and see how she does I will also re torque passanger head .. I want to run it...

Ok I have the 8ba in my 51 .... We ran this weekend up to a carshow about 90 miles each way ... The car ran great up there .. Got a little hot while cruising through town in golden ... I stopped and let it cool off . Turns out was about 3/4 gallon low on coolant.. (It was full when I left the...

I have a pair that I took out of my 51 if they would work someone local could have them....

It is a nice clean truck...I'm not a skirts guy myself but to each there own.... I have a 52 f3 that I will be cloning a f1 I should get started on the build late summer...I can't wait to get it started bra nice addition to my 51 deluxe.... Now I just gotta sell one of the ElCaminos

ok guys It seemed to me when driving it the idle was way to fast... so I turned down the idle screw yesterday and set the idle to a more normal setting... I drove the car in 70 degree weather so it got nice and warm and it shut right down when I turned off the key.... Im happy about that im...

It's a dieseling effect.. Shut key of engine diesels and eventually stops... I'm thinking along the lines of fuel issue idle was set kinda high I lowered the idle a bunch I'll know more in a bit... It doesn't do it in driveway only after driving it a bit and heating engine up... I tested...

^^^ I agree weird.... No I do not have an electric fan though .. I'm running an bubba's dizzy and a gm single wire alt, car is 12 v converted otherwise everything iS basicly stock under hood

Thanks Jim I'll check it out tonight

Oh here goes my 51 is running an 8ba with a new bubba's distributor. After running a while and the motor is good and hot.. I go to shut the car off turn ignition switch off and the motor chugs a bit before finally shutting down... I know the ignition is powered off ... The timing pointer is set...

Well I didn't get as far as I would like this weekend I went to the drag races on sat instead. I got the new ignition module in mail so I went to install it today.. pulled the old module and installed the new module tried to get the car to fire... no dice still no spark.. I inspected the coil...

well no new photos to post today. but im making progress and im on the home stretch.. hopefully I can have a few photos in next few days.. Cleaned all the tools trash and junk out of the passenger side of car vacuumed the carpet.. then pulled the carpet up after removing door sill.. I ran...

well made it out to garage tonight.. pulled steering wheel apart and cleaned up all the contact points for the horn.. got continuity through the horn wire through column.. hooked up the wire to the harness.. installed the horn back under the hood, hooked everything up and give it a whirl....HOLY...

Ok finished everything up under the hood including the brake switch wiring... Went to set timing on the car and the battery was dead... Well I hate to admit but last time I worked on the car I was testing circuits and left the ignition switch on... Well needles to say I charged battery and...

Dan ill look into it .. I wired it up as instructed per the manufacturer of the harness .. the heavy gauge charge wire from fuse block to the output post on the alternator 8-10ga... and an additional wire or Bypass from output stud to bat side of solenoid 12ga.. the harness came pre wired for...