Ford 292 Rebuild Update

all american boy

all american boy

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All the valves are out of the both heads.

Used my NAPA valve spring compressor.

It has braces welded on to keep it from spreading using

it on racing valve springs.

Found burnt oil on the back of about half the exhaust valves.

It's going to need everything.

Can't have oil getting past guide into combustion chamber.

Thanks!
 
Measuring broken piston.

Going to get one piston from Rock Auto.

Put engine back together

Reason?

Put it back together before forget how it goes together.

Keep all the parts together in one place.
 
all american boy said:
Measuring broken piston.

Going to get one piston from Rock Auto.

Put engine back together

Reason?

Put it back together before forget how it goes together.

Keep all the parts together in one place.
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If possible, weigh the new and an old piston to make sure the weights are close. Also, compare pin heights on the off chance they send you a truck 292 piston and you wonder why that new piston doesn't come all the way up!
 
"weigh the new and an old piston"

"compare pin heights"

Thanks.

Machine shop says measurement showed 'flanging'.

They thought from banging piston and rod out with

regular hammer handle end.

Banged some out the bottom and some out the top past ring ridge.

Some would not come out bottom like big block Chryslers and late hemi's.

They all come out bottom on those.
 
The first engine I ever built was put together with scrounged up used parts. The bearings and a gasket set were the only new parts. Probably spent less than $20 for the whole thing.
Drove it around for several months until I got tired of all the rattling and clattering noise it made, was worried it would start throwing parts.
Ended up replacing the engine with another one that was built better.
 
Have not listed little things.

Well yeah we're going to get a gasket set

Yes. Will get ridge out of there.

This is engine was in fair shape when it came apart.

I repeat.

Want all the parts in one place for the short term.
 
Looked like mostly carbon to me.

Anybody know how to get the carbon out

without 'shaping' the bore?

Probably some chemical.

Don't think Gumout would have any affect on it.

Gasoline? That might work.
 
Sounds like you are trying to go the quickie route here...take dmsfrr's anecdote as a lesson.

However if you must, why not just rehone it all?
 
'sandblasting the carbon out'

No. Thanks anyhow.

Sandblasting block and heads is out too.

Don't want to 'shape' any machined surfaces.

'just rehone it all'

Looking into that.

New rings. That I would go for.

Probably should get new pistons.

When I was traveling a guy said ' If one piston crumbled apart, the

rest are right behind.'

Only other thing we thought of is new umbrella valve seals.

Piston tops and valve back sides on a couple cylinders had

burnt oil on them.
 
if you buy new pistons why not bore it then oil on the back side of the valves then the oils seal were bad on the valves
I have never good luck patching a motor
 
I'd say it depends a lot on what you need an engine to do. I've had engines rusted stuck that I got freed up and ran them, just because I could. I have replaced one piston with a used one when I was a kid on the farm. It's all I had and it ran my old jitney around the fields and pastures just fine. Just go for it. Even if it doesn't end well, you learned a lot.
 
all american boy;1473518 Banged some out the bottom and some out the top past ring ridge.[/QUOTE said:
You could have just gotten one of those handheld ridge reamers and used it to ream all the ridges down flush with the rest of the bore, and then pushed all the pistons out the top. You ought to ream the ridges regardless which way the pistons come out. So, its now or later right?
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Valve seals are usually included in a complete engine gasket set, so don't go buying them separately unless you are sure the gasket kit you are buying doesn't already have them.
Wire brush or a wire-wheel in a drill can be effective in removing carbon
 
"why not bore it"

That would go with complete rebuild. This is different.

"need an engine to do"

Run when we start it up. Without anything letting go with damage.

"handheld ridge reamers"

Might have the machine shop do that. I myself not good with them.

"gotta start somewhere"

True. Started myself with a '59 DKW 175 and '59 Royal Enfield 350 Bullet.

Many Mopars etc. '57 Corvette. '52 Chrysler Imperial Dual Ghia limo. Dodge

'42 Power Wagon Ambulance. '47 Cadillac coupe and convertible.

'54 Ford Showcar. About 4 or 5 '55 Studebaker coupes and 2 doors.

I'll stop now.

"Even if it doesn't end well, you learned a lot."

Doing my best to have it run a little better that it did when I got it.

"learn more from our mistakes than from when everything went right,lol."

Plan on this going right for what it is. Hey. Anybody can make a mistake.

Stuck carburetor floats. Washes down the motor. Bad things happen

then.See if you can avoid that mistake.
 
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