59F100":302t7f27 said:
59F100":302t7f27 said:
Well...I got the engine fired and broke the cam in yesterday (FINALLY!). It still needs some prettying up but I did not want the engine setting for too long after the rebuild without being run. Right now it will not idle so I have a few things to go back and do today...
-change oil/filter
-check rocker lash (static)
-check spark plugs
-check timing
-check vaccum (pretty sure I have a leak)
-check carb
I'll let you know how it turns out...I am not jumping for joy just yet but I am happy that it runs. It definitely has a different exhaust note than it had before. More "snappy" sounding...
UPDATE!!
I performed all of the above tasks along with a few more things. I had a HUGE vacuum leak on the intake causing the first three cylinders to NOT fire. That problem is posted here
http://fordsix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=66553
That problem was corrected and now the engine idle quality is much better AND my troublesome bog seems to be gone.
Not quite ready for the first test drive yet because my clutch linkage is not connected....
We are expecting rain the next few days so it'll be a bit before I get back on it...
Yeah so it hasn't exactly been raining since October of last year....I sort of lost motivation on this project and picked up on it this week just about exactly where I left off 11 months ago. So progress is still slow, but it's still progress right???....this week:
-install oil pressure sending unit, get working
-get temp sending unit connected and working
-replace clutch slave cylinder
-fab new hydraulic line between clutch master/slave cylinders if anyone know where to find an original looking replacement, please let me know,,,I've check LMC, Dennis Carpenter, and Obsolete Ford in OKC)
-bleed clutch master/slave cylinders
I admit, I had to do some looking to relocate a few pieces I had stowed away over the winter...hence a little slow progress this week. So now I had the clutch hooked up and it appeared to be disengaging amply enough. Gave the truck a once over for safety and tossed some jumper cables on the battery and fired that sucker up. I idled it down, pushed the clutch in and ran the "tree branch" through reverse, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and everything seemed okay. Now to let out the clutch...
I had intended to just roll back and forth to see if it would move under it's own power until my wife's grandfather (in his mid 80's) hopped in the passenger seat. Since he had been hanging out and helping me (my truck was in his pasture after all) I figured I would run it around the pasture....and so I eased the clutch out and gave her some gas and after some chatter and window rattlin' off we went!
It was immediately apparent that this engine was running better than it ever had and it is unfortunate that I don't know exactly what fixed it along the way. Throttle response is definitely "there" now...first gear, second gear....couldn't really hit 3rd gear in the pasture so we decided to take it down the road to my father-in-law's house (his son) and off we went out into the road for about a 1/4 mile. No real problems to note except that on the way back (getting dark) my headlights went out as if I blew a fuse. I will look into that tomorrow along with my horn which is not working either.
So in the end...I still have some quirks to work out but she's a DRIVER now!!!
Summer has finally left Oklahoma so I will continue to peck away on this truck until it's ready to drive on a regular basis (I'll recap that laundry list later). Right now, I bask in the joy of my small accomplishment.
so I am sucking it up and farming it out. I plan to pull the cam and send it to Delta for a re-grind (one-day turn-around) and then drop it off at the machine shop for the re-assembly. 
