Hello Everyone!
I am starting this topic due to my recent decision to dive into the motor.
Here is a quick recap: The falcon has been sitting for over 20 years, the motor was starting then stalling. I put in a new fuel system front to back. Rebuilt carburetor, new ignition switch, starter solenoid, starter, coil, wires, dizzy cap, rotor, points, and condenser. I may be missing something but ask if needed.
Starting compression when I got the car, just to check if it would run was between 65-90 on all 6 cyl. Compression now is 1:65 2:135 3:140 4:135 5:135 6:140
Thats when I decided to dive in to find the problem, seems like there was a broken ring and it scraped with cyl wall. If you want to see the whole process getting to this point see the thread: Smoke from Carb, where my project continues to snowball.
Where I am at now: Head is off and out of the car (working on disassembly of all the valves to clean and hand lap them. Block is still in the car, I have no room or hoist to remove it. I did however manage to ridge ream and hone all 6 cyl. So far everything is going smooth! I plan on doing a rering kit, all new gaskets and hand lapping the valves and see what happens.
Most important right now! Bubba recommended a kit from falconglobal on ebay: What size bearings and rings do I need they say I have to specify the size? I'm looking at this from work so I don't have my handbook in front of me. I'm not sure if I should be ordering oversize rings or if the standard will still be good after honing?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-rerin...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
And if you want to look at the pictures I have tons but I am trying to organize before It gets out of hand:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TRi85PytyK_y8zb6zSPmKXMaO-EmcqLh
Thanks for everyones help so far on the other topic: Hoping to continue to learn and get this ol' girl back on the road before summer!
I am starting this topic due to my recent decision to dive into the motor.
Here is a quick recap: The falcon has been sitting for over 20 years, the motor was starting then stalling. I put in a new fuel system front to back. Rebuilt carburetor, new ignition switch, starter solenoid, starter, coil, wires, dizzy cap, rotor, points, and condenser. I may be missing something but ask if needed.
Starting compression when I got the car, just to check if it would run was between 65-90 on all 6 cyl. Compression now is 1:65 2:135 3:140 4:135 5:135 6:140
Thats when I decided to dive in to find the problem, seems like there was a broken ring and it scraped with cyl wall. If you want to see the whole process getting to this point see the thread: Smoke from Carb, where my project continues to snowball.
Where I am at now: Head is off and out of the car (working on disassembly of all the valves to clean and hand lap them. Block is still in the car, I have no room or hoist to remove it. I did however manage to ridge ream and hone all 6 cyl. So far everything is going smooth! I plan on doing a rering kit, all new gaskets and hand lapping the valves and see what happens.
Most important right now! Bubba recommended a kit from falconglobal on ebay: What size bearings and rings do I need they say I have to specify the size? I'm looking at this from work so I don't have my handbook in front of me. I'm not sure if I should be ordering oversize rings or if the standard will still be good after honing?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-rerin...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
And if you want to look at the pictures I have tons but I am trying to organize before It gets out of hand:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TRi85PytyK_y8zb6zSPmKXMaO-EmcqLh
Thanks for everyones help so far on the other topic: Hoping to continue to learn and get this ol' girl back on the road before summer!