Rebuild book and valve question

[Anonymous]

hi all,
i have recently gotten a 68 mustang with a straight 6 (original engine). I'm trying to convince my significant other to let me keep it. If i am able to manipulate, err convince her, I'd like to get my first crack at a pure rebuild. The 68 runs right now but during a compression test I found cyclinder 5 pressure to be real low (@20 psi). I've been told that this is most likely a valve issue. First question, is there a good book, website or manual i can get that will explain to me how to tear down and build back up my 6?
Second question, can anyone explain to me how to check and repair a bad valve?

 

[simon]

howdy and welcome.

There is no better place to ask for help - at least none that I know of

first of all, there´s the Schjeldahl-bros´ "Ford Falcon Falcon Six Cylinder Performance Handbook".

Then, a FoMoCo shop manual for your ´68 is definitely worth its money also; they´re being reprinted and available through various sources like NPD, for example.

Other than that, there are quite a few books and publications out there that have a lot of basic knowledge that can be easily applied to the Ford six cylinder engines as well, like Tom Monroe´s "How to rebuild Ford V8´s"

some pros to convince your wife of keeping the six (assuming its just the engine she wants to get rid off, not the whole car!):

1. dare to be different. Everybody has a V8 today. Straight sixes are getting scarce on car shows.

2. with the cost of fuel skyrocketing worldwide, your wife could be pleased to hear that the sixes are fuel efficient (ehm, sorta) mileage makers.

3. If the car originally came with a six, why toss it for a V8?

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for the information simon.
I will check out those books. I have always enjoyed people who appreciate stock cars. I like the idea of having a couple upgrades here and there (especially when it comes to engines), but there is nothing better than to see a car come back to the way it was when it rolled off the assembly line. I wouldn't ever think about changing it out for a V8.