Rinke
Well-known member
Hi all,
Since the car will be going to the paint shop in 2 months my workshed will have room to rebuild the engine.
Its the original 170 from my 64 falcon. Therefore I don't want to swap it for an other (and there are not many sixes for sale in Holland)
The engine has run approx 40K miles, but has seized up (not used for 30 years)
My idea:
I'll start with flushing the cooling system with a decalcification (is that correct english????
) agent and Ill dump some WD40 on the pistons, to try and free them up. After the pistons are free, Ill start dismanteling the engine according to the shop manual.
From there Ill have to decide if any specialist work has to be done.
After all that, reassemble according to the shop manual.
I want to keep the engine as stock as possible, I'm thinking on swapping the generator for an alternator, because I want to add a stereo.
Is this a good starting point??
:
Are there things I'll have to look out for?
In general: TIPS?? HINTS!!!!
I'm an archeologist, not an mechanic :help:
Thanks for any input.
Greetz Rinke
Since the car will be going to the paint shop in 2 months my workshed will have room to rebuild the engine.
Its the original 170 from my 64 falcon. Therefore I don't want to swap it for an other (and there are not many sixes for sale in Holland)
The engine has run approx 40K miles, but has seized up (not used for 30 years)
My idea:
I'll start with flushing the cooling system with a decalcification (is that correct english????

From there Ill have to decide if any specialist work has to be done.
After all that, reassemble according to the shop manual.
I want to keep the engine as stock as possible, I'm thinking on swapping the generator for an alternator, because I want to add a stereo.
Is this a good starting point??

Are there things I'll have to look out for?
In general: TIPS?? HINTS!!!!
I'm an archeologist, not an mechanic :help:

Thanks for any input.
Greetz Rinke