Howdy guys,
Recently i realized i needed to change the front main seal and do some top end adjustment kind of stuff so heres the report:
•The 66' 200 did have adjustable rockers put on at some point so i didnt need to swap the 65' ones in. I set them all as Classic Inlines said.
•Tightened the head bolts. All the bolts were about a quarter turn loose, i torqued them all to 72 lbft as the shop manual said 70-75lbft in the correct sequence. As far as i can tell no more oil is seeping between the head and the block
•Tightened the rocker shaft, about 1/4 to 1/8 turn loose on all of them, put them up to 32 lbft as the shop manual says 30-35lbft.
•Wire brushed all the rust/old paint off the valve cover and painted it a lovely dark Ford blue. Tightened all valve cover bolts very carefully and so far no leaks. I've re-snugged them today, no leaks.
•Apparently all my plugs were loose, #1 i could turn by hand it was so loose. I retightened all of them and snugged them a little harder this time.
•Replaced the weber 32/36 gasket and snugged all the bolts.
•Did everything above between 2 and 9pm last night so i didnt have time to do the front main stuff. Will be doing that next week.
This almost puts me in tears how smooth it runs now. It was starting to vibrate real bad and bothered me but i figured its just and old engine that wasnt the best designed in the first place, i was wrong. I cant or cant hardly feel it in the car at all anymore. Its beautiful. It doesnt even start to shake a little after idling for awhile, it just keeps doing its thing.
Cant wait to start doing fun stuff to it like a 78'+ head with an autolite 2100 directly mounted to it and get a T5 with 4.11 rear gears.
Thanks guys!
Ryan
Recently i realized i needed to change the front main seal and do some top end adjustment kind of stuff so heres the report:
•The 66' 200 did have adjustable rockers put on at some point so i didnt need to swap the 65' ones in. I set them all as Classic Inlines said.
•Tightened the head bolts. All the bolts were about a quarter turn loose, i torqued them all to 72 lbft as the shop manual said 70-75lbft in the correct sequence. As far as i can tell no more oil is seeping between the head and the block
•Tightened the rocker shaft, about 1/4 to 1/8 turn loose on all of them, put them up to 32 lbft as the shop manual says 30-35lbft.
•Wire brushed all the rust/old paint off the valve cover and painted it a lovely dark Ford blue. Tightened all valve cover bolts very carefully and so far no leaks. I've re-snugged them today, no leaks.
•Apparently all my plugs were loose, #1 i could turn by hand it was so loose. I retightened all of them and snugged them a little harder this time.
•Replaced the weber 32/36 gasket and snugged all the bolts.
•Did everything above between 2 and 9pm last night so i didnt have time to do the front main stuff. Will be doing that next week.
This almost puts me in tears how smooth it runs now. It was starting to vibrate real bad and bothered me but i figured its just and old engine that wasnt the best designed in the first place, i was wrong. I cant or cant hardly feel it in the car at all anymore. Its beautiful. It doesnt even start to shake a little after idling for awhile, it just keeps doing its thing.
Cant wait to start doing fun stuff to it like a 78'+ head with an autolite 2100 directly mounted to it and get a T5 with 4.11 rear gears.
Thanks guys!
Ryan
