Got a new 40 last night and then...

[dohcdelsol93]

drove her to work this morning, when i pulled onto 385 from roper mtn rd....knock knock knock

then it sounded like a tool box of wrenches being thrown down a hill.

Got her towed to my parents place, pulled the valve cover to find she dropped a valve in cyl #3. Looks like valve keeper failure. Then the valve and piston got in a battle.

Drove great last night...and for about 5 min this morning.

Now i'm leaving for the beach for a week, got to leave her torn apart and can't get her back on the road until i return next sat.

 

[the gimpey one]

what no pics of the carnage?

 

[dohcdelsol93]

no, it was raining on/off all afternoon yesterday. Was in too much of a rush to get her apart to even think about taking pics.

I tried to get it out before i had to leave on vacation. I lack one bell housing mount on the driver side. It's a real PITA to get to.

 

[Southeast Overland]

Dang, sorry to hear. I guess you have to bump up your diezel plans a bit sooner now?

 

[dohcdelsol93]

yeah, diesel might be happing real soon.

I was hoping to have time to use a felllow cruisers spare tranny/bellhousing to fab parts myself. This was probably going to be long process to fab an adapter kit.


Might go with a SBC conversion for time being since it's pretty much cheaper to put a carbed chevy in with a used adapter kit than it is to rebuild an obsolete F.

I now work at a machine shop where i can turn/bore/line bore blocks/cranks as well as valve jobs, press in valve seats/guides, re grind valves and some what heat tank blocks/parts.

However, if parts are obs and i'm a fan of the gasser Fs (unless they are big and gay) I's proablbly best to just part her out

 

[the gimpey one]

should have just listened to me and kept the 60.

 

[BELMONT148]

Wow, that sucks. Sounds like it had 170,000 or 270,000 miles instead of 70,000.

If you go with a chevy I have everything you need for the top end. Intake, carb, dizzy, and air cleaner. Will sell cheap.

Jeremy

 

[dohcdelsol93]

cool dude, thanks.

I have a bare 350 4 bolt main with heads but i don't want the headache of building right now. Getting her on the road ASAP is my main concern.

If i need top end parts i'll let you know!

 

[Gundy]

obsolete F.....
That is heresy my friend.
Go apply some 90wt out of a 40's diff to your hair, shed some busted knuckle blood and repeat after me...
Ohm...cruiser,cruiser,cruiser....Ohm

 

[89s rule]

Pics of this 40 that you have?

 

[dohcdelsol93]

don't have any pics yet.

running to ashville tomorrow after church to pick up another 3 speed tranny/tc that are both top shift.

I really only need the shifter parts but hey...spare trannys are always great to have especially with the reputation of the weak 3 speed T/C!!!

It's got a pretty new paki top...but does not good without it running.

this thread is going to turn into a build thread. I'm just lazy about pics

 

[Rooskey]

If your wanting to go with a SBC by all means get the ram jet crate motor.. You cant beat it for the price! Fuel injection plus a 2 year 50,000 mile warranty. BTW I can get them out of Georgia with a 20% discount if you interested

 

[dohcdelsol93]

thank you but the SBC is just a temp fix until i can get my hands on a mercedes turbo om617

I'm looking at a few local CL SBC carbed engines between 300-400 bucks.

I'm not looking to spend much money at all on the chevy engine.

If i can find a GM 6.2 with flywheel/bellhousing i'll go with one of those but those are more rare than a blonde haired blue eyed asian chick.

 

[the gimpey one]

at the rate i am going i may want the gm engine from u when u go diesel.

 

[dohcdelsol93]

got the head off last night

valve put 3 holes in the top of the piston and broke the piston free of the pin.

some damage done to head, repairable with new valve guide and seat.

 

[dohcdelsol93]

got the SBC fired up for the first time last night!

time to finish up the wiring, put on radiator hoses and take her to the exhaust shop

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

got the SBC fired up for the first time last night!

time to finish up the wiring, put on radiator hoses and take her to the exhaust shop

Congrats!! I like your style you work quick like me

now how about some pics

 

[dohcdelsol93]

i'm too busy to stop and take pics...maybe i can get it to the jocasse trip on saturday and someone there will have a camera.

My daughter is supposed to be an extra in a movie, i'm supposed to send in pics of myself aswell so they can fit me in (said i might as well get paid while i'm there too) and i still have not done that yet.

That's been 2 months ago!

I'm just a slack SOB

taking a month to do a SBC swap is also way too long for me but i've had to do it at my parents house while moving from a 3000 sq ft house to a 1800sq ft house.

every had the feeling that your a little over extended?

I've missed my past two hockey games!!!!

And i live on a pond now and haven't even thrown a line in yet.