cps432
SILVER Star
Hardcore
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Never let anybody tell you you're not dedicated.This represents 6-8 hours of work sitting under the body holding a grinder with a wire wheel above my head:
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Did you pull the head yet, or are buying that 60 2F?Never let anybody tell you you're not dedicated.
Check my Matilda thread (see signature line) for updates to those questions - I don't want to muck up @LazarusTaxa 's thread!Did you pull the head yet, or are buying that 60 2F?
I have a 2F with a knock and haven’t had time to do the next diagnostic step which is dropping the pan and looking for blown bearings. In the mean time I picked up a rusty but low miles 62 with a good 3fe unmolested and all. Plan was just to swap in the 3fe which would suit me fine and save me investing in a sniper…but of course now I’m pondering the 2FE route because scope creep is a real diseaseI'm currently gathering supplies for replacing my head (already got a spare head back from the machine shop), and let me tell you, scope creep is real. I could easily say "I got a couple of s*** valves" and end up doing a full frame-off resto because "I was in there anyway". So live the dream for the rest of us man!
Also, I appreciate your attention to detail in refurbing all the nuts and bolts. For my project - head, manifolds, thermostat, water pump - I was able to source all brand new OEM hardware - downpipe studs, water pump bolts, etc, etc, down to every last washer and nut. Two bolts were NLA, but the rest is en route. It's going to make a huge difference in reassembly I suspect, and will just plain look better. And no worrying about sourcing a broken bolt - I'll have it all here and ready to go. I love that level of thoroughness, even if it hurts the project budget.
The hardware looks great…we’ve done that with other brand hardware and it really is a nice finish and often what the oem was before it corroded away in time.Quick update... Parts back from plating:
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I also went to pick up my parts from powder coating which were supposedly ready... Only to find that they clearly left everything out in the rain and snow before they blasted and coated them... Then for some very mind-blowing reason, they only blasted the surfaces to be coated. So, for example, my diff housings are perfectly black outside but newly rusty inside.. WTF man??? my front axle housing clearly had water sitting in it and there is pretty thick rust inside which they totally left as the blasted and coated the outside.
Why they left these parts to rust outside and then DIDNT address this it is way beyond me...
Needless to say, I didn't accept them and told them to fix it.
Timewise, it's fine... I've still got a bit more work to do stripping the underside and also need to coat the inside of my frame with paint and cavity wax...
Then I can start putting it all back together.
It the inside of the axle and diff housing are rusted how can you trust there isn’t a pile of rust under the powder coating???
I did this same thing to my Torino. wire brush on a grinder for hours. Then, sprayed the whole thing with easy off oven cleaner. Then with a poncho and respirator went at it with a pressure washer with hot water. Finally wiped down with wax/grease remover and painted. Here's some inspiration for you.This represents 6-8 hours of work sitting under the body holding a grinder with a wire wheel above my head:
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I did this same thing to my Torino. wire brush on a grinder for hours. Then, sprayed the whole thing with easy off oven cleaner. Then with a poncho and respirator went at it with a pressure washer with hot water. Finally wiped down with wax/grease remover and painted. Here's some inspiration for you.
Great attention to detail on this. I'd be scared to take that much apart without tons of documentaion. Otherwise I'd be struggling to figure out how to put it all back together. Are you going to be rebuilding the diffs or re-gear them while you have them out?