Sinking Creek 4WD Association

Well, I didn't make it to the car show but made good use of my time.

Pulled the 302 out of the Bronco for a "rebuild".













Got it on the stand, need to start taking it apart!

Lookin good man, glad to see you getting to work on it!

Question is how many exhaust manifold bolts are now sheared off in the heads? LOL

We pulled a 9" from dad's '79 F150 for the rear end before taking it to D&M. I'd like to find a non-cast HP D44 for the front from a mid 70's F150 or 78-79 F250 HP D44.

Was cool to actually get something done on this thing.

BadAssEddie wrote:Question is how many exhaust manifold bolts are now sheared off in the heads? LOL

0, I repeat zero. Definitely was a surprise.

CJonLP wrote:

BadAssEddie wrote:Question is how many exhaust manifold bolts are now sheared off in the heads? LOL

0, I repeat zero. Definitely was a surprise.

That is awesome and I had the same luck on my motor when I was rebuilding.

Nice, what are your plans for the motor?..stockish rebuild or...

Matt612 wrote:Nice, what are your plans for the motor?..stockish rebuild or...

duh.

http://www.eaglerod.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=41

willhf1011 wrote:

Matt612 wrote:Nice, what are your plans for the motor?..stockish rebuild or...

duh.

http://www.eaglerod.com/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=41

That would be nice, but probably just a cam, 4 barrel and headers, nothing fancy.

Pulled the interior, lots of rust on the floorboards and rockers. Probably gonna do some type of boatsiding/rocker guard setup knowing what it looks like. Gonna replace the floorboards as well.

Here are some pics:

Passenger side:





Drivers side:





Bed behind the seats:





Nothing that cannot be repaired to the level of trail rig.

Lots to do for sure.

Looking good Charles.. The floor doesn't look too bad at all compared to some I have seen in VA

The more body rot, the more you save on cut off wheels

Dad & I took the motor apart Thanksgiving morning.

(2) things concerned me during the teardown.

1. The cam bearings were coming apart and came out in pieces

2. The timing chain had slack on one side, had to have been out of time badly





Other than that, the engine was pretty clean and didn't show any other abnormal wear.





My buddy at work found me a complete rebuild kit for $290, so dad needs to come up with some coin.

The project is moving along.

Nice. How did the heads look? Also if you want to get that third member before break let me know.. its currently sitting in Matt Vs garage

Matt612 wrote:Nice. How did the heads look? Also if you want to get that third member before break let me know.. its currently sitting in Matt Vs garage

Yes come get it out of the garage. And looks like fun I love working on engines.