To be honest I kind of figured she’d be stuck having been stored in this climate. I’m still optimistic it’ll free up and run. If not she’ll be in...
That’s genius, I’ll try that out!
The cylinder hone is done. That was fun. The first hone job I’ve done in about 18 years, which was also a Cleveland. The hone cleaned nearly all...
Not much new to report. I blew out the wd40 and replaced it with pb blaster, reinstalled the plugs and did the first round of cleaning, which was...
Today was a super fun day. I drove 2 hours to Renton to meet Fireball (Roy) at his dad’s house to dig out the Cleveland and a few other...
Well once again most of this week was spent tracking down part numbers. After I ordered a full set of sealed power moly rings like the ring on top...
For reference this is .016 top vs .035 below. [ATTACH]
Well today was all about digging for information, and learning. What I’ve always known of ring gap is about .004-.005 per inch of bore diameter....
Unfortunately I didn’t find anything glaring that would drop the compression numbers to double digits. There’s some vertical superficial...
Today was engine pulling day. And with the first 70 degree day I opted to do as much as possible outside. Im still undecided on the oil Pan...
This should be the last Falcon update for awhile. The U joint finally came in and the shaft reinstalled. The ignition switch/cab wiring is a soup...
Well dang, usps is killing me. The fuel pump, u joint and straps were supposed to be here yesterday but no dice. The fuel pump and u bolts showed...
I have the MORE bomb proof engine mounts, and combined with the poly body mounts, it’s a regular task doing bolt checks on my cj5. Everything from...
Those diff covers are genius! We’ve cased ours a few times and I’m always wary of that but don’t case for many of the gawdy new ones.
Holy crap nice piece dude!
The good news is the Falcon transmission works! The fluid came in today so I loaded it up and fired it up! Of course I forgot to plug in a Speedo...
Ah bummer. Rockauto had a Delphi for just a bit more. I’ve always bought Carter for stock replacements, vs most of the junk they sell at the...
[ATTACH] The Falcon got a little love this weekend. Not a ton though. We were working on a 97 Chevy side project most of Friday. But the torque...
That is super cool, on to the third generation! This is how vehicles transition from mere transportation or toys to representations of the family...
The transmission is back from the shop. And they found the source of the pump leak. The bolts had backed off of the pump/bell housing mounting...
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