Ford Boys Resto in Windsor

Phil Waterman · #1 01-04-10, 15:21

Hi Guys

From the pictures of the engine open it appears that your engine like many I have worked on has had a number of valve jobs over the years resulting in different styles of valves being used. With Chevys it generally seems to be the exhaust valves that will be different, think the record number of different types of exhaust valve I seen in a Chev was 4. With your engine it looks like both exhaust and intake. Never seems to bother the engines any but sure tells you that the engines have been apart before.

Even found one chevy with mismatched pistons vibrated a little more but it ran.

Enjoy watching the progress and seeing another CMP get a new lease on life. Wonder how many 2010 trucks will still be around and running in 2070?

Cheers Phil

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Originally Posted by Mike Timoshyk

Well it has been a few weeks since last posted....so here is an update...

got all the brakes reshoed by a company here in Windsor....ordered the usual engine stuff for a quality rebuild...valves and reground and lapped in ....and all that other engine stuff...actually there has not been much progress because of other commitments, but as the clock is ticking and we hope to unveil the baby at the military muster and a concerted effort will be needed...here are a few pics of what she looks like today....

cheers

from Frick and Frack in Windsor

Mike and Geoff.

BCBlitz · #2 02-04-10, 05:07

Mike

looks great ,you guys move with amaizing speed down east, must be beacause your 3 hrs ahead of BC LOL !

any new news on the real " khaki " paint ??

Mike Timoshyk · #3 13-05-10, 23:53

It has been quite a while since I updated the goings on with the latest resto that Geoff and I (for a small part) have been doing. Here are the latest fotos...The engine has been run up and sounds great....idles along nicely and is nice and "tight". Geoff has been doing most of the work of late as I have been running from place to place working on the Military Muster. Whew....sure takes a lota energy...that and doing time my shop working on an MLUers plant.

cheers from Windsor

Mike aka Frak of the Frik n Frak show

Mike Timoshyk · #4 13-05-10, 23:56

a few more shots....now that she runs all we have to do is figure out why it is sooo hard to get into gear....mmmmmmm clutch plate backwards....mmmmm gonna have to pull the engine and check.

3 steps forward and 1 step back.

frak

Ganmain Tony · #5 14-05-10, 00:53

Quick note from Max - He's pretty sure you cant put the Clutch plate in backwards because it wont go on the Flywheel because the spline gearbox side of the clutch plate is longer than the flywheel side. Therefore the plate wouldnt touch the flywheel if put in back to front.

Do you have trouble working the gear stick? Or the clutch? We're also thinking the spigot bearing may be snagging on the input shaft keeping the shaft rotating and also causing the gears to crunch.

Hope this is help not hinderance....

NORTH-SHORE(CANADA) · #6 14-05-10, 02:02

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Originally Posted by Mike Timoshyk

a few more shots....now that she runs all we have to do is figure out why it is sooo hard to get into gear....mmmmmmm clutch plate backwards....mmmmm
frak

Hi Mike,
Nice jobs on the truck

when you said that it hard to get into gear

... does it stop the engine

and before when you got the truck was it working fine

Ausmick · #7 17-05-10, 03:04

Had to rectify the same gear sticking problem with mine as well. Was having a hard time getting gears and when I did had very little pull.

As Tony said above, my problem was with the release bearing hitting a very small ‘burr’ on the drive shaft. Once this was knocked off I was left with a new problem that I couldn’t get 4th gear. I fixed that, once I turned the gear stick round 180 degrees facing the right way!

Lucky I took before and after pictures of everything. You can see what I mean about the gear lever in the two pictures

Mick