More engine teardown and reconditioning. First, I drained the oil from the engine. Happily, I noticed it was simply old, not milky or sludgy or separated. This theme continued through the rest of the teardown, which made me, as a I said, happy.
This oil pan is all kinds of nasty. The previous owner, Charlie, I think sprayed Ford blue over the sludge.
Look at how cracked the gasket is. Old old old.
Removed the fuel pump earlier. Now it was time for the oil filter, which is wedged in there pretty well. That black rod in the lower right is solid steel welded to the worm gear/shaft on the Saginaw steering box. It can't move much (in fact, it needs to move closer to the engine), so the filter will have to be relocated.
Off goes the aluminum timing cover.
It's hard to tell, but there's a lot of slop in the chain. If you look at the section on the left that comes down from the cam sprocket to the crank shaft, you might notice that it bulges away from the centerline of the two sprockets. Really bad. It should be tight, with minimal play.
Here's what I had hoped to install, an Edelbrock double roller timing chain.
Slipped it in place.
But it didn't set back far enough due to the size/thickness of the sprocket.
This is the relocation kit from Advanced Adapters. The hoses are in a separate box.
A better shot of how tightly the oil filter is wedged in there. I couldn't even get my filter band-wrench on it. Ultimately, it just needed to be squeezed hard with a serious set of pliers, damaging the filter itself. (Note also the blue over-spray on the top of the filter.)
This is the back side of the part number stamping on the oil pan. Turns out, fortunately, that it is from an early Bronco (1966).
See the arch in the middle? That's for axle clearance on a Bronco.
Ugly as sin.
Here's the stamping revealed after the initial scrub down.
A scrub down with Simple Green Degreaser.
Good enough.
Primed.
I would have had a shot of the final blue beauty, but it was blurry. No sale.
Bought this and a carburetor off of a guy from Laguna Niguel. He's building a Ford Falcon with an Offenhauser intake, so this was not needed any more. Just forty bucks for both, and they're both better than what I got with my project (newer and cleaner).
Quite a nice underbelly.
I like the look of the black engine enamel. All Ford blue was too monochromatic for my taste.
Shazaam.
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