Young Ed Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 To answer the question you posed about the oil pan you are right the rear sump won't work. The axle will crush it in on the first big bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-T-53 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 He must be doing your engine as filler work. He may have to speed up to get to slow. That engine should have been in your truck and running months ago. The guides should have been in before the seats were ground. You may want to inspect them yourself to see if they are in correctly. Yup, there's no way to cut seats without a pilot, and the guides must be in so you have something to stick the pilot into. In addition to the correct exhaust/intake guide orientation, the top of the seat shall be 7/8" below the deck. On my first rebuild, the dude totally botched the guides, and I didn't know about them too much back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-T-53 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 On the oil pan, you could tack weld in new baffles if a replacement pan is tough to find...they baffles don't have to be pretty. I recall just one small baffle in mine at the bottom, plus another short one side to side at the midpoint of the pan. I'll look for pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) I know the guy knows how to do the work, he is slow, but very precise. As I mentioned in previous posts, he has done a great number of flatheads. He has had the engine 2 years and 4 months, hard to imagine. I finally got upset a while back and he was very apologetic, he said he was taking advantage of me because I seemed patient and other people were more demanding. Things are moving along well at this point. I have a friend who took his old 40s vintage ford pickup to a shop in Southern, CA that was supposed to be the vintage ford pickup guru, they had his engine 3 years, so it could be worse, another friend took his Model A engine to a shop in Ridgecrest, they had it just over two years. I look at it this way, I got a ton of stuff done on the truck that I would not have done if the engine had been finished quickly. I am meeting Paul (PFlaming) tomorrow in Kramer Junction, he has a pan for me. it happened he was on his way to AZ and I was in Riverside, and we will cross paths, Kind of fun Edited March 20, 2014 by DollyDodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Here are pictures from yesterday's work (I believe that was honing the top of the block) - You have to forgive me, I don't know a lot about this stuff but I am learning as much as I can. I missed today's work, since I am out of town, but I think he said he was going to hone the sleeves, but I could be wrong. Despite all the issues with this rebuild, the overall process has been fun for me. Not sure why the two photos, rotated 90 degrees, they aren't that way on my ipad. Edited March 20, 2014 by DollyDodge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 shaving or milling the top of the block to ensure it's flat, maybe bumping the compression up a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 That is right, I forgot what he told me, he said the block had a slight "twist" in it (again, I know that wasn't the term he used, but it is the concept) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Paul Flaming and I happened to be able to meet in four corners (he on his way to Arizona, me on my way home from Riverside) and he had a oil pan for me. Also, attached are photos of honing the sleeves. Given the conversations a while back about grinding my valve seats I asked the machinist about how it was done. He took time to run me through the process and show me how it is done. Valve guides were installed, and installed correctly, before grinding. I am going to quit worrying about his work, from what I can tell it is exceptional, and he is taking time to show me each step and answer questions I have. It is really fun for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Block is looking good. One thing they really need at that intersection at US395 and CA58 is an overpass. Coming back from Arizona at the end of a winter holiday weekend with all the traffic from Mammoth, I've been in 20 mile back ups at that traffic light. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted April 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 More proof that work has begun on the engine, it is in an engine stand. Today I went by just to check on things. The crank is just sitting in the block for the photo op! This week he will lay all the parts out for me so I can take a picture before it all goes together. This weekend I painted the oil pan, so we are moving along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 That's too pretty to cover up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Here is me with the "overhaulded" and painted oil pan. What the shop guy had me do was take the baffles out of the pan that I got from Paul and put in my pan, since the two pans were shaped slightly differently, which I didn't notice until we had them side by side (bolt pattern was the same, but the front was slightly different. We tested for leaks with solvent and every thing is good. I feel a bit like Johnny Cash's song, one piece at a time, but we are progressing. Edited April 8, 2014 by DollyDodge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 oilpans make for a better hat than codpiece 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 All the parts ready to install 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 That is great! When is the big day? Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Let the operation begin!!!!!! 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyDodge Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Oh boy, isn't that the truth. I'm ready for the engine to be back up and running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desotodav Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Looking good DD. Can't wait to see your old truck up and running again - it's been a while now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Won't be long now... Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) Let the operation begin!!!!!! 48D nurse...the 5/8" box wrench.... Edited May 10, 2014 by ggdad1951 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-T-53 Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Congrats!!! Get out the assembly lube!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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