More Woes

Well after months of other projects and procrastination on the Galaxie last weekend I made some huge leaps forward. Of course I forgot the camera so no pics (sorry yawl) but I will take some this Saturday.

So following the debacle over the size of the clutch I finally got the right one as well as a rear crankshaft oil seal. I don't actually need the clutch yet as the engine is still in the cradle but very soon I shall be putting things back together as opposed to tearing down. The block has been cleaned and let me tell you what a piece of useless crap a pressure washer is when it comes to cleaning engines. (Actually it is a piece of crap when it comes to anything). So after mucho hours with a scraper and oven cleaner and solvents I got the block painted and let me tell you it looks sharp. The oil pan (or sump to my English readers) is off and horror of horrors I found chunks of metal. Fortunately a closer inspection of the timing chain showed some missing pieces and I already have a new one ready to go. Tonight I shall clean the pan off and spray it fluorescent yellow (because I can). Then on Saturday I will install the new oil pump, rear crank seal, timing set and start putting the covers on.

I was going to change the core plugs as it is a real easy job with the engine out and an horrendous job with the engine in. Naturally when I ordered them I needed to know what size they were. Look people it is a 1963 Galaxie 500 FE390 4 barrel. How can the plugs be different sizes? This insanity has to stop, bring on the metric system.