Work on My F8, No. 11

[Mike K]

Jim

It may be worthwhile getting your engine block cleaned in a bath by a professional. Some engine shops use a hot caustic bath to boil out all of the crud .. others use a acid dip then another dip in something else . The block will look like new again, almost.

You need to remove any alloy bits , I cannot recall if those blocks use babbit cam bearings in situ ?

Those Ford V8 lumps are 'warm motors' . With not much leeway there for potential cooling system problems .. everthing needs to be top shape .. I had a ex army 1941 11D truck and it would boil away at the slightest mishap.. like the coolant level going down slightly . I must have poured 50 bucks worth of bars leaks into that thing over the time I drove it around . The radiator in it was U/S .The movie company I sold it to (Illumination films in Middle Park ) , recored the radiator, $800 !!! It was used in a movie called 'the nun and the bandit'. Channel 9 used to play it on late night time slots , Chris Hayward is in it.

Mike

Mike