restoration os 1941 ford truck TEX MORTON

[John Mackie]

After a long peroid of inactivity I am now starting to make some progress. after searching through many engines i have decided how to go. The engine i decided to use came from the truck that I deciced to sacrifice, the engine appeared to be locked up, howeved it was the gearbox that was locked up.. I had dismantled the engine ,all but one piston came out easily,the last came out after soaking with white vinegar.it has been bored 50 thou and the pistons and bores and crank are OK to use..
When the decision was made John Toohey and I managed to remove all the valves and guides by removing the valve springs in an afternoon.The block has been hot-tanked and i have been arranging spares.
Yesterday i spent the morning cleaning the piston-ring groves and found that there was i odd conrod.the cap showed marks of a missmatched capboth in the bore and on the side faces , both were marked L4 with similar stamps , all the orther rods match up OK. as usual the numbers on the rod do not tally with the bore they belong . On one piston both gudgeon pin wire circlips had failed , the pin had moved but did not damage the bore.
in the next week i hope to do some more cleaning and fit a new set cam bearings.