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    1. 12-08-17, 08:38 PM #1
      fabphil
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      New engine build

      As promised, this will probably be a long running thread as garage time is short at present.

      Extracting block from packing case.
      Re conditioned early 70's block. Think its a D0VE-A.









      Mounted on stand, bagged up until next time

      Last edited by fabphil; 28-05-18 at 05:02 PM.
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    2. 13-08-17, 08:25 PM #2
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      waiting with baited breath
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    3. 14-08-17, 05:45 AM #3
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      Good thread. Quite a car that now.
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    4. 14-08-17, 07:31 PM #4
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      Quote Originally Posted by Plumpcars View Post
      Good thread. Quite a car that now.
      I enjoy the tinkering.
      One day it will go up the strip and I'll scare myself
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    5. 02-08-18, 04:16 PM #5
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      Finally got to have a look at the block and realised I didn't have any thing big enough to install the core plugs.
      £5.99 and two days later this arrived 19mm 1/2" drive
      Hope to get the plugs installed tonight.

      Then just got to degrease and paint.
      Problem is I just can't be arsed in this heat
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    6. 07-08-18, 08:49 PM #6
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      Block looks very nice; but those main caps dont look like any Chevrolet Ive ever seen...
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    7. 08-08-18, 08:22 AM #7
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      Quote Originally Posted by malamute john View Post
      Block looks very nice; but those main caps dont look like any Chevrolet Ive ever seen...
      What can I say John, been a Ford guy all my life never under stood why people put Chevy engines in a Ford other than the're cheap
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    8. 08-08-18, 09:00 AM #8
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      Quote Originally Posted by fabphil View Post
      What can I say John, been a Ford guy all my life never under stood why people put Chevy engines in a Ford other than the're cheap
      On the 'wings of a DOVE' so to speak!
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    9. 08-08-18, 04:39 PM #9
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      Quote Originally Posted by fabphil View Post
      What can I say John, been a Ford guy all my life never under stood why people put Chevy engines in a Ford other than the're cheap
      LOL! To quote one of my heroes, Guy Gadbois, "yes, yes... I knew that...'
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    10. 26-09-18, 04:29 PM #10
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      Had an unexpected day off today. Suns out so....out she comes.



      Chamfered the oil return holes in the valley and the oil pump feed.








      Then found some bad surface rust in the bores!
      Found this in the back of the garage, worked a treat. Nice clean bores


      Had to squirt some Gibbs oil down the bore as lube


      Then just pull up and down slowly.


      Degreased block with Gunk.


      Cleaned out all the oil ways etc. Then blew dry with air line.


      As the block dried you could see the surface rust starting to form!
      Masked up.





      Epoxy primer.
      Last edited by fabphil; 26-09-18 at 04:39 PM.
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