I cracked/rebroke my sternum/breastplate, whatever it is they wire together when you have open heart surgery, trying to work on the car on stands in my garage, so now I can't even work on the car myself.
I'm dying to find what's in that oil pump. If the engine needs rebuilding, I don't know what I'll do. It ran great for that hour and a half!
I did find 1/3 of a previously broken distributor drive gear pin at the base of the distributor, although when I asked about it I was told this engine had never sheared a pin.
Regarding the gearbox, Roger said he did the box himself, and it works and shifts smooth as butter. I did find quite a bit of shavings and a few chunklets stuck to the magnetic filler plug, but the trans functions fine, so I'll take your advice and deal with one thing at a time.
I still need to find out what story the oil pan and pump tells.
Regardless, I am just devastated. I spent all my money on the car, it's now dead in the water, I've injured myself, I really don't know what to do next. I really feel like crying.
If I could get help, I'd throw a party, or take everyone out to a super nice dinner, or whatever! I can make it fun, beer, food, anything!
I'm just as stuck as stuck can get with this situation.
quote:Originally posted by ItalFord:
I'm thinking if you can not get a group of "brothers" over to help (read donate time) I would look for a mechanic that works on hot rods. Don't loose sight that this is a FORD 351C not a Ferrari.
I also read one of your previous posts that stated that if you remove the engine you would rebuild the trans also. My advice to you is take it one step at a time. If the trans functions properly and I believe you said it leave it alone. You don't want to know what RBT charges to rebuild a ZF.
Work on getting the pan off and try to find out what happened. You may find that the pump filled up with shavings from the main bearing being spun. Again one step at a time.