Triple Pickle
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Another video I done featuring This Fury…
1970 Fury I stripper!
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Triple Pickle
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Good news!! I got word from the machine shop today! They said they have disassembled the engine and found no reason that it can’t be rebuilt. The crank will clean up with polishing and it will have to be bored because of pitting in the cylinder walls.
He said it wasn’t near as bad as it looked. Nothing was real hard to get apart and it was just a case of everything being stubborn about moving after sitting for 35 years.
He still has to magnaflux the block to make sure it has no cracks. If it passes that test then they’ll get started on it next week.
He said it wasn’t near as bad as it looked. Nothing was real hard to get apart and it was just a case of everything being stubborn about moving after sitting for 35 years.
He still has to magnaflux the block to make sure it has no cracks. If it passes that test then they’ll get started on it next week.
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3175375
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Yay!
Triple Pickle
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With the good news from the machine shop, I figured I better take a more serious look at the head and rockers,
I didn’t take the head to the machine shop with the engine because I kinda thought if they saw it they might say oh, hell no to the whole mess. I threw it in the trunk and averted my eyes from it because it was an abomination unto me.
This morning I dug it out and put it on the bench to see what was what. At first I just gave up on the rocker assembly. Several rockers wouldn’t move by hand and the whole thing looked worse than I recalled. I came in the house and did a quick search for a new assembly and didn’t find anything right off the bat. Having drank a pot of coffee earlier I was in the mood for action and instant results! So, back to the garage I went. I bolted the assembly back to the head and sprayed some Kroil on it. After a cigarette, I tapped on the stuck rockers with plastic handled wire brush half-heartedly. Surprisingly, they all broke free with one or two taps and moved freely. After that, I blew them off with compressed air, scrubbed them with the wire brush, carb cleaner, and applied WD-40 repeated times. I cleaned the head itself a little just to look for obvious defects and none were found. I believe it’s all presentable enough now to take to the machine shop and get the official call on it.
I didn’t take the head to the machine shop with the engine because I kinda thought if they saw it they might say oh, hell no to the whole mess. I threw it in the trunk and averted my eyes from it because it was an abomination unto me.
This morning I dug it out and put it on the bench to see what was what. At first I just gave up on the rocker assembly. Several rockers wouldn’t move by hand and the whole thing looked worse than I recalled. I came in the house and did a quick search for a new assembly and didn’t find anything right off the bat. Having drank a pot of coffee earlier I was in the mood for action and instant results! So, back to the garage I went. I bolted the assembly back to the head and sprayed some Kroil on it. After a cigarette, I tapped on the stuck rockers with plastic handled wire brush half-heartedly. Surprisingly, they all broke free with one or two taps and moved freely. After that, I blew them off with compressed air, scrubbed them with the wire brush, carb cleaner, and applied WD-40 repeated times. I cleaned the head itself a little just to look for obvious defects and none were found. I believe it’s all presentable enough now to take to the machine shop and get the official call on it.
thethee
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That is not the same head
3175375
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Progress, not perfection. Good on you for revisiting the head! I see slant 6 noises in your future!
Triple Pickle
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I wouldn’t believe it myself when I looked at it this morning! But, here’s the thing… the majority of the rust fell down from the valve cover. I’ve started cleaning it now and have revealed no less than 8 pin holes with minimal effort.
73Coupe
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I'm sure you could easily find a junkyard valve cover to replace that one....
Triple Pickle
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You can’t in my neck of the woods. All the yards around here have only late model stuff. I have to hike up in the forest and dig through stuff like this to find my parts! It only took me 3 hours to find one close. Interestingly, all of the ones that were mates to mine were rusted worse than mine. Some in several pieces…(All ‘70 models).
Triple Pickle
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My machine shop man wasn’t as impressed with my rocker clean up as I had hoped he would be. He said nice try but the shaft and all is junk. The head itself held promise to him though..,
I took a pic or two of the patient while I was there. And one of his shop truck.
I took a pic or two of the patient while I was there. And one of his shop truck.
Triple Pickle
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When the valve cover wasn’t the right style.. I, corrected it.
Triple Pickle
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Heck, who will know the difference?Wishful thinking I guess!
Triple Pickle
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Ahh….. no. But still…
thethee
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Triple Pickle
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Little by little. This took time to find, modify, then clean and paint.
I have plenty more stuff to do..,
I have plenty more stuff to do..,
Triple Pickle
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I give this stuff a light coat of paint before I install it, then I shoot the whole engine when assembled.
Check out my two piece exhaust!
Ive got a new one piece on the way…
Check out my two piece exhaust!
Ive got a new one piece on the way…
65sporty
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The rockers and shaft looked pretty good after the clean up, bad pitting found after he disassembled it?
Triple Pickle
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He hadn’t disassembled it while I was there but he looked them over and moved them back and forth. He said they are pretty loose. Here’s a better look at them…I can’t see too good anymore, I have to take pictures of stuff and blow them up to see what’s what. Lol
Triple Pickle
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This is from a 1970 Plymouth Fury brochure. On this page they’ve worked their way down to the Fury I.
They basically say, “ look, if you’re reading this, it’s probably all you can afford. Maybe.”
The woman in the picture looks as if she’s ready to leave the kid in the parking lot, rubbing it’s cookie on the buggy handle while she washes down fist full of Valium with a bottle of Night Train wine in a gas station bathroom because her husband has a gambling problem and is 3 payments behind on this cheap *** car that she hates. Thats my impression anyway!
They basically say, “ look, if you’re reading this, it’s probably all you can afford. Maybe.”
The woman in the picture looks as if she’s ready to leave the kid in the parking lot, rubbing it’s cookie on the buggy handle while she washes down fist full of Valium with a bottle of Night Train wine in a gas station bathroom because her husband has a gambling problem and is 3 payments behind on this cheap *** car that she hates. Thats my impression anyway!
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