The Ford Barn

busmania · 09-02-2023, 05:27 PM

I understand floating bearings verse non. I just over read that detail when reading the book. I probably would have asked here first had I caught it. I also in my head figured i was working on installing the crank and main bearings so took it to mean those bearings. Whoops! But now it all makes sense!

Got it apart while I wait for new parts. Blessing in disguise. Realized I must not have seated the graphite rear seal and instead of sticking out a slight bit, was actually 1/32 of an inch or so below where the two halves meet. That definitely would have leaked.

Here’s photos of the big ends of the rods. My machine shop put the rods and pistons together for balancing and also stamped arrows into the top of the pistons and said “make sure they all point to the front.” They also stamped each rod and rod cap with cylinder number so they can’t go on backwards or mismatched. Happy about those small details from them!

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09-02-2023, 05:27 PM	#11
busmania Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Denver metro Posts: 532	Re: Rebuilding my Flathead random questions I understand floating bearings verse non. I just over read that detail when reading the book. I probably would have asked here first had I caught it. I also in my head figured i was working on installing the crank and main bearings so took it to mean those bearings. Whoops! But now it all makes sense! Got it apart while I wait for new parts. Blessing in disguise. Realized I must not have seated the graphite rear seal and instead of sticking out a slight bit, was actually 1/32 of an inch or so below where the two halves meet. That definitely would have leaked. Here’s photos of the big ends of the rods. My machine shop put the rods and pistons together for balancing and also stamped arrows into the top of the pistons and said “make sure they all point to the front.” They also stamped each rod and rod cap with cylinder number so they can’t go on backwards or mismatched. Happy about those small details from them! 3DFCDFD2-6500-44D2-BAB5-47EB6F0877BB.jpg 4307EB20-4309-4BB3-B22C-B188D486874F.jpg 241F9687-2455-493B-BAA5-5DE833BD0488.jpg 05262007-AA24-4184-9A0E-08BA38F2C4E7.jpg 4594AA5E-D25E-48F4-A282-376A6E2C7F58.jpg __________________ 40 ford coupe Build -https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...coupe.1277406/ Last edited by busmania; 09-02-2023 at 07:12 PM.