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05-25-2020, 09:05 AM | #81 |
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Re: white steam from breather and water tailpipe
Now this is going to sound bad . . . but given all that we've heard as of late about your engine builder, you may be "lucky" to have an engine at all. Seems many guys have paid for engines and have received nothing - for years.
So I'll be positive - with a bit of work, maybe this will turn out okay in the end! Best of Luck! |
05-25-2020, 10:34 AM | #82 |
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Re: white steam from breather and water tailpipe
Tinker had put together a list of vendors that probably live up to our expectations regarding services and products for our beloved Fords. I saved the URL to my bookmarks for future reference. It's not all inclusive, but between the list and the add-ons in that thread it could save many us from headaches down the road.
Happy Memorial Day, All! Mike https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=269580 |
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05-25-2020, 05:31 PM | #83 |
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Re: white steam from breather and water tailpipe
Thanks again.. and you are right. At least I have the internals. He’s a piece of shit for not reaching out. Like I said earlier, I don’t expect any money back. How about helping me with a bare block ffs?
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05-25-2020, 05:52 PM | #84 |
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Are you sure what the internals are? Based on the photo posted of the top of the block, it doesn't seem to match the billing sheet posted. You are going to have to check to see what you have. Or, repair the head gaskets and see if you can drive it. One check you can do is measure the stroke, that is fairly simple to do.
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05-25-2020, 08:00 PM | #85 |
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I'm curious as to why you went with this guy when you were warned about him in one of those posts that Black Fifty highlighted?
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05-26-2020, 11:54 AM | #86 |
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05-26-2020, 01:37 PM | #87 |
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Good Luck. I hope things turn out well for you.
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05-26-2020, 01:40 PM | #88 |
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05-26-2020, 02:35 PM | #89 |
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* New Scat 4-1/4” Crankshaft
------------------------------------ It would only take a minuet or so to measure the stroke, to see if is 4 1/4". Please let us know what it measures. It would help clarify what he sold you. .
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05-26-2020, 04:10 PM | #90 | |
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Did you remove the passenger side water pump? Was there coolant behind it? Plenty of good people here to try to help you out. As B&S stated, keep us updated. Regards, Mike |
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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...cat+speed+shop Hope you get it all figured out. |
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06-02-2020, 08:56 AM | #92 |
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Hi. Sorry it took so long to get back. I took the water pumps off. The water did indeed drain. I’d like to stare something here before getting into that. I, in my embarrassment, had already given Eric the money for the motor and hadn’t gotten it. Being humiliated for my stupidity of prepaying caused my deceit and I apologize for that. I did finally get the engine after I drove 1600 miles to pick it up even though I paid for shipping. So that’s the story about that.
Back to my other problem. After taking off the pumps the water did drain. However, I noticed he plugged the top hole on the pumps. I have the newer style heads. I thought the older style were the ones that you are supposed to plug up. |
06-02-2020, 08:57 AM | #93 |
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The it is a 4 1/4 stroke. I measured
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06-02-2020, 01:58 PM | #94 |
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I looked at the Go Cat site and the guy from Oregon a couple of years ago. These flashy sites tell us what we want to hear and believe, so they suck us in. You had the stones to admit it, so hats off to you.
Sounds like you have the newer 8BA pumps. I believe the top hole was added to aid cooling on these engines over the earlier designs. Don't know why that was plugged on yours. The older ones used oil from the block to lubricate the bushings on the pumps, hence the holes in the front of the older blocks that would need to be plugged if using newer pumps. As stated earlier, Mike |
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